Colombia’s coastline is 12 times as long as Israel’s

Colombia: 3,208 km (2026 edition) · Israel: 273 km (2026 edition)

Colombia’s highest peak towers 3,494 m above Israel’s

Colombia: 5,730 m (2026 edition) · Israel: 2,236 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 37% of Colombia, versus 24% of Israel

Colombia: 36.5% (2024) · Israel: 23.8% (2024)

Colombia has 5.3 times as many people as Israel

Colombia: 53.4 million (2025) · Israel: 10.1 million (2025)

Israel is 9.7 times as densely populated as Colombia

Colombia: 48 per km² (2025) · Israel: 468 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Colombia is 2.5 years older than in Israel

Colombia: 31.6 years (2023) · Israel: 29.2 years (2023)

Women in Israel have 1.2 more children on average than in Colombia

Colombia: 1.63 children per woman (2024) · Israel: 2.87 children per woman (2024)

13% of people in Israel are 65 or older, versus 10% in Colombia

Colombia: 10.2% (2025) · Israel: 12.7% (2025)

Israel hosts 4.6 times as many refugees per resident as Colombia

Colombia: 0.027 per 1,000 (2025) · Israel: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025)

Israel has produced 5.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Colombia 0.4

Colombia: 0.4 (2026) · Israel: 5.9 (2026)

Israel has 2 official languages, Colombia 1

Colombia: 1 (2026) · Israel: 2 (2026)

Israel’s economy is 34% larger than Colombia’s

Colombia: $457 billion (2025) · Israel: $611 billion (2025)

Israel produces 2.6 times as much per person as Colombia

Colombia: Int$22,640 (2025) · Israel: Int$59,717 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Colombia than in Israel (Gini 16.1 points higher)

Colombia: 54.4 (2024) · Israel: 38.3 (2022)

8.5% of people in Colombia live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.4% in Israel

Colombia: 8.5% (2024) · Israel: 0.4% (2022)

Unemployment is 8.3% in Colombia, versus 3.5% in Israel

Colombia: 8.3% (2025) · Israel: 3.5% (2025)

Israel spends 7.8% of its GDP on the military, Colombia 3.2%

Colombia: 3.2% (2025) · Israel: 7.8% (2025)

Israel’s central government collects 23% of GDP in tax, Colombia’s 15%

Colombia: 15.2% (2024) · Israel: 23.2% (2024)

Israel’s price level (US = 100) is 2.7× Colombia’s

Colombia: 38% (2025) · Israel: 101% (2025)

Israel spends 6.1 times as much on health per person as Colombia

Colombia: $644 (2024) · Israel: $3,928 (2023)

A baby in Colombia is 3.9 times as likely to die before turning one as in Israel

Colombia: 10.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Israel: 2.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Israel has 50% more doctors per person than Colombia

Colombia: 2.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Israel: 3.8 per 1,000 (2023)

Israel has 85% more hospital beds per person than Colombia

Colombia: 1.7 per 1,000 (2020) · Israel: 3.1 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Israel is 1% higher than in Colombia

Colombia: 6.8 per 100k (2023) · Israel: 6.9 per 100k (2023)

25% of adults in Colombia are obese, versus 23% in Israel

Colombia: 25.3% (2024) · Israel: 23.3% (2024)

21% of adults in Israel smoke, versus 8.0% in Colombia

Colombia: 8% (2024) · Israel: 21.2% (2024)

People in Israel rate their lives 1.15 points higher than in Colombia

Colombia: 6.04 (2025) · Israel: 7.19 (2025)

Adults in Colombia drink 16% more alcohol than in Israel

Colombia: 4.9 litres (2023) · Israel: 4.2 litres (2023)

Israel has 74% more meat per person than Colombia

Colombia: 62.6 kg (2023) · Israel: 108.7 kg (2023)

Israel has 628 kcal more food per person per day than Colombia

Colombia: 3,126 kcal (2023) · Israel: 3,754 kcal (2023)

Workers in Colombia put in 580 more hours a year than in Israel

Colombia: 2,471 hours (2023) · Israel: 1,890 hours (2023)

Adults in Israel went to school 4.5 years longer than in Colombia

Colombia: 9 years (2023) · Israel: 13.5 years (2023)

Israel welcomed 10% more tourists per resident than Colombia (2019)

Colombia: 0.09 (2022) · Israel: 0.1 (2024)

Colombia and Israel are practically level

Colombia: 9 (2026) · Israel: 9 (2026)

Colombia has won 38 Olympic medals, Israel 20

Colombia: 38 (2026 edition) · Israel: 20 (2026 edition)

88% of people in Israel are online, versus 79% in Colombia

Colombia: 79% (2024) · Israel: 88% (2024)

Home internet in Israel is 60% faster than in Colombia

Colombia: 246 Mbps (2026) · Israel: 392 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in Israel have electricity, versus 99% in Colombia

Colombia: 98.9% (2024) · Israel: 100% (2024)

92% of people in Israel live in cities, versus 79% in Colombia

Colombia: 79% (2025) · Israel: 92% (2025)

Israel has 177 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Colombia 174

Colombia: 174 (2024) · Israel: 177 (2024)

Colombia’s railway network is 24% longer than Israel’s

Colombia: 2,141 km (2019) · Israel: 1,720 km (2021)

Airlines from Colombia fly 9% more passengers per resident than those from Israel

Colombia: 0.79 (2023) · Israel: 0.73 (2023)

Forest covers 54% of Colombia, but only 6.8% of Israel

Colombia: 53.7% (2024) · Israel: 6.8% (2024)

The average person in Israel emits 3.2 times as much CO₂ as someone in Colombia

Colombia: 1.8 t (2024) · Israel: 5.6 t (2024)

77% of Colombia’s electricity is renewable, versus 17% in Israel

Colombia: 77% (2025) · Israel: 16.9% (2025)

The air in Israel carries 35% more fine dust than in Colombia

Colombia: 15.1 µg/m³ (2024) · Israel: 20.4 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 15 times as likely to be murdered in Colombia as in Israel

Colombia: 24.9 per 100k (2023) · Israel: 1.6 per 100k (2022)

Roads in Colombia are 3.9 times as deadly as in Israel

Colombia: 26.7 per 100k (2023) · Israel: 6.8 per 100k (2023)

Colombia is on average 3.3 °C warmer than Israel

Colombia: 24.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · Israel: 21.1°C (2016–2025 avg)

Colombia gets 15 times as much rain as Israel

Colombia: 3,155 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Israel: 205 mm (2016–2025 avg)