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7-November-2023

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Health at a Glance 2023: Key findings for Israel

Health at a Glance provides the latest comparable data and trends on population health and health system performance. This Country Note shows how Israel compares to other OECD countries across indicators in the report.

31-May-2023

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OECD Environmental Performance Reviews: Israel 2023

Israel’s rapid economic and population growth along with a high degree of urbanisation continue to exert significant pressure on the environment. Israel has raised its climate ambitions in recent years, though is not on track to reach greenhouse gas reduction targets. Enhancing biodiversity protection, addressing water pollution and adapting to the impacts of climate change require further action. Israel has taken a number of key steps to advance its zero waste and circular economy agenda. However, further efforts are required to improve waste management and introduce an economy-wide shift to a circular economy. The review provides 24 recommendations to help Israel improve its environmental performance, with a special focus on waste management and circular economy. This is the second Environmental Performance Review of Israel. It provides an independent, evidence-based evaluation of the country’s environmental performance over the past decade.

25-April-2023

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Taxing Wages: Key findings for Israel

The tax wedge for the average single worker in Israel increased by 0.2 percentage points from 23.4% in 2021 to 23.6% in 2022. The OECD average tax wedge in 2022 was 34.6% (2021, 34.6%).

30-November-2022

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Revenue Statistics: Key findings for Israel

The OECD’s annual Revenue Statistics report found that the tax-to-GDP ratio in Israel increased by 2.7 percentage points from 29.6% in 2020 to 32.2% in 2021. Between 2020 and 2021, the OECD average increased from 33.6% to 34.1%.

16-July-2021

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Reforming the taxation of housing in Israel

This paper examines the taxation of housing in Israel, and proposes a set of reforms to improve the efficiency and fairness of the current system. Israel’s housing tax system faces similar problems to those of many other OECD countries. In particular, a bias arises in favour of owner-occupied property relative to rented property due to the non-taxation of imputed rents and most capital gains. That said, unlike many OECD countries, Israel taxes some owner-occupied capital gains (above a generous threshold) and generally does not allow mortgage interest relief for owner-occupied properties, reducing the extent of the distortion more than in many countries. As with most OECD countries, Israel levies highly distortionary transaction taxes, although a zero-rate band significantly limits the number of owner-occupied house purchases subject to the tax. Additionally, Israel’s recurrent property tax (the Arnona) faces a number of design problems, while the tax rules for rental income are complex and subject to significant tax evasion. To address these concerns, a reform package is proposed that involves a gradual and broadly revenue-neutral shift away from transaction taxes towards recurrent taxation of residential property, via increases in both the recurrent property tax and rental income taxation. The redesign of the recurrent property tax from an area-based to a market value-based tax is also proposed, as are a number of more technical reforms.

6-October-2020

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Israel: Ambassador, Permanent Representative to the OECD

Biography of the Ambassador of Israel to the OECD

24-June-2020

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Over the Rainbow? The Road to LGBTI Inclusion - How does Israel compare?

This note provides a comprehensive overview of the extent to which laws in Israel and OECD countries ensure equal treatment of LGBTI people, and of the complementary policies that could help foster LGBTI inclusion.

10-April-2019

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The Squeezed Middle Class - How does Israel compare?

This country fact-sheet presents key figures from "Under Pressure: The Squeezed Middle Class". This report analyses the trends of middle-income households in areas such as employment, consumption, wealth and debt, as well as perceptions and social attitudes. It also includes recommendations for protecting middle-class living standards and financial security in the face of economic challenges.

4-December-2018

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Good jobs for all in a changing world of work: The new OECD Jobs Strategy – Key findings for Israel

The digital revolution, globalisation and demographic changes are transforming labour markets at a time when policy makers are also struggling with slow productivity and wage growth and high levels of income inequality. The new OECD Jobs Strategy provides a comprehensive framework and policy recommendations to help countries address these challenges.

22-November-2017

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OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2017 - highlights by country

These notes present selected country highlights from the OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2017 with a specific focus on digital trends among all themes covered.

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