Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Spain instead of Israel, you would:
Economy
pay a 10.0% lower top tax rate
Israel has a top tax rate of 50.0% as of 2016. In Spain, the top tax rate is 45.0% as of 2016.
be 3.2 times more likely to be unemployed
In Israel, 4.4% of adults are unemployed as of 2020. In Spain, that number is 14.1% as of 2019.
Life
be 30.6% less likely to die during infancy
In Israel, approximately 3.6 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Spain, on the other hand, 2.5 children do as of 2022.
be 33.3% more likely to die during childbirth
In Israel, approximately 3.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Spain, 4.0 women do as of 2017.
have 59.0% fewer children
In Israel, there are approximately 17.4 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Spain, there are 7.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 32.3% less on education
Israel spends 6.2% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Spain spends 4.2% of total GDP on education as of 2018.
spend 21.3% more on healthcare
Israel spends 7.5% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Spain, that number is 9.1% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 18.2 times more coastline
Israel has a total of 273 km of coastline. In Spain, that number is 4,964 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Israel Ministry of Finance Tax Authority, Agencia Tributaria, Spain.
Spain: At a glance
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