Location: Middle East, west of Jordan.

Geography: landlocked; highlands are main recharge area for Israel's coastal aquifers; there are 242 West Bank settlements, and 29 East Jerusalem settlements in addition to at least 20 occupied outposts (August 2005 est.).

Area: total: 5,860 sq km, land: 5,640 sq km, water: 220 sq km.

Capital: Not Available.

Industries: generally small family businesses that produce cement, textiles, soap, olive-wood carvings, and mother-of-pearl souvenirs; the Israelis have established some small-scale, modern industries in the settlements and industrial centers.

Languages: Arabic, Hebrew (spoken by many Palestinians), English (widely understood).

National Holiday: Not Available.

Currency (Code): New Israeli Shekel (ILS); Jordanian dinar (JOD).

Population: 2,611,904, note: in addition, there are about 187,000 Israeli settlers in the West Bank and fewer than 177,000 in East Jerusalem (July 2008 est.).

Labor Force: 605,000 (2006). 

GDP (purchasing power parity):

237 billion  (according to Statistics 2011)

226.6 billion (according to Statistics 2010)

214.3 billion (according to Statistics 2009)

GDP (official exchange rate):
239.8 billion (according to Statistics 2011)

GDP - real growth rate:
4.6% (according to Statistics 2011)
5.7% (according to Statistics 2010)
0.8% (according to Statistics 2009)

GDP - per capita (purchasing power parity):
 31.500 billion (according to Statistics 2011)
 30.700 billion (according to Statistics 2010)
 29.700 billion (according to Statistics 2009)

Investment (gross fixed):
18.7% of GDP (according to Statistics 2011)

Budget:
Revenue: 66.68 billion dollars (according to Statistics 2011)
Expenditures: 74.8 billion dollars (according to Statistics 2011)

Public debt:
72.6% of GDP (according to Statistics 2011)
74.5% of GDP (according to Statistics 2010)

Exports:
64.19 billion (according to Statistics 2011)
56.39 billion (according to Statistics 2010)

Imports:
72.03 billion (according to Statistics 2011)
58.09 billion  (according to Statistics 2010)

Debt - external:
102.6 billion (according to statistics December 31, 2011)
106.6 billion (according to statistics December 31, 2010)

Stock of foreign direct investment - at home:
 66.57 billion (according to statistics December 31, 2011)
60.19 billion  (according to statistics December 31, 2010)

Stock of foreign direct investment - abroad:
$ 69.83 billion (according to statistics December 31, 2011)
66.3 billion (according to statistics December 31, 2010)

Military expenditures: 7.3% of GDP (according to 2006 statistics)

NOTE: The information is in U.S. dollars.

Airports: 3 

Airports - with paved runways: 3
over 3,047 m: 1 
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
under 914 m: 1 

Roadways:total: 5,147 km
paved: 5,147 km
Heliports:1