Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median in Israel
Israel: Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median was 26.7% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% 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 60% of the median in Israel is 26.7%, measured in 2022.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.7% on the previous year and down 4.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median in Israel peaked at 29.3% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 21.9%, in 1992.
Israel ranks 8th 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 60% of the median in Israel, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 23.0% | — |
| 1986 | 23.1% | +0.4% |
| 1992 | 21.9% | -5.2% |
| 1997 | 25.2% | +15.1% |
| 2001 | 25.5% | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 27.0% | +5.9% |
| 2003 | 27.4% | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 28.5% | +4.0% |
| 2005 | 28.2% | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 28.6% | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 28.1% | -1.7% |
| 2008 | 27.8% | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 29.3% | +5.4% |
| 2010 | 28.5% | -2.7% |
| 2011 | 28.6% | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 28.0% | -2.1% |
| 2013 | 26.2% | -6.4% |
| 2014 | 27.5% | +5.0% |
| 2015 | 26.2% | -4.7% |
| 2016 | 27.2% | +3.8% |
| 2017 | 25.8% | -5.1% |
| 2018 | 26.3% | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 26.0% | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 25.6% | -1.5% |
| 2021 | 26.0% | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 26.7% | +2.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 23.0% | 23.0% | 23.0% | 1 |
| 1980s | 23.1% | 23.1% | 23.1% | 1 |
| 1990s | 23.5% | 21.9% | 25.2% | 2 |
| 2000s | 27.8% | 25.5% | 29.3% | 9 |
| 2010s | 27.0% | 25.8% | 28.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 26.1% | 25.6% | 26.7% | 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 relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median in Israel?
- Relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median in Israel was 26.7% 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 60% of the median recorded in Israel?
- The highest recorded value was 29.3% in 2009.
- What is the lowest relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median recorded in Israel?
- The lowest recorded value was 21.9% in 1992.
- How does Israel rank for relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median?
- Israel ranks 8th out of 120 countries with data for 2022.
- Is relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median rising or falling in Israel?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.6%. 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 60% 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 60% of the median.