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 | Blogs > moonstruck > step by step-day by day > not bad for a 60 year 'young' country ! |
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moonstruck
5/20/2008 11:57 am |
· In proportion to its population, Israel has the largest number of startup companies in the world. In absolute terms, Israel has the largest number of startup companies than any other country in the world, except the US (3,500 companies mostly in hi-tech). · Israel is ranked #2 in the world for VC funds right behind the US. · Israel has the highest percentage in the world of home computers per capita. · Outside the United States and Canada, Israel has the largest number of NASDAQ listed companies · Israel has the highest average living standards in the Middle East. The per capita income in 2000 is over $17,500, exceeding that of the UK. · With more than 3,000 high-tech companies and start-ups, Israel has the highest concentration of hi-tech companies in the world (apart from the Silicon Valley). · With an aerial arsenal of over 250 F-16s, Israel has the largest fleet of the aircraft outside of the US. · Israel's $100 billion economy is larger than all of its immediate neighbors combined. · The cell phone was developed in Israel by Motorola-Israel. Motorola built its largest development center worldwide in Israel. · Windows NT software was developed by Microsoft-Israel. · The Pentium MMX Chip technology was designed in Israel at Intel. · Voice mail technology was developed in Israel. · AOL's instant message program was designed by an Israeli software company. · Both Microsoft and Cisco built their only R&D facilities outside the US in Israel · The city of Beer Sheva in Israel has the highest percentage in the world of Chess Grand Masters per capita – one for every 22,875 residents. · On a per capita basis, Israel has the largest number of biotech start-ups · Israel has the largest raptor migration in the world, with hundreds of thousands of African birds of prey crossing as they fan out into Asia. · Twenty-four percent of Israel's workforce holds university degrees -- ranking third in the industrialized world, after the United States and Holland -- and 12 percent hold advanced degrees. |
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6/14/2008 2:12 pm |
Not too shabby at all.
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