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Israel vs Palestine

94 shared metrics.

IsraelLeads in 65

vs94 shared

PalestineLeads in 29

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Israel

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Identity

Formal name: State of Israel.

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Identity

Name origin: named after the ancient Kingdom of Israel.

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Palestine

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Identity

Name origin: name refers to the location of the British Mandate of Palestine that was occupied and administered by Jordan in 1948, on the west bank of the Jordan River.

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Geography

Size snapshot: slightly smaller than Delaware.

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Analysis

Israel leads in 65 of 94 shared metrics, while Palestine leads in 29.

Israel's Electricity Generation is 78.0x that of Palestine (80.57 TWh vs 1.0 TWh).

Israel's Electric Generating Capacity is 63.2x that of Palestine (22.61M kW vs 352.0K kW).

Israel's GDP (Nominal) is 38.4x that of Palestine ($540,379,921,261.68 vs $13,711,100,000).

Israel's Firms Asked for Bribes is 25.7x that of Palestine (28.5% of firms vs 1.1% of firms).

Israel's Scientific Publications is 20.6x that of Palestine (15.4K vs 714.58).

Key Comparisons

Electricity GenerationIsrael leads

Israel

80.57 TWh

Palestine

1.0 TWh

Electric Generating CapacityIsrael leads

Israel

22.61M kW

Palestine

352.0K kW

GDP (Nominal)Israel leads

Israel

$540,379,921,261.68

Palestine

$13,711,100,000

Firms Asked for BribesIsrael leads

Israel

28.5% of firms

Palestine

1.1% of firms

Scientific PublicationsIsrael leads

Israel

15.4K

Palestine

714.58

High-Tech Exports (%)Israel leads

Israel

37.23%

Palestine

1.8%

All Metrics

Electricity Generation

Israel

80.57 TWh

Palestine

1.0 TWh

7799% higher

Electric Generating Capacity

Israel

22.61M kW

Palestine

352.0K kW

6324% higher

GDP (Nominal)

Israel

$540,379,921,261.68

Palestine

$13,711,100,000

3841% higher

Firms Asked for Bribes

Israel

28.5% of firms

Palestine

1.1% of firms

2569% higher

Scientific Publications

Israel

15.4K

Palestine

714.58

2058% higher

High-Tech Exports (%)

Israel

37.23%

Palestine

1.8%

1920% higher

GNI Per Capita

Israel

$52,910

Palestine

$2,710

1852% higher

Forest Area

Israel

1.4K km²

Palestine

101.4 km²

1281% higher

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Israel

$55,690.74

Palestine

$4,371.11

1174% higher

Health Spending Per Capita

Israel

$4,223.87

Palestine

$350.64

1105% higher

Credit Card Ownership

Israel

79.05% of adults

Palestine

7.8% of adults

908% higher

Irrigated Land

Israel

1.9K km²

Palestine

201 km²

859% higher

Suicide Rate

Israel

4.4 per 100k

Palestine

0.65 per 100k

572% higher

CO2 Per Capita

Israel

5.6 t/person/yr

Palestine

0.87 t/person/yr

545% higher

Vehicles per 1,000 People

Israel

379.04 per 1k people

Palestine

62.85 per 1k people

503% higher

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Israel

138.25 per 100k

Palestine

23.18 per 100k

497% higher

Liberal Democracy Index

Israel

0.59

Palestine

0.11

416% higher

Water Stress (%)

