🇮🇱 Israel Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

🇮🇱 Israel IL / ISR #148

Nomad Score 58.0

Cities 19

Region Mediterranean, Middle East, Levant, Silk Road, Fertile Crescent, Tech Startup Ecosystems, Coworking Hotspots, Asia, Asia, Western Asia

Currency ILS

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary parliamentary republic

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 62/100

Press Freedom (2025) 51.1/100 #112

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.694

HDI 0.919

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary parliamentary republic

Title	Name
President of Israel	Isaac Herzog
Prime Minister of Israel	Benjamin Netanyahu

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 62 / 100

Interpretation Low corruption

Source: Transparency International / Corruption Insights API. Higher scores = less corruption.

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 51.1 / 100

Global Rank #112 / 180

Rank Change -11 vs previous year

RSF Zone MENA

Political #66 51.9

Economic #37 56.4

Legal #122 48.7

Social #87 60.9

Safety #148 37.4

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Higher scores = better press freedom.

📊 PRESS FREEDOM DIMENSIONS

Five dimensions of press freedom tracked over time. Higher = better.

🗳 DEMOCRACY INDEX

Electoral (2025) 0.694

Liberal 0.588

Participatory 0.455

Deliberative 0.511

Egalitarian 0.549

Source: V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy), CC-BY-SA. Scale: 0 (least democratic) to 1 (most democratic).

📋 PRESS FREEDOM HISTORICAL DATA

Year	Score	Rank	Political	Economic	Legal	Social	Safety
2025	51.1	112	51.9	56.4	48.7	60.9	37.4
2024	53.2	101	56.3	58.3	49.0	60.4	42.0
2023	57.6	97	62.7	57.5	47.2	76.1	44.3
2022	59.6	86	65.2	55.1	53.5	77.8	46.6
2021	69.1	86	-	-	-	-	55.9
2020	69.2	88	-	-	-	-	57.0
2019	69.2	88	-	-	-	-	100.0
2018	69.7	87	-	-	-	-	72.9
2017	69.0	91	-	-	-	-	86.1
2016	67.4	101	-	-	-	-	100.0
2015	67.9	101	-	-	-	-	45.5
2014	68.8	96	-	-	-	-	-
2013	67.0	112	-	-	-	-	-
2005	10.0	47	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index

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