ISRAEL

Capital Jerusalem *
Area (km2) 22 145
Total population (thousands, 2021) 9 371
Population density (per km2) 423
National currency Israeli new shekel (ILS)
National statistical office www.cbs.gov.il
Central Bureau of Statistics
Women in the labour force, 2020
   percentage of total for both sexes 48%
Gender pay gap
   monthly earnings, 2021 34%
   hourly wage, 2021 19%
Women in part-time employment, 2021
   percentage of employed women 30%
Female tertiary students, 2020
   percentage of total for both sexes 58%
Female victims of homicide, 2020
   percentage of total for both sexes 18%
Women researchers
   percentage of total for both sexes ..
Life expectancy at birth, 2021
   females, years 84.6
   males, years 80.5
Life expectancy at 65, 2021
   females, years 21.8
   males, years 19.3
Total fertility rate, 2020
   average number of children per woman 2.9
Adolescent fertility rate, 2020
   number of live births per 1000 women aged 15-19 6.7
Mean age of women at birth of first child, 2021
   age in years 27.8
 
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
Employment
 (% change over previous year)
2.1
1.6
-1.3
1.1
5.8
3.3
Unemployment rate
 (%)
4.0
3.8
4.3
5.0
3.8
3.4
Youth unemployment rate
 (%)
7.2
6.7
7.9
7.8
..
..
GDP
   current prices, millions of US dollars, PPP, 2023 520 906
GDP, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2023 53 350
Exports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2023 30.9
Imports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2023 27.2
Final consumption expenditure, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2023 37 680
Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
   ILS per USD, US=1, 2023 3.587
Forest resources
   Area of forest
 (percentage of land area, 2015)
 8
   Wood volume
 (m3 per inhabitant, 2015)
 1

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Transport infrastructure, road accidents and traffic
   Railways
      total length in kilometres, 2016 1 340
   Motorways
      total length in kilometres, 2020 637
   Persons injured in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2022 1 894
   Persons killed in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2022 37
   Traffic, railways
      million passenger-kilometres, 2020 1 253
      million tonne-kilometres, 2020 1 250
   Traffic, roads
      million passenger-kilometres ..
      million tonne-kilometres, 1990 4 370
* Designation and data provided by Israel. The data include East Jerusalem. The position of the United Nations is contained in General Assembly resolution 181 (II) and subsequent resolutions of the General Assembly and the Security Council.