Israel
Israel is a new addition to the Index and is ranked 27th overall.
Israel’s strongest performance is for procurement where it is ranked 5th overall, although some metric scores have been estimated. It achieves the maximum score for the extent to which policies are in place to enable small and medium-sized enterprises to participate in central government procurement.
Israel has an above average score for HR management, scoring particularly well on the performance management metrics, as well as on the use of data for HR decision making.
Israel’s attributes scores are all below average relative to other countries but there are some strong individual metric scores. For example, within the inclusiveness indicator Israel’s score is high for the proportion of women in senior management posts. Israel also does well on the learning and readiness to learn metrics within the capabilities indicator. On integrity, Israel achieves the maximum score for the existence of a post-employment cooling-off period.
The main indicators where Israel’s relative performance is less strong are tax administration and fiscal and financial management.