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[[File:Niall Ferguson.jpg|thumbnail|200px|center|The [[Harvard University]] historian [[Niall Ferguson]] declared: "Through a mixture of hard work and thrift the [[Protestantism|Protestant]] societies of the North and West Atlantic achieved the most rapid economic growth in history."<ref>[http://blog.tifwe.org/the-protestant-work-ethic-alive-well-in-china/ The Protestant Work Ethic: Alive & Well…In China] By Hugh Whelchel on September 24, 2012</ref> ]]
=== Israel GNI per capita (PPP) and other stats ===
Israel:
*2023: Ranked #34 in the world for GNI per capita (PPP): $53,434[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)_per_capita&oldid=1269298743]
*In the Global Innovation Index (GII) 2024, Israel ranked 15th out of 133 economies.[https://www.google.com/search?q=israel+innovation+rate&sca_esv=5fadc8fefd8900fb&sxsrf=ADLYWIJlmvq3T3o9pGJKNutWQUQs9ma8zQ%3A1737253828164&ei=xGOMZ5fYCYmH0PEP2oDxiQI&ved=0ahUKEwiXyr_q3oCLAxWJAzQIHVpAPCEQ4dUDCBA&uact=5&oq=israel+innovation+rate&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiFmlzcmFlbCBpbm5vdmF0aW9uIHJhdGUyBRAhGKABMgUQIRigATIFECEYoAEyBRAhGKABMgUQIRigATIFECEYnwUyBRAhGJ8FMgUQIRifBTIFECEYnwVIyllQ1QlYk1VwBngBkAEAmAG5AaABsB6qAQQwLjMyuAEDyAEA-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&sclient=gws-wiz-serp]
* Fertility rate: 2.89 births per woman in 2022. 2.1 births per woman is considered to be a replacement level of births.
* Entrepreneurial activity: Business startups - Israel is known as the "start-up nation" and has a large number of startups per capita. Israel has a thriving venture capital market.[https://www.google.com/search?q=israel+innovation+rate&sca_esv=5fadc8fefd8900fb&sxsrf=ADLYWIJlmvq3T3o9pGJKNutWQUQs9ma8zQ%3A1737253828164&ei=xGOMZ5fYCYmH0PEP2oDxiQI&ved=0ahUKEwiXyr_q3oCLAxWJAzQIHVpAPCEQ4dUDCBA&uact=5&oq=israel+innovation+rate&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiFmlzcmFlbCBpbm5vdmF0aW9uIHJhdGUyBRAhGKABMgUQIRigATIFECEYoAEyBRAhGKABMgUQIRigATIFECEYnwUyBRAhGJ8FMgUQIRifBTIFECEYnwVIyllQ1QlYk1VwBngBkAEAmAG5AaABsB6qAQQwLjMyuAEDyAEA-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&sclient=gws-wiz-serp]
* In 2023, Israel's military spending was 5.3% of its gross domestic product (GDP).
*[https://www.google.com/search?q=israel+cultural+characteristics&oq=israel+cultural+characteristics&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIICAEQABgWGB4yCggCEAAYChgWGB4yDQgDEAAYhgMYgAQYigUyDQgEEAAYhgMYgAQYigUyCggFEAAYogQYiQUyCggGEAAYgAQYogQyBggHEC4YQNIBCDk0ODVqMGoxqAIAsAIA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 Israel cultural characteristics]
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