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Israel vs Syria

103 shared metrics.

IsraelLeads in 72

vs103 shared

SyriaLeads in 31

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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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Syria

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Identity

Formal name: Syrian Arab Republic.

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Identity

Name origin: the source of the name is uncertain.

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Analysis

Israel leads in 72 of 103 shared metrics, while Syria leads in 31.

Israel's Foreign Patents is 399.9x that of Syria (8.0K vs 20).

Israel's Beer Consumption is 195.4x that of Syria (1.2 L/person/yr vs 0.01 L/person/yr).

Israel's Health Spending Per Capita is 121.9x that of Syria ($4,223.87 vs $34.36).

Israel's EV Chargers per 100,000 People is 108.0x that of Syria (1.7 per 100k people vs 0.02 per 100k people).

Israel's R&D Spending (% GDP) is 81.3x that of Syria (6.0% of GDP vs 0.07% of GDP).

Key Comparisons

Foreign PatentsIsrael leads

Israel

8.0K

Syria

Beer ConsumptionIsrael leads

Israel

1.2 L/person/yr

Syria

0.01 L/person/yr

Health Spending Per CapitaIsrael leads

Israel

$4,223.87

Syria

$34.36

EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)Israel leads

Israel

1.7 per 100k people

Syria

0.02 per 100k people

R&D Spending (% GDP)Israel leads

Israel

6.0% of GDP

Syria

0.07% of GDP

GNI Per CapitaIsrael leads

Israel

$52,910

Syria

$710

All Metrics

Foreign Patents

Israel

8.0K

Syria

39985% higher

Beer Consumption

Israel

1.2 L/person/yr

Syria

0.01 L/person/yr

19538% higher

Health Spending Per Capita

Israel

$4,223.87

Syria

$34.36

12191% higher

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Israel

1.7 per 100k people

Syria

0.02 per 100k people

10800% higher

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)

R&D Spending (% GDP)

Israel

6.0% of GDP

Syria

0.07% of GDP

8134% higher

GNI Per Capita

Israel

$52,910

Syria

$710

7352% higher

Solar Electricity Share

Israel

16.18%

Syria

0.40%

3945% higher

Protected Land (%)

Israel

27.6%

Syria

0.70%

3843% higher

Alcohol Consumption

Israel

2.8 L/adult/yr

Syria

0.09 L/adult/yr

2987% higher

Credit Card Ownership

Israel

79.05% of adults

Syria

2.8% of adults

2735% higher

Scientific Publications

Israel

15.4K

Syria

584.3

2539% higher

GDP (Nominal)

