South Korea’s coastline is 8.8 times as long as Israel’s

Israel: 273 km (2026 edition) · South Korea: 2,413 km (2026 edition)

Israel’s highest peak towers 286 m above South Korea’s

Israel: 2,236 m (2026 edition) · South Korea: 1,950 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 24% of Israel, versus 16% of South Korea

Israel: 23.8% (2024) · South Korea: 16% (2024)

South Korea has 5.1 times as many people as Israel

Israel: 10.1 million (2025) · South Korea: 51.7 million (2025)

South Korea is 13% more densely populated than Israel

Israel: 468 per km² (2025) · South Korea: 530 per km² (2025)

The typical person in South Korea is 15 years older than in Israel

Israel: 29.2 years (2023) · South Korea: 44.5 years (2023)

Women in Israel have 2.1 more children on average than in South Korea

Israel: 2.87 children per woman (2024) · South Korea: 0.75 children per woman (2024)

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

Israel: 12.7% (2025) · South Korea: 20.3% (2025)

Israel hosts 48% more refugees per resident than South Korea

Israel: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025) · South Korea: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025)

Israel has produced 5.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, South Korea 0.6

Israel: 5.9 (2026) · South Korea: 0.6 (2026)

Israel has 2 official languages, South Korea 1

Israel: 2 (2026) · South Korea: 1 (2026)

South Korea’s economy is 3.1 times the size of Israel’s

Israel: $611 billion (2025) · South Korea: $1.87 trillion (2025)

South Korea produces 6% more per person than Israel

Israel: Int$59,717 (2025) · South Korea: Int$63,125 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Israel than in South Korea (Gini 5.4 points higher)

Israel: 38.3 (2022) · South Korea: 32.9 (2021)

Israel and South Korea are practically level

Israel: 0.4% (2022) · South Korea: 0.1% (2021)

Unemployment is 3.5% in Israel, versus 2.7% in South Korea

Israel: 3.5% (2025) · South Korea: 2.7% (2025)

Israel spends 7.8% of its GDP on the military, South Korea 2.6%

Israel: 7.8% (2025) · South Korea: 2.6% (2025)

Israel’s central government collects 23% of GDP in tax, South Korea’s 13%

Israel: 23.2% (2024) · South Korea: 13.3% (2024)

Israel’s price level (US = 100) is 1.8× South Korea’s

Israel: 101% (2025) · South Korea: 57% (2025)

Israel spends 25% more on health per person than South Korea

Israel: $3,928 (2023) · South Korea: $3,137 (2024)

A baby in Israel is 17% more likely to die before turning one than in South Korea

Israel: 2.7 per 1,000 (2024) · South Korea: 2.3 per 1,000 (2024)

Israel has 45% more doctors per person than South Korea

Israel: 3.8 per 1,000 (2023) · South Korea: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022)

South Korea has 4.1 times as many hospital beds per person as Israel

Israel: 3.1 per 1,000 (2023) · South Korea: 12.8 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in South Korea is 3.4 times that in Israel

Israel: 6.9 per 100k (2023) · South Korea: 23.4 per 100k (2023)

23% of adults in Israel are obese, versus 7.5% in South Korea

Israel: 23.3% (2024) · South Korea: 7.5% (2024)

21% of adults in Israel smoke, versus 19% in South Korea

Israel: 21.2% (2024) · South Korea: 18.6% (2024)

People in Israel rate their lives 1.15 points higher than in South Korea

Israel: 7.19 (2025) · South Korea: 6.04 (2025)

Adults in South Korea drink 2 times as much alcohol as in Israel

Israel: 4.2 litres (2023) · South Korea: 8.3 litres (2023)

Israel has 29% more meat per person than South Korea

Israel: 108.7 kg (2023) · South Korea: 84 kg (2023)

Israel has 324 kcal more food per person per day than South Korea

Israel: 3,754 kcal (2023) · South Korea: 3,430 kcal (2023)

Workers in South Korea put in 20 more hours a year than in Israel

Israel: 1,890 hours (2023) · South Korea: 1,910 hours (2023)

Adults in Israel went to school 0.81 years longer than in South Korea

Israel: 13.5 years (2023) · South Korea: 12.7 years (2023)

South Korea welcomed 3.3 times as many tourists per resident as Israel (2019)

Israel: 0.1 (2024) · South Korea: 0.32 (2024)

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

Israel: 9 (2026) · South Korea: 17 (2026)

South Korea has won 409 Olympic medals, Israel 20

Israel: 20 (2026 edition) · South Korea: 409 (2026 edition)

98% of people in South Korea are online, versus 88% in Israel

Israel: 88% (2024) · South Korea: 98% (2024)

Home internet in Israel is 32% faster than in South Korea

Israel: 392 Mbps (2026) · South Korea: 298 Mbps (2026)

Israel and South Korea are practically level

Israel: 100% (2024) · South Korea: 100% (2024)

92% of people in Israel live in cities, versus 81% in South Korea

Israel: 92% (2025) · South Korea: 81% (2025)

Israel has 177 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, South Korea 173

Israel: 177 (2024) · South Korea: 173 (2024)

South Korea’s railway network is 2.5 times as long as Israel’s

Israel: 1,720 km (2021) · South Korea: 4,309 km (2021)

Airlines from South Korea fly 2 times as many passengers per resident as those from Israel

Israel: 0.73 (2023) · South Korea: 1.48 (2023)

Forest covers 64% of South Korea, but only 6.8% of Israel

Israel: 6.8% (2024) · South Korea: 64.4% (2024)

The average person in South Korea emits 2 times as much CO₂ as someone in Israel

Israel: 5.6 t (2024) · South Korea: 11.3 t (2024)

17% of Israel’s electricity is renewable, versus 10% in South Korea

Israel: 16.9% (2025) · South Korea: 10.4% (2025)

The air in South Korea carries 3% more fine dust than in Israel

Israel: 20.4 µg/m³ (2024) · South Korea: 21 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 3.4 times as likely to be murdered in Israel as in South Korea

Israel: 1.6 per 100k (2022) · South Korea: 0.5 per 100k (2023)

Roads in South Korea are 28% deadlier than in Israel

Israel: 6.8 per 100k (2023) · South Korea: 8.7 per 100k (2023)

Israel is on average 8.0 °C warmer than South Korea

Israel: 21.1°C (2016–2025 avg) · South Korea: 13.2°C (2016–2025 avg)

South Korea gets 6.2 times as much rain as Israel

Israel: 205 mm (2016–2025 avg) · South Korea: 1,265 mm (2016–2025 avg)