ISRAEL ISRAEL

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2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Capital:
Two largest cities: Tel Aviv (381 650)
Haifa W E Employment (% change over previous year) 2.0 0.9 2.0 3.0 3.9 3.2 4.2
Nazareth
Haifa (266 662) Unemployment rate (%) 9.4 10.3 10.7 10.4 9.0 8.4 7.3
Area (km2): 22 145
S Youth unemployment rate (%) .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Tel Aviv
Total population, 2006: 7 053 700
Population density (per km2), 2006: 319 Economic activity rate, 2007 GDP at current prices
Official languages: Hebrew and Arabic Jerusalem in millions of US Dollars, PPP, 2007: 184 958
women men in millions of ILS, 2007: 664 652
Date joined UN: 11 May 1949
Masada 100% GDP at current prices, per capita
National currency: Israeli new shekel (ILS) Beersheba
National statistical office: US Dollars, PPP, 2007: 25 759
80%
Central Bureau of Statistics Israel ILS, 2007: 92 565
http://www.cbs.gov.il 60% Final consumption expenditure at current prices,
20 937
per capita, US Dollars, PPP, 2007:
International boundary
Population by age, 2006 30 km 40% Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
0 30 mi
Boundary of
former Palestine Mandate 3.59
Elat Armistice Demarcation Line ILS per USD, 2007, US=1:
95 + 20%
Women 90-94
Men Gross external debt:
50.6% 85-89 49.4% Women in the labour force, 2007: 89 945
80-84 percentage of total for both sexes
47% 0% in millions of US Dollars, 2007:
75-79 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 70-…
70-74 Exchange rate
65-69 Gender pay gap, 2006: 37% Age (in years) 4.108
Annual average, ILS per USD, 2007:
60-64
55-59
50-54 Women in part-time employment: .. Real GDP growth rate Consumer price index (annual average)
45-49 percentage of total of women employed % change over previous year % change over previous year
40-44
6.0 6.0
35-39 Female tertiary students, 2005-2006:
30-34 55% 5.0 5.7
percentage of total for both sexes 5.2 5.3 5.2 5.3
25-29 4.0 4.0
20-24 Women researchers:
15-19 .. 3.0
10-14 percentage of total for both sexes 2.0
2.3 2.0
5-9 0.7 2.1
0-4 0.0 1.0 1.3 0.5
1.1
-0.4 -0.6 0.0
400 200 Thousands 100 200 300 400 -0.4
Employment by occupation groups, 2006: -2.0 -1.0
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Women Men
Life expectancy (in years), 2004: at birth at 65 Legislators, senior officials % of GDP GDP by major Employment in
and managers 32% 68%
Exports of goods and services, 2007: 43.9 sectors, 2007 major sectors, 2007
Women: 82 20
Professionals 48% 52% Imports of goods and services, 2007: 45.7 2% 2%
Men: 78 18 17% 16%
External trade balance, 2007: -1.8 24%
Total fertility rate, 2006: Clerks 69% 31% 34%
2.9 5% 6%
average number of children per woman
Craft and related trade GDP in agriculture, industry, and services
8% 92%
Adolescent fertility rate, 2006: workers (2005=100) 19%
14 24%
number of live births per 1000 women aged 15-19 14% 86% Annual indices 33% 18%
Plant and machine operators Agriculture
and assemblers Industry (including construction) Agriculture, hunting & forestry; fishing (ISIC A-B)
Mean age of women at birth of first child, 2007: Services
27.0 0% 50% 100% 120
age in years Industry, including energy (ISIC C-E)
% of total 110
100 Construction (ISIC F)
Computer use by age and sex Participation in public life
90 Wholesale & retail trade, repairs; hotels & restaurants; transport
% of total Women Men Women Men & communications (ISIC G-I)
100 80
Financial intermediation; real estate, renting & business
70 activities (ISIC J-K)
80 Government ministers, 2006 10% 90% Other service activities (ISIC L-P)
60
60 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
40
Data not available Members of parliament, 2007 14% 86%

Road accidents Transport infrastructure

20 Ambassadors, 2007 12% 88%
Persons injured 35 489 Motorways 74
0 Central bank board members, in road accidents, 2006 total length in kilometres, 2002
16-24 25-54 55-74 0% 100%
2006 Persons killed Railways
Age (in years) 414 625
in road accidents, 2006 total length in kilometres, 2004
0% 50% 100%
% of total
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