Israel

204%

Palestine

41.23%

395% higher

Water Withdrawal

Israel

1.5 B m³

Palestine

0.33 B m³

357% higher

Digital Payments Used

Israel

91.16% of adults

Palestine

20.83% of adults

338% higher

Comparison of Israel and Palestine across 94 metrics
				Winner
Electricity Generation	80.57 TWh	1.0 TWh	7799% higher	Israel
Electric Generating Capacity	22.61M kW	352.0K kW	6324% higher	Israel
GDP (Nominal)	$540,379,921,261.68	$13,711,100,000	3841% higher	Israel
Firms Asked for Bribes	28.5% of firms	1.1% of firms	2569% higher	Israel
Scientific Publications	15.4K	714.58	2058% higher	Israel
High-Tech Exports (%)	37.23%	1.8%	1920% higher	Israel
GNI Per Capita	$52,910	$2,710	1852% higher	Israel
Forest Area	1.4K km²	101.4 km²	1281% higher	Israel
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$55,690.74	$4,371.11	1174% higher	Israel
Health Spending Per Capita	$4,223.87	$350.64	1105% higher	Israel
Credit Card Ownership	79.05% of adults	7.8% of adults	908% higher	Israel
Irrigated Land	1.9K km²	201 km²	859% higher	Israel
Suicide Rate	4.4 per 100k	0.65 per 100k	572% higher	Israel
CO2 Per Capita	5.6 t/person/yr	0.87 t/person/yr	545% higher	Israel
Vehicles per 1,000 People	379.04 per 1k people	62.85 per 1k people	503% higher	Israel
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	138.25 per 100k	23.18 per 100k	497% higher	Israel
Liberal Democracy Index	0.59	0.11	416% higher	Israel
Water Stress (%)	204%	41.23%	395% higher	Israel
Water Withdrawal	1.5 B m³	0.33 B m³	357% higher	Israel
Digital Payments Used	91.16% of adults	20.83% of adults	338% higher	Israel
Forest Coverage (%)	6.5%	1.7%	284% higher	Israel
Broadband Access (%)	30 per 100 people	8.0 per 100 people	275% higher	Israel
Land Area	21.6K km²	6.0K km²	259% higher	Israel
Firms with Female Top Manager	9.3% of firms	2.7% of firms	238% higher	Israel
Elderly Population (%)	12.55%	3.8%	227% higher	Israel
Electoral Democracy Index	0.69	0.21	224% higher	Israel
Food Waste per Person	170.92 kg/person/yr	53.56 kg/person/yr	219% higher	Israel
Population	9.40M	3.31M	184% higher	Israel
Protected Land (%)	27.6%	10%	176% higher	Israel
Homicide Rate	1.6 per 100k	0.62 per 100k	161% higher	Israel
Government Debt (% GDP)	59.6% of GDP	23.8% of GDP	150% higher	Israel
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	3.1 per 1k	1.3 per 1k	138% higher	Israel
Freedom of Expression Index	0.82	0.35	133% higher	Israel
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	2.7% of GDP	1.2% of GDP	131% higher	Israel
Land Border Length	1.1K km	478 km	123% higher	Israel
Highest Elevation	2.2K m	1.0K m	118% higher	Israel
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	10 sites	5.0 sites	100% higher	Israel
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	153.34 per 100 people	77 per 100 people	99% higher	Israel
Inflation Rate	3.1%	53.7%	94% lower	Palestine
Child Mortality	3.4 per 1k births	26.3 per 1k births	87% lower	Palestine
Unemployment Rate	3.1%	24.42%	87% lower	Palestine
Teen Birth Rate	6.2 per 1k	36.04 per 1k	83% lower	Palestine
Women's Political Empowerment	0.86	0.47	83% higher	Israel
Youth Unemployment Rate	6.0% of youth labor force	36.09% of youth labor force	83% lower	Palestine
Infant Mortality	2.7 per 1k births	14.3 per 1k births	81% lower	Palestine
Firms Hit by Power Outages	8.3% of firms	42.22% of firms	80% lower	Palestine
Political Corruption Index	0.11	0.46	77% lower	Palestine
Time Zones Count	5.0 time zones	3.0 time zones	67% higher	Israel
Border Neighbors	5.0	3.0	67% higher	Israel
Agricultural Land (%)	24.8%	64.93%	62% lower	Palestine
Renewable Energy (%)	6.2%	15.4%	60% lower	Palestine
Solar Electricity Share	16.18%	39.39%	59% lower	Palestine
Imports (% GDP)	26.02% of GDP	60.27% of GDP	57% lower	Palestine
Death Rate	4.9 per 1k	3.2 per 1k	53% higher	Israel
Life Evaluation Score	7.2 pts	4.7 pts	53% higher	Israel
Population Density	455.13 /km²	857.39 /km²	47% lower	Palestine
Median Age	29.1 years	19.8 years	47% higher	Israel
Women in Senior Management	32.76% of managers	23.53% of managers	39% higher	Israel
Human Development Index	0.92	0.67	36% higher	Israel
Tobacco Use Prevalence	22.4% of adults	34.8% of adults	36% lower	Palestine
Exports (% GDP)	28.43% of GDP	21.04% of GDP	35% higher	Israel
Birth Rate	18.89 per 1k	27.24 per 1k	31% lower	Palestine
Obesity Rate	23.39%	32.82%	29% lower	Palestine
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	18.6 µg/m³	26.36 µg/m³	29% lower	Palestine
Firms Making Informal Payments	10.3% of firms	14.48% of firms	29% lower	Palestine
Life Expectancy	83.2 years	65.2 years	28% higher	Israel
Youth Population (%)	27.41%	38.05%	28% lower	Palestine
Hypertension Prevalence	29.4% of adults	39.5% of adults	26% lower	Palestine
University Enrollment Rate	55.84%	44.49%	25% higher	Israel
Health Spending (% GDP)	7.3% of GDP	9.7% of GDP	25% lower	Palestine
Safe Drinking Water (%)	99.46%	80.64%	23% higher	Israel
Electricity Carbon Intensity	492.69 gCO2/kWh	414.14 gCO2/kWh	19% higher	Israel
Doctors (per 1,000)	3.8 per 1k	3.3 per 1k	17% higher	Israel
Fertility Rate	2.9 children/woman	3.4 children/woman	16% lower	Palestine
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0.53 per 1M people	0.60 per 1M people	12% lower	Palestine
Capital Elevation	754 m	847 m	11% lower	Palestine
Insufficient Physical Activity	27.46% of adults	30.85% of adults	11% lower	Palestine
Road Traffic Death Rate	4.2 per 100k	4.7 per 100k	11% lower	Palestine
Average Weekly Work Hours	37.74 hrs/week	41.9 hrs/week	10% lower	Palestine
Education Spending (% GDP)	5.9% of GDP	5.4% of GDP	9% higher	Israel
Dependency Ratio	66.56% of working-age pop.	72.07% of working-age pop.	8% lower	Palestine
Can Raise Emergency Money	89.66% of adults	97.68% of adults	8% lower	Palestine
Urban Population (%)	91.54%	87.12%	5% higher	Israel
Inequality (Gini)	37.9	36.4	4% higher	Israel
Internet Users (%)	88.18%	87%	1% higher	Israel
Sanitation Access (%)	99.92%	99.39%	1% higher	Israel
Coastline Length	273 km	0 km	ranked higher	Israel
Coal Electricity Share	3.4%	0%	ranked higher	Israel
Wind Electricity Share	0.56%	0%	ranked higher	Israel
Electricity Access (%)	100%	100%	equal	Israel
Armed Forces Personnel	178.0K	0	ranked higher	Israel
GDP Growth Rate	0.87%	-26.56%	ranked higher	Israel
Lowest Elevation	-431 m	-431 m	ranked higher	Israel
Official Languages Count	1.0	1.0	equal	Israel

