What are the economic strengths of Israel?

Answer 1

Israel has the highest standard of living in the Middle East.

It has one of the highest life-expectancies in the world.

Israel has the highest ratio of university degrees per capita in the world.

Israel produces more scientific papers per capita than any other nation by a large margin (109 per 10,000 people), as well as one of the highest per capita rates of patents filed.

Israel one of seven countries capable of launching satellites.

Israel is considered one of the most advanced countries in Southwest Asia in economic and industrial development. It has the second-largest number of startup companies in the world (after the United States), and the largest number of Nasdaq-listed companies outside North America. The Israeli economy was ranked as the world's most durable economy in the face of crises, and was also ranked first in the rate of research and development investments.

Israel is ranked #2 in the world for venture capital funds, right behind the US.

Israel's $100 billion economy is larger than all of its immediate neighbors combined.

Israel was ranked as the worldwide leader in its supply of skilled manpower.

Israel's leading exports include electronics, software, computerized systems, communications technology, medical equipment, pharmaceuticals, fruits, chemicals, military technology, and cut diamonds.

Israel has one of the lowest external debts in the developed world.

Israel is one of the world's leaders in solar energy industry and in water technology. In response to serious water shortages, Israeli engineers and agriculturalists developed a revolutionary drip irrigation system to minimize the amount of water used to grow crops.

Israel has led the world in stem-cell research papers per capita since 2000.

Israeli scientists developed the first fully computerized, no-radiation, diagnostic instrumentation for Breast cancer.

Literacy in Israel is over 97%.

Israel has the highest percentage in the world of home computers per capita.

Israel leads the world in the number of scientists and technicians in the workforce, with 145 per 10,000, as opposed to 85 in the U.S., about 70 in Japan, and 60 in Germany. With over 25% of its work force employed in technical professions, Israel places first in this category as well.