International rankings of Israel

The following are international rankings of  Israel:

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Economy

Aerial view of Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area

• International Monetary Fund: GDP (nominal) 2012, ranked 39 out of 181 countries
• International Monetary Fund: GDP (nominal) per capita 2012, ranked 25 out of 183 countries
• The Wall Street Journal and the Heritage Foundation: Index of Economic Freedom 2013, ranked 51 out of 177 countries
• World Economic Forum: Global Competitiveness Index 2011-2012, ranked 22 out of 142 countries^[1]
• The Economist: Democracy Index 38 out of 167^[2]
• Grant Thornton: Global Dynamism Index 2013,^[3] ranked 8 out of 60^[4]
• World Economic Forum: Global Competitiveness Report,^[5] ranked 24 out of 133
• World Economic Forum: Human Capital Report,^[6] ranked 25 out of 122
• World Bank: Ease of Doing Business 2009,^[7] ranked 29 out of 181

Education

• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2012 Programme for International Student Assessment, ranked 41 of 65 in mathematics, 41 of 51 in science, 34 of 65 in reading^[8]

Environment

• SOPAC: 2012, ranked 210 out of 234 countries^[9]
• Yale University/Columbia University: Environmental Sustainability Index, 2005,^[10] ranked 62 out of 146
• Third most dependent in the world on the Population Matters overshoot index after Singapore and Kuwait.

Geography

Israel on the world map

• Total area ranked 153 out of 249 countries

Globalization

• 2010 KOF Index of Globalization ranked 38 out of 181^[11]

Human Development

• United Nations Development Programme: Human Development Index,^[12] ranked 15 out of 182
• The Economist: The World in 2005 – Worldwide quality-of-life index, 2005,^[13] ranked 38 out of 111
• State of World Liberty Project: State of World Liberty Index,^[14] ranked 54 out of 159

Media

• Reporters Without Borders: 2014 Press Freedom Index, ranked 96 out of 179 national entities^[15]

Military

Israeli soldiers training alongside the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit on the USS Kearsarge

• Institute for Economics and Peace Global Peace Index, 2013, ranked 150 out of 162^[16]
• Fund for Peace: Failed States Index, 2013 (includes West Bank),^[17] 67 out of 177^[18]

Politics

• Transparency International: 2011 Corruption Perceptions Index, ranked 36 out of 175 countries^[19]

Technology

Weizmann Institute of Science

• Economist Intelligence Unit: E-readiness 2008, ranked 27 out of 70 countries
• Futron: Space Competitiveness Index 2012, ranked 9th in the world

References

1. World Economic Forum Global Competitiveness Index
2. "The Economist Intelligence Unit’s Index of Democracy 2008" (PDF). The Economist. 2008. p. 5. Retrieved 2011-07-08.
3. Angela Ceroni. "Grant Thornton International Ltd. Home" (PDF). gti.org.
4. Angela Ceroni. "Grant Thornton International Ltd. Home". gti.org.
5. "The Global Competitiveness Report 2010-2011" (PDF). World Economic Forum. 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-08.
6. "The Human Capital Report" (PDF). World Economic Forum. 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-03.
7. "Doing Business in Israel". World Bank Group. 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-08.
8. PISA 2012 Results in Focus (PDF), OECD, 3 December 2013, retrieved 4 December 2013
9. "Environmental Vulnerability Index". sopac.org.
10. "2005 Environmental Sustainability Index" (PDF). Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy, Yale University; Center for International Earth Science Information Network, Columbia University. 2005. p. 4. Retrieved 2011-07-08.
11. "2010 KOF Index of Globalization" (PDF). KOF. 2010. Retrieved 2013.
12. "International Human Development Indicators". United Nations Development Program. 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-08.
13. "The world’s best country". The Economist. 2004-11-17. Retrieved 2011-07-08.
14. "The 2006 State of World Liberty Index". State of World Liberty Project. Retrieved 2007-12-07.
15. "Press Freedom Index 2014". Reporters Without Borders. 2014. Retrieved 2014.
16. "Vision of Humanity" (PDF). Vision of Humanity. Retrieved 2013-12-22.
17. "The Failed States Index 2013". Fund for Peace. 2010. Retrieved 2014-05-26.
18. Larger number indicates sustainability
19. "2013 Corruption Perceptions Index". Transparency International. 2013. Retrieved 2013.