Israel 1948—2026: A fractal measurement of governance.
01About this research
What this is
A quantitative report on 78 years of Israeli governance. Each prime minister, public system, sector, company, and NGO receives a single F score summarizing 17 sub-indicators from primary sources.
Why it is needed
Public debate about government performance tends to be dichotomous, event-driven, or partisan. This research measures systemic function — consistent across periods, units of analysis, and independent of political identity.
What is new
Uniform application of one methodology across five parallel units of analysis; direct comparison of all 13 prime ministers on identical metrics; NCR analysis of 100 largest companies and 30,000 NGOs.
What this is not
Not a legal judgment. Not an assessment of individual intent. Not a substitute for elections. A synthetic index intended to support evidence-based debate, not close it.
02How we measure governance
Governance is the process of translating decisions into public benefit. The Data Fluidity methodology, developed by Ehud Hemli, quantifies this translation using the composite score F = (D × U) / R on a 0—100 scale. The three components:
| Var. | What it measures | High score | Low score |
|---|---|---|---|
| D | Decision quality | Evidence-based, coordinated | Impulsive, uncoordinated |
| U | Utility realized | Decisions reach the public | Decisions remain on paper |
| R | Resistance / friction | Smooth, efficient bureaucracy | Entangled, wasteful bureaucracy |
D, U, R each decompose into further sub-indicators — 17 metrics in total, each computed from 3—15 raw data points. See the full page in each language for the complete list and the definition of every metric.
03How the measurement was performed
Five-step working process, applied uniformly across all 1,350 units of analysis:
04Primary sources
Data drawn strictly from primary sources — government records, regulatory filings, international indices, and peer-reviewed research. No opinion polling, no social media, no press reporting (except for cross-verification).
- Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS)
- Bank of Israel · annual reports
- Office of the State Comptroller · 85+ reports
- Israel Securities Authority filings
- Registrar of Companies · ownership structures
- Knesset.gov.il · votes, protocols, queries
- State Attorney's Office yearbooks
- OECD Economic Surveys of Israel
- IMF Article IV Consultation Reports
- World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators
- V-Dem Institute · University of Gothenburg
- Freedom House · press freedom indices
- Transparency International · CPI
- Israel Democracy Institute
- Taub Center for Social Policy Studies
- Think-tank publications (polarity analysis)
05Read the full report
The complete report in each language contains the methodology (Sections 01—04), the F trend chart, the 13 prime minister ranking, the key findings, and the 6-domain power map.