Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Israel
Israel: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day was 53.4% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 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
In 2022, poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Israel stood at 53.4%. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.6% on the previous year and down 19.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Israel peaked at 90.1% in 1979 and was at its lowest, 53.4%, in 2022.
That places Israel 93rd out of 120 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Israel, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 90.1% | — |
| 1986 | 89.6% | -0.6% |
| 1992 | 85.2% | -4.9% |
| 1997 | 81.9% | -3.9% |
| 2001 | 76.9% | -6.1% |
| 2002 | 80.9% | +5.2% |
| 2003 | 79.0% | -2.3% |
| 2004 | 76.5% | -3.2% |
| 2005 | 75.6% | -1.2% |
| 2006 | 74.5% | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 71.8% | -3.6% |
| 2008 | 70.9% | -1.3% |
| 2009 | 70.3% | -0.8% |
| 2010 | 70.5% | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 69.1% | -2.0% |
| 2012 | 66.7% | -3.5% |
| 2013 | 64.6% | -3.1% |
| 2014 | 63.4% | -1.9% |
| 2015 | 61.9% | -2.4% |
| 2016 | 60.3% | -2.6% |
| 2017 | 56.8% | -5.8% |
| 2018 | 55.2% | -2.8% |
| 2019 | 57.5% | +4.2% |
| 2020 | 57.7% | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 57.2% | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 53.4% | -6.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 90.1% | 90.1% | 90.1% | 1 |
| 1980s | 89.6% | 89.6% | 89.6% | 1 |
| 1990s | 83.6% | 81.9% | 85.2% | 2 |
| 2000s | 75.2% | 70.3% | 80.9% | 9 |
| 2010s | 62.6% | 55.2% | 70.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 56.1% | 53.4% | 57.7% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Israel
More poverty & inequality data for Israel
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 7 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Israel?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Israel was 53.4% in 2022, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Israel?
- The highest recorded value was 90.1% in 1979.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Israel?
- The lowest recorded value was 53.4% in 2022.
- How does Israel rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day?
- Israel ranks 93rd out of 120 countries with data for 2022.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day rising or falling in Israel?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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: Share of population living on less than $40 a day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $40 per day.