Israel
Government debt in Israel
Government debt in Israel: 77.5% of GDP in 2000 and 67.9% of GDP in 2025, by IMF estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 67.9% of GDP
- Since 2000
- −9.7 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 40 of 149
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2031
- 72.7% of GDP
- IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)
% of GDP · IMF
What the numbers say
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 72.7% of GDP in 2031.
- The highest was 90.1% of GDP in 2003, the lowest 59.5% of GDP in 2019.
Every year
% of GDP · IMF
| Year | Israel |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 67.9 |
| 2024 | 67.7 |
| 2023 | 61.9 |
| 2022 | 60.9 |
| 2021 | 68.2 |
| 2020 | 71.4 |
| 2019 | 59.5 |
| 2018 | 60.3 |
| 2017 | 60.1 |
| 2016 | 62 |
| 2015 | 63.2 |
| 2014 | 66.1 |
| 2013 | 66.4 |
| 2012 | 67.2 |
| 2011 | 67.5 |
| 2010 | 69.4 |
| 2009 | 73 |
| 2008 | 70.6 |
| 2007 | 71.2 |
| 2006 | 78.1 |
| 2005 | 85.7 |
| 2004 | 88.7 |
| 2003 | 90.1 |
| 2002 | 87.6 |
| 2001 | 81.4 |
| 2000 | 77.5 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Israel |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 68.8 |
| 2027 | 69.5 |
| 2028 | 70.5 |
| 2029 | 71.2 |
| 2030 | 71.9 |
| 2031 | 72.7 |
Good to know
- What the government owes, as a share of the economy’s yearly output.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 149 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending7.81% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$43.7B in 2025
- Military spending per person$5,108 in 2025
- Military share of state spending17.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel178,000 people in 2020
- National power0.38% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers4.23% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports537 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports2.62 billion TIV in 2025