Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Israel instead of Ireland, you would:
Health
live 1.7 years longer
In Ireland, the average life expectancy is 82 years (79 years for men, 84 years for women) as of 2022. In Israel, that number is 83 years (81 years for men, 85 years for women) as of 2022.
Economy
be 11.6% less likely to be unemployed
In Ireland, 5.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Israel, that number is 4.4% as of 2020.
make 57.3% less money
Ireland has a GDP per capita of $89,700 as of 2020, while in Israel, the GDP per capita is $38,300 as of 2020.
be 67.9% more likely to live below the poverty line
In Ireland, 13.1% live below the poverty line as of 2018. In Israel, however, that number is 22.0% as of 2014.
Life
be 40.0% less likely to die during childbirth
In Ireland, approximately 5.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Israel, 3.0 women do as of 2017.
have 41.3% more children
In Ireland, there are approximately 12.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Israel, there are 17.4 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 82.4% more on education
Ireland spends 3.4% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Israel spends 6.2% of total GDP on education as of 2018.
spend 11.9% more on healthcare
Ireland spends 6.7% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Israel, that number is 7.5% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 81.1% less coastline
Ireland has a total of 1,448 km of coastline. In Israel, that number is 273 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Israel: At a glance
How big is Israel compared to Ireland? See an in-depth size comparison.