Ashkelon — Regional Data Profile
Official regional data for Ashkelon, a yishuv in Israel — made comparable across yishuvim and traceable to source. Average wage: 10,846 ₪ (47th percentile of 255).
What the data shows
Ashkelon sits in the central distribution of Israel yishuvim on average wage.
Its average wage is 10,846 ₪ — below the Israel median of 11,165 ₪. That is the official published figure, made comparable across yishuvim, with no score of ours layered on top.
Ashkelon sits within the אשקלון region of Israel, which sets its peer-comparison set.
Of every metric we track for Israel, Ashkelon departs most from its peers on Total Unemployment Benefit Recipients: at 1.4778 it is higher than 89% of the 255 yishuvim with data (89th percentile). The headline figure ranks it on one official metric; this is the number where Ashkelon is genuinely unlike the rest.
Ashkelon over time — 22 years (2002–2023)
Population, year by year — history only, no forecasts.
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 2002 | 103,200 |
| 2003 | 104,500 |
| 2004 | 105,100 |
| 2005 | 106,552 |
| 2006 | 107,800 |
| 2007 | 108,900 |
| 2008 | 110,400 |
| 2009 | 111,900 |
| 2010 | 114,500 |
| 2011 | 117,400 |
| 2012 | 120,000 |
| 2013 | 123,500 |
| 2014 | 126,800 |
| 2015 | 146,519 |
| 2016 | 134,500 |
| 2017 | 137,900 |
| 2018 | 140,967 |
| 2021 | 149,160 |
| 2022 | 153,138 |
| 2023 | 161,745 |
Nearest neighbors
Three geographically closest yishuvim we track. Distances by great-circle approximation.
Statistical neighbours
Three yishuvim closest to Ashkelon by official-score profile (Euclidean distance on the axis scores, same country only). Experimental — not a published SkyMind methodology.
Where these figures come from
Every number on this page is an official published figure — taken from the national statistics office or an equivalent official source, made comparable across Israel yishuvim under one schema, and traceable back to the source dataset. We add no score, index or ranking of our own; the ordering above simply sorts yishuvim by an official metric (average wage). Compare within a country, not across countries. See where every number comes from · methodology · believe a number is wrong? dispute it.
This is a descriptive comparison of official data, not a forecast. A higher figure means Ashkelon currently reports a higher average wage than its peers. It does not predict any specific event, market move, or outcome.
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