Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median in Israel
Israel: Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median was 14.2% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median 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 relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median in Israel is 14.2%, measured in 2022.
The figure is up 6.8% on the previous year and down 7.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median in Israel peaked at 16.3% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 7.3%, in 1992.
Israel ranks 6th of 120 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median in Israel, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 8.2% | — |
| 1986 | 9.0% | +9.8% |
| 1992 | 7.3% | -18.9% |
| 1997 | 9.8% | +34.2% |
| 2001 | 11.0% | +12.2% |
| 2002 | 13.5% | +22.7% |
| 2003 | 13.6% | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 15.7% | +15.4% |
| 2005 | 15.1% | -3.8% |
| 2006 | 16.2% | +7.3% |
| 2007 | 14.9% | -8.0% |
| 2008 | 15.2% | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 16.2% | +6.6% |
| 2010 | 16.3% | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 15.2% | -6.7% |
| 2012 | 15.4% | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 14.3% | -7.1% |
| 2014 | 15.2% | +6.3% |
| 2015 | 14.9% | -2.0% |
| 2016 | 15.1% | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 14.4% | -4.6% |
| 2018 | 14.5% | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 14.5% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 13.6% | -6.2% |
| 2021 | 13.3% | -2.2% |
| 2022 | 14.2% | +6.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 8.2% | 8.2% | 8.2% | 1 |
| 1980s | 9.0% | 9.0% | 9.0% | 1 |
| 1990s | 8.6% | 7.3% | 9.8% | 2 |
| 2000s | 14.6% | 11.0% | 16.2% | 9 |
| 2010s | 15.0% | 14.3% | 16.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.7% | 13.3% | 14.2% | 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 relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median in Israel?
- Relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median in Israel was 14.2% in 2022, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median recorded in Israel?
- The highest recorded value was 16.3% in 2010.
- What is the lowest relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median recorded in Israel?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.3% in 1992.
- How does Israel rank for relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median?
- Israel ranks 6th out of 120 countries with data for 2022.
- Is relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median rising or falling in Israel?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.8%. 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 Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median. 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% of the median.