Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% of the median in Israel
Israel: Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% of the median was 21.0% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% 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
In 2022, relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median in Israel stood at 21.0%.
The figure is up 7.7% on the previous year and down 4.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median in Israel peaked at 23.4% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 13.7%, 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 50% of the median in Israel, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 14.7% | — |
| 1986 | 15.5% | +5.4% |
| 1992 | 13.7% | -11.6% |
| 1997 | 17.5% | +27.7% |
| 2001 | 18.3% | +4.6% |
| 2002 | 19.7% | +7.7% |
| 2003 | 20.7% | +5.1% |
| 2004 | 22.5% | +8.7% |
| 2005 | 21.8% | -3.1% |
| 2006 | 22.2% | +1.8% |
| 2007 | 22.4% | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 21.5% | -4.0% |
| 2009 | 23.4% | +8.8% |
| 2010 | 23.1% | -1.3% |
| 2011 | 21.8% | -5.6% |
| 2012 | 21.9% | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 20.2% | -7.8% |
| 2014 | 21.2% | +5.0% |
| 2015 | 20.6% | -2.8% |
| 2016 | 21.1% | +2.4% |
| 2017 | 20.4% | -3.3% |
| 2018 | 20.4% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 20.5% | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 20.1% | -2.0% |
| 2021 | 19.5% | -3.0% |
| 2022 | 21.0% | +7.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 14.7% | 14.7% | 14.7% | 1 |
| 1980s | 15.5% | 15.5% | 15.5% | 1 |
| 1990s | 15.6% | 13.7% | 17.5% | 2 |
| 2000s | 21.4% | 18.3% | 23.4% | 9 |
| 2010s | 21.1% | 20.2% | 23.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 20.2% | 19.5% | 21.0% | 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 50% of the median in Israel?
- Relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median in Israel was 21.0% 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 50% of the median recorded in Israel?
- The highest recorded value was 23.4% in 2009.
- What is the lowest relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median recorded in Israel?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.7% in 1992.
- How does Israel rank for relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median?
- Israel ranks 6th out of 120 countries with data for 2022.
- Is relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median rising or falling in Israel?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.1%. 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 50% of the median. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below 50% of the median.