Portugal’s coastline is 6.6 times as long as Israel’s

Israel: 273 km (2026 edition) · Portugal: 1,793 km (2026 edition)

Portugal’s highest peak towers 115 m above Israel’s

Israel: 2,236 m (2026 edition) · Portugal: 2,351 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 41% of Portugal, versus 24% of Israel

Israel: 23.8% (2024) · Portugal: 41.3% (2024)

Portugal has 7% more people than Israel

Israel: 10.1 million (2025) · Portugal: 10.8 million (2025)

Israel is 4 times as densely populated as Portugal

Israel: 468 per km² (2025) · Portugal: 118 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Portugal is 17 years older than in Israel

Israel: 29.2 years (2023) · Portugal: 46.2 years (2023)

Women in Israel have 1.5 more children on average than in Portugal

Israel: 2.87 children per woman (2024) · Portugal: 1.41 children per woman (2024)

25% of people in Portugal are 65 or older, versus 13% in Israel

Israel: 12.7% (2025) · Portugal: 24.9% (2025)

Portugal hosts 52 times as many refugees per resident as Israel

Israel: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Portugal: 6.5 per 1,000 (2025)

Israel has produced 5.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Portugal 1.9

Israel: 5.9 (2026) · Portugal: 1.9 (2026)

Israel has 2 official languages, Portugal 1

Israel: 2 (2026) · Portugal: 1 (2026)

Israel’s economy is 76% larger than Portugal’s

Israel: $611 billion (2025) · Portugal: $347 billion (2025)

Israel produces 12% more per person than Portugal

Israel: Int$59,717 (2025) · Portugal: Int$53,146 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Israel than in Portugal (Gini 4.4 points higher)

Israel: 38.3 (2022) · Portugal: 33.9 (2023)

Israel and Portugal are practically level

Israel: 0.4% (2022) · Portugal: 0.4% (2023)

Unemployment is 6.2% in Portugal, versus 3.5% in Israel

Israel: 3.5% (2025) · Portugal: 6.2% (2025)

Israel spends 7.8% of its GDP on the military, Portugal 1.7%

Israel: 7.8% (2025) · Portugal: 1.7% (2025)

Israel’s central government collects 23% of GDP in tax, Portugal’s 22%

Israel: 23.2% (2024) · Portugal: 22.3% (2024)

Israel’s price level (US = 100) is 1.7× Portugal’s

Israel: 101% (2025) · Portugal: 60% (2025)

Israel spends 32% more on health per person than Portugal

Israel: $3,928 (2023) · Portugal: $2,971 (2024)

Israel and Portugal are nearly identical here

Israel: 2.7 per 1,000 (2024) · Portugal: 2.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Portugal has 54% more doctors per person than Israel

Israel: 3.8 per 1,000 (2023) · Portugal: 5.9 per 1,000 (2022)

Portugal has 11% more hospital beds per person than Israel

Israel: 3.1 per 1,000 (2023) · Portugal: 3.5 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Portugal is 25% higher than in Israel

Israel: 6.9 per 100k (2023) · Portugal: 8.6 per 100k (2023)

Israel and Portugal are practically level

Israel: 23.3% (2024) · Portugal: 23% (2024)

29% of adults in Portugal smoke, versus 21% in Israel

Israel: 21.2% (2024) · Portugal: 28.6% (2024)

People in Israel rate their lives 1.16 points higher than in Portugal

Israel: 7.19 (2025) · Portugal: 6.03 (2025)

Adults in Portugal drink 3.3 times as much alcohol as in Israel

Israel: 4.2 litres (2023) · Portugal: 13.7 litres (2023)

Israel has 9% more meat per person than Portugal

Israel: 108.7 kg (2023) · Portugal: 99.3 kg (2023)

Israel has 201 kcal more food per person per day than Portugal

Israel: 3,754 kcal (2023) · Portugal: 3,553 kcal (2023)

Workers in Israel put in 155 more hours a year than in Portugal

Israel: 1,890 hours (2023) · Portugal: 1,735 hours (2023)

Adults in Israel went to school 3.8 years longer than in Portugal

Israel: 13.5 years (2023) · Portugal: 9.7 years (2023)

Portugal welcomed 28 times as many tourists per resident as Israel (2019)

Israel: 0.1 (2024) · Portugal: 2.71 (2024)

Portugal has 8 more World Heritage sites than Israel (17 against 9)

Israel: 9 (2026) · Portugal: 17 (2026)

Portugal has won 32 Olympic medals, Israel 20

Israel: 20 (2026 edition) · Portugal: 32 (2026 edition)

Portugal and Israel are practically level

Israel: 88% (2024) · Portugal: 88% (2024)

Home internet in Israel is 19% faster than in Portugal

Israel: 392 Mbps (2026) · Portugal: 330 Mbps (2026)

Israel and Portugal are practically level

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

92% of people in Israel live in cities, versus 61% in Portugal

Israel: 92% (2025) · Portugal: 61% (2025)

Israel has 177 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Portugal 124

Israel: 177 (2024) · Portugal: 124 (2024)

Portugal’s railway network is 47% longer than Israel’s

Israel: 1,720 km (2021) · Portugal: 2,527 km (2021)

Airlines from Portugal fly 2.3 times as many passengers per resident as those from Israel

Israel: 0.73 (2023) · Portugal: 1.69 (2023)

Forest covers 37% of Portugal, but only 6.8% of Israel

Israel: 6.8% (2024) · Portugal: 36.6% (2024)

The average person in Israel emits 64% more CO₂ than someone in Portugal

Israel: 5.6 t (2024) · Portugal: 3.4 t (2024)

81% of Portugal’s electricity is renewable, versus 17% in Israel

Israel: 16.9% (2025) · Portugal: 81% (2025)

The air in Israel carries 94% more fine dust than in Portugal

Israel: 20.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Portugal: 10.5 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 2.3 times as likely to be murdered in Israel as in Portugal

Israel: 1.6 per 100k (2022) · Portugal: 0.7 per 100k (2022)

Roads in Portugal are 62% deadlier than in Israel

Israel: 6.8 per 100k (2023) · Portugal: 11 per 100k (2023)

Israel is on average 5.3 °C warmer than Portugal

Israel: 21.1°C (2016–2025 avg) · Portugal: 15.9°C (2016–2025 avg)

Portugal gets 3.8 times as much rain as Israel

Israel: 205 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Portugal: 777 mm (2016–2025 avg)