In 2023, families with five or more children in Israel had the highest poverty rate by net income, at almost 51 percent. Families with four and three children followed with poverty rates of about 33 and 21 percent, respectively. On the other hand, families with only one child had the lowest poverty rate, at less than 16 percent.

Israel poverty rate for 2021 was 4.20%, a 0.2% decline from 2020.

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<li>Israel poverty rate for 2020 was <strong>4.40%</strong>, a <strong>0.8% decline</strong> from 2019.</li>
<li>Israel poverty rate for 2019 was <strong>5.20%</strong>, a <strong>0.7% increase</strong> from 2018.</li>
<li>Israel poverty rate for 2018 was <strong>4.50%</strong>, a <strong>1% decline</strong> from 2017.</li>
</ul>Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.

Poverty Headcount Ratio at Societal Poverty Lines: % of Population data was reported at 22.200 % in 2021. This records an increase from the previous number of 22.000 % for 2020. Poverty Headcount Ratio at Societal Poverty Lines: % of Population data is updated yearly, averaging 23.200 % from Dec 1979 (Median) to 2021, with 25 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 26.200 % in 2009 and a record low of 18.500 % in 1992. Poverty Headcount Ratio at Societal Poverty Lines: % of Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Israel – Table IL.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. The poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line is the percentage of a population living in poverty according to the World Bank's Societal Poverty Line. The Societal Poverty Line is expressed in purchasing power adjusted 2017 U.S. dollars and defined as max($2.15, $1.15 + 0.5*Median). This means that when the national median is sufficiently low, the Societal Poverty line is equivalent to the extreme poverty line, $2.15. For countries with a sufficiently high national median, the Societal Poverty Line grows as countries’ median income grows.;World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are mostly from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see http://pip.worldbank.org.;;The World Bank’s internationally comparable poverty monitoring database now draws on income or detailed consumption data from more than 2000 household surveys across 169 countries. See the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) for details (www.pip.worldbank.org).

In 2023, the child poverty rate in Israel was 27.9 percent. This marked a decrease from the two previous years, when the rate was 28.1 percent. After peaking at 30.5 percent in 2014, the child poverty rate rapidly declined. The overall poverty rate in the country was lower than the rate among children.

Proportion of Population Pushed Below the 60% Median Consumption Poverty Line By Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditure: % data was reported at 1.910 % in 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of 1.950 % for 2017. Proportion of Population Pushed Below the 60% Median Consumption Poverty Line By Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditure: % data is updated yearly, averaging 1.920 % from Dec 2001 (Median) to 2018, with 16 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2.130 % in 2005 and a record low of 1.490 % in 2013. Proportion of Population Pushed Below the 60% Median Consumption Poverty Line By Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditure: % data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Israel – Table IL.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. This indicator shows the fraction of a country’s population experiencing out-of-pocket health impoverishing expenditures, defined as expenditures without which the household they live in would have been above the 60% median consumption but because of the expenditures is below the poverty line. Out-of-pocket health expenditure is defined as any spending incurred by a household when any member uses a health good or service to receive any type of care (preventive, curative, rehabilitative, long-term or palliative care); provided by any type of provider; for any type of disease, illness or health condition; in any type of setting (outpatient, inpatient, at home).;Global Health Observatory. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2023. (https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/themes/topics/financial-protection);Weighted average;This indicator is related to Sustainable Development Goal 3.8.2 [https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata/].

In 2023, the poverty rate in Israel stood at 20.7 percent. This was a slight decrease from the previous year, when the rate was 20.8 percent. Despite flucuations, the poverty rate in the country has gradually declined over the observed period.

In 2023, 30.5 percent of Arabs in Israel felt poor according to the subjective poverty classification. On the other hand, only about six percent of Ultra-Orthodox Jews and less than five percent of Jews who were not Ultra-Orthodox, felt financially disadvantaged. This reflected a decrease among all social groups compared to the previous year.

In 2023, the poverty rate by net income in Israel was the higer among Arabs families compared to Jewish families, at 38.4 and 15.8 percent, respectively. Among Ultra-Orthodox households, a sub-group of Jews, the poverty rate was also high, at 33 percent. The general poverty rate in the country was was below 21 percent.

IL: Poverty Headcount Ratio at $6.85 a Day: 2017 PPP: % of Population data was reported at 3.500 % in 2021. This records an increase from the previous number of 3.200 % for 2020. IL: Poverty Headcount Ratio at $6.85 a Day: 2017 PPP: % of Population data is updated yearly, averaging 6.700 % from Dec 1979 (Median) to 2021, with 25 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 10.000 % in 1986 and a record low of 3.200 % in 2020. IL: Poverty Headcount Ratio at $6.85 a Day: 2017 PPP: % of Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Israel – Table IL.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. Poverty headcount ratio at $6.85 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $6.85 a day at 2017 international prices.;World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are mostly from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see http://pip.worldbank.org.;;The World Bank’s internationally comparable poverty monitoring database now draws on income or detailed consumption data from more than 2000 household surveys across 169 countries. See the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) for details (www.pip.worldbank.org).

2.7 (%) in 2016. Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.

0.0 (%) in 2016. Poverty gap at $1.90 a day (2011 PPP) is the mean shortfall in income or consumption from the poverty line $1.90 a day (counting the nonpoor as having zero shortfall), expressed as a percentage of the poverty line. This measure reflects the depth of poverty as well as its incidence. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.

