Ireland’s coastline is 5.3 times as long as Israel’s

Ireland: 1,448 km (2026 edition) · Israel: 273 km (2026 edition)

Israel’s highest peak towers 1,195 m above Ireland’s

Ireland: 1,041 m (2026 edition) · Israel: 2,236 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 65% of Ireland, versus 24% of Israel

Ireland: 65.1% (2024) · Israel: 23.8% (2024)

Israel has 85% more people than Ireland

Ireland: 5.48 million (2025) · Israel: 10.1 million (2025)

Israel is 5.9 times as densely populated as Ireland

Ireland: 80 per km² (2025) · Israel: 468 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Ireland is 9.3 years older than in Israel

Ireland: 38.4 years (2023) · Israel: 29.2 years (2023)

Women in Israel have 1.4 more children on average than in Ireland

Ireland: 1.47 children per woman (2024) · Israel: 2.87 children per woman (2024)

16% of people in Ireland are 65 or older, versus 13% in Israel

Ireland: 16.2% (2025) · Israel: 12.7% (2025)

Ireland hosts 200 times as many refugees per resident as Israel

Ireland: 25.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Israel: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025)

Ireland has produced 9.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Israel 5.9

Ireland: 9.1 (2026) · Israel: 5.9 (2026)

Ireland and Israel are practically level

Ireland: 2 (2026) · Israel: 2 (2026)

Ireland’s economy is 18% larger than Israel’s

Ireland: $722 billion (2025) · Israel: $611 billion (2025)

Ireland produces 2.6 times as much per person as Israel

Ireland: Int$155,089 (2025) · Israel: Int$59,717 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Israel than in Ireland (Gini 9.3 points higher)

Ireland: 29 (2023) · Israel: 38.3 (2022)

Israel and Ireland are practically level

Ireland: 0.1% (2023) · Israel: 0.4% (2022)

Unemployment is 4.6% in Ireland, versus 3.5% in Israel

Ireland: 4.6% (2025) · Israel: 3.5% (2025)

Israel spends 7.8% of its GDP on the military, Ireland 0.2%

Ireland: 0.2% (2025) · Israel: 7.8% (2025)

Israel’s central government collects 23% of GDP in tax, Ireland’s 18%

Ireland: 17.9% (2024) · Israel: 23.2% (2024)

Israel’s price level (US = 100) is 1.2× Ireland’s

Ireland: 85% (2025) · Israel: 101% (2025)

Ireland spends 88% more on health per person than Israel

Ireland: $7,395 (2024) · Israel: $3,928 (2023)

A baby in Ireland is 26% more likely to die before turning one than in Israel

Ireland: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Israel: 2.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Ireland has 2% more doctors per person than Israel

Ireland: 3.9 per 1,000 (2023) · Israel: 3.8 per 1,000 (2023)

Israel has 6% more hospital beds per person than Ireland

Ireland: 3 per 1,000 (2023) · Israel: 3.1 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Ireland is 4% higher than in Israel

Ireland: 7.2 per 100k (2023) · Israel: 6.9 per 100k (2023)

31% of adults in Ireland are obese, versus 23% in Israel

Ireland: 30.6% (2024) · Israel: 23.3% (2024)

21% of adults in Israel smoke, versus 18% in Ireland

Ireland: 18.2% (2024) · Israel: 21.2% (2024)

People in Israel rate their lives 0.26 points higher than in Ireland

Ireland: 6.93 (2025) · Israel: 7.19 (2025)

Adults in Ireland drink 2.5 times as much alcohol as in Israel

Ireland: 10.3 litres (2023) · Israel: 4.2 litres (2023)

Israel has 11% more meat per person than Ireland

Ireland: 98.4 kg (2023) · Israel: 108.7 kg (2023)

Ireland has 167 kcal more food per person per day than Israel

Ireland: 3,921 kcal (2023) · Israel: 3,754 kcal (2023)

Workers in Israel put in 236 more hours a year than in Ireland

Ireland: 1,654 hours (2023) · Israel: 1,890 hours (2023)

Adults in Israel went to school 1.8 years longer than in Ireland

Ireland: 11.7 years (2023) · Israel: 13.5 years (2023)

Ireland welcomed 23 times as many tourists per resident as Israel (2019)

Ireland: 2.2 (2019) · Israel: 0.1 (2024)

Israel has 7 more World Heritage sites than Ireland (9 against 2)

Ireland: 2 (2026) · Israel: 9 (2026)

Ireland has won 42 Olympic medals, Israel 20

Ireland: 42 (2026 edition) · Israel: 20 (2026 edition)

97% of people in Ireland are online, versus 88% in Israel

Ireland: 97% (2024) · Israel: 88% (2024)

Home internet in Israel is 31% faster than in Ireland

Ireland: 300 Mbps (2026) · Israel: 392 Mbps (2026)

Ireland and Israel are practically level

Ireland: 100% (2024) · Israel: 100% (2024)

92% of people in Israel live in cities, versus 65% in Ireland

Ireland: 65% (2025) · Israel: 92% (2025)

Israel has 177 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ireland 113

Ireland: 113 (2024) · Israel: 177 (2024)

Israel’s railway network is 4% longer than Ireland’s

Ireland: 1,650 km (2021) · Israel: 1,720 km (2021)

Airlines from Ireland fly 48 times as many passengers per resident as those from Israel

Ireland: 35.11 (2023) · Israel: 0.73 (2023)

Forest covers 12% of Ireland, but only 6.8% of Israel

Ireland: 12% (2024) · Israel: 6.8% (2024)

The average person in Ireland emits 13% more CO₂ than someone in Israel

Ireland: 6.3 t (2024) · Israel: 5.6 t (2024)

48% of Ireland’s electricity is renewable, versus 17% in Israel

Ireland: 48.1% (2025) · Israel: 16.9% (2025)

The air in Israel carries 2.8 times as much fine dust as in Ireland

Ireland: 7.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Israel: 20.4 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 2.5 times as likely to be murdered in Israel as in Ireland

Ireland: 0.7 per 100k (2023) · Israel: 1.6 per 100k (2022)

Roads in Israel are 31% deadlier than in Ireland

Ireland: 5.2 per 100k (2023) · Israel: 6.8 per 100k (2023)

Israel is on average 10.8 °C warmer than Ireland

Ireland: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Israel: 21.1°C (2016–2025 avg)

Ireland gets 5.6 times as much rain as Israel

Ireland: 1,139 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Israel: 205 mm (2016–2025 avg)