Israel at 54: A Statistical Glimpse

Geographical Regions

Selected elevations:

Mt. Hermon, Golan	9,220 ft.	2,810 m.
Mt. Meron, Upper Galilee	3,964 ft.	1,208 m.
Mt. Ramon, Negev	3,396 ft.	1,035 m.
Mt. of Olives, Jerusalem	2,739 ft.	835 m.
Mt. Tabor, Lower Galilee	1,930 ft.	588 m.
Mt. Carmel, Haifa	1,792 ft.	546 m.
Dead Sea - lowest point on earth	- 1,300 ft.	- 400 m.

	1980	1990	2000
Population	3,921,700	4,821,700	6,289,200
Civilian labor force	1,318,100	1,649,900	2,435,500
Jews in Israel, as a percentage of world Jewry	25	30	37
Life expectancy Females Males	75.7 72.1	78.4 75.7	80.3 76.1
Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)	15.6	9.9	5.8
School population	1,200,700	1,451,300	1,953,936
Percentage of the population (15+) with 13 years or more of formal schooling	19.2	25.3	37.4

Population by Religion

Population Distribution

Immigrants by Continent
1948-2000

Immigrants by Year of Immigration

State Budget, 2001: NIS 245.8 billion

Gross Domestic Product (at 1995 prices - NIS 10⁶)	1980	1990	2000
- Total - Per capita	138,975 36,005	197,644 42,411	326,517 51,939
Private consumption (at 1995 prices - NIS 10⁶)
- expenditure per capita	16,204	23,308	31,418
Net exports of goods (millions of dollars)	5,291.9	11,603.1	31,403.8
thereof: Industrial products (excl. diamonds) Agricultural products	3,340.4 555.7	7,696.8 657.2	21,004.6 702.1
Net imports of goods (millions of dollars)	7,845.7	15,107.1	35,749.5
Tourists arriving	1,065,800	1,131,700	2,416,750
Air passengers (annual)	2,847,000	3,720,000	9,608,000
Freight shipped by air (annual in tons)	105,800	194,160	336,180
Production of electricity (in millions of kilwatt/hours)	12,400	20,900	42,900
Private cars	410,000	803,000	1,397,000

University Students by Field of Study
(Total 113,010 students in 7 universities)

* Figures based on the Statistical Abstract of Israel, No. 52, 2001