Israel Ranks 39th in 2026 Global Real Estate Transparency Index
Israel ranked 39th in the 2026 JLL Global Real Estate Transparency Index with a score of 2.71. While improving its absolute score, Israel remains in the medium-transparency tier as Gulf nations outpace its global ranking.
Israel's real estate market has shown a slight improvement in transparency, according to the 2026 JLL Global Real Estate Transparency Index, but it continues to lag behind global peers as other nations advance at a faster pace. Ranked 39th out of 88 countries evaluated, Israel received a score of 2.71, improving from 2.79 in the previous 2024 index. In this methodology, lower scores indicate higher transparency. Despite this progress, Israel remains categorized among medium-transparency markets, narrowing its gap to the high-transparency threshold from 0.14 points down to 0.06 points.
The findings highlight a competitive global environment where approximately two-thirds of examined markets have also upgraded their transparency levels over the past two years. Notably, Gulf nations such as Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi have outpaced Israel's ranking trajectory. Saudi Arabia rose to 35th place with a score of 2.52, Abu Dhabi climbed to 33rd with 2.42, and Dubai surged to 17th place with 2.05, driven by expanded government databases, digitalization, and regulatory reforms.
Global real estate investments heavily favor transparent jurisdictions, with 81% of direct investments concentrated in very high transparency markets and an additional 17.5% in high transparency markets. Medium-transparency markets, including Israel, capture a mere 1.3% of global direct investments. JLL Israel CEO Yaniv Lotringer noted that while Israel's absolute improvement is real, the global benchmark continues to rise rapidly, making transparency an essential competitive infrastructure for attracting global capital.
Domestically, the index findings coincide with ongoing public debate regarding access to real estate data and Israel Tax Authority databases. While state databases face occasional restrictions aimed at balancing transparency with privacy, government reports and the Council of Land Appraisers have previously pointed to data collection shortcomings. Experts emphasize that enhanced digitalization and open access remain vital for accurate property pricing and risk assessment.