Israel National Technological Innovation Report 2018

12 | Israel National technological innovation report GRAPH 01 GDP per capita (US, current prices) Inflation rate (year end) current account balance (% of GDP) Budget Balance (% of GDP) Public Debt (% of GDP) Foreign Currency Reserves External Assets 6,171 $ 470% -5.8% -14.4% 159.5% 3.7 B$ 10.8 B$ 40,146 $ 0.3% 3.1% -1.3% 58.7% 113.0 B$ 378.7 B$ 1985 2017 ISRAEL ECONOMY - PAST & PRESENT 4.5 85’ 86’ 87’ 88’ 89’ 90’ 91’ 92’ 93’ 94’ 95’ 96’ 97’ 98’ 99’ 00’ 01’ 02’ 03’ 04’ 05’ 06’ 07’ 08’ 09’ 10’ 11’ 12’ 13’ 14’ 15’ 16’ 17’ 3.6 7.5 the first intifada dot-com. bubble burst & the second intifada The subprime crisis Debt world economic slowdown 3.6 1.4 6.6 4.6 7.2 3.2 7 9.7 6 4 4.2 3.5 8.8 0.1 -0.2 1.1 5 4.1 5.7 6.2 3 1.5 5.5 5.2 2.2 4.2 3.5 2.6 4 3 ISRAEL GDP GROWTH GRAPH 02 Source: EIU, CBS, Bank of Israel Source: IMF