How much coast is there?

Israel’s coastline is 41% longer than Syria’s.

Israel: 273 km (2026 edition) · Syria: 193 km (2026 edition)

How high can you climb?

Syria’s highest peak towers 578 m above Israel’s.

Israel: 2,236 m (2026 edition) · Syria: 2,814 m (2026 edition)

How many people live there?

Syria has 2.5 times as many people as Israel.

Israel: 10.1 million (2025) · Syria: 25.6 million (2025)

How crowded is it?

Israel is 3.4 times as densely populated as Syria.

Israel: 468 per km² (2025) · Syria: 140 per km² (2025)

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Israel is 6.9 years older than in Syria.

Israel: 29.2 years (2023) · Syria: 22.2 years (2023)

How many children per woman?

Women in Israel have 0.2 more children on average than in Syria.

Israel: 2.87 children per woman (2024) · Syria: 2.7 children per woman (2024)

How many people are 65 or older?

13% of people in Israel are 65 or older, versus 4.8% in Syria.

Israel: 12.7% (2025) · Syria: 4.8% (2025)

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

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

Israel: 5.9 (2025) · Syria: 0 (2025)

How many official languages?

Israel has 2 official languages, Syria 1.

Israel: 2 (2026) · Syria: 1 (2026)

How big is the economy?

Israel’s economy is 26 times the size of Syria’s.

Israel: $611 billion (2025) · Syria: $23.7 billion (2022)

How much is produced per person?

Israel produces 12 times as much per person as Syria.

Israel: Int$59,717 (2025) · Syria: Int$4,905 (2022)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Israel than in Syria (Gini 11.9 points higher).

Israel: 38.3 (2022) · Syria: 26.4 (2022)

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 14% in Syria, versus 3.5% in Israel.

Israel: 3.5% (2025) · Syria: 13.6% (2025)

How much goes to the military?

Israel: 8.8% (2024) · Syria: no data

How expensive is it?

Israel’s price level (US = 100) is 4.7× Syria’s.

Israel: 101% (2025) · Syria: 22% (2022)

How much is spent on health?

Israel spends 118 times as much on health per person as Syria.

Israel: $3,928 (2023) · Syria: $33 (2023)

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Syria is 6.6 times as likely to die before turning one as in Israel.

Israel: 2.7 per 1,000 (2024) · Syria: 17.7 per 1,000 (2024)

How many doctors are there?

Israel has 2.5 times as many doctors per person as Syria.

Israel: 3.8 per 1,000 (2023) · Syria: 1.5 per 1,000 (2021)

How common is obesity?

30% of adults in Syria are obese, versus 23% in Israel.

Israel: 23.3% (2024) · Syria: 29.9% (2024)

How many adults smoke?

Israel: 21.2% (2024) · Syria: no data

How do people rate their lives?

People in Israel rate their lives 3.73 points higher than in Syria.

Israel: 7.19 (2025) · Syria: 3.46 (2018)

How much do people drink?

Adults in Israel drink 38 times as much alcohol as in Syria.

Israel: 4.2 litres (2023) · Syria: 0.1 litres (2023)

How much meat is on the menu?

Israel has 6.7 times as much meat per person as Syria.

Israel: 108.7 kg (2023) · Syria: 16.2 kg (2023)

How much food is there per day?

Israel has 1,495 kcal more food per person per day than Syria.

Israel: 3,754 kcal (2023) · Syria: 2,259 kcal (2023)

How long do people work?

Workers in Israel put in 270 more hours a year than in Syria.

Israel: 1,890 hours (2023) · Syria: 1,621 hours (2023)

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Israel went to school 7.6 years longer than in Syria.

Israel: 13.5 years (2023) · Syria: 5.9 years (2023)

How many tourists visit?

Israel: 0.1 (2024) · Syria: no data

How many people are online?

88% of people in Israel are online, versus 34% in Syria.

Israel: 88% (2024) · Syria: 34% (2018)

Who has electricity at home?

100% of people in Israel have electricity, versus 89% in Syria.

Israel: 100% (2024) · Syria: 89.3% (2024)

How many live in cities?

92% of people in Israel live in cities, versus 72% in Syria.

Israel: 92% (2025) · Syria: 72% (2025)

How many phones per person?

Israel has 177 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Syria 71.

Israel: 177 (2024) · Syria: 71 (2024)

How much railway is there?

Syria’s railway network is 24% longer than Israel’s.

Israel: 1,720 km (2021) · Syria: 2,139 km (2010)

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Israel fly 31 times as many passengers per resident as those from Syria.

Israel: 0.73 (2023) · Syria: 0.02 (2023)

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 6.5% of Israel, but only 2.8% of Syria.

Israel: 6.5% (2023) · Syria: 2.8% (2023)

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Israel emits 4.4 times as much CO₂ as someone in Syria.

Israel: 5.6 t (2024) · Syria: 1.3 t (2024)

How green is the power grid?

17% of Israel’s electricity is renewable, versus 3.5% in Syria.

Israel: 16.9% (2025) · Syria: 3.5% (2024)

How clean is the air?

The air in Syria carries 51% more fine dust than in Israel.

Israel: 20.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Syria: 30.8 µg/m³ (2024)

How common is murder?

Israel: 1.6 per 100k (2022) · Syria: no data

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Syria are 7.1 times as deadly as in Israel.

Israel: 4.2 per 100k (2021) · Syria: 29.9 per 100k (2021)

How warm is it?

Israel is on average 1.0 °C warmer than Syria.

Israel: 21.1°C (2016–2025 avg) · Syria: 20.1°C (2016–2025 avg)

How much rain falls?

Syria gets 5% more rain than Israel.

Israel: 205 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Syria: 216 mm (2016–2025 avg)