In 2025, Israel was given a score of **** on the Economic Freedom Index published by The Heritage Foundation. This positions the country's economy as the top 26th most liberal in the world, just below the United States. The world average economic freedom score in 2021 was ****.

Key information about Israel GDP Per Capita

• Israel Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per Capita reached 54,382.477 USD in Dec 2024, compared with 51,872.715 USD in Dec 2023.
• Israel GDP Per Capita data is updated yearly, available from Dec 1995 to Dec 2024, with an average number of 0.000 USD.
• CEIC converts annual GDP per Capita into USD. The Central Bureau of Statistics provides GDP per Capita in local currency. The Bank of Israel average market exchange rate is used for currency conversions.

• In the latest reports, Israel GDP expanded 3.518 % YoY in Sep 2025.
• Israel Nominal GDP reached 159.219 USD bn in Sep 2025.
• Its GDP deflator (implicit price deflator) increased 1.267 % in Sep 2025.
• Gross Savings Rate of Israel was measured at 24.641 % in Sep 2025.

Israel IL: Ease of Doing Business Index: 1=Most Business-friendly Regulations data was reported at 54.000 NA in 2017. Israel IL: Ease of Doing Business Index: 1=Most Business-friendly Regulations data is updated yearly, averaging 54.000 NA from Dec 2017 (Median) to 2017, with 1 observations. Israel IL: Ease of Doing Business Index: 1=Most Business-friendly Regulations data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Israel – Table IL.World Bank.WDI: Business Environment. Ease of doing business ranks economies from 1 to 190, with first place being the best. A high ranking (a low numerical rank) means that the regulatory environment is conducive to business operation. The index averages the country's percentile rankings on 10 topics covered in the World Bank's Doing Business. The ranking on each topic is the simple average of the percentile rankings on its component indicators.; ; World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).; ; Data are presented for the survey year instead of publication year. Data before 2013 are not comparable with data from 2013 onward due to methodological changes.

In 2025, the trade freedom sub-score of Israel in the Economic Freedom Index was ****. This was a slight decrease compared to the previous year. Over the years observed, the trade freedom score saw fluctuations.

Israel GOI: Weighted Rank data was reported at 23.000 NA in 2019. This records an increase from the previous number of 18.000 NA for 2018. Israel GOI: Weighted Rank data is updated yearly, averaging 23.000 NA from Dec 2017 (Median) to 2019, with 3 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 34.000 NA in 2017 and a record low of 18.000 NA in 2018. Israel GOI: Weighted Rank data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Milken Institute. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Israel – Table IL.Milken: Global Oportunity Index.

In 2025, the monetary freedom sub-score of Israel in the Economic Freedom Index ranking was ****. This was a decline of *** points compared to 2022. That year, the monetary freedom score stood at ****.

In 2025, the fiscal health sub-score of Israel in the Economic Freedom Index ranking was ****. This was a major increase of **** points compared to 2022, when the fiscal health score stood at only ****.

The average for 2013 based on 2 countries was 38.8 percent. The highest value was in Israel: 76.2 percent and the lowest value was in Uzbekistan: 1.3 percent. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2013. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

In 2025, the labor freedom sub-score of Israel in the Economic Freedom was ****. This was a slight rise compared to the previous year. There was a significant drop in the labor freedom score in 2022, which began slow recovery in the recent years.

In 2025, the government integrity sub-score of Israel in the Economic Freedom Index amounted to ****. That was a *** points decrease compared to the previous year. The government integrity score peaked in 2023 at ****.

Israel's technology sector continued to be a major driver of the country's economy in 2024, employing over 424,000 people. Among the various technology industries, computer programming ranked first in job creation, with about 220,000 workers. It was followed by computer and electronics manufacturing with 82,000 employees. The centrality of the tech industry is further underscored by its world-leading investment in research and development, which reached six percent of GDP. Global startup ecosystem leadership Israel has grown to become a global center for tech startups, ranking third worldwide in 2024, according to StartupBlink's Global Startup Ecosystem Index. This puts Israel behind only the United States and United Kingdom, highlighting its outsized impact given its relatively small size. Within Israel, Tel Aviv stands out as the primary hub, ranking first in the country and ninth globally among the best cities for startups. Investment landscape picking up? After a significant slowdown in venture capital investments in recent year, the Israeli VC market showed signs of recovery in 2024. That year, the total value of capital investment was estimated to exceed 12.5 billion U.S. dollars, a 28 percent annual increase. The cybersecurity vertical was the leading driver of this growth, followed by startups in the field of generative AI.

