Head of state: Shimon Peres (President)
Head of government: Benjamin Netanyahu (Prime Minister)
Type of state: parliamentary democracy
Land area: 20,770 km2
Capital: Jerusalem/Tel Aviv
Population: 7.3 million
Ethnic groups: 75.6% Jewish, 20% Arab, 4.4% other
Religions: 76.5% Jewish, 15.9% Moslem, 1.7% Arab Christian, 0.4% other Christian, 1.6% Druze
Languages: Hebrew, Arabic
Currency: Israeli Shekel (ILS)
Gross domestic product (GDP) 2010: USD 201.254bn
Change over previous year: +1.13% 
Per capita GDP 2010: USD 26,256
Swiss colony 12/2011: 15,238 persons
Swiss exports 2010: CHF 956.82bn
Change over previous year: +3.0% 
Swiss imports 2010: CHF 380.41bn
Change over previous year: -0.2%