Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Israel instead of Spain, you would:
Economy
be 68.9% less likely to be unemployed
In Spain, 14.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Israel, that number is 4.4% as of 2020.
pay a 11.1% higher top tax rate
Spain has a top tax rate of 45.0% as of 2016. In Israel, the top tax rate is 50.0% as of 2016.
Life
be 25.0% less likely to die during childbirth
In Spain, approximately 4.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Israel, 3.0 women do as of 2017.
have 2.4 times more children
In Spain, there are approximately 7.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Israel, there are 17.4 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
be 44.1% more likely to die during infancy
In Spain, approximately 2.5 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Israel, on the other hand, 3.6 children do as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 17.6% less on healthcare
Spain spends 9.1% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Israel, that number is 7.5% of GDP as of 2019.
spend 47.6% more on education
Spain spends 4.2% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Israel spends 6.2% of total GDP on education as of 2018.
Geography
see 94.5% less coastline
Spain has a total of 4,964 km of coastline. In Israel, that number is 273 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Israel Ministry of Finance Tax Authority, Agencia Tributaria, Spain.
Israel: At a glance
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