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Geography
1Area (km²)21,93799,720
ContinentAsiaAsia
Land area (km²)21,49796,920
Water area (km²)4402,800
Land boundaries (km)1,065237
Border countries
  • Egypt
  • Gaza Strip
  • Jordan
  • Lebanon
  • Syria
  • West Bank
  • North Korea
Coastline (km)2732,413
Mean elevation (m)508282
Lowest point (m)-4310
Highest point (m)2,2241,950
People
Population8,675,47551,835,110
Official languages
  • Hebrew
Array of values
ReligionJewishProtestant
Government
Long country nameState of IsraelRepublic of Korea
Short country nameIsraelSouth Korea
Long local nameMedinat Yisra'elTaehan-min'guk
Short local nameYisra'elHan'guk
Government typeParliamentary democracyPresidential republic
CapitalJerusalemSeoul
Economy
GDP (PPP) (USD)317,100,000,0002,035,000,000,000
GDP (OER) (USD)350,700,000,0001,540,000,000,000
GDP (real growth rate) (%)3.33.1
GDP - per capita (PPP) (USD)36,40039,500
Gross national saving (% of GDP)23.636.6
Labor force4,021,00027,750,000
Unemployment rate (%)4.23.7
Population below poverty line (%)2214.4
Budget revenues (USD)93,110,000,000357,100,000,000
Budget expenditures (USD)100,200,000,000335,800,000,000
Military expenditures (% of GDP)4.352.62
Taxes and other revenues (% of GDP)26.523.2
Budget surplus or deficit (% of GDP)-21.4
Public debt (% of GDP)60.939.5
Inflation rate (%)0.21.9
Central bank discount rate (%)0.11.5
Commercial bank prime lending rate (%)3.53.48
Stock of narrow money (USD)100,400,000,000793,900,000,000
Stock of broad money (USD)100,400,000,000793,900,000,000
Stock of domestic credit (USD)290,700,000,0002,986,000,000,000
Market value of publicly traded shares (USD)243,900,000,0001,305,000,000,000
Current account balance (USD)10,120,000,00078,460,000,000
Exports (USD)58,670,000,000577,400,000,000
Imports (USD)68,610,000,000457,500,000,000
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold (USD)113,000,000,000389,200,000,000
External debt (USD)88,660,000,000384,600,000,000
National currencynew Israeli shekelsSouth Korean won
National currency (code)ILSKRW
National currency (symbol)
National currency rate to USD3.6061



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