Israeli economy
The land of Israel villain small resource-poor, but the founding of technology and economic development. Agriculture, industry, electronics, telecommunications, higher levels of military and medical industries, as the world's attention. Mixed economic structure, private enterprises account for a large proportion, but there are still some important industries under government control, such as telecommunications, shipping and civil aviation. Along with economic development in recent years, in order to speed up privatization and economic restructuring. In addition, Israel has cooperative nature of the economic sectors, such as the rural kibbutz and moshav.

Major economic figures in 2003: economic growth rate 1.3% (1995 7.1% annual economic growth rate in 1996 was 4.4%, 2.1% in 1997, 1.9% in 1998 and 1999, 2.2%, 5.9% in 2000, 2001 - 0.6% 2002 -1.1%), GDP per capita $ 16,300; total of 61.4 billion U.S. dollars of foreign trade, with exports 27.7 billion, imports 33.7 billion U.S. dollars, year on year increase of 8.1% and 3.5%; the inflation rate was -1.9 %; deficit accounted for about 5.6% of GDP that year; unemployment rate of 10.7%.