Israel is the 20 most competitive nation in the world out of 140 countries ranked in the 2019 edition of the Global Competitiveness Report published by the World Economic Forum. Competitiveness Rank in Israel averaged 22.62 from 2007 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 27.00 in 2010 and a record low of 14.00 in 2007. source: World Economic Forum



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Business Confidence 20.50 20.88 points Jan 2026
Changes in Inventories 991.00 3763.40 ILS Million Dec 2025
Corruption Index 62.00 64.00 Points Dec 2025
Corruption Rank 35.00 30.00 Dec 2025
Industrial Production YoY 23.20 7.70 percent Nov 2025
Industrial Production MoM 30.10 -17.60 percent Nov 2025
Manufacturing Production 19.00 9.90 percent Nov 2025
Manufacturing Production MoM 6.30 1.50 percent Nov 2025
Mining Production 15.70 7.80 percent Nov 2025


Israel Competitiveness Rank
The most recent 2018 edition of Global Competitiveness Report assesses 140 economies. In 2018, the World Economic Forum introduced a new methodology emphasizing the role of human capital, innovation, resilience and agility, as not only drivers but also defining features of economic success in the 4th Industrial Revolution. As a result, the GCI scale changed to 1 to 100 from 1 to 7, with higher average score meaning higher degree of competitiveness. The report is made up of 98 variables organized into twelve pillars with the most important including: institutions; infrastructure; ICT adoption; macroeconomic stability; health; skills; product market; labour market; financial system; market size; business dynamism; and innovation capability.
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
20.00 20.00 27.00 14.00 2007 - 2019 Yearly