Poverty gap index at $3 a day in Israel
Israel: Poverty gap index at $3 a day was 0.2% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Poverty gap index at $3 a day in Israel, 1979–2022
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for poverty gap index at $3 a day in Israel is 0.2%, measured in 2022.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 20.8% on the previous year and down 50.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty gap index at $3 a day in Israel peaked at 0.4% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 1979.
Israel ranks 84th of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1 |
| 1980s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.3% | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.4% | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 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)
- 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 poverty gap index at $3 a day in Israel?
- Poverty gap index at $3 a day in Israel was 0.2% in 2022, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty gap index at $3 a day recorded in Israel?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4% in 2005.
- What is the lowest poverty gap index at $3 a day recorded in Israel?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 1979.
- How does Israel rank for poverty gap index at $3 a day?
- Israel ranks 84th out of 120 countries with data for 2022.
- Is poverty gap index at $3 a day rising or falling in Israel?
- Over the last ten years it is down 50.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Israel data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty gap index at $3 a day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The poverty gap index is a poverty measure that reflects both the prevalence and the depth of poverty. It is calculated as the share of population in poverty multiplied by the average shortfall from the poverty line (expressed as a % of the poverty line).