Israel’s coastline is 21% longer than Romania’s

Israel: 273 km (2026 edition) · Romania: 225 km (2026 edition)

Romania’s highest peak towers 308 m above Israel’s

Israel: 2,236 m (2026 edition) · Romania: 2,544 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 55% of Romania, versus 24% of Israel

Israel: 23.8% (2024) · Romania: 55.2% (2024)

Romania has 88% more people than Israel

Israel: 10.1 million (2025) · Romania: 19 million (2025)

Israel is 5.7 times as densely populated as Romania

Israel: 468 per km² (2025) · Romania: 83 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Romania is 13 years older than in Israel

Israel: 29.2 years (2023) · Romania: 42.6 years (2023)

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

Israel: 2.87 children per woman (2024) · Romania: 1.39 children per woman (2024)

20% of people in Romania are 65 or older, versus 13% in Israel

Israel: 12.7% (2025) · Romania: 20.1% (2025)

Romania hosts 86 times as many refugees per resident as Israel

Israel: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Romania: 10.9 per 1,000 (2025)

Israel has produced 5.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Romania 2.1

Israel: 5.9 (2026) · Romania: 2.1 (2026)

Israel has 2 official languages, Romania 1

Israel: 2 (2026) · Romania: 1 (2026)

Israel’s economy is 42% larger than Romania’s

Israel: $611 billion (2025) · Romania: $429 billion (2025)

Israel produces 17% more per person than Romania

Israel: Int$59,717 (2025) · Romania: Int$50,895 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Israel than in Romania (Gini 8.5 points higher)

Israel: 38.3 (2022) · Romania: 29.8 (2023)

Romania and Israel are practically level

Israel: 0.4% (2022) · Romania: 0.7% (2023)

Unemployment is 6.0% in Romania, versus 3.5% in Israel

Israel: 3.5% (2025) · Romania: 6% (2025)

Israel spends 7.8% of its GDP on the military, Romania 2.3%

Israel: 7.8% (2025) · Romania: 2.3% (2025)

Israel’s central government collects 23% of GDP in tax, Romania’s 16%

Israel: 23.2% (2024) · Romania: 16.2% (2024)

Israel’s price level (US = 100) is 2.3× Romania’s

Israel: 101% (2025) · Romania: 44% (2025)

Israel spends 3.7 times as much on health per person as Romania

Israel: $3,928 (2023) · Romania: $1,051 (2023)

A baby in Romania is 2.2 times as likely to die before turning one as in Israel

Israel: 2.7 per 1,000 (2024) · Romania: 6 per 1,000 (2024)

Israel has 5% more doctors per person than Romania

Israel: 3.8 per 1,000 (2023) · Romania: 3.6 per 1,000 (2022)

Romania has 2.3 times as many hospital beds per person as Israel

Israel: 3.1 per 1,000 (2023) · Romania: 7.2 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Romania is 19% higher than in Israel

Israel: 6.9 per 100k (2023) · Romania: 8.2 per 100k (2023)

38% of adults in Romania are obese, versus 23% in Israel

Israel: 23.3% (2024) · Romania: 37.7% (2024)

30% of adults in Romania smoke, versus 21% in Israel

Israel: 21.2% (2024) · Romania: 29.7% (2024)

People in Israel rate their lives 0.56 points higher than in Romania

Israel: 7.19 (2025) · Romania: 6.63 (2025)

Adults in Romania drink 4.1 times as much alcohol as in Israel

Israel: 4.2 litres (2023) · Romania: 17.1 litres (2023)

Israel has 50% more meat per person than Romania

Israel: 108.7 kg (2023) · Romania: 72.5 kg (2023)

Israel has 105 kcal more food per person per day than Romania

Israel: 3,754 kcal (2023) · Romania: 3,649 kcal (2023)

Workers in Israel put in 64 more hours a year than in Romania

Israel: 1,890 hours (2023) · Romania: 1,826 hours (2023)

Adults in Israel went to school 2 years longer than in Romania

Israel: 13.5 years (2023) · Romania: 11.6 years (2023)

Romania welcomed 7.3 times as many tourists per resident as Israel (2019)

Israel: 0.1 (2024) · Romania: 0.7 (2024)

Romania has 2 more World Heritage sites than Israel (11 against 9)

Israel: 9 (2026) · Romania: 11 (2026)

Romania has won 318 Olympic medals, Israel 20

Israel: 20 (2026 edition) · Romania: 318 (2026 edition)

91% of people in Romania are online, versus 88% in Israel

Israel: 88% (2024) · Romania: 91% (2024)

Home internet in Israel is 24% faster than in Romania

Israel: 392 Mbps (2026) · Romania: 316 Mbps (2026)

Israel and Romania are practically level

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

92% of people in Israel live in cities, versus 52% in Romania

Israel: 92% (2025) · Romania: 52% (2025)

Israel has 177 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Romania 120

Israel: 177 (2024) · Romania: 120 (2024)

Romania’s railway network is 6.3 times as long as Israel’s

Israel: 1,720 km (2021) · Romania: 10,769 km (2021)

Airlines from Israel fly 4.9 times as many passengers per resident as those from Romania

Israel: 0.73 (2023) · Romania: 0.15 (2023)

Forest covers 30% of Romania, but only 6.8% of Israel

Israel: 6.8% (2024) · Romania: 30.2% (2024)

The average person in Israel emits 56% more CO₂ than someone in Romania

Israel: 5.6 t (2024) · Romania: 3.6 t (2024)

47% of Romania’s electricity is renewable, versus 17% in Israel

Israel: 16.9% (2025) · Romania: 47% (2025)

The air in Israel carries 43% more fine dust than in Romania

Israel: 20.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Romania: 14.3 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 45% more likely to be murdered in Israel than in Romania

Israel: 1.6 per 100k (2022) · Romania: 1.1 per 100k (2024)

Roads in Romania are 2 times as deadly as in Israel

Israel: 6.8 per 100k (2023) · Romania: 13.6 per 100k (2023)

Israel is on average 10.1 °C warmer than Romania

Israel: 21.1°C (2016–2025 avg) · Romania: 11°C (2016–2025 avg)

Romania gets 3.7 times as much rain as Israel

Israel: 205 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Romania: 758 mm (2016–2025 avg)