Which Industries Make Up Israel’s Economy? High-Tech Was 18.3% of GDP in 2025
High-tech was 18.3% of Israel’s GDP in 2025 on the Innovation Authority’s measure. Services exports reached $91.0 billion against $58.7 billion in goods.
High-tech produced 18.3% of Israel’s GDP in 2025, on the Israel Innovation Authority’s own measure, up from 17.7% in 2024. The Central Bureau of Statistics records total GDP of NIS 2,108 billion for 2025, and services exports of $91.0 billion against $58.7 billion of goods. Agriculture added NIS 19.3 billion to GDP on the Bureau’s count.
| Figure | What it counts | Who published it | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18.3% | High-tech’s share of GDP, on the Authority’s own measure | Israel Innovation Authority | 2025 |
| NIS 352 billion | High-tech GDP, a real rise of 8.2% on 2024 | Israel Innovation Authority | 2025 |
| NIS 2,108 billion | Total GDP, second estimate, real growth of 2.9% | Central Bureau of Statistics | 2025 |
| $91.0 billion | Services exports, 88.2% of them business services | Central Bureau of Statistics | 2025 |
| $58.7 billion | Goods exports, gross, on foreign trade statistics | Central Bureau of Statistics | 2025 |
| 42% | High-technology industries’ share of manufactured exports, excluding diamonds | Central Bureau of Statistics | Printed with October to December 2025 trend data |
| NIS 19.3 billion | Gross domestic product of agriculture | Central Bureau of Statistics | 2025 |
| About 400,000 | High-tech workers, 11.4% of total employment, on the Authority’s own count | Israel Innovation Authority | 2025 |
High-tech produced 18.3% of Israel’s GDP in 2025
The Israel Innovation Authority puts high-tech’s share of GDP at 18.3% in 2025, on its own measure. High-tech is the Authority’s grouping of branches drawn from both manufacturing and services. It is not an industry in the national accounts, so the share is not one row of a Bureau industry table. Software services make up 69% of high-tech output.
| Figure | What it counts | Period |
|---|---|---|
| NIS 352 billion | High-tech GDP, a real rise of 8.2% | 2025 |
| 18.3% | High-tech share of GDP, against 17.7% a year earlier | 2025 |
| 1.44 percentage points | High-tech’s contribution to 2.9% GDP growth, “approximately 50%” | 2025 |
| About 400,000 | High-tech workers, 11.4% of total employment | 2025 |
| 69% | Software services’ share of high-tech output | The State of High-Tech 2026 |
| About NIS 16 billion | Added by hardware manufacturing: computers, electronic and optical equipment | 2025 |
Source: Israel Innovation Authority, The State of High-Tech 2026, press release of 31 May 2026. Every figure is the Authority’s own measure of the sector.
The Central Bureau of Statistics recorded total GDP of NIS 2,108 billion in 2025, on its second estimate of 10 March 2026, after real growth of 1.0% in 2024.
Services exports reached $91.0 billion against $58.7 billion in goods
The Central Bureau of Statistics records services exports of $91.0 billion in 2025, against gross goods exports of $58.7 billion, which fell 2.7% on 2024. Business services made up 88.2% of services exports. In this table business services exclude tourism, transport, insurance and government.
| What it counts | Figure |
|---|---|
| Services exports, total | $91.0 billion |
| Business services | 88.2% of services exports |
| Transport services | 8.0% of services exports |
| Tourism services | 3.5% of services exports |
| Goods exports, gross, total | $58.7 billion |
| Manufacturing, mining and quarrying | $56.6 billion |
| Agriculture, forestry and fishing | $1.5 billion |
| Other goods | $0.6 billion |
Source: Central Bureau of Statistics, Israel in Figures, Rosh Hashana: Selected Annual Data 2026, chapter 13. All figures 2025, in US dollars.
The three services shares come to 99.7%, because insurance and government services sit outside all three. On the balance-of-payments basis, the Bureau records total exports of goods and services of $174.2 billion in 2025, against imports of $157.8 billion.
42% of manufactured exports came from high-technology industries
The Central Bureau of Statistics records that high-technology industries made up 42% of manufactured exports excluding diamonds, in the shares it prints beside its October to December 2025 trend data. Medium-high technology industries made up 35%, medium-low 16% and low technology 7%. The release covers goods only, and excludes services exports, including software.
- Electronic components and boards were the fastest-growing export group, up 42.9% at an annual rate in October to December 2025. That is a growth rate, not a share.
- Diamond exports, net, polished and rough, were NIS 7.1 billion in 2025, against NIS 8.8 billion in 2024 (original data).
- Goods exports totalled NIS 193.8 billion in 2025, against NIS 209.4 billion in 2024 (temporary data).
Agriculture added NIS 19.3 billion to GDP in 2025
The Central Bureau of Statistics records gross domestic product of agriculture of NIS 19.3 billion in 2025, and net domestic product of NIS 16.6 billion. Agricultural output, a separate measure, was worth NIS 39.0 billion. Plant crops made up 54.6% of that output, and livestock and livestock products 45.4%.
- Agricultural exports were worth NIS 5.1 billion in 2025.
- Of the main vegetables the Bureau lists, potatoes were the largest by weight, at 564,000 tonnes.
- Of the main fruits the Bureau lists, avocados were the largest by weight, at 270,000 tonnes.
- Field crops covered 1.8 million dunams, the largest category by area, in a total of 3.4 million dunams.
Tonnage is weight, not value. The release gives value only for total plant output.