This statistic shows gross domestic product (GDP) of the MENA countries in 2024. The MENA region in North Africa and the Middle East comprises the countries Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. In 2024, the GDP of Saudi Arabia amounted to approximately 1.085 trillion U.S. dollars.

以色列 GOI: Weighted Rank在2019达23.000 NA，相较于2018的18.000 NA有所增长。以色列 GOI: Weighted Rank数据按每年更新，2017至2019期间平均值为23.000 NA，共3份观测结果。该数据的历史最高值出现于2017，达34.000 NA，而历史最低值则出现于2018，为18.000 NA。CEIC提供的以色列 GOI: Weighted Rank数据处于定期更新的状态，数据来源于Milken Institute，数据归类于Global Database的以色列 – Table IL.Milken: Global Oportunity Index。

******* had the highest level of the Human Development Index (HDI) worldwide in 2023 with a value of *****. With a score of ****, ****** followed closely behind *********** and had the second-highest level of human development in that year. The rise of the Asian tigers In the decades after the Cold War, the four so-called Asian tigers, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, and Hong Kong (now a Special Administrative Region of China) experienced rapid economic growth and increasing human development. At number eight and number 13 of the HDI, respectively, *********************** are the only Asian locations within the top-15 highest HDI scores. Both locations have experienced tremendous economic growth since the 1980’s and 1990’s. In 1980, the per capita GDP of Hong Kong was ***** U.S. dollars, increasing throughout the decades until reaching ****** in 2023, which is expected to continue to increase in the future. Meanwhile, in 1989, Singapore had a GDP of nearly ** billion U.S. dollars, which has risen to nearly *** billion U.S. dollars today and is also expected to keep increasing. Growth of the UAE The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is the only Middle Eastern country besides Israel within the highest ranking HDI scores globally. Within the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, the UAE has the third-largest GDP behind Saudi Arabia and Israel, reaching nearly *** billion U.S. dollars by 2022. Per capita, the UAE GDP was around ****** U.S. dollars in 1989, and has nearly doubled to ****** U.S. dollars by 2021. Moreover, this is expected to reach over ****** U.S. dollars by 2029. On top of being a major oil producer, the UAE has become a hub for finance and business and attracts millions of tourists annually.

In 2022, Israel invested *** percent of the country's gross domestic product (GDP) into research and development, the highest worldwide. In South Korea, the expenditure on R&D reached over **** percent of its GDP.

The United States led the ranking of the countries with the highest military spending in 2024, with 997 billion U.S. dollars dedicated to the military. That constituted almost 40 percent of the total military spending worldwide that year, which amounted to 2.7 trillion U.S. dollars. This amounted to 3.4 percent of the U.S.'s gross domestic product (GDP), placing the country lower in the ranking of military expenditure as a percentage of GDP, compared to Ukraine, Israel, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, and Russia. China was the second largest military spender, with an estimated 314 billion U.S. dollars spent, with Russia following in third. Defense budgetAccording to the U.S. Congressional Budget Office, the outlays for defense will rise to 1.1 trillion U.S. dollars by 2033. The largest parts of the budget are dedicated to the Departments of the Navy and the Air Force. The budget for the U.S. Air Force for 2024 was nearly 260 billion U.S. dollars.Global military spendingThe value of military spending globally has grown steadily in the past years and reached 2.7 trillion U.S. dollars in 2024. Reasons for this are the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine war in 2022, the war in Gaza, as well as increasing tensions in the South China Sea. North America is by far the leading region worldwide in terms of expenditure on the military.

As a share of gross domestic product (GDP), Ukraine spent more on its military than any other country in 2024, reaching 35 percent of the country's GDP. The high figure is due to the country being invaded by Russia in February 2022. Israel, that is fighting Hamas in the Gaza war, and Algeria followed behind.Leading military spending countriesIn gross terms, the countries with the highest military spending are the United States, China, and Russia. However, these are countries with large populations and GDPs, and smaller countries usually cannot compete alone, regardless of how much they invest. For this reason, they form alliances such as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). NATO countries aim to pool two percent of their GDP towards their own militaries and to aid each other in case of war. Regional differencesThe past decade has seen an increase in global military spending. This has not been distributed evenly. That period saw large positive changes in military spending from several Asian countries, including a large increase from China. While this does not reflect the number of active conflicts, it reflects growing tensions in global affairs.

The ************* was by far the best country for startups in 2024, according to data provided by StartupBlink. With a total score of ***, the U.S. had almost more than **** times as many points as the second ranked **************, with a score of *****. Israel followed in third.