ISRAEL- COUNTRY FACTS

ISRAEL- COUNTRY FACTS

ISRAEL-NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES AND POLITICAL MAP

Area: 22,072 sq. km Land area: 21,643 sq. km. Fast Facts Area of lakes: 429 sq. km. (Sea of Galilee 164 sq. km., the Dead Sea - 265 sq. km.) Land border: Total length of border: 857 km. Coastline: Length of Mediterranean Sea Coast 194 km. Length of Red Sea Coast about 12 km. Lowest point: The Dead Sea - 427 m. below sea level. Highest point: Mount Hermon - 2,224 m. LAND USE-ISREAL The only river in Israel: The Jordan River, approximately 250 km. Land use: arable land: 17% permanent crops: 4% permanent pastures: 7% forests and woodland: 6% other: 66% 66% 17% arable land permanent crops permanent pastures forest and woodland other 7% 6% 4%

90,00,000 80,00,000 70,00,000 60,00,000 50,00,000 40,00,000 30,00,000 20,00,000 10,00,000 0 Male Female Population Out Of Total Population 81,34,500 40,29,300 41,05,200 Total Total Males Females Males Females DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE- ISRAEL AGE COMPOSITION -ISREAL Source Central Bureau of statistics Israel2014 54.90% 10.60% 34.50% % of population aged (0-18) % population aged (19-6) % population aged (65+)

EDUCATION SENARIO Students and Teaching Staff in the Educational System, 2012/13 25,00,000 20,00,000 15,00,000 10,00,000 5,00,000 0 Source Central Bureau of statistics Israel 2014 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 STUDENTS TEACHERS Persons Aged 15 and Over, by Years of Schooling (%) 2013 Total 0-4 5-8 9-10 11-12 13-15 16+ Aged 15 and above Women Men

Recipients of Degrees from Institutions of Higher Education, 2012/13 Total Universities- 39,654 3.00% 2.70% 38.00% 55.40% COLLEGES (ACADEMIC +EDUCATION) First Degree Third Degree Source Central Bureau of statistics Israel 2014 Second Degree Diploma 6,415 25,624 Academic Colleges Colleges of Education

Economy Employed Persons, by Occupation,2013 Total Professionals 35,00,000 30,00,000 25,00,000 20,00,000 15,00,000 10,00,000 5,00,000 0 Academic proff. engineers, technicians, agents & associate prof. Clerical workers Service & sales workers Skilled workers Elementary occupations Source Central Bureau of statistics Israel 2014

Manufacturing, Commerce & Services Percentage of Employee Jobs, by Industry (2011 Classification) 2013 Average Sr.No. Industry % 1 Education 13.9 2 Wholesale and retail trade 13.7 3 Human health and social work activities 11.3 4 Manufacturing 10.8 5 Administration and support service activities 8.7 6 Professional, scientific and technical Activities 6.5 7 Accommodation and food service activities 5.9 8 Information and communication 4.9 9 Construction 5 10 Local administration, public administration and defence; compulsory social security 3.9 11 Transportation and storage, postal and courier activities 3.8 12 Financial and insurance activities 3.2 13 Other service activities 3 14 Arts, entertainment and recreation 2 15 Agriculture, forestry and fishing 1.5 16 Electricity, water supply, sewerage, and waste management 1 17 Real estate activities 0.7 18 Mining and quarrying Source- http://www1.cbs.gov.il/reader/cw_usr_view_folder?id=141 0.1

AGRICULTURE SECTOR Employments in agriculture, 2013: There were about 43,100 employed persons in agriculture. Of those, about 26,000 were employees (based on the Labour Force Survey). The number of employee jobs of foreign workers from the Palestinian Authority was 11,400. The number of employee jobs of workers from abroad was 22,000. (according to employers' reports to the National Insurance Institute. Sourcehttp://www1.cbs.gov.il/reader/cw_usr_view_Folder?ID=141

Sourcehttp://www1.cbs.gov.il/reader/cw_usr_view_Folder?ID=141 NATIONAL ACCOUNTS,2013 Gross Domestic Product (in current prices) 1,049 Percent of growth in the GDP compared with previous year 3.20% Gross Domestic Product per capita 130,227 Private consumption expenditure 593 General government consumption Expenditure 236 Gross domestic capital formation 206 Capital formation in economic industries 138 Residential building 66 Export of goods and services 345 Import of goods and services 331 Total use of resources 1,380

TOURISM AND HOTELS In 2013, there were 3,539,700 visitor arrivals to Israel, and 4,756,700 departures of Israelis abroad. ACCOMMODATION SERVICES, 2013 Hotels 357 Rooms 49,203 Person-nights in tourist hotels 22,482,000 Tourist person-nights as a percentage of all personnights 43% Room occupancy 66% Person-nights in all accommodation services: 27,936,800 Hotels Percentage Tourist hotels 80.50% Other hotels 6.80% Rural tourism 8.10% Youth hostels 3.50% Field schools 1.20% 3.50% 6.80% 8.10% ACCOMODATION SERVICES 2013 1.20% Source Central Bureau of statistics Israel 2014 80.50% Tourist hotels Other hotels Rural tourism Youth hostels Field schools

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