No release read here gives GDP for every industry
The Central Bureau of Statistics’ second estimate of national accounts for 2025 records total GDP of NIS 2,108 billion and GDP per person of NIS 208.6 thousand, with no breakdown by industry. The releases on this page give no share of GDP for finance, construction, tourism, mining or defence. Tourism appears only as 3.5% of services exports, and mining only inside the $56.6 billion of manufacturing, mining and quarrying exports.
The Israel Innovation Authority publishes annual output per employee by sector for 2025, on its own measure. These figures are productivity, not size: they say how much each worker produced, not how large each industry is.
| Sector | Annual output per employee |
|---|---|
| High-tech | About NIS 827,000 |
| Financial and insurance services | About NIS 721,000 |
| Commerce | About NIS 283,000 |
| Construction | About NIS 166,000 |
Source: Israel Innovation Authority, The State of High-Tech 2026, press release of 31 May 2026. Figures for 2025, on the Authority’s own measure.
Which figures may not be added together?
The goods and services export lines may not be added to reach a total: the Central Bureau of Statistics records $58.7 billion of goods on foreign trade statistics and $174.2 billion of total exports on the balance-of-payments basis.
- The 18.3% is the Israel Innovation Authority’s own share of GDP. It is not NIS 352 billion divided by the Bureau’s NIS 2,108 billion, and the Authority’s press release does not state which GDP base it uses.
- NIS 193.8 billion of goods exports is in shekels and $58.7 billion in dollars; neither is converted into the other.
- Agricultural GDP of NIS 19.3 billion is not divided by total GDP to make a share, and NIS 39.0 billion of output is not GDP.
- The 42% excludes diamonds and goods only; software sits outside it.
Questions readers ask
How big is Israel’s economy?
The Central Bureau of Statistics recorded GDP of NIS 2,108 billion in 2025, on its second estimate, with real growth of 2.9%. The first estimate had put growth at 3.1%.
How many people work in Israeli high-tech?
The Israel Innovation Authority counted about 400,000 high-tech workers in 2025, on its own measure. That is 11.4% of total employment in Israel, a share of jobs rather than of GDP.
How much of Israel’s exports is high-tech?
The Israel Innovation Authority puts high-tech exports at about $85 billion in 2025, 58% of total Israeli exports, on its own measure. The share is of exports, not of GDP.
How much of Israel’s growth came from high-tech?
The Israel Innovation Authority reported that high-tech contributed 1.44 percentage points of Israel’s 2.9% GDP growth in 2025, on its own measure. It describes this as “approximately 50%”.
Is software counted in Israel’s goods exports?
No. The Central Bureau of Statistics states that its monthly goods trade data exclude exports of services, including software, and trade with the Palestinian Authority.
How much did Israel’s diamond exports fall?
The Central Bureau of Statistics recorded diamond exports of NIS 7.1 billion in 2025, against NIS 8.8 billion in 2024. The figure covers net exports of polished and rough diamonds.
Which export group grew fastest?
The Central Bureau of Statistics reported electronic components and boards as the fastest-growing export group, up 42.9% at an annual rate in October to December 2025.
How much of Israel’s services exports is tourism?
The Central Bureau of Statistics records tourism services at 3.5% of $91.0 billion of services exports in 2025. Transport services made up 8.0%.
Does Israel import more goods than it exports?
The Central Bureau of Statistics recorded goods exports of NIS 193.8 billion against imports of NIS 326.9 billion in 2025, a goods deficit of NIS 133.1 billion (temporary data). On the balance-of-payments basis, which includes services, it records a surplus of $16.4 billion.
What are Israel’s biggest crops?
The Central Bureau of Statistics records potatoes, at 564,000 tonnes, as the largest of the main vegetables it lists for 2025, and avocados, at 270,000 tonnes, as the largest of the main fruits.
How much farm produce does Israel export?
The Central Bureau of Statistics recorded agricultural exports of NIS 5.1 billion in 2025. In dollars, its chapter on trade gives $1.5 billion of agriculture, forestry and fishing goods exports.
How productive is a high-tech worker in Israel?
The Israel Innovation Authority puts annual output per high-tech employee at about NIS 827,000 in 2025, on its own measure. It gives about NIS 166,000 for construction.
Sources
- Central Bureau of Statistics, 2026. Israel in Figures, Rosh Hashana: Selected Annual Data 2026, chapter 13, Imports and Exports of Goods and Services. Media release 282/2026. https://www.cbs.gov.il/he/mediarelease/DocLib/2026/282/11_26_282b.pdf. Official or primary record.
- Central Bureau of Statistics, 2026. Israel in Figures, Rosh Hashana: Selected Annual Data 2026, chapter 21, Agriculture. Media release 282/2026. https://www.cbs.gov.il/he/mediarelease/DocLib/2026/282/11_26_282b.pdf. Official or primary record.
- Central Bureau of Statistics, 2026. Israel’s Foreign Trade, Exports and Imports of Goods: December 2025. Media release 010/2026. https://www.cbs.gov.il/he/mediarelease/DocLib/2026/010/16_26_010e.pdf. Official or primary record.
- Central Bureau of Statistics, 2026. Israel’s National Accounts 2025: Second Estimate. Media release 073/2026. https://www.cbs.gov.il/he/mediarelease/DocLib/2026/073/08_26_073b.pdf. Official or primary record.
- Israel Innovation Authority, 2026. The State of High-Tech 2026, annual report press release, 31 May 2026. https://innovationisrael.org.il/en/press_release/israeli-high-tech-report-2026/. Official or primary record.
