Tag: Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics

According to the Central Bureau of Statistics, the annual inflation rate has remained at 5.3 percent for the second month in a row.

Around 177,000 Christians are citizens of Israel, comprising around 2% of the population.

Most immigrants are generally satisfied with their lives (85%).

Hi-tech accounts for approximately 37% of all industrial exports in Israel and contributes immensely to Israel’s annual growth.

The Central Bureau of Statistics reports the average salary in Israel stands at NIS 11,004 ($3,163) per month.

The Israel Buildings Association reports that more than 800,000 civilians in northern Israel have no bomb shelter or safe space in their homes.

In Jerusalem, only 37% are satisfied with cleanliness (46% of Jews and 21% of Arabs).

Nearly harmless: out of 34,200 people tried for criminal offenses in Israel, only 7.5% were women.

The highest percentage of couples without children is in Tel Aviv-Yafo – about 41% (the national average is 25%).

The reason for the slowdown is the lack of construction by the government.

The city with the highest percentage of children is Modiin Ilit – 64.4%.

Have a happy new year and a great signing of your and all of our fates come Wednesday, and don't count too much.

Some 33% of the Arab households in Israel have 6 or more members, compared to only 10% of Jewish households.

Theoretically, an Arab candidate for Mayor of Jerusalem should have a clear path to the job – should he be able to maximize the support of eligible Arab voters.

The crude marriage rate was 6.2 for every 1,000 Israelis, which is among the highest in the OECD countries.

The main countries from which olim have arrived in Israel over the past decades were: Russia, Ukraine, France, the US, Ethiopia, and the UK.

The report includes interviews with eight Arab families, "victims" of Israel's aggressive policy, the most glaring of which is with Abed Dawiat, who committed the official first act of terror of the lone-wolf intifada.

The figures, based on 2015 data, show a negative immigration of 7,800 residents – 18,100 left, but only 10,300 started a new life in the eternal city.

The greatest insult of the Kerry speech – and there were many – was his line: 'Does anyone here really believe that the settlers will agree to submit to Palestinian law in Palestine?'

Out of Israel's children, 1.996 million are Jews (71.3%), 718 thousand are Arab (25.7%) and the rest, 84 thousand children (3%), are neither.

Israel's consumer confidence is among the lowest in OECD countries, but in most of these countries, other than in Sweden, Denmark and Finland, consumer confidence has been negative.