Middle East
Israel
EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness
Market-entry intelligence →Why these scores
EU Compliance, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Geopolitical Risk, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Attractiveness, by dimension
9 = most attractive · methodology & sources
Analyst scores, last reviewed June 2026; each dimension's sources and cadence are on its methodology page.
Data layers
The EU is Israel's #1 import source (world lens). Israel is the EU's #52 goods supplier.
Israel on the world stage
Total imports
$91.9bn
2024 annual
Total exports
$60.3bn
162 partners
#1 import source
China
14.7%
#1 export dest.
USA
28.4%
2024 annual, UN Comtrade (HS TOTAL, all partners). Line colour: coverage (exports/imports per partner).
Israel and the EU
EU imports from
€15.3bn
0.6% of extra-EU
EU exports to
€28.1bn
1.1% of extra-EU
EU supplier rank
EU's #52 supplier
EU trade balance
balanced or surplus
coverage 1.84
2025 annual totals, Eurostat COMEXT. EU trade board →
Electricity & grid
National sources · carbon from Ember
Industrial
120
EUR/MWh
Consumer
154
EUR/MWh, all-in
Grid carbon
567
gCO₂e/kWh
Renewables
11%
of generation
regulated market
Power market
● Take-or-pay / single-buyer lock-inMarket model
Partial liberalisation (IEC dominant)
Direct PPA
Limited
grid access: limited
Reserve margin
–
Regulator
Independent
PUA (Electricity Authority)
Gas dependence at 71% (Leviathan and Tamar offshore fields), coal still at 12% despite phase-out targeted for 2026, small isolated grid with no interconnection except a minor Egypt tie, and elevated geopolitical risk.
Tracked infrastructure
51 gas plants
12.2 GW · 11 building
9 coal plants
4.3 GW
2 wind farms
22 MW · 3 building
21 solar farms
1.0 GW · 1 building
1 hydro plants
300 MW · 2 building
Operating assets tracked by Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0); counts are tracked facilities, not exhaustive totals. Energy overview →
Monitored ports (2)
Source: IMF PortWatch. Port count reflects monitoring coverage, not economic significance.
Demographics
UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant
Median age
29.2
→ 32.2 by 2050
Fertility
2.78
above replacement
Working-age
60%
aged 15–64
Old-age dep.
20.9
→ 25.9 by 2050
Median age 1990–2050
Population 9.39M · still growing past 2100
By 2050: +40% (13.1M)