Electoral democracy index during each prime minister's tenure
Every prime minister since 1991, ranked by how the electoral democracy index changed from their first day in office. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.
| # | Prime minister | In office | Total | Per year | Chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Yitzhak Rabin | 13 Jul 1992 – 4 Nov 1995 | +1.0 points 1992 → 1995 | +0.3 points/yr | |
| 2 |  Benjamin Netanyahu | 18 Jun 1996 – 6 Jul 1999 | +0.1 points 1995 → 1999 | 0.0 points/yr | |
| 3 |  Ehud Olmert | 4 Jan 2006 – 31 Mar 2009 | −0.1 points 2005 → 2008 | 0.0 points/yr | |
| 4 | Ariel Sharon | 7 Mar 2001 – 4 Jan 2006 | −0.9 points 2000 → 2005 | −0.2 points/yr | |
| 5 | Benjamin Netanyahu | 29 Dec 2022 – now | −2.0 points 2022 → 2025 | −0.7 points/yr | |
| 6 | Benjamin Netanyahu | 31 Mar 2009 – 13 Jun 2021 | −3.5 points 2008 → 2020 | −0.3 points/yr |
Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last count complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that count had no data, or because the period cut it); Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in points; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. points, 0 to 100, V-Dem's 0 to 1 index times 100 · V-Dem Institute, V-Dem dataset v16 (v2x_polyarchy): the electoral democracy index, free and fair elections with wide suffrage and the freedoms of association and expression that make them count, as V-Dem's country experts rate them, with V-Dem's confidence interval; the 0 to 1 index times 100 · Israel data · as of Sep 2026.