In the last 20 years, there has been an increase in the proportion of 25-34 year olds with a matriculation certificate or higher education.
The singleness rates of men aged 18-34 in 2021 were higher than those of women at these ages, and in 2015-2021 there was a dramatic decrease in the trust of young people in the government institutions in Israel.
This is according to the "Youth in Israel 2023" yearbook, which is published for the first time by the Ministry of the Negev, Galilee and National Resilience, which is in charge of the field of young people, in cooperation with the Myers-Joint-Brookdale Institute, which is designed to establish a database for the development of programs and services for the advancement of young people.
At the end of 2021, the number of young people aged 18-34 in Israel was 2.2 million people, which constituted 23.6% of the population.
The yearbook shows that in the last two decades the proportion of 25-34 year olds with a high school diploma or higher has increased - from 63.4% in 2001 to 76.3% in 2021 - and over the years the proportion of women among them has been and remains higher.
Students in Israel, photo: Gideon Markovich
However, the proportion of young people with higher education was lower than the average in the OECD countries, especially men (27.1% compared to 35.6%).
Young people's trust in the government dropped from 36.7% to 30.2%, in the Knesset from 29.5% to 21%, and in the justice system from 60.1% to 50.3%.
Trust in the IDF, the police, and the local authorities actually increased, but the assessment of their performance dropped significantly. For example, the assessment of the police's performance dropped from 50.3% to 39.7%.
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in the field of employment, more than a fifth of all young people reported that they are unable to cover the basic monthly expenses.
The percentage of employed young women was higher than that of young men - 82.1% compared to 76.9% among Jews, and 83.2% compared to 42.8% among ultra-Orthodox.
Among the young Arabs, on the other hand, the situation was the opposite: 42.3% of the women compared to 68.5% of the men.
Among Jews aged 25-29 there was a decrease in divorce rates, but in the Arab sector they actually increased.
Yitzhak Wasserlauf, the Minister of the Negev, the Galilee and National Resilience said following the publication: "We will continue to work to improve the governmental tools to support young people. It is our duty to provide them with everything necessary for their success."
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