Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Israel
Israel: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax was 0.5191 in 2016. ▲ Rising
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Israel, 1986–2016
Source: World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2016, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Israel stood at 0.5191.
That represents a change of down 1.6% on the previous year and down 2.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Israel peaked at 0.5512 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.4573, in 1986.
Israel ranks 53rd of 109 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 10 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.4573 | 0.4573 | 0.4573 | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.4996 | 0.4978 | 0.5014 | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.5183 | 0.493 | 0.5317 | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.5354 | 0.5191 | 0.5512 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Israel
- 51 Argentina 0.5242 compare
- 52 Guinea-Bissau 0.5238 compare
- 54 China 0.5185 compare
- 55 Bangladesh 0.5167 compare
- 55 Tajikistan 0.5167 compare
More poverty & inequality data for Israel
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 7 surveys (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 2.83 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 2,551 kg per hectare (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 29.8% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.08 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 25.7% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0752 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0752 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.098 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.2402 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Israel?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Israel was 0.5191 in 2016, according to World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Israel?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5512 in 2010.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Israel?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4573 in 1986.
- How does Israel rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Israel ranks 53rd out of 109 countries with data for 2016.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax rising or falling in Israel?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Israel data come from?
- The figures come from World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality. Inequality is measured here in terms of income after taxes and benefits.