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Topic 17 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Israel: Digital & Technology
How ready is a country to use, make and trade technology?
Israel is placed 13th of 198 countries on digital & technology in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: GovTech Maturity Index 0.629 (2025); Government AI Readiness Index 71.32 (2025).
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Digital & Technology
13th
of 198 countries placed
Placed from 4 of 4 key statistics
- 0.629GovTech Maturity Index, 2025GTMI score (0–1)
- 71.32Government AI Readiness Index, 2025AI readiness score (0–100)
- 3.497Government Cyber Security Capacity, 2025Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity
- 82.14Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports, 2024Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports)
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Israel on digital & technology — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
0.629
GTMI score (0–1)
Higher is better
Israel: 0.629. Across the 196 countries in this edition, values run from 0.01 (North Korea) to 0.997 (South Korea); the world median is 0.63.
- World median
- 0.63
- Best in Western Asia
- 0.996 Saudi Arabia
- Land neighbours
- Egypt 0.911 · Jordan 0.914 · Lebanon 0.26 · Syria 0.053
71.32
AI readiness score (0–100)
Higher is better
Ranked 16th of 195 by Oxford Insights
Israel: 71.32. Across the 195 countries in this edition, values run from 12.12 (Guinea-Bissau) to 88.36 (United States); the world median is 40.19.
- World median
- 40.19
- Best in Western Asia
- 71.57 Saudi Arabia
- Land neighbours
- Egypt 59.1 · Jordan 56.07 · Lebanon 34.26 · Palestine 35.54 · Syria 21.72
Key 3 of 4
Government Cyber Security Capacity
V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY-SA 4.0
3.497
Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity
Higher is better
Israel: 3.497. Across the 176 countries in this edition, values run from -2.66 (Liberia) to 3.715 (Estonia); the world median is 0.196.
- World median
- 0.196
- Best in Western Asia
- 3.497 Israel
- Land neighbours
- Egypt 2.662 · Jordan 0.887 · Lebanon -0.058 · Syria -0.914
Key 4 of 4
Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
82.14
Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports)
Higher is better
Israel: 82.14. Across the 170 countries in this edition, values run from 0.377 (Gambia) to 87.15 (Ireland); the world median is 25.42.
- World median
- 25.42
- Best in Western Asia
- 82.14 Israel
- Land neighbours
- Egypt 14.59 · Jordan 3.195 · Palestine 20.16
02Over time
Which way Israel is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Government AI Readiness Index
AI readiness score (0–100) · higher is better
IsraelWorld median
Israel rose from 68.83 in 2020 to 71.32 in 2025; the world median went from 39.58 to 40.19.
Every year’s figures
Year Israel World median 2025 71.3 40.2 2024 74.5 43.3 2023 65.5 41.4 2022 70.1 40.3 2021 70.0 44.1 2020 68.8 39.6 Government Cyber Security Capacity
Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity · higher is better
IsraelWorld median
Israel was at 3.497 in both 2000 and 2025; the world median went from -0.514 to 0.196.
Every year’s figures
Year Israel World median 2025 3 0.20 2024 3 0.11 2023 3 0.14 2022 3 0.16 2021 3 0.12 2020 3 0.12 2019 3 0.10 2018 3 -0.05 2017 3 -0.08 2016 3 -0.10 2015 3 -0.17 2014 3 -0.21 2013 3 -0.21 2012 3 -0.25 2011 3 -0.32 2010 3 -0.31 2009 3 -0.50 2008 3 -0.51 2007 3 -0.51 2006 3 -0.55 2005 3 -0.55 2004 3 -0.55 2003 3 -0.55 2002 3 -0.51 2001 3 -0.51 2000 3 -0.51 Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports
Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports) · higher is better
IsraelWorld median
Israel rose from 58.36 in 2010 to 82.14 in 2024; the world median went from 19.88 to 25.42.
Every year’s figures
Year Israel World median 2024 82.1 25.42 2023 83.0 26.03 2022 77.3 26.04 2021 77.4 29.80 2020 81.6 29.47 2019 73.5 18.36 2018 72.0 20.09 2017 70.2 18.32 2016 70.3 18.15 2015 66.6 19.57 2014 64.9 21.00 2013 64.6 20.50 2012 61.6 19.56 2011 61.2 19.21 2010 58.4 19.88
03In context
Israel beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 198 countries on digital & technology, never a place within the region.
Israel and the countries it borders
Standing among all 198; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | GovTech Maturity IndexGTMI score (0–1) | Government AI Readiness IndexAI readiness score (0–100) | Government Cyber Security CapacityOriginal latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity | Digitally-Deliverable Services ExportsDigitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Israel | 13th | 0.629 | 71.32 | 3.497 | 82.14 |
 Egypt | =47th | 0.911 | 59.1 | 2.662 | 14.59 |
 Jordan | 75th | 0.914 | 56.07 | 0.887 | 3.195 |
 Palestine | 108th | — | 35.54 | — | 20.16 |
 Lebanon | =133rd | 0.26 | 34.26 | -0.058 | — |
 Syria | 188th | 0.053 | 21.72 | -0.914 | — |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Western Asia
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 198.
