ISRAEL ISRAEL Time: UTC +2h N 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Capital: * Haifa Employment (% change over previous year) 2.0 0.92.0 3.0 3.9 3.2 4.2 Two largest cities: Tel Aviv (381 650) Nazareth WE Haifa (266 662) Unemployment rate (%) 9.4 10.3 10.7 10.4 9.0 8.4 7.3 S Area (km2): 22 145 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 Date joined UN: 11 May 1949 in millions of ILS, 2007: 664 652 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 Final consumption expenditure at current prices, http://www.cbs.gov.il 60% 20 937 per capita, US Dollars, PPP, 2007: 30 km International boundary 40% Population by age, 2006 Boundary of Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) 0 30 mi 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 47% 0% in millions of US Dollars, 2007: 75-79 percentage of total for both sexes 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 Age (in years) 4.108 65-69 Gender pay gap, 2006: 37% 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 35-39 Female tertiary students, 2005-2006: 6.0 6.0 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 15-19 Women researchers: 3.0 .. 2.0 10-14 percentage of total for both sexes 2.0 5-9 2.3 1.0 0.7 2.1 0.5 0-4 0.0 1.1 1.3 -0.4 -0.6 0.0 400 200 Thousands 100 200 300 400 Employment by occupation groups, 2006: -2.0 -1.0 -0.4 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% 43.9 sectors, 2007 major sectors, 2007 Women: 82 20 Exports of goods and services, 2007: Professionals 48% 52% Imports of goods and services, 2007: 45.7 2% 2% Men: 78 18 16% External trade balance, 2007: -1.8 24% 17% Total fertility rate, 2006: Clerks 34% 69% 31% 6% average number of children per woman 2.9 5% 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 Annual indices 33% 18% Plant and machine operators 14% 86% Agriculture Mean age of women at birth of first child, 2007: and assemblers Industry (including construction) Agriculture, hunting & forestry; fishing (ISIC A-B) 27.0 Services 0% 50% 100% 120 age in years Industry, including energy (ISIC C-E) % of total 110 Construction (ISIC F) Computer use by age and sex Participation in public life 100 90 Wholesale & retail trade, repairs; hotels & restaurants; transport % of total Women Men Women Men 80 & communications (ISIC G-I) 100 Financial intermediation; real estate, renting & business 70 activities (ISIC J-K) 80 Government ministers, 2006 10% 90% 60 Other service activities (ISIC L-P) 60 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Data not available Members of parliament, 2007 14% 86% 40 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 0% 100% 16-24 25-54 55-74 2006 Persons killed Railways Age (in years) 414 625 in road accidents, 2006 total length in kilometres, 2004 0% 50% 100% % of total * See the country specific notes on page vii. .