|
Country
|
Tunisia | 
Israel |
|
Leader
|
President: Moncef Marzouki
|
Prime minister: Benjamin Netanyahu
|
|
Population
|
10,732,900
| 7,590,758
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
75.240 years
| 81.070 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Tunis
| Jerusalem
|
|
Largest city
|
| Tunis (population: 693,210) | Jerusalem (population: 714,000) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.762
| 0.93
|
| GDP per capita |
$9,600 US
| $31,400 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
74.3%
| 97.1%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
4.4
| 6
|
|
Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
19.9%
| 14.2%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
NA
| Sammy Ofer & family ($4.0bn US)
|
| Unemployment Rate |
18.000%
| 5.600%
|
|
Death Penalty
|
Abolished in practice
| Abolished except for special circumstances
|
| |
|
Political System
|
republic
| parliamentary democracy
|
|
Independence date
|
20 March 1956 (from France)
| 14 May 1948 (from League of Nations mandate under British administration)
|
| Religions |
Muslim 98%, Christian 1%, Jewish and other 1%
| Jewish 76.4%, Muslim 16%, Arab Christians 1.7%, other Christian 0.4%, Druze 1.6%, unspecified 3.9% (2004)
|
| Languages |
Arabic (official and one of the languages of commerce), French (commerce)
| Hebrew (official), Arabic used officially for Arab minority, English most commonly used foreign language
|
| Exports |
clothing, semi-finished goods and textiles, agricultural products, mechanical goods, phosphates and chemicals, hydrocarbons, electrical equipment
| machinery and equipment, software, cut diamonds, agricultural products, chemicals, textiles and apparel
|
| External Debt |
$23,210,000,000 $
| $102,300,000,000 US
|
| Exchange Rate |
Tunisian dinars (TND) per US dollar - 1.211 (2008 est.), 1.2776 (2007), 1.331 (2006), 1.2974 (2005), 1.2455 (2004)
| new Israeli shekels (ILS) per US dollar - 3.56 (2008 est.), 4.14 (2007), 4.4565 (2006), 4.4877 (2005), 4.482 (2004)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
1.400%
| 7.300%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
1
| 1
|
| Location |
Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Algeria and Libya
| Middle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Egypt and Lebanon
|
| Area |
163,610 km sq
| 20,770 km sq
|
| Coastline |
1,148 km
| 273 km
|
| Climate |
temperate in north with mild, rainy winters and hot, dry summers; desert in south
| temperate; hot and dry in southern and eastern desert areas
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