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Middle East > Israel > Economy

ISRAELI ECONOMY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Agriculture > products
citrus, vegetables, cotton; beef, poultry, dairy products
Aid as % of GDP 0.7% [99th of 129]
Business efficiency 67.304 [23rd of 51]
Economic freedom 2.55 [34th of 156]
Exchange rates
new Israeli shekels per US dollar - 4.482 (2004), 4.5541 (2003), 4.7378 (2002), 4.2057 (2001), 4.0773 (2000)
Exports to US $3,374,000,000.00 [18th of 224]
GDP > PPP $163,703,000,000.00 [47th of 163]
Income category High income: nonOECD
Income distribution > Poorest 10% 2.4% [67th of 114]
Income distribution > Richest 10% 28.3% [70th of 114]
Income distribution > Richest 20% 44.2% [66th of 114]
Innovation 26.5 [11th of 68]
Overall productivity > PPP $54,510.40 [14th of 49]
Population below median income 13.5 [6th of 28]
Technological achievement 0.51 [17th of 68]
Trade with US > US exports of textile, sewing machines 6,572 [36th of 183]
World Trade > Imports > Mech transmission equipment 45,270 [39th of 137]
World Trade > Imports > Mechanical handling equipment 151,067 [34th of 146]
World Trade > Imports > Special industrial machines nes 256,287 [39th of 144]
World Trade > Imports > Special transactions nes 117,531 [39th of 118]

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; calculated on the basis of data on ODA from OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development), Development Assistance Committee. 2002. DAC Online. Database. Paris.; and data on GDP from World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC; IMD International, 2005; The Heritage Foundation; US Census Bureau; World Bank. 2005. World Development Indicators 2005.; ; World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC; Porter, Michael E. and Scott Stern, National Innovative Capacity, Chapter 2.2 in Porter, Michael, and JeffreySachs (eds.), The Global Competitiveness Report 2001-2002, New York: Oxford University Press, 2001, p.104. via ciesin.org; IMD International; United Nations Development Program. Human Development Report 2001. New York: Oxford University Press,2001, Table A2.1. via ciesin.org; FTDWebMaster, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau; International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO; International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO; International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO; International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Israel, State of Israel, Medinat Yisra'el, Yisra'el

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