Israel Poverty Rate (1979-2021)

Israel poverty rate for 2021 was 4.20%, a 0.2% decline from 2020.
  • Israel poverty rate for 2020 was 4.40%, a 0.8% decline from 2019.
  • Israel poverty rate for 2019 was 5.20%, a 0.7% increase from 2018.
  • Israel poverty rate for 2018 was 4.50%, a 1% decline from 2017.
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.