Israel

$540,379,921,261.68

Syria

$23,622,827,079.5

2188% higher

Spirits Consumption

Israel

1.1 L/person/yr

Syria

0.06 L/person/yr

1804% higher

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Israel

138.25 per 100k

Syria

8.2 per 100k

1582% higher

Domestic Patents

Israel

1.6K

Syria

102

1461% higher

Seafood Consumption per Person

Israel

24.43 kg/person/yr

Syria

1.8 kg/person/yr

1228% higher

Shipping Traffic

Israel

2.95M

Syria

243.3K

1113% higher

Air Passengers

Israel

7.38M

Syria

610.7K

1108% higher

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Israel

$55,690.74

Syria

$4,772.46

1067% higher

Liberal Democracy Index

Israel

0.59

Syria

0.05

989% higher

Comparison of Israel and Syria across 103 metrics
				Winner
Foreign Patents	8.0K	20	39985% higher	Israel
Beer Consumption	1.2 L/person/yr	0.01 L/person/yr	19538% higher	Israel
Health Spending Per Capita	$4,223.87	$34.36	12191% higher	Israel
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	1.7 per 100k people	0.02 per 100k people	10800% higher	Israel
R&D Spending (% GDP)	6.0% of GDP	0.07% of GDP	8134% higher	Israel
GNI Per Capita	$52,910	$710	7352% higher	Israel
Solar Electricity Share	16.18%	0.40%	3945% higher	Israel
Protected Land (%)	27.6%	0.70%	3843% higher	Israel
Alcohol Consumption	2.8 L/adult/yr	0.09 L/adult/yr	2987% higher	Israel
Credit Card Ownership	79.05% of adults	2.8% of adults	2735% higher	Israel
Scientific Publications	15.4K	584.3	2539% higher	Israel
GDP (Nominal)	$540,379,921,261.68	$23,622,827,079.5	2188% higher	Israel
Spirits Consumption	1.1 L/person/yr	0.06 L/person/yr	1804% higher	Israel
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	138.25 per 100k	8.2 per 100k	1582% higher	Israel
Domestic Patents	1.6K	102	1461% higher	Israel
Seafood Consumption per Person	24.43 kg/person/yr	1.8 kg/person/yr	1228% higher	Israel
Shipping Traffic	2.95M	243.3K	1113% higher	Israel
Air Passengers	7.38M	610.7K	1108% higher	Israel
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$55,690.74	$4,772.46	1067% higher	Israel
Liberal Democracy Index	0.59	0.05	989% higher	Israel
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	6.8K kWh/person	689.51 kWh/person	882% higher	Israel
Suicide Rate	4.4 per 100k	0.59 per 100k	641% higher	Israel
Renewable Energy (%)	6.2%	1.1%	464% higher	Israel
Electoral Democracy Index	0.69	0.13	442% higher	Israel
Energy Use (Per Capita)	2.5K kg oil eq/person	454.53 kg oil eq/person	441% higher	Israel
All-Time Olympic Medals	20 medals	4.0 medals	400% higher	Israel
CO2 Per Capita	5.6 t/person/yr	1.3 t/person/yr	335% higher	Israel
Broadband Access (%)	30 per 100 people	7.0 per 100 people	329% higher	Israel
Exports (% GDP)	28.43% of GDP	6.8% of GDP	318% higher	Israel
Corruption Perceptions Index	62 pts	15 pts	313% higher	Israel
Electricity Generation	80.57 TWh	20.08 TWh	301% higher	Israel
All-Time Olympic Gold Medals	4.0 gold medals	1.0 gold medals	300% higher	Israel
Population Density	455.13 /km²	128.49 /km²	254% higher	Israel
Vehicles per 1,000 People	379.04 per 1k people	124.86 per 1k people	204% higher	Israel
Women's Political Empowerment	0.86	0.29	197% higher	Israel
Elderly Population (%)	12.55%	4.7%	165% higher	Israel
Women in Parliament (%)	25%	9.6%	160% higher	Israel
Internet Users (%)	88.18%	35%	152% higher	Israel
Time Zones Count	5.0 time zones	2.0 time zones	150% higher	Israel
Doctors (per 1,000)	3.8 per 1k	1.5 per 1k	150% higher	Israel
Electric Generating Capacity	22.61M kW	9.64M kW	135% higher	Israel
Freedom of Expression Index	0.82	0.36	130% higher	Israel
Forest Coverage (%)	6.5%	2.8%	128% higher	Israel
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	3.1 per 1k	1.4 per 1k	121% higher	Israel
