Jerusalem, 16 December, 2025 (TPS-IL) — The Bank of Israel reported that the economy’s outstanding liabilities to abroad increased by approximately $16 billion (about 2.7%) in the third quarter, to about $625 billion at the end of the quarter. Nonresidents’ direct investments in Israel increased, including in share capital, relative to the previous four quarters. At the same time, the prices of Israeli securities held by nonresidents increased.
In the third quarter of 2025, the balance of assets held abroad by Israeli residents increased by approximately $33 billion (about 3.8%), to about $885 billion at the end of September. The increase was mainly due to an increase in the prices of foreign securities held by Israeli residents and net investments abroad by Israeli residents.
The surplus of assets over liabilities vis-à-vis abroad increased during the third quarter of 2025 by $16 billion (6.7%), to about $260 billion at the end of the quarter.
The surplus of assets over liabilities vis-à-vis abroad in debt instruments alone (negative net external debt) increased by about $6 billion (2.1%) during the third quarter, to approximately $318 billion at the end of September.
The ratio of gross external debt to GDP (in Dollar terms) declined by about 1.6 percentage points in the third quarter, to about 27.2% at the end of September.