Full press release including graphs and data
- In the third quarter of 2022, the balance of assets held abroad by Israeli residents declined by approximately $19 billion (about 3 percent), to about $618 billion at the end of September. The decline was mainly due to a decline in the balance of assets in the tradable securities portfolio.
- Outstanding liabilities to abroad declined by approximately $3 billion (about 1 percent) in the third quarter, to about $472 billion at the end of the quarter. The decline was primarily due to a decline in prices of Israeli securities held by nonresidents, as well as changes in the exchange rate.
- Israel’s surplus of assets over liabilities vis-à-vis abroad declined in the third quarter by approximately $15 billion (about 10 percent), to about $146 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) declined during the third quarter by about $4 billion (2 percent), to approximately $194 billion at the end of September.
- The ratio of gross external debt to GDP declined by 1 percentage point during the course of the third quarter, to about 29.7 percent at the end of September. The decline in the debt to GDP ratio in the third quarter reflected a decline of about 3 percent in the balance of external debt and an increase of about 1 percent in GDP (in dollar terms).