Israel
Country in Asia
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 10.1M (2025). World rank 95 of 216; in Asia, 30 of 49. Area: 20,770 km². World rank 154 of 249; in Asia, 39 of 50. Life expectancy: 83.2 years (2024). World rank 17 of 216 (1 = best); in Asia, 7 of 49. From 2015 to 2025: population 8.4M → 10.1M, GDP $302.8B → $610.8B, and GDP per person $36,138 → $60,337. Better than all its neighbours (Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, and Syria): life expectancy and GDP per person.
State
- Official name
- State of Israel
- Local name
- إسرائيل
- Capital
- Jerusalem
- Region
- Asia
- Form of government
- Parliamentary democracy
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Isaac Herzog
- Head of government
- Benjamin Netanyahu
- Independence
- May 14, 1948
- Women in parliament
- 24.2% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 10,122,800 2025
- Area
- 20,770 km²
- GDP
- $610.8B 2025
- GDP per person
- $60,337 2025
- Life expectancy
- 83.2 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- Arabic, Hebrew
- Currency
- Israeli New Shekel (ILS)
- Time zones
- UTC+3
- Calling code
- +972
- Emergency numbers
- 100, 101, 102
- Driving side
- Right
- Plug types
- C, D, H
- Mains voltage
- 230 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Has a coastline
- Coastline, km
- 273
- Neighbours
- Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria
- Agricultural land
- 23.8% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Mitspe Shlagim, 2,224 m
- Lowest point
- Dead Sea, -431 m
- Mean elevation, m
- 508
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 20
- Warmest month in the capital
- August, 27°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- January, 11°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 435 2021
Population and migration
- Population density
- 487.4 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- +1.2% 2025
- Living in cities
- 91.6% 2025
- Net migration per year
- +11.5K 2025
- Born in another country
- 22.3% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 27.2% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 60.1% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 12.7% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 85.4 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 81.1 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 2.9 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 18.6 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 5.3 2024
Society
- Religions
- Jewish 73.5%, Muslim 18.1%, other 6.5%, and Christian 1.9% (2022)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 69.8 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 67.4 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 76.7 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 74.9 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 64.9 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $59,717 2025
- GDP growth per year
- +2.9% 2025
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- High income
- Gross national income per person
- $56,180 2025
- Inflation
- +3% 2025
- Price level, USA = 100
- 101 2025
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 1.3% 2024
- Industry, share of GDP
- 17.2% 2024
- Services, share of GDP
- 72.8% 2024
- Unemployment
- 3.5% 2025
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 6% 2025
- Women in work or seeking work
- 62.3% 2025
Trade and finance
- Exports, share of GDP
- 27.6% 2025
- Imports, share of GDP
- 25.4% 2025
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- +2% 2025
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- +4.3% 2025
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 0.2% 2025
- Tax revenue, share of GDP
- 23.2% 2024
Poverty and inequality
- Gini index (0 = full equality)
- 38.3 2022
- Living on under $3 a day
- 0.4% 2022
Education
- Adult literacy
- 91.8% 1983
- Primary school enrolment
- 97.4% 2024
- Secondary school enrolment
- 98.5% 2024
- Higher education enrolment
- 56.3% 2024
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 5.9% 2022
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 7.1% 2023
- Health spending per person
- $3,928 2023
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 20.5% 2023
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 3.8 2023
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 5.9 2023
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 3.1 2023
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 98% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 2.7 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 3.3 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 2 2023
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 10.1% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 54.3% 2022
- Adults who use tobacco
- 21.2% 2024
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 100% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 99.9% 2024
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 100% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 1.6 2022
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 3.9 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 4.4 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 49.6 2025
- Natural hazards
- earthquakes, droughts, and dust and sand storms
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 21.9 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 5.8 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 7.7 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 6.8% 2024
- Protected areas
- 12.2% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 80 2021
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 132% 2021
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 88.2% 2024
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 177 2024
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 29.2 2024
- Internet domain
- .il
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 100% 2024
- Electricity use, kWh per person
- 7,203 2025
- Renewable share of energy use
- 6.2% 2021
- Electricity from renewables
- 7.6% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 84.8% 2025
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 7,377,778 2023
- Airports
- 40 2025
- Railways, km
- 1,497 2021
Science and innovation
- Research spending, share of GDP
- 6.4% 2023
- Scientific articles per year
- 13,844 2023
- Patent applications by residents
- 1,448 2024
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 37.2% 2024