Poverty: Share of population living on less than $10 a day in Israel
Israel: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $10 a day was 6.7% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $10 a day 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, poverty: share of population living on less than $10 a day in Israel stood at 6.7%.
The figure is up 3.1% on the previous year and down 44.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $10 a day in Israel peaked at 21.3% in 1979 and was at its lowest, 6.5%, in 2021.
Israel ranks 84th of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 21.3% | 21.3% | 21.3% | 1 |
| 1980s | 21.0% | 21.0% | 21.0% | 1 |
| 1990s | 13.6% | 12.5% | 14.7% | 2 |
| 2000s | 15.6% | 12.0% | 18.4% | 9 |
| 2010s | 10.1% | 6.7% | 14.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.8% | 6.5% | 7.1% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Israel
More reference data data for Israel
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.719 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure applied to 78.41 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure Management 50.1 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure left on Pa 473.04 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Crop Residues 27.55 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Agricultural Soil 876.37 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Burning - Crop re 0.6521 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Manure Management 74.04 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Burning - Crop residues 0.0949 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Enteric Fermentation 19.72 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty: share of population living on less than $10 a day in Israel?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $10 a day in Israel was 6.7% in 2022, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $10 a day recorded in Israel?
- The highest recorded value was 21.3% in 1979.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $10 a day recorded in Israel?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.5% in 2021.
- How does Israel rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $10 a day?
- Israel ranks 84th out of 120 countries with data for 2022.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $10 a day rising or falling in Israel?
- Over the last ten years it is down 44.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 Poverty: Share of population living on less than $10 a day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $10 per day.