Israel and the Arab countries - some statistics

Arab world = representing 295 million people spread over 22 countries
Israel = 6 million people


Patent filings in the international in 2007:
Israel = 1,649
All the Arab countries + Iran and Sudan together = 76
(www.wipo.int)

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Scientific and Technical Journal Articles Published in 2005:
Israel = 16,470
Arab countries total = 13,444
(www.sesric.org/stat_science.php Science and Technology in OIC Member Countries report )

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Frequently cited papers ( scientific publications) produced per million inhabitants per year:
Israel = 38
Kuwait = 0.53
Saudi Arabia = 0.07
Egypt = 0.02
(http://users.ictp.it 2005)
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New israeli books registered by the Legal Deposit Department of the Jewish National and University Library (JNUL) during 2006:
Israel = 6866 books
(http://jnul.huji.ac.il)


Produced books in 1991:
Arab countries total = 6,500 books
(UNESCO and http://users.ictp.it 2005)

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Anualy translated books in 2006:
Israel = 1030 books
Arab countries total = 300 books
(The 2002 Arab Human Development Report , http://jnul.huji.ac.il )