Real GDP per person during each prime minister's tenure
Every prime minister since 1991, ranked by how real GDP per person 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 |  Benjamin Netanyahu | 31 Mar 2009 – 13 Jun 2021 | +17.8% Q4 2008 → Q1 2021 | +1.3%/yr | |
| 2 | Yamina Naftali Bennett | 13 Jun 2021 – 1 Jul 2022 | +10.4% Q1 2021 → Q2 2022 | +8.3%/yr | |
| 3 |  Ehud Olmert | 4 Jan 2006 – 31 Mar 2009 | +8.8% Q4 2005 → Q4 2008 | +2.8%/yr | |
| 4 | Benjamin Netanyahu | 29 Dec 2022 – now | +8.1% Q3 2022 → Q2 2026 | +2.1%/yr | |
| 5 |  Ehud Barak | 6 Jul 1999 – 7 Mar 2001 | +6.9% Q2 1999 → Q4 2000 | +4.6%/yr | |
| 6 | Benjamin Netanyahu | 18 Jun 1996 – 6 Jul 1999 | +4.9% Q1 1996 → Q2 1999 | +1.5%/yr | |
| 7 | Ariel Sharon | 7 Mar 2001 – 4 Jan 2006 | +1.3% Q4 2000 → Q4 2005 | +0.3%/yr |
Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last quarter complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that period had no data, or because the period cut it); Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in %; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. ₪ thousand per person, last four quarters, chain-linked volumes · The Central Bureau of Statistics' quarterly GDP via the OECD (QNA, B1GQ), chain-linked volumes, summed over the trailing four quarters, over the resident population (OECD regional database) interpolated to the quarter · Israel data · as of Sep 2026.