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I SRAEL I SRAEL

Population The Economy Education

Health Standard of Living EmploymentScience & Technology

2007


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Area (excl. administered territories)

Population in 2006 (thousands)Population in 1948Natural increase 1948-2006Net migration balance

Population, by districtCentralNorthSouth

In urban areasIn rural areas

Jews, by place of birth (thousands)

Born abroadIsraeli bornP

opu

lation

1948

463254

65%35%

1,9303,773

34%66%

2006

22,072 sq. km.

7,054806

3,8402,433

53%29%18%

92%8%

Population, by origin

Arabs20%

Jews80%

Israel27%

Americas3%

FSU

17%

Europe11%

Africa12%

Asia10%


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Age structure of population

Households, by number of children

IsraelUnited StatesEurope average

4+1-3No children

22%

47%

31%

37%

58%

%30

2520

15

10

5

00-14 65+

5%

Jews Arabs


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The

Economy

Gross domestic product (GDP), constant prices

GDP per capita

198050,70713,076

199072,61415,582

2000123,67519,665

2007153,69421,414

Total ($ millions)Per capita ($)

Government consumption expenditure as % of GDP

34 30 27 26

Foreign trade as % of GDP

Imports

Exports

45

35

39

38

45

45

60

44

*

Average inflation (%)

1969-7928

1980-85199

1992-199710

2000-20071.5

*

*estimate

45

40

35

30

25

20

15

10

5

0

US$,

thou

sands,using

PPPs

Portugal

Israel

Spain

Greece

Ger

many

Japan

Sw

eden

UK

Nether

lands

Switze

rland

Ir

eland

US


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Exports, by economic branchpercent of total exports

Government expenditure, by category - 2007Total budget - $76,105 million

19702006

Chemical &oil products

Electronics

Textiles

Diamonds

Agriculturalproducts

0 5 10 15 20 25 30

Social services

35%

Debt repayment

29%

Defense

18%

Others18%


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Median years of schooling

Total

JewsArabs

Enrollment rates in age group 14-17

JewsArabs

BoysGirls

E

ducation

National expenditure on education

as % of GDP

19618.0

8.41.2

198010.7

11.17.5

200612.5

12.811.1

97.2%91.0%

94.5%97.3%

987

6543210

Israel

US

Denmark

Sweden

France

Finland

UK

Austria

Germany

Netherlands

Spain


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Persons aged 15+ with 13+ years of schooling

High school matriculation certificatesentitled as % of 17-year-olds

1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2006

%45

40

35

30

25

20

15

10

5

0

0 10 20 30 40 50%

2006

2000

1990

1980


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H

ealth

National expenditure on health as % of G DP

Physicians per 1,000 population

1980 2006

3.0 3.5

Hospital beds

1980 2006

Total beds per1,000 population 6.7 5.9

Geriatric beds per

1,000 aged 65+ 13.5 33.4

Average length of hospitalization (days)

1980 2006

6.3 4.1

%

16

14

12

10

86

4

2

0

Ir

eland

Israel

Japan

UK

Italy

Den

mark

Greece

Ger

many

France

US


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Infant mortality per 1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Japan

France

Germany

Greece

Israel

UK

US

men women

age

86

84828078767472

7068

USUKFrance

Canada

Israel

Japan


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S

tan

dar

dof

livi

ng

Household consumption expenditure

by main itemspercent distribution

Ownership of durablespercent of a

ll households

Housing, dwelling,householdmaintenance

Health, education,

culture,entertainment

Transport,communication

Food, clothing,footwear

Other

20051993

VCR

100

90

80

70

60

50

40

30

20

10

0personalcomputer

one carat least

one cellularphoneat least

%

34

20

15

25

6

36

19

21

20

5

DVD

20002006


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Income distribution in householdsmonthly income per person

Income ($, adjusted for inflation)

Average net income per household19871,873

Average monthly wage19871,312

19952,248

19951,498

20002,542

20001,598

20062,785

20061,714

Percentage of families living under poverty line

1980

7%

1989

13%

2000

18%

2006

20%

average income

income deciles1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

2500

2000

1500

1000

500

0

US $


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Em

plo

yme

nt

Population aged 15+ in labor force

Unemployment rate

*estimate

%90

80

70

60

5040

30

20

10

0

men women

19601970198019902007

%

12

10

8

6

4

2

0

1975

1977

1979

1981

1983

1985

1987

1989

1991

1993

1995

1997

1999

2001

2003

2005

2007*


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Employment rate among aged 25-54 (%)

Occupational structure

SwitzerlandDenmarkNorwayFinlandCanada

UKFrance

USIreland

GermanyOECD

SpainIsrael

Turkey

0 20 40 60 80 100

Academics,professionals,technicians

andmanagers

36%

Unskilledworkers

8%Sales and

serviceworkers20%

Skilledworkers

20%Clericalworkers

16%


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Scienc

e&

Tech

nolo

gy

Expenditure on research and developmentas % of GDP

Share of households having personal

computer and Internet access at home

Italy

Norway

UK

US

Germany

Japan

Israel

% 0 1 2 3 4 5

Internet at home

Personal computer

%90

80

70

60

50

40

30

20

10

0

Turke

y

Greec

e

Franc

e

Spain

Irelan

d

U

S

EU2

5

Israel

Austria

Finlan

d

German

y

UK

Netherland

s

Japa

n

Denmar

k


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Number of scientific publications permillion population

Information & communication technology :share of ICT jobs and ICT product in business sector

Israel

Finland

Ireland

UK

US

NetherlandsSweden

France

Japan

Germany

Spain

2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18%

ICT productICT jobs

SwitzerlandSweden

IsraelDenmark

FinlandNetherlands

UKNorwayBelgium

USGermany

FranceIrelandJapan

Italy% 0 500 1000 1500 2000


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TAUB CENTER

for Social Policy Studies in IsraelThe Center assists in shaping public policy to the benefit of the

population of Israel by means of research and education in socialpolicy issues. Established in 1982 under the leadership and visionof Herbert M. Singer, Henry Taub, and the American Jewish JointDistribution Committee, the Center is funded by a permanentendowment created by the Henry and Marilyn Taub Foundation, theHerbert M. and Nell Singer Foundation, Jane and John Colman, theKolker-Saxon-Hallock Family Foundation, and the American Jewish

Joint Distribution Committee.

15 Ha'ari St. POB 3489, Jerusalem 91034, IsraelTel: 972-2-5671818 Fax: 972-2-5671919Email : [email protected] Website: www.taubcenter.org.il

The American Jewish Joint DistributionCommittee

Since 1914, JDC has extended the help of American Jewry to Jews inneed of rescue, relief or reconstruction in communities throughout

the world. In Israel, JDC works in partnership with the countryspeople and government to strengthen Israels capacity to care forits least fortunate citizens. JDCs work is supported primarily bycontributions to the annual campaigns of the Jewish communityfederations throughout the United States in partnership with United

Jewish Communities.

JDC, 711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017-4014Tel: (212) 687-6200 Fax: (212) 370-5467Email: [email protected] Website: www.jdc.org

All data refer to 2006-2007 (or latest year available).

All dollar signs indicate US dollars. 1 US$ = 4.25 NIS.Sources: Central Bureau of Statistics, Eurostat, OECD,

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