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	153.34 per 100 people	71 per 100 people	116% higher	Israel
Inflation Rate	3.1%	94.1%	97% lower	Syria
Water Withdrawal	1.5 B m³	13.96 B m³	89% lower	Syria
Land Area	21.6K km²	183.6K km²	88% lower	Syria
Infant Mortality	2.7 per 1k births	19 per 1k births	86% lower	Syria
Road Traffic Death Rate	4.2 per 100k	29.9 per 100k	86% lower	Syria
Teen Birth Rate	6.2 per 1k	38.91 per 1k	84% lower	Syria
Political Corruption Index	0.11	0.62	83% lower	Syria
Child Mortality	3.4 per 1k births	20.6 per 1k births	83% lower	Syria
Total CO2 Emissions	57.67 Mt CO2e	31.45 Mt CO2e	83% higher	Israel
Youth Unemployment Rate	6.0% of youth labor force	33.1% of youth labor force	82% lower	Syria
Irrigated Land	1.9K km²	9.8K km²	80% lower	Syria
Health Spending (% GDP)	7.3% of GDP	4.2% of GDP	77% higher	Israel
Unemployment Rate	3.1%	12.96%	76% lower	Syria
Milk Consumption per Person	193.6 kg/person/yr	111.43 kg/person/yr	74% higher	Israel
Forest Area	1.4K km²	5.2K km²	73% lower	Syria
Merchant Fleet Size	41	24	71% higher	Israel
Agricultural Land (%)	24.8%	74.09%	67% lower	Syria
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	10 sites	6.0 sites	67% higher	Israel
Human Development Index	0.92	0.56	63% higher	Israel
Population	9.40M	24.26M	61% lower	Syria
Land Border Length	1.1K km	2.4K km	55% lower	Syria
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	12 days/yr	24 days/yr	50% lower	Syria
Inequality (Gini)	37.9	26.6	42% higher	Israel
Coastline Length	273 km	193 km	41% higher	Israel
Government Debt (% GDP)	59.6% of GDP	91.3% of GDP	35% lower	Syria
Armed Forces Personnel	178.0K	269.0K	34% lower	Syria
Median Age	29.1 years	22.2 years	31% higher	Israel
Dependency Ratio	66.56% of working-age pop.	51.3% of working-age pop.	30% higher	Israel
Electricity Carbon Intensity	492.69 gCO2/kWh	706.19 gCO2/kWh	30% lower	Syria
Hypertension Prevalence	29.4% of adults	41.1% of adults	28% lower	Syria
Railway Length	1.5K km	2.1K km	27% lower	Syria
Urban Population (%)	91.54%	72.08%	27% higher	Israel
Insufficient Physical Activity	27.46% of adults	37.51% of adults	27% lower	Syria
Obesity Rate	23.39%	31.18%	25% lower	Syria
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	18.6 µg/m³	24.71 µg/m³	25% lower	Syria
Food Waste per Person	170.92 kg/person/yr	227.07 kg/person/yr	25% lower	Syria
Death Rate	4.9 per 1k	4.0 per 1k	23% higher	Israel
Highest Elevation	2.2K m	2.8K m	21% lower	Syria
GDP Growth Rate	0.87%	0.73%	19% higher	Israel
Life Expectancy	83.2 years	72.1 years	15% higher	Israel
Electricity Access (%)	100%	88.4%	13% higher	Israel
Birth Rate	18.89 per 1k	21.26 per 1k	11% lower	Syria
Capital Elevation	754 m	680 m	11% higher	Israel
Imports (% GDP)	26.02% of GDP	28.8% of GDP	10% lower	Syria
Fertility Rate	2.9 children/woman	2.6 children/woman	9% higher	Israel
Airports	39	43	9% lower	Syria
Youth Population (%)	27.41%	29.16%	6% lower	Syria
Water Stress (%)	204%	195.8%	4% higher	Israel
Sanitation Access (%)	99.92%	95.65%	4% higher	Israel
Coal Electricity Share	3.4%	0%	ranked higher	Israel
Wind Electricity Share	0.56%	0%	ranked higher	Israel
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0.53 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Israel
Lowest Elevation	-431 m	-66 m	ranked lower	Syria
Official Languages Count	1.0	1.0	equal	Israel
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	1.5% of GDP	-2.8% of GDP	ranked higher	Israel
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	2.7% of GDP	0% of GDP	ranked higher	Israel
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	4.4 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Israel
Border Neighbors	5.0	5.0	equal	Israel

