Starting a business - Score in Israel
Israel: Starting a business - Score was 94.08 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business - Score in Israel, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Israel recorded 94.08 for starting a business - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
The figure is up 1.6% on the previous year and up 5.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business - score in Israel peaked at 94.08 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 88.97, in 2012.
That places Israel 28th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business - Score in Israel, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 89.04 | — |
| 2004 | 89.03 | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 89.06 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 89.09 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 89.17 | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 89.17 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 89.2 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 89.19 | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 89.17 | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 88.97 | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 90.72 | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 90.79 | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 90.8 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 92.53 | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 92.55 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 92.6 | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 94.08 | +1.6% |
Israel compared with similar countries
- Israel's 94.08 is above the median for high income countries, which is 91.07, 1.0× the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Israel's 94.08 is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 87.84, 1.1× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 89.11 | 89.03 | 89.2 | 7 |
| 2010s | 91.14 | 88.97 | 94.08 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Israel
More private sector data for Israel
- Merchandise trade 25.3% (2025)
- Food imports 10.6% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 74.6% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 95.48 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 4.2% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 86.6% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 59.01 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 5,829 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0966 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -2.07 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business - score in Israel?
- Starting a business - score in Israel was 94.08 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business - score recorded in Israel?
- The highest recorded value was 94.08 in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business - score recorded in Israel?
- The lowest recorded value was 88.97 in 2012.
- How does Israel rank for starting a business - score?
- Israel ranks 28th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business - score rising or falling in Israel?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Israel data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Starting a business - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for starting a business is the simple average of the scores for each of the component indicators: the procedures, time and cost for an entrepreneur to start and formally operate a business, as well as the paid-in minimum capital requirement.