Placed either side on digital & technology
The countries immediately above and below Israel in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Israel is ahead of the world, and behind
20 more statistics filed under digital & technology, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Ahead of the world median14
Statistics on which Israel does better than the middle country measured.
ICT Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 7.47441.037.474▲ Improved since 2014
Israel: 41.03 · world median 7.474 · ICT services exports (% of services exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 56.25; higher is better.
Position 4th of 118 · derived.
Firms Experiencing Internet DisruptionsWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 32.353.67832.35No earlier reading
Israel: 3.678 · world median 32.35 · Firms that experienced internet outages or slow-downs (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0.735 to 82.39; lower is better.
Position 158th of 163 · derived, 1st = worst.
ICT Goods ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 0.97517.660.975▲ Improved since 2014
Israel: 17.66 · world median 0.975 · ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 61.45; higher is better.
Position 10th of 119 · derived.
Frontier Technology Readiness IndexUNCTAD · 2023 · world median 0.4850.8860.485No real change since 2013
Israel: 0.886 · world median 0.485 · Frontier Technology Readiness Index (0–1). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 1; higher is better.
Position 15th of 170 · derived.
AI User Share of the Working-Age PopulationMicrosoft AI Economy Institute · 2026 · world median 15.4538.715.45▼ Worsened since 2025
Israel: 38.7 · world median 15.45 · Generative-AI users (% of population aged 15–64). Microsoft AI Economy Institute, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 6.1 to 73.3; higher is better.
Mobile Phone OwnershipWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 91.6895.9891.68No earlier reading
Israel: 95.98 · world median 91.68 · Adults who own a mobile phone (% of population aged 15+). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 45.83 to 100; higher is better.
Position 31st of 140 · derived.
Primary Schools with Internet for TeachingUIS · 2024 · world median 98.6610098.66▲ Improved since 2016
Israel: 100 · world median 98.66 · Primary schools with internet access for teaching (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 100; higher is better.
Share of Firms' Payments Made ElectronicallyWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 64.2288.8564.22No earlier reading
Israel: 88.85 · world median 64.22 · Payments made electronically in a typical month, excluding payroll and payments to government (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 2.172 to 99.91; higher is better.
Firms with Their Own WebsiteWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 62.3977.9962.39No earlier reading
Israel: 77.99 · world median 62.39 · Firms with their own website (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 1.824 to 97.88; higher is better.
Position 49th of 181 · derived.
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness IndexOECD · 2025 · world median 0.2060.140.206▲ Improved since 2015
Israel: 0.14 · world median 0.206 · Digital STRI (0 = open, 1 = closed). OECD, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.021 to 0.649; lower is better.
Position 86th of 125 · derived, 1st = worst.
Smartphone OwnershipWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 78.7883.2378.78No earlier reading
Israel: 83.23 · world median 78.78 · Adults whose main mobile phone is a smartphone (% of population aged 15+). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 8.663 to 97.36; higher is better.
Position 53rd of 140 · derived.
Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic)V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median -0.1140.432-0.114▼ Worsened since 2015
Israel: 0.432 · world median -0.114 · Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.2); higher = less disinformation. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.392 to 2.93; higher is better.
Position 68th of 176 · derived.
Internet Use Among AdultsWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 83.0586.0983.05No earlier reading
Israel: 86.09 · world median 83.05 · Adults who used the internet in the past three months (% of population aged 15+). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 11.06 to 99.12; higher is better.
Position 62nd of 140 · derived.
Government Social Media CensorshipV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 0.5050.6390.505▲ Improved since 2015
Israel: 0.639 · world median 0.505 · Original latent estimate (≈ −4.5 to +2.4); higher = less censorship. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.721 to 2.295; higher is better.
Position 83rd of 176 · derived.
Behind the world median1
Statistics on which Israel does worse than the middle country measured.
Government Internet ShutdownsV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 1.0230.8271.023▲ Improved since 2015
Israel: 0.827 · world median 1.023 · Original latent estimate (≈ −4 to +2); higher = fewer shutdowns. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.547 to 2.081; higher is better.
Position 97th of 176 · derived.
No better end5
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
GitHub RepositoriesGitHub · 2026 · world median 141,4542,048,965141,454No real change since 2020
Israel: 2,048,965 · world median 141,454 · Public repositories located in the economy (as of quarter end). GitHub, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 142 to 77,284,974.
GitHub DevelopersGitHub · 2026 · world median 84,670935,95384,670No real change since 2020
Israel: 935,953 · world median 84,670 · Developer accounts located in the economy (as of quarter end). GitHub, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 110 to 32,410,529.
