Climate | We have temperate; hot and dry in southern and eastern desert areas |
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Revenue from forest resources | 0% of GDP (2018 est.) |
Revenue from coal | 0% of GDP (2018 est.) |
Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 5.4 million tons (2015 est.) |
Total renewable water resources | 1.78 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
Major rivers (by length in km) | |
Total water withdrawal | |
Municipal | 1 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
Industrial | 100 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
Agricultural | 1.2 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
Air pollutants | |
Particulate matter emissions | 19.47 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.) |
Carbon dioxide emissions | 65.17 megatons (2016 est.) |
Methane emissions | 13.02 megatons (2020 est.) |
Land Use | |
Agricultural land | 23.8% (2018 est.) |
Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 13.7% (2018 est.) |
Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 3.8% (2018 est.) |
Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 6.3% (2018 est.) |
Forest | 7.1% (2018 est.) |
Other | 69.1% (2018 est.) |
Urbanization | |
Urban population | 92.9% of total population (2023) |
Rate of urbanization | 1.51% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
Major urban areas (Pop) | 4.421 million Tel Aviv-Yafo, 1.174 million Haifa, 970,000 JERUSALEM (capital) (2023). |
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