Poverty & Inequality in Israel 100 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Israel. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 7 surveys 2025 down 30.0% 45th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person 2025 down 42.1% 57th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP 2025 down 65.3% 105th Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 2.83 live births per woman 2023 down 6.8% 61st Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 2,551 kg per hectare 2023 down 38.9% 102nd Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 64.5% 160th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 38.31 % change on previous year 2023 up 1,445.5% 8th Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 29.81 2023 down 1.7% 43rd Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 29.8% 2023 down 1.7% 43rd Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 42.9% 149th Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate -9.07 % change on previous year 2023 down 410.9% 164th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via -12.5 % change on previous year 2025 — 106th Gender Inequality Index 0.08 2023 down 32.2% 142nd Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 25.7% 2023 up 18.7% 35th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0752 2023 down 3.4% 210th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0752 2023 down 3.4% 210th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.098 2023 up 5.0% 183rd Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.4% 2022 down 50.0% 84th Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.2% 2022 down 50.0% 80th Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.9% 2022 down 43.8% 82nd Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 4.4% 2022 down 48.2% 85th Prosperity gap 1.2 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2022 down 25.0% 95th Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.2402 2023 down 5.8% 91st Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.3% 2022 down 50.0% 85th Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 23.5% 2022 down 5.2% 47th Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 1.4% 2022 down 46.2% 86th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.813 2023 up 3.4% 37th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.813 2023 up 3.4% 37th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.813 2023 up 3.4% 37th Proportion of population below international poverty line 0.4% 2022 down 50.0% 88th Three metrics of inequality 59.86 2016 down 4.8% 29th Gini coefficient (before tax) 0.5986 2016 down 4.8% 29th Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 804.62 2023 up 32.9% 15th Income share held by second 20% 10.8% 2022 up 9.1% 90th Income share held by third 20% 16.6% 2022 up 5.1% 52nd Income share held by fourth 20% 23.9% 2022 up 1.7% 5th Income share held by highest 20% 43.5% 2022 down 5.4% 47th Income share held by highest 10% 27.0% 2022 down 8.8% 59th Income share held by lowest 10% 1.8% 2022 up 5.9% 107th Income share held by lowest 20% 5.2% 2022 up 8.3% 105th Gini index 38.3 2022 down 7.3% 39th Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 21.0% 2022 down 4.1% 8th Total shortfall from extreme poverty 19.93 million international-$ in 2021 prices 2022 down 40.1% 81st Poverty gap index at $3 a day 0.2% 2022 down 50.4% 84th Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank 0.5191 2016 down 2.1% 53rd Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.5191 2016 down 2.1% 53rd Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 32,339 2017 up 25.9% 29th Income share of the richest 10% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 49.2% 2016 down 5.6% 26th Income share of the richest 1% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 16.9% 2016 down 13.9% 38th Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social 26.9% 2024 down 1.0% 55th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 0.4% 2022 down 50.0% 83rd Income inequality vs. GDP per capita 0.3831 2022 down 7.3% 36th Total population living in extreme poverty by world region 38,230 people 2022 down 39.6% 85th Share of population living with less than $3 and $4.20 per day 0.4% 2022 down 50.0% 83rd How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? 0.4% 2022 down 50.0% 83rd Share in extreme poverty vs. poverty gap index 0.4% 2022 down 50.0% 83rd Distribution of population between different poverty lines 8.92 million people 2022 up 28.1% 50th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. mean income or consumption per day 0.4% 2022 down 50.0% 83rd Share in poverty relative to different poverty lines 0.4% 2022 down 50.0% 83rd Distribution of population between different poverty lines 4.45 million people 2022 up 69.1% 31st Page 1 of 2 Next →