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190 III. Country Profiles<br />

ISRAEL<br />

Key Scores and Trends<br />

Rank<br />

Score<br />

2013 2011 Change 2013 2011 Change<br />

Overall 16/140 15/140 -1 68/100 68/100 0<br />

Depth 58/140 49/140 -9 27/50 27/50 0<br />

Breadth 9/140 9/140 0 41/50 41/50 0<br />

Trade Pillar 24/140 17/140 -7 64/100 68/100 -4<br />

ISR<br />

Capital Pillar 24/60 24/60 0 58/100 55/100 3<br />

Information Pillar 3/102 4/102 1 88/100 86/100 2<br />

People Pillar 8/109 7/109 -1 81/100 81/100 0<br />

<strong>Connectedness</strong> Score Trend<br />

75<br />

70<br />

65<br />

60<br />

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013<br />

Rooted Map<br />

Rooted Map:<br />

Israel’s Israel’s Merchandise Merchandise Exports, Exports, 2013 2013<br />

Top Export Destinations<br />

1<br />

1. U.S.A. (28%)<br />

2. Hong Kong (8%)<br />

3. U.K. (6%)<br />

4. Belgium (5%)<br />

5. China (4%)<br />

3<br />

10<br />

4<br />

ISRAEL<br />

6. Turkey (4%)<br />

7. India (4%)<br />

8. Netherlands (3%)<br />

9. Germany (3%)<br />

10. France (2%)<br />

Israel’s Share of Partners’ Imports<br />

7% 1% 0.6% 0.4% 0.2% 0.1% unknown<br />

8<br />

9<br />

6 5<br />

7<br />

2<br />

Major Export Products<br />

Machinery and equipment,<br />

software, cut diamonds,<br />

agricultural products,<br />

chemicals, textiles and<br />

apparel<br />

Depth<br />

Rank<br />

Level<br />

Outward Inward Outward Inward<br />

Trade 91/140 –<br />

Merchandise Trade (% of GDP) 87/140 102/140 23% 26%<br />

Services Trade (% of GDP) 46/140 85/140 11% 7%<br />

Capital 21/94 –<br />

FDI Stock (% of GDP) 32/131 87/140 27% 30%<br />

FDI Flows (% of GFCF) 32/133 39/140 9% 22%<br />

Portfolio Equity Stock (% of Mkt Cap) 36/84 23/86 30% 37%<br />

Portfolio Equity Flows (% of Mkt Cap) 22/91 52/90 3% 0%<br />

Information 26/140 –<br />

Internet Bandwidth<br />

28/140 100,455<br />

(Bits per Second per Internet User)<br />

International Phone Calls<br />

(Minutes per Capita)<br />

Printed Publications Trade<br />

(USD per Capita)<br />

34/140 27/140 250 281<br />

37/136 63/136 $10 $8<br />

People 58/118 –<br />

Migrants (% of Population) 86/139 14/140 4% 25%<br />

Tourists (Dep./Arr. per Capita) 29/92 60/131 0.5 0.4<br />

International Students (% of Tertiary<br />

Education Enrollment)<br />

69/128 80/112 4% 1%<br />

Breadth<br />

Rank<br />

% Same Region<br />

Outward Inward Outward Inward<br />

Trade 4/140 –<br />

Merchandise Trade 8/139 14/140 0% 0%<br />

Capital 27/60 –<br />

ISR<br />

FDI Stock 21/40 42/45 0% 0%<br />

FDI Flows 19/34 · 0% ·<br />

Portfolio Equity Stock 25/59 – 0% –<br />

Information 3/102 –<br />

75<br />

International Phone Calls<br />

70<br />

Printed Publications Trade<br />

·<br />

14/136<br />

7/91<br />

1/136<br />

·<br />

0%<br />

0%<br />

0%<br />

65<br />

60<br />

People 2005 2006 2007 2008 1/126 2009 2010 2011 – 2012 2013<br />

Migrants 4/139 · 18% ·<br />

Tourists – 2/99 – 1%<br />

International Students – · – ·<br />

Directionality<br />

Overall<br />

Depth<br />

Breadth<br />

-100 -80 -60 -40 -20 0 20 40 60 80 100<br />

Balance Inward Outward<br />

Structural and Policy Drivers of Depth of <strong>Connectedness</strong><br />

Structural Factors<br />

General Policies / Environment<br />

Rank Level<br />

Rank Level<br />

GDP per Capita (+) 26/140 $36,151 Operating Environment (+) 40/129 4.5<br />

Linguistic Commonality (+) 98/140 0% Infrastructure (+) 29/129 4.8<br />

Remoteness (-) 92/140 4.0 Press Freedom (+) 88/137 66<br />

Population (-) 84/140 8.1 Labor Freedom (+) 60/140 63<br />

Landlocked (-) – No Financial Freedom (+) 17/140 70<br />

<strong>Global</strong>ization Policies<br />

Rank Level<br />

Enabling Trade <strong>Index</strong> (+) 30/129 4.7<br />

Tariffs (Wtd. Mean Applied) (-) 133/138 0.7<br />

Capital Account Openness (+) 1/135 1.0<br />

Visa-Free Travel Outward (+) 40/139 147<br />

Visa-Free Travel Inward (+) 40/140 91<br />

– Not Applicable · Data Not Available (+) Positive Impact (-) Negative Impact

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