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Analysis

Israel leads in 65 of 94 shared metrics, while Palestine leads in 29.

Israel's Electricity Generation is 78.0x that of Palestine (80.57 TWh vs 1.0 TWh).

Israel's Electric Generating Capacity is 63.2x that of Palestine (22.61M kW vs 352.0K kW).

Israel's GDP (Nominal) is 38.4x that of Palestine ($540,379,921,261.68 vs $13,711,100,000).

Israel's Firms Asked for Bribes is 25.7x that of Palestine (28.5% of firms vs 1.1% of firms).

Israel's Scientific Publications is 20.6x that of Palestine (15.4K vs 714.58).

Key Comparisons

Electricity GenerationIsrael leads

Israel

80.57 TWh

Palestine

1.0 TWh

Electric Generating CapacityIsrael leads

Israel

22.61M kW

Palestine

352.0K kW

GDP (Nominal)Israel leads

Israel

$540,379,921,261.68

Palestine

$13,711,100,000

Firms Asked for BribesIsrael leads

Israel

28.5% of firms

Palestine

1.1% of firms

Scientific PublicationsIsrael leads

Israel

15.4K

Palestine

714.58

High-Tech Exports (%)Israel leads

Israel

37.23%

Palestine

1.8%

Electricity Generation

80.57 TWh

1.0 TWh

Electric Generating Capacity

22.61M kW

352.0K kW

GDP (Nominal)

$540,379,921,261.68

$13,711,100,000

Firms Asked for Bribes

28.5% of firms

1.1% of firms

Scientific Publications

15.4K

714.58

High-Tech Exports (%)

37.23%

1.8%

GNI Per Capita

$52,910

$2,710

Forest Area

1.4K km²

101.4 km²

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

$55,690.74

$4,371.11

Health Spending Per Capita

$4,223.87

$350.64

Credit Card Ownership

79.05% of adults

7.8% of adults

Irrigated Land

1.9K km²

201 km²

Suicide Rate

4.4 per 100k

0.65 per 100k

CO2 Per Capita

5.6 t/person/yr

0.87 t/person/yr

Vehicles per 1,000 People

379.04 per 1k people

62.85 per 1k people

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

138.25 per 100k

23.18 per 100k

Liberal Democracy Index

0.59

0.11

Water Stress (%)

204%

41.23%

Water Withdrawal

1.5 B m³

0.33 B m³

Digital Payments Used

91.16% of adults

20.83% of adults

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Electricity Generation

Electric Generating Capacity

GDP (Nominal)

Firms Asked for Bribes

Scientific Publications

High-Tech Exports (%)

GNI Per Capita

Forest Area

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Health Spending Per Capita

Credit Card Ownership

Irrigated Land

Suicide Rate

CO2 Per Capita

Vehicles per 1,000 People

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Liberal Democracy Index

Water Stress (%)

Water Withdrawal

Digital Payments Used

Forest Coverage (%)

Broadband Access (%)

Land Area

Firms with Female Top Manager

Elderly Population (%)

Electoral Democracy Index

Food Waste per Person

Population

Protected Land (%)

Homicide Rate

Government Debt (% GDP)

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

Freedom of Expression Index

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Land Border Length

Highest Elevation

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Mobile Subscriptions (%)

Inflation Rate

Child Mortality

Unemployment Rate

Teen Birth Rate

Women's Political Empowerment

Youth Unemployment Rate

Infant Mortality

Firms Hit by Power Outages

Political Corruption Index

Time Zones Count

Border Neighbors

Agricultural Land (%)

Renewable Energy (%)

Solar Electricity Share

Imports (% GDP)

Death Rate

Life Evaluation Score

Population Density

Median Age

Women in Senior Management

Human Development Index

Tobacco Use Prevalence

Exports (% GDP)

Birth Rate

Obesity Rate

Air Pollution (PM2.5)

Firms Making Informal Payments

Life Expectancy

Youth Population (%)

Hypertension Prevalence

University Enrollment Rate

Health Spending (% GDP)

Safe Drinking Water (%)

Electricity Carbon Intensity