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The Israel Central Bureau of Statistics ( Hebrew: הלשכה המרכזית לסטטיסטיקה, HaLishka HaMerkazit LiStatistika; Arabic: دائرة الإحصاء المركزية الإسرائيلية ), abbreviated CBS, is an Israeli government office established in 1949 to carry out research and publish statistical data on all aspects of ...
Future projections. In June 2013, the Central Bureau of Statistics released a demographic report, projecting that Israel's population would grow to 11.4 million by 2035, with the Jewish population numbering 8.3 million, or 73% of the population, and the Arab population at 2.6 million, or 23%.
Value-added tax. Value-added tax (VAT) in Israel, is applied to most goods and services, including imported goods and services. From 1 October 2015 the standard rate was decreased to 17%, from 18%. [9] [10] It had been raised from 16% to 17% on 1 September 2012, [11] and to 18% on 2 June 2013. [12]
Television in Israel. Television in Israel refers to television broadcasting services in the State of Israel, inaugurated on March 24, 1966. Initially, there was one state-owned channel, operated jointly by the Israel Broadcasting Authority and the Israeli Educational Television. In 1986, a second state-regulated channel was launched.
Own work, data taken from Population - Statistical Abstract of Israel 2022 - No.73 by the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics using 2.3 Population, by Population Group, Religion, Sex and Age, Table 'ST02-03c' and 'ST02-03d'
World Happiness Report 2022, ranked 9th out of 156 [24] The Economist: Where-to-be-born Index 2013, [25] ranked 20th out of 80. State of World Liberty Project: State of World Liberty Index 2016, [26] ranked 54th out of 185. Global AgeWatch Index 2015, ranked 18th out of 96 [27]
In January 2021 Bituah Leumi published a report on poverty and inequality in Israel, which showed that 1,980,309 Israelis lived below the poverty line in 2020 - 23% of Israeli citizens and 31.7% of Israeli children. In the Jewish population, the proportion was 17.7%, and in the ultra-Orthodox sector 49%. In the Arab population it was 35.8%.
The 2023 Israel–Hamas war has significant economic implications. The number of Palestinians living in poverty has surged dramatically, with an additional 300,000 people falling into poverty by November 2023. The war caused a severe economic downturn, with employment in the Gaza Strip plummeting by 61% and the West Bank by 24% between October ...