Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Israel
Israel: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population was 0.3337 in 2022. ▼ Falling
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Israel, 2011–2022
Source: OECD (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Israel is 0.3337, measured in 2022.
That represents a change of down 3.0% on the previous year and down 6.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Israel peaked at 0.3577 in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.3274, in 2017.
That places Israel 10th out of 39 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Israel, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 0.3545 | — |
| 2012 | 0.3577 | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 0.3405 | -4.8% |
| 2014 | 0.3496 | +2.7% |
| 2015 | 0.3465 | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 0.3347 | -3.4% |
| 2017 | 0.3274 | -2.2% |
| 2018 | 0.3295 | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 0.3322 | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 0.3347 | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 0.3439 | +2.8% |
| 2022 | 0.3337 | -3.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.3414 | 0.3274 | 0.3577 | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.3375 | 0.3337 | 0.3439 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Israel
More poverty & inequality data for Israel
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 7 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (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)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 38.31 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 29.81 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 29.8% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Israel?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Israel was 0.3337 in 2022, according to OECD (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population recorded in Israel?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3577 in 2012.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population recorded in Israel?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3274 in 2017.
- How does Israel rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population?
- Israel ranks 10th out of 39 countries with data for 2022.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population rising or falling in Israel?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Israel data come from?
- The figures come from OECD (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population. 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.