In 2023, the senior citizen poverty rate in Israel was 12.8 percent, same as in the previous year. This marked a decrease from 2021, when the rate was 14.8 percent. The elederly poverty rate fluctuated over the period observed, peaking at 18.6 percent in 2018. By comparison, the general poverty rate in the country was higher than the rate among the elderly.

0,20 (%) in 2021. Population below $1.9 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $1.9 a day at 2005 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.

In 2023, the share of individuals who felt poor according to the definition of subjective poverty in Israel decreased to 9.6 percent. In the year prior, nearly 13 percent of people felt financially disadvantaged.

1,00 (%) in 2021. Population below $3.1 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $3.1 a day at 2005 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.

IL: Poverty Gap at $1.90 a Day: 2011 PPP: % data was reported at 0.300 % in 2012. This records an increase from the previous number of 0.100 % for 2010. IL: Poverty Gap at $1.90 a Day: 2011 PPP: % data is updated yearly, averaging 0.100 % from Dec 1979 (Median) to 2012, with 9 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.300 % in 2012 and a record low of 0.000 % in 2001. IL: Poverty Gap at $1.90 a Day: 2011 PPP: % data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Israel – Table IL.World Bank: Poverty. Poverty gap at $1.90 a day (2011 PPP) is the mean shortfall in income or consumption from the poverty line $1.90 a day (counting the nonpoor as having zero shortfall), expressed as a percentage of the poverty line. This measure reflects the depth of poverty as well as its incidence. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.; ; World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see PovcalNet (http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/index.htm).; ; The World Bank’s internationally comparable poverty monitoring database now draws on income or detailed consumption data from more than one thousand six hundred household surveys across 164 countries in six regions and 25 other high income countries (industrialized economies). While income distribution data are published for all countries with data available, poverty data are published for low- and middle-income countries and countries eligible to receive loans from the World Bank (such as Chile) and recently graduated countries (such as Estonia) only. The aggregated numbers for low- and middle-income countries correspond to the totals of 6 regions in PovcalNet, which include low- and middle-income countries and countries eligible to receive loans from the World Bank (such as Chile) and recently graduated countries (such as Estonia). See PovcalNet (http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/WhatIsNew.aspx) for definitions of geographical regions and industrialized countries.

IL: Poverty Headcount Ratio at $5.50 a Day: 2011 PPP: % of Population data was reported at 4.700 % in 2012. This records an increase from the previous number of 4.400 % for 2010. IL: Poverty Headcount Ratio at $5.50 a Day: 2011 PPP: % of Population data is updated yearly, averaging 4.700 % from Dec 1979 (Median) to 2012, with 9 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 6.400 % in 1986 and a record low of 2.300 % in 2001. IL: Poverty Headcount Ratio at $5.50 a Day: 2011 PPP: % of Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Israel – Table IL.World Bank: Poverty. Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.; ; World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see PovcalNet (http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/index.htm).; ; The World Bank’s internationally comparable poverty monitoring database now draws on income or detailed consumption data from more than one thousand six hundred household surveys across 164 countries in six regions and 25 other high income countries (industrialized economies). While income distribution data are published for all countries with data available, poverty data are published for low- and middle-income countries and countries eligible to receive loans from the World Bank (such as Chile) and recently graduated countries (such as Estonia) only. The aggregated numbers for low- and middle-income countries correspond to the totals of 6 regions in PovcalNet, which include low- and middle-income countries and countries eligible to receive loans from the World Bank (such as Chile) and recently graduated countries (such as Estonia). See PovcalNet (http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/WhatIsNew.aspx) for definitions of geographical regions and industrialized countries.

In 2023, the poverty line in Israel, based on the monthly income per capita, reached 3,324 Israeli shekels, some 906 U.S. dollars. This marked an increase of seven percent compared to the previous year. The poverty line had a gradual rise since 2018, when it stood at 2,467 Israeli shekels, about 673 U.S. dollars.

IL: Income Share Held by Lowest 10% data was reported at 1.700 % in 2012. This records a decrease from the previous number of 1.800 % for 2010. IL: Income Share Held by Lowest 10% data is updated yearly, averaging 2.300 % from Dec 1979 (Median) to 2012, with 9 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2.800 % in 1992 and a record low of 1.700 % in 2012. IL: Income Share Held by Lowest 10% data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Israel – Table IL.World Bank.WDI: Poverty. Percentage share of income or consumption is the share that accrues to subgroups of population indicated by deciles or quintiles.; ; World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see PovcalNet (http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/index.htm).; ; The World Bank’s internationally comparable poverty monitoring database now draws on income or detailed consumption data from more than one thousand six hundred household surveys across 164 countries in six regions and 25 other high income countries (industrialized economies). While income distribution data are published for all countries with data available, poverty data are published for low- and middle-income countries and countries eligible to receive loans from the World Bank (such as Chile) and recently graduated countries (such as Estonia) only. See PovcalNet (http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/WhatIsNew.aspx) for definitions of geographical regions and industrialized countries.

In 2023, direct transfers and the tax system in Israel reduced the poverty rate among individuals in Israel by 33.5 percent. This was an increase compared to the previous year. In 2020, the poverty rate was reduced by about 41 percent, due to the government support during the COVID-19 crisis. Between 2010 to 2019, the impact on poverty reduction overall trended negatively.