Total Population: 7.2 million

Source: CIA World Factbook, July 2009

Gross Domestic Product: 199.5 billion US dollars
Source: World Bank, 2009

Gross Domestic Product (PPP): 201.3 billion international dollars
Source: World Bank, 2009

Gross National Income Per Capita (Atlas Method): 24,700 US dollars
Source: World Bank, 2009

Gross National Income Per Capita (PPP): 27,450 international dollars
Source: World Bank, 2009

Software Engineer / Web Developer: 85.8 percent of US
Source: PayScale, SourcingLine, February 2010

Senior Software Engineer / Web Developer: 80 percent of US
Source: PayScale, SourcingLine, March 2010

IT Project Manager: 83.4 percent of US
Source: PayScale, SourcingLine, March 2010

Junior BPO Resource: 54.4 percent of US
Source: PayScale, SourcingLine, March 2010

Skilled BPO Resource: 91.3 percent of US
Source: PayScale, SourcingLine, March 2010

Office Occupancy Cost (CBD): 39.5 US$/sf/yr
Source: CB Richard Ellis, Colliers International, SourcingLine, March 2010

Office Occupancy Cost (Suburbs): 24.7 US$/sf/yr
Source: Colliers International, 2009

Note: Office occupancy costs are for Tel Aviv.

Corporate Tax Rates: 26 percent
Source: KPMG, October 2009

Indirect Tax Rates: 16.5 percent
Source: KPMG, October 2009

SMB Effective Tax Rate: 32.6 percent
Source: Doing Business (World Bank), 2010

Total Workforce: 3 million
Source: CIA World Factbook, 2009

Exports of Computer & Information Services: 6,851.5 million US dollars
Source: IMF, 2008

Exports of Misc. Business Services: 6,065 million US dollars
Rank: 9 of 24
Source: IMF, 2008

Note: Israel does not report at the Misc. Business Services level. Number includes merchant services (i.e. Other Business Services).

Adult Literacy: 97.1 percent of population
Source: CIA World Factbook, 2010

Expenditures on Education: 7.9 percent of GDP
Source: UNESCO, 2009

Reading Achievement: 439 PISA literacy scale
Source: OECD PISA, 2006

Math Achievement: 442 PISA mathematics scale
Source: OECD PISA, 2006

Science Achievement: 454 PISA science scale
Source: OECD PISA, 2006

Annual University Graduates: 77 thousands
Source: UNESCO, 2008

Internet Access: 29.8 users per 100 inhabitants
Source: International Telecommunications Union, 2009

Broadband Internet Access: 22.6 subscribers per 100 inhabitants
Rank: 3 of 26
Source: International Telecommunications Union, 2009

Economic Competitiveness: 4.8 GCI score
Source: The Global Competitiveness Report, 2009

Macroeconomic Stability: 4.6 GCI Score
Source: The Global Competitiveness Report, 2009

Quality of Roads: 4.3 index (1-7)
Source: The Global Competitiveness Report, 2009

Quality of Electric Supply: 6 index (1-7)
Source: The Global Competitiveness Report, 2009

Mobile Phone Penetration: 127.4 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants
Source: International Telecommunications Union, 2009

Rigidity of Employment: 17 index (0-100)
Source: Doing Business (World Bank), 2010

Cost of Firing Employees: 91 weeks of salary
Source: Doing Business (World Bank), 2010

Overall Ease of Doing Business: 29 rank (1-183)
Source: Doing Business (World Bank), 2010

Complexity of Starting a Business: 34 days to register a start-up
Source: Doing Business (World Bank), 2010

Complexity of Paying Taxes: 230 hours per year
Source: Doing Business (World Bank), 2010

Corruption Perceptions: 6.1 CPI index
Source: Transparency International, 2009

Procedures to Enforce Contracts: 35 number
Source: Doing Business (World Bank), 2010

Time to Enforce Contracts: 890 days
Source: Doing Business (World bank), 2010

Cost to Enforce Contracts: 25.3 percent of claim
Source: Doing Business (World Bank), 2010

Intellectual Property Protection: 4 index (1-7)
Source: The Global Competitiveness Report, 2009

Software Piracy: 32 percent
Source: BSA-IDC Global Software Piracy Study, 2009