The Central Bureau of Statistics published today (Monday) the quality of life ranking for 2024 for the 18 largest cities in Israel: Ashdod, Ashkelon, Beer Sheva, Beit Shemesh, Bnei Brak, Bat Yam, Herzliya, Hadera, Holon, Haifa, Jerusalem, Kfar Saba, Netanya, Petah Tikva, Rishon LeZion, Rehovot, Ramat Gan and Tel Aviv-Yafo.
The ranking is based on 56 different indicators in areas such as health, employment, education, environment, personal well-being, and more.
Kfar Saba tops the list, with a clear advantage in 39 indicators where it is better than the national average, including job satisfaction, life expectancy, the absence of fatalities in traffic accidents, and trust in others. On the other hand, it ranks low in satisfaction with public transportation and feelings of loneliness.
Ramat Gan and Herzliya are also at the top, thanks to high employment, use of online government services, education, as well as high median income and trust in the health and legal systems.
Here is some of the ranking data:
- Kfar Saba leads in most quality of life indicators. Compared to the other 18 major cities, Kfar Saba leads
In job satisfaction, in life expectancy, in satisfaction with parks and green spaces in the residential area, in percentage
The lowest number of people reporting external noise that disturbs the apartment and general trust in others. There were no fatalities in accidents.
Roads in 2024.
- Ramat Gan leads in employment rates, in the percentage of eligibility for matriculation, in learning rates for those aged 15-17, in the lowest percentage
with the highest levels of loneliness, the lowest infant mortality rate, and the use of online government services.
It ranks second in satisfaction with the cleanliness of the living area.
- Herzliya leads in median household income from work, in the percentage of employed people whose job matches the field
Their studies, trust in the healthcare system, the lowest housing density, and trust in the legal system.
- Rehovot leads in satisfaction with the residential area, in post-secondary and higher education, and in the sense of ability
influence government policy.
- Petah Tikva rose in 2024 to the group of cities with a high overall score in quality of life indicators. It leads in percentage
Lowest number of involuntary part-time employees satisfied with cleanliness in their residential area, in percentage
The lowest of households paying for housing 30% or more of their net monetary income and in satisfaction
From the balance between work and other areas of life.
- In 2024, Netanya rose to the group of cities with a high overall score in quality of life indicators. It leads in the low percentage
In terms of the cost of housing services per month and in the percentage of employed people who are satisfied with their income.
- Tel Aviv-Yafo rose in 2024 to the group of cities with a high overall score in quality of life indicators. It leads in percentage
Those employed whose role allows for advancement, with the lowest rate of long-term unemployment, in civic engagement,
In financial and economic income and in the percentage of those involved in voluntary activities.
- Beit Shemesh dropped in 2024 to the group of cities with an average overall score in quality of life indicators. It leads in trust
in the government and ranked second in self-assessment of health.
- Rishon LeZion fell into the group of cities with an average overall score in quality of life indicators in 2024. It leads in percentage
The lowest level of feeling discriminated against, and it is one of the leading cities in satisfaction with parks and green spaces in the region
residence and in the use of online government services.
- Haifa dropped in 2024 to the group of cities with an average overall score in quality of life indicators. It ranks second
At the lowest housing density.
- Beer Sheva leads in apartment satisfaction and the highest percentage of affordable housing.
- Bnei Brak leads in the lowest percentage of overweight children in grades 1-7, in the percentage who feel safe during school hours
Darkness, in self-assessment of health, in voting rate in Knesset elections, in expectations regarding the future, in the feeling
Ability to deal with problems, with a sense of appreciation from family members, with satisfaction with life, and with a sense of security
In an online environment.
- Hadera ranks second in the percentage of affordable housing. It ranks third in the low percentage of feelings of loneliness.
- Holon dropped in 2024 to the group of cities with a low overall score in quality of life indicators. Ranked second in percentage
Waste that was recycled. Stands out in the low infant mortality rate, but ranks low in trust in others and satisfaction with the environment.
- Ashdod leads in percentage of computer accessibility. Ranked second in low percentage of part-time employees who do not
voluntary.
- Ashkelon ranks second in the lowest percentages of feelings of depression and loneliness.
- Bat Yam leads in the lowest percentages of feelings of depression, in the percentage of waste recycled, in satisfaction
Satisfaction with public transportation and the lowest percentage of dissatisfaction with the time it takes to get to work.
- Jerusalem leads in the lowest number of new cases of malignant tumors (cancer) among men and women
And the quality of drinking water.
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