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Global tourism shift: Saudi Arabia surges as Israel ranks last

OECD report reveals which countries have attracted significantly more tourists since 2019 and which have yet to recover.

The big winner is right next to us: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Students in class

Israel drops below OECD average in proportion of academics

MRI scan.

Health Ministry report reveals long wait times for MRI, surgeries at hospitals and clinics

A photo shows a view of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) headquarters in Paris on September 22, 2025

Your Taxes: How to live longer according to the OECD


Senior OECD official: Israeli education system is 'average at best'

Recent PISA examination results revealed a growing gap in scholastic performance between Hebrew-speaking and Arabic-speaking pupils.

Andreas Schleicher, Director for the Directorate of Education and Skills at the OECD, attends a symposium "Les Entretiens du Tresor" at the Bercy Finance Ministry in Paris January 23, 2015.

Work from home, save money and protect the environment

Working remotely from a neighborhood café or regional business center can help to reduce road congestion and pollutant emissions.

ACCORDING TO A State Comptroller’s Report released in March 2019, over the past 40 years, the density of vehicular traffic in Israel has tripled.

‘Soup-kitchen nation:’ Relieving poverty in Israel by reducing food waste

Addressing one of the ramifications of poverty by a government-led food rescue program

Presenting the annual poverty report.

Police: Severe road accidents down by 9% in 2019, fatal ones up by 10%

Within the OECD, Israel is among the countries with the highest number of fatalities in road accidents relative to the number of vehicles.

Police Traffic Division.

Israel economic growth slows to 3.3%, weakest since 2015

Growth in 2020 is expected to remain close to 3%, but Bank of Israel policymakers have expressed caution, given the current government stalemate.

A woman uses an ATM at a branch of Israel Discount Bank in Tel Aviv, Israel July 27, 2016

Despite declining income inequality, Israeli productivity lags behind

Between 2012 and 2017, the net income of households in lowest and middle quintiles increased at an average annual rate of 4%, compared to 2.6% among highest-quintile households.

Employees of Partner, an Israeli communication firm, work at their desks at Partner's headquaters in Rosh Ha'ayin near Tel Aviv, Israel June 21, 2016.

Israel endangered by lack of long-term economic thinking, expert says

‘Two separate economies,’ inequality, waste of human talent weighing heavily on country’s future, Start-Up Nation Central head tells ‘Post’

Prof. Eugene Kandel

PISA tests: Israeli students consistently behind developed world

The PISA examinations showed Israeli students underperforming in reading, mathematics and science. They also reveal a growing gap between Hebrew-speaking and Arabic-speaking pupils.

Students from middle schools in Nazareth and Nof Hagalil study together and create joint projects

Israel invests less in healthcare than most OECD countries

Jewish state shows shortage of healthcare providers, aging medical personnel

ONTARIO HEALTH MINISTER Dr. Eric Hoskins (center) visits Wolfson Medical Center in Holon last week for a close up look at its famed Save a Child’s Heart program.

Your Taxes: OECD pushes world tax transparency

This second annual peer review considers implementation of the CbC reporting minimum standard by jurisdictions as of April 2019.

Calculating taxes