The OECD in collaboration with the CBS are publishing digital data for the first time about the scope of use and the presence of various digital means in everyday life. The data shows that in 2020, the rate of venture capital investments (from GDP) in companies in the ICT sectors in Israel was about 1.76% . This is the highest rate among the OECD countries, followed by a significant gap by the rate of the USA – 0.63%.
Israel is in first place among the OECD countries in the rate of spending on business R&D in the information industries, South Korea is in second place, and Japan – in third place. Of all the applications for approval of patents submitted in Israel in 2015-2018, approximately 27.1% were in the field of information technologies and communication. For comparison, the percentage of patent applications in this field was 19.1% on average in the OECD countries, and China and South Korea were in the first places with more than 50%.
The percentage of graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in STEM subjects in Israel in 2020 was about 26.9% (of all graduates that year), and the average of the OECD countries was about 23.4%. Germany had the highest percentage – about 35.8%. About 17.2% of the total employed in Israel worked in occupations with multiple tasks related to information and communication technologies (ICT-intensive), and Israel was ranked 7th in this index. About 69% of the jobs in the information industries in Israel are ICT-intensive (7th place), and about 12% of the jobs in non-information industries are ICT-intensive (12th place).
Among the 16-74 year olds who used the Internet in 2019, about 56.6% made online purchases. This percentage was similar to the percentage in Lithuania and Latvia, but lower than the other OECD countries and the average in the EU countries – about 71.9%. The leading countries in this index were the Netherlands and the United Kingdom with 94% and 92.3%, respectively. The percentage of small businesses (with 10-49 employees) in Israel that make it possible to make purchases online is relatively low – only about 14% compared to about 25% in the OECD average.
Israel’s score in the medical information sharing intensity index for 2020 was 57.5, compared to an average score of 65.2 in the OECD countries. Israel received a high score for sharing information with health care providers, government authorities and research bodies and universities in Israel (especially among the first two), but received the lowest score for sharing information with parties abroad and with businesses in Israel.
The rate of trade in ICT products (goods and services) of the total international trade (import and export) in Israel is high compared to the OECD countries, and it was ranked 5th in the index. Israel also highlighted the production percentage of ICT products out of all exports and was in second place among the OECD countries, after Ireland.
About 81% of the businesses in Israel have an Internet connection with a speed of 30 megabytes or higher, this figure is higher than the average in the OECD countries which is about 76.8%. In first place in this index is Denmark with about 95% of the businesses. About 78.2% of people living in households from the bottom quintile of income use the Internet. This figure is lower than the average of the OECD countries which stands at 82.9%. In Norway and Ireland more than 98% of people in households from the bottom income quintile use the Internet.
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