| GDP : |
purchasing power parity - $120.9 billion (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Real Growth Rate : |
1.3% (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Per Capita : |
purchasing power parity - $19,800 (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Composition By Sector : |
agriculture: 2.8%
industry: 37.7%
services: 59.5% (2003 est.) |
| Population Below Poverty Line : |
18% (2001 est.) |
| Household Income or Consumption by Percentage : |
lowest 10%: 2.4%
highest 10%: 28.3% (1997) |
| Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices) : |
0.7% (2003 est.) |
| Labor Force : |
2.61 million (2003 est.) |
| Labor Force - By Occupation : |
agriculture, forestry, and fishing 2.6%, manufacturing 20.2%, construction 7.5%, commerce 12.8%, transport, storage, and communications 6.2%, finance and business 13.1%, personal and other services 6.4%, public services 31.2% (1996) |
| Budget : |
revenues: $44.98 billion
expenditures: $51.07 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003) |
| Industries : |
high-technology projects (including aviation, communications, computer-aided design and manufactures, medical electronics), wood and paper products, potash and phosphates, food, beverages, and tobacco, caustic soda, cement, diamond cutting |
| Industrial Production Growth Rate : |
-0.6% (2003 est.) |
| Electricity - Production : |
42.24 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Production by Source : |
fossil fuel: 99.9%
hydro: 0.1%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001) |
| Electricity - Consumption : |
37.82 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Exports : |
1.457 billion kWh (2001) |
| Agriculture - Products : |
citrus, vegetables, cotton; beef, poultry, dairy products |
| Exports : |
$29.32 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Exports - Commodities : |
machinery and equipment, software, cut diamonds, agricultural products, chemicals, textiles and apparel |
| Exports - Partners : |
US 37.3%, Belgium 5.3%, UK 4.1% (2003 est.) |
| Imports : |
$32.27 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Imports - Commodities : |
raw materials, military equipment, investment goods, rough diamonds, fuels, grain, consumer goods |
| Imports - Partners : |
US 19.7%, Belgium 7.8%, Germany 7.6%, UK 6.5%, Switzerland 6.4% (2003 est.) |
| Debt - External : |
$70.97 billion (2003 est.) |
| Economic Aid - Recipient : |
$662 million from US (2003 est.) |
| Currency : |
new Israeli shekel (ILS); note - NIS is the currency abbreviation; ILS is the International Organization for Standarization (ISO) code for the NIS |
| Currency Code : |
ILS |
| Exchange Rates : |
new Israeli shekels per US dollar - 4.5541 (2003), 4.7378 (2002), 4.2057 (2001), 4.0773 (2000), 4.1397 (1999) |
| Fiscal Year : |
Calendar Year |
