Interesting Facts About Israel
Israel is roughly half the size of Lake Michigan.
Israel is only 1/6 of 1% of the landmass of the Middle East.
Israel's population is half the size of Metro New York City.
Israel has only 2% of the population of the Middle East.
Hebrew is the only case of a dead language being revived in all of world history. Hebrew had not been spoken as a native tongue by anyone for centuries. Today it is the native tongue of millions of people.
Israel has the highest ratio of university degrees per capita in the world.
Israel produces more scientific papers per capita than any other nation in the world - by a large margin.
Israel has the highest number of scientists and technicians per capita in the world - by a large margin.
Israel has the highest number of engineers per capita in the world.
Israel has the highest number of PhD's per capita in the world.
Israel has the highest number of Physicians per capita in the world.
Israel has the largest percentage of it's workforce employed in technical professions in the world.
Israel has the largest number of startup companies per capita in the world.
Israel is the largest immigrant-absorbing nation in the world, per capita.
Israel is the only nation in the world that entered the 21st century with a net gain in it's number of trees.
Israel has more museums per capita than any other nation in the world.
Israel has more orchestras per capita than any other nation in the world.
Israel publishes more books per capita than any other nation in the world.
Israel publishes more books translated from other languages than any other nation in the world.
Israel reads more books per capita than any other nation in the world.
Apart from the Silicon Valley, Israel has the highest concentration of hi-tech companies in the world.
Israel has the highest number of home computers per capita in the world.
The cell phone was developed in Israel at Motorola's largest development center.
The Voice Mail technology was developed in Israel.
The first anti-virus software for computers was developed in Israel in 1979.
The Pentium MMX Chip technology was designed in Israel at Intel.
Both the Pentium-4 and Centrino processors were entirely designed, developed and produced in Israel. The Pentium microprocessor in your computer was most likely made in Israel.
Most of the Windows NT and XP operating systems were developed in Israel by Microsoft.
The technology for the AOL Instant Messenger and ICQ was developed in 1996 by 4 young Israelis.
Israel spends more money per capita on it's own protection than any country in the world.
Israel has the largest fleet of F-16 aircraft outside of the US.
Israel has the world's most impenetrable airline security.
Israel has the largest number of NASDAQ listed companies outside of the US and Canada.
Of the 175 UN Security Council resolutions passed before 1990, 97 were directed against Israel. Of the 690 UN General Assembly resolutions voted on before 1990, 429 were directed against Israel.
Israel is the only country in the Middle East where the Christian population has grown over the last 50 years.
Israel is the only country in the Middle East where Christians, Muslims and Jews are all free to vote.
The most independent and free Arabic press in the Middle East is in Israel.
Israel is the only country in the Middle East where women enjoy full political rights.
Israel is the world's largest wholesale diamond center, finally surpassing Antwerp in the 1970's. Most of the cut & polished diamonds in the world come from Israel.
Israel's dairy cows are the most productive dairy cows in the world. They average 25,432 pounds of milk per cow per year, compared to just 18,747 pounds from American cows; 17,085 from Canadian cows; 13,778 from European Union cows; 10,207 from Australian cows; and 6,600 from Chinese cows.