Anthropic AI Usage IndexAnthropic · 2026 · world median 0.963.050.96No earlier reading
Israel: 3.05 · world median 0.96 · Claude usage index (1 = in proportion to working-age population). Anthropic, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0.07 to 6.4.
GitHub Git PushesGitHub · 2025 · world median 148,7141,546,716148,714No real change since 2020
Israel: 1,546,716 · world median 148,714 · Git pushes during the quarter. GitHub, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1,967 to 40,768,192.
Share of Graduates from ICT ProgrammesUIS · 2023 · world median 5.6016.8825.601Moved since 2020
Israel: 6.882 · world median 5.601 · Tertiary graduates from ICT programmes (% of all graduates). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 17.19.
No current reading for Israel
Made or Received a Digital Payment (last 2021). Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Digital & Technology among Israel’s 16 topics
Digital & Technology is Israel’s 4th best-placed topic of 16. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Health & Wellbeing10th of 2003/4 keys
- Development & Human Capital10th of 1963/3 keys
- Mobility & Trade11th of 1773/4 keys
- Digital & Technology13th of 1984/4 keys
- Economy & Innovation13th of 1764/4 keys
- Work & Labour15th of 1824/4 keys
- Governance & Institutionsjoint 25th of 1944/4 keys
- Education & Knowledgejoint 31st of 1983/4 keys
- Risk & Resilience44th of 1934/4 keys
- Food & Agriculture42nd of 1844/4 keys
- Democracy & Civil Liberties55th of 1984/4 keys
- Poverty & Inequality68th of 1593/3 keys
- Energyjoint 85th of 1653/3 keys
- Gender & Equalityjoint 116th of 1834/4 keys
- Peace & Security131st of 1774/4 keys
- Environment & Sustainability163rd of 1864/4 keys
06The top of the list
Who leads on digital & technology
The three countries placed highest of 198, and the leaders Israel can most readily be measured against.
=1
EstoniaNorthern Europe
Joint 1st of 198 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Andrus Uuetalu derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0 ee, greyscale
=1
South KoreaEastern Asia
Joint 1st of 198 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Unknown author · CC BY-SA 2.0, greyscale
3
SingaporeSouth-eastern Asia
3rd of 198 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Khairul Nizam . · CC BY 2.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest in Asia
South Korea=1st4/4 keysHighest in Western Asia
Israel13th4/4 keys
Positions out of 198 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Questions
Israel on digital & technology: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does Israel rank on digital & technology?
Israel is placed 13th of 198 countries on Digital & Technology in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics (GovTech Maturity Index, Government AI Readiness Index, Government Cyber Security Capacity and Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest GovTech Maturity Index figure for Israel?
0.629 in 2025 (gTMI score (0–1)), according to World Bank Group. The world median in the same edition was 0.63.
What is the latest Government AI Readiness Index figure for Israel?
71.32 in 2025 (aI readiness score (0–100)), according to Oxford Insights. The world median in the same edition was 40.19.
How does Israel compare with Egypt on digital & technology?
Egypt is placed joint 47th of 198, and Israel 13th. GovTech Maturity Index: Egypt 0.911, Israel 0.629; Government AI Readiness Index: Egypt 59.1, Israel 71.32; Government Cyber Security Capacity: Egypt 2.662, Israel 3.497; Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports: Egypt 14.59, Israel 82.14.
How have Israel’s digital & technology figures changed?
Government AI Readiness Index rose from 68.83 in 2020 to 71.32 in 2025; Government Cyber Security Capacity was 3.497 in both 2000 and 2025; Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports rose from 58.36 in 2010 to 82.14 in 2024.
Which digital & technology statistics are missing for Israel?
No current reading is published for Israel on Made or Received a Digital Payment. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
08Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
Broadband and mobile subscriptions, connection speeds and the cost of getting online are absent, for the licence reason above; internet use and phone ownership, from the World Bank’s own household survey, and firms’ websites and internet disruptions, from its Enterprise Surveys, are published here as context. The ICT share of goods exports votes under Mobility & Trade. Digital public services and data-protection law are not held yet. Research and development spending is filed under Education & Knowledge, and what an economy knows how to make is under Economy & Innovation.
How the Digital & Technology standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 4 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 4 keys to be placed.
The digital & technology method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- GovTech Maturity Index — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- Government AI Readiness Index — Oxford Insights, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Government Cyber Security Capacity — V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports — UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), CC BY 3.0 IGO
The other 20 statistics on this page come from 8 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Israel’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Israel (banner) — Yaniv Ben-Arie derivative work: ויקיג'אנקי, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Estonia — Andrus Uuetalu derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0 ee
- South Korea — Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Singapore — Khairul Nizam ., CC BY 2.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Israel: Digital & Technology — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/israel/digital