Don't go by GNP

Portugal's GNI per capita is 26,620

Israel's is 52,940.

The gross national income (GNI), previously known as gross national product (GNP), is the total amount of factor incomes earned by the residents of a country. It is equal to gross domestic product (GDP), plus factor incomes received from non-resident by residents, minus factor income paid by residents to non-resident.

So you'd think that Israel is the far more affluent country, but it isn't. Part of the reason could be as Thomas Sowell says that 90% of what we have comes from what came before us and Portugal is hundred of years old. 

It could be because Israel wastes so much money on the military.

Whatever the reasons, Portugal is a much nicer place to live, not just because the people are sweethearts, but the architecture, transportation, parks, culture, etc. are way, way better. There is no comparison. So don't go by GNI, go by what you experience and what you see.