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Israel Business Confidence

Israel's business confidence dropped to 18 points in September 2025. This is a 10.4% decrease from August 2025's 20.1 points. The decline marks a three-month low. Persistent geopolitical risks including the conflict with Iran and concerns over Gaza reoccupation, fueled business caution. This led to delayed spending and economic output contraction in the second quarter. Shrinking foreign and domestic investments also lowered business sentiment. Israel's record low business confidence was -19 points in April 2020 and record high was 27.2 points in January 2020.

Monthly Historical Data (2015-2025)

(in points)
Month Business Confidence (points)
Sep 2025 18
Aug 2025 20.1
Jul 2025 18.4
Jun 2025 14.8
May 2025 23
Apr 2025 20.5
Mar 2025 21.8
Feb 2025 22.5
Jan 2025 21.8
Dec 2024 18.7
Nov 2024 15.8
Oct 2024 13.8
Sep 2024 17
Aug 2024 17.1
Jul 2024 18.2
Jun 2024 18.6
May 2024 17.3
Apr 2024 15.7
Mar 2024 15.9
Feb 2024 14.1
Jan 2024 12
Dec 2023 7.4
Nov 2023 -1.5
Oct 2023 -1.9
Sep 2023 23.2
Aug 2023 26.3
Jul 2023 22.8
Jun 2023 21.5
May 2023 23.7
Apr 2023 21.5
Mar 2023 22.2
Feb 2023 25.3
Jan 2023 25.5
Dec 2022 23.1
Nov 2022 24.3
Oct 2022 25.7
Sep 2022 26.5
Aug 2022 26.6
Jul 2022 24.8
Jun 2022 23.5
May 2022 26.9
Apr 2022 26.5
Mar 2022 23.4
Feb 2022 21.3
Jan 2022 23.2
Dec 2021 22
Nov 2021 23.2
Oct 2021 22.3
Sep 2021 22
Aug 2021 21.9
Jul 2021 23.9
Jun 2021 23.7
May 2021 20.4
Apr 2021 18.6
Mar 2021 16
Feb 2021 13.1
Jan 2021 12.6
Dec 2020 4.9
Nov 2020 3.6
Oct 2020 -0.1
Sep 2020 4.1
Aug 2020 4.8
Jul 2020 -0.2
Jun 2020 -0.5
May 2020 -10.4
Apr 2020 -19
Mar 2020 -1.5
Feb 2020 23.4
Jan 2020 27.2
Dec 2019 24
Nov 2019 20.4
Oct 2019 22.3
Sep 2019 25.6
Aug 2019 24.5
Jul 2019 23.9
Jun 2019 26.4
May 2019 25.3
Apr 2019 26
Mar 2019 24.5
Feb 2019 25.3
Jan 2019 24.2
Dec 2018 21
Nov 2018 22.6
Oct 2018 22.6
Sep 2018 23.4
Aug 2018 23.3
Jul 2018 22.5
Jun 2018 23.2
May 2018 23.8
Apr 2018 21.6
Mar 2018 22.1
Feb 2018 20.5
Jan 2018 21.1
Dec 2017 22.3
Nov 2017 19.6
Oct 2017 21.3
Sep 2017 22.4
Aug 2017 23.3
Jul 2017 19.6
Jun 2017 19.5
May 2017 19.6
Apr 2017 23.1
Mar 2017 20
Feb 2017 21.3
Jan 2017 19.8
Dec 2016 19.4
Nov 2016 17.1
Oct 2016 18.4
Sep 2016 19.2
Aug 2016 18.2
Jul 2016 18.6
Jun 2016 18.6
May 2016 15.8
Apr 2016 17.7
Mar 2016 17.7
Feb 2016 17.7
Jan 2016 15.8
Dec 2015 11.6
Nov 2015 10.2
Oct 2015 13.7
Sep 2015 13.5

Recent Events

datetime event actual previous consensus
2025-10-16 06:00 AM Business Confidence (Sep) 18 20.1 -
2025-09-08 06:00 AM Business Confidence (Aug) 20.1 18.39 -

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Israel Business Confidence : Definition
Israel business confidence gauges Israeli firms' outlook on the economy. The Central Bureau of Statistics surveys businesses on expectations for sales, production, employment and investment. Results are aggregated into an index. Above 100 suggests optimism, below 100 indicates pessimism.