A drop in arrivals from Russia drove a 34% decline in total aliyah in 2025, while immigration from Western countries—led by France—more than doubled
In the first 11 months of 2025, Israel saw the arrival of about 20,000 Jews and their relatives from abroad, marking a 34% drop from the corresponding period last year, due mainly to a massive decrease in aliyah from Russia.
Jewish immigration to Israel, or aliyah, from Western countries, meanwhile, more than doubled, jumping to 9,256 in the first 11 months of 2025 from 4,570 in last year’s corresponding period. Israel’s government has not yet published figures from December 2025. In previous years, about 2,000 newcomers came in December.
The drop in aliyah from Russia accounted for most of the difference between the periods, going from 18,313 in the first 11 months of 2024 to 7,993 during those months this year—a 56% decrease. Aliyah from Ukraine dropped by 14% to 805 newcomers, according to the records of Israel’s Ministry of Aliyah and Integration.