The new route to Tel Aviv will depart from Stockholm airport

Last year, Israel was ranked 22nd. The index contained 144 countries

Castel, Managing Director of Israel Scandinavian Maritime Agency and Sweden's honorary consul, has replaced Mr. Shai Babad from Zim, who is about to leave his post

The countries from which exports to Israel totaled more than US2 billion: US, China, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Turkey, UK, Switzerland and India

The country fall to 19th place, after scoring 78.57 from a possible 100

According to the report Israel has more innovating cleantech companies than much larger countries like the United States, Germany and France

Israel is ranked 25th out of the 34 OECD member states, ahead of only Turkey, Italy, and Greece

On the size of its government, where it scored 4.6 out of a possible 10, Israel was ranked 127th