Reduction in income inequality before and after tax in Israel
Israel: Reduction in income inequality before and after tax was 23.2% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Reduction in income inequality before and after tax in Israel, 2011–2022
Source: OECD (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2022, reduction in income inequality before and after tax in Israel stood at 23.2%.
That represents a change of down 12.5% on the previous year and up 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, reduction in income inequality before and after tax in Israel peaked at 28.3% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 19.9%, in 2014.
That places Israel 31st out of 39 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 21.8% | 19.9% | 25.0% | 9 |
| 2020s | 26.0% | 23.2% | 28.3% | 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 reduction in income inequality before and after tax in Israel?
- Reduction in income inequality before and after tax in Israel was 23.2% in 2022, according to OECD (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest reduction in income inequality before and after tax recorded in Israel?
- The highest recorded value was 28.3% in 2020.
- What is the lowest reduction in income inequality before and after tax recorded in Israel?
- The lowest recorded value was 19.9% in 2014.
- How does Israel rank for reduction in income inequality before and after tax?
- Israel ranks 31st out of 39 countries with data for 2022.
- Is reduction in income inequality before and after tax rising or falling in Israel?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 Reduction in income inequality before and after tax. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This is the percentage difference between the Gini coefficient before taxes and benefits and the Gini coefficient after taxes and benefits.