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Analysis

Israel leads in 72 of 103 shared metrics, while Syria leads in 31.

Israel's Foreign Patents is 399.9x that of Syria (8.0K vs 20).

Israel's Beer Consumption is 195.4x that of Syria (1.2 L/person/yr vs 0.01 L/person/yr).

Israel's Health Spending Per Capita is 121.9x that of Syria ($4,223.87 vs $34.36).

Israel's EV Chargers per 100,000 People is 108.0x that of Syria (1.7 per 100k people vs 0.02 per 100k people).

Israel's R&D Spending (% GDP) is 81.3x that of Syria (6.0% of GDP vs 0.07% of GDP).

Key Comparisons

Foreign PatentsIsrael leads

Israel

8.0K

Syria

Beer ConsumptionIsrael leads

Israel

1.2 L/person/yr

Syria

0.01 L/person/yr

Health Spending Per CapitaIsrael leads

Israel

$4,223.87

Syria

$34.36

Israel

1.7 per 100k people

Syria

0.02 per 100k people

R&D Spending (% GDP)Israel leads

Israel

6.0% of GDP

Syria

0.07% of GDP

GNI Per CapitaIsrael leads

Israel

$52,910

Syria

$710

Foreign Patents

8.0K

Beer Consumption

1.2 L/person/yr

0.01 L/person/yr

Health Spending Per Capita

$4,223.87

$34.36

1.7 per 100k people

0.02 per 100k people

R&D Spending (% GDP)

6.0% of GDP

0.07% of GDP

GNI Per Capita

$52,910

$710

Solar Electricity Share

16.18%

0.40%

Protected Land (%)

27.6%

0.70%

Alcohol Consumption

2.8 L/adult/yr

0.09 L/adult/yr

Credit Card Ownership

79.05% of adults

2.8% of adults

Scientific Publications

15.4K

584.3

GDP (Nominal)

$540,379,921,261.68

$23,622,827,079.5

Spirits Consumption

1.1 L/person/yr

0.06 L/person/yr

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

138.25 per 100k

8.2 per 100k

Domestic Patents

1.6K

102

Seafood Consumption per Person

24.43 kg/person/yr

1.8 kg/person/yr

Shipping Traffic

2.95M

243.3K

Air Passengers

7.38M

610.7K

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

$55,690.74

$4,772.46

Liberal Democracy Index

0.59

0.05

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Foreign Patents

Beer Consumption

Health Spending Per Capita

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

R&D Spending (% GDP)

GNI Per Capita

Solar Electricity Share

Protected Land (%)

Alcohol Consumption

Credit Card Ownership

Scientific Publications

GDP (Nominal)

Spirits Consumption

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Domestic Patents

Seafood Consumption per Person

Shipping Traffic

Air Passengers

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Liberal Democracy Index

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

Suicide Rate

Renewable Energy (%)

Electoral Democracy Index

Energy Use (Per Capita)

All-Time Olympic Medals

CO2 Per Capita

Broadband Access (%)

Exports (% GDP)

Corruption Perceptions Index

Electricity Generation

All-Time Olympic Gold Medals

Population Density

Vehicles per 1,000 People

Women's Political Empowerment

Elderly Population (%)

Women in Parliament (%)

Internet Users (%)

Time Zones Count

Doctors (per 1,000)

Electric Generating Capacity

Freedom of Expression Index

Forest Coverage (%)

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

Mobile Subscriptions (%)

Inflation Rate

Water Withdrawal

Land Area

Infant Mortality

Road Traffic Death Rate

Teen Birth Rate

Political Corruption Index

Child Mortality

Total CO2 Emissions

Youth Unemployment Rate

Irrigated Land

Health Spending (% GDP)

Unemployment Rate

Milk Consumption per Person

Forest Area

Merchant Fleet Size

Agricultural Land (%)

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Human Development Index

Population

Land Border Length

Minimum Paid Vacation Days

Inequality (Gini)

Coastline Length

Government Debt (% GDP)

Armed Forces Personnel

Median Age