Startups: Unicorns
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Israel NOWlej (2027), RNK-016, p. 100, israelnowlej.com/rnk-016
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ISRAEL RANKINGS
Startups
Unicorns per Million People
Israel Other country
5.4
Singapore
4.5
Israel
3.3
United States
1.4
United Kingdom
0.8
Netherlands
0.8
Canada
0.6
South Korea
0.6
Germany
0.5
France
0.2
China
0.1
Brazil
0.1
India
Unicorn companies per million inhabitants, among the twelve countries with the most unicorns. Israel in blue.
A unicorn is a privately held startup valued at one billion dollars or more. Israel has about 42 of them, the sixth most in the world, after the United States, China, India, the United Kingdom and Germany.
Relative to its population, Israel ranks 2 among these twelve countries, with about 4.5 per million people. Only Singapore, a city- state, has more per person.
Sources. Factbook, last edition before its retirement in February 2026, from the public factbook.json archive. The count includes former unicorns that have since been sold or listed.
Ranking 16
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Unicorn counts as of March 2026 from the Wikipedia list of unicorn startup companies, which draws on CB Insights. Population from the CIA World
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