How much coast is there?

Israel: 273 km (2026 edition) · Palestine: 0 km (2026 edition)

How high can you climb?

Israel’s highest peak towers 2,131 m above Palestine’s.

Israel: 2,236 m (2026 edition) · Palestine: 105 m (2026 edition)

How many people live there?

Israel has 87% more people than Palestine.

Israel: 10.1 million (2025) · Palestine: 5.41 million (2025)

How crowded is it?

Palestine is 92% more densely populated than Israel.

Israel: 468 per km² (2025) · Palestine: 899 per km² (2025)

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Israel is 9.4 years older than in Palestine.

Israel: 29.2 years (2023) · Palestine: 19.8 years (2023)

How many children per woman?

Women in Palestine have 0.4 more children on average than in Israel.

Israel: 2.87 children per woman (2024) · Palestine: 3.25 children per woman (2024)

How many people are 65 or older?

13% of people in Israel are 65 or older, versus 3.9% in Palestine.

Israel: 12.7% (2025) · Palestine: 3.9% (2025)

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Israel has produced 5.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Palestine 0.0.

Israel: 5.9 (2025) · Palestine: 0 (2025)

How many official languages?

Israel has 2 official languages, Palestine 1.

Israel: 2 (2026) · Palestine: 1 (2026)

How big is the economy?

Israel’s economy is 36 times the size of Palestine’s.

Israel: $611 billion (2025) · Palestine: $17.2 billion (2025)

How much is produced per person?

Israel produces 12 times as much per person as Palestine.

Israel: Int$59,717 (2025) · Palestine: Int$5,000 (2025)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Israel than in Palestine (Gini 1.9 points higher).

Israel: 38.3 (2022) · Palestine: 36.4 (2023)

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 24% in Palestine, versus 3.5% in Israel.

Israel: 3.5% (2025) · Palestine: 24.4% (2022)

How much goes to the military?

Israel: 8.8% (2024) · Palestine: no data

How expensive is it?

Israel’s price level (US = 100) is 1.6× Palestine’s.

Israel: 101% (2025) · Palestine: 63% (2025)

How much is spent on health?

Israel spends 11 times as much on health per person as Palestine.

Israel: $3,928 (2023) · Palestine: $346 (2023)

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Palestine is 6.3 times as likely to die before turning one as in Israel.

Israel: 2.7 per 1,000 (2024) · Palestine: 17 per 1,000 (2024)

How many doctors are there?

Israel has 75% more doctors per person than Palestine.

Israel: 3.8 per 1,000 (2023) · Palestine: 2.2 per 1,000 (2018)

How common is obesity?

33% of adults in Palestine are obese, versus 23% in Israel.

Israel: 23.3% (2024) · Palestine: 33.2% (2024)

How many adults smoke?

36% of adults in Palestine smoke, versus 21% in Israel.

Israel: 21.2% (2024) · Palestine: 35.5% (2024)

How do people rate their lives?

People in Israel rate their lives 2.49 points higher than in Palestine.

Israel: 7.19 (2025) · Palestine: 4.69 (2025)

How much do people drink?

Israel: 4.2 litres (2023) · Palestine: no data

How much meat is on the menu?

Israel: 108.7 kg (2023) · Palestine: no data

How much food is there per day?

Israel: 3,754 kcal (2023) · Palestine: no data

How long do people work?

Israel: 1,890 hours (2023) · Palestine: no data

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Israel went to school 3.4 years longer than in Palestine.

Israel: 13.5 years (2023) · Palestine: 10.1 years (2023)

How many tourists visit?

Palestine welcomed 2.5 times as many tourists per resident as Israel (2019).

Israel: 0.1 (2024) · Palestine: 0.24 (2019)

How many people are online?

88% of people in Israel are online, versus 87% in Palestine.

Israel: 88% (2024) · Palestine: 87% (2023)

Who has electricity at home?

Israel and Palestine are practically level.

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

How many live in cities?

92% of people in Israel live in cities, versus 87% in Palestine.

Israel: 92% (2025) · Palestine: 87% (2025)

How many phones per person?

Israel has 177 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Palestine 77.

Israel: 177 (2024) · Palestine: 77 (2023)

How much railway is there?

Israel: 1,720 km (2021) · Palestine: no data

How much do they fly?

Israel: 0.73 (2023) · Palestine: no data

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 6.5% of Israel, but only 1.7% of Palestine.

Israel: 6.5% (2023) · Palestine: 1.7% (2023)

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Israel emits 6.4 times as much CO₂ as someone in Palestine.

Israel: 5.6 t (2024) · Palestine: 0.9 t (2024)

How green is the power grid?

39% of Palestine’s electricity is renewable, versus 17% in Israel.

Israel: 16.9% (2025) · Palestine: 39.4% (2024)

How clean is the air?

The air in Palestine carries 14% more fine dust than in Israel.

Israel: 20.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Palestine: 23.2 µg/m³ (2024)

How common is murder?

You are 2.6 times as likely to be murdered in Israel as in Palestine.

Israel: 1.6 per 100k (2022) · Palestine: 0.6 per 100k (2022)

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Palestine are 12% deadlier than in Israel.

Israel: 4.2 per 100k (2021) · Palestine: 4.7 per 100k (2021)

How warm is it?

Israel and Palestine are practically level.

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

How much rain falls?

Palestine gets 53% more rain than Israel.

Israel: 205 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Palestine: 313 mm (2016–2025 avg)