Extreme poverty rate in Israel

0.4% of people in Israel lived on less than $3.00 a day in 2022. The value for 2022 is the lowest since 2011.

Measure: Extreme poverty rate at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) Unit: % of population Data: 1979 to 2022 Source: World Bank
Israel, 2022 0.4% % of population
Change from 2021 −0.2percentage points 2021: 0.6%
World, 2022 10.9% Official aggregate
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2022 0.5% Middle value of 30 countries

Extreme poverty rate in Israel over time

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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Extreme poverty rate at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population), 2001 to 2024
Period IsraelWorld
2024 – 10.1%
2023 – 10.5%
2022 0.4% 10.9%
2021 0.6% 11.3%
2020 0.7% 11.4%
2019 0.9% –
2018 0.7% 11.1%
2017 0.7% 11.8%
2016 0.5% 12.6%
2015 0.5% 13.4%
2014 0.6% 14.5%
2013 0.6% 15.5%
2012 0.8% 17.8%
2011 0.3% 19.1%
2010 0.6% 21.0%
2009 0.9% 23.1%
2008 0.7% 24.1%
2007 0.6% 25.3%
2006 0.5% 27.0%
2005 0.9% 28.3%
2004 1.0% 30.3%
2003 0.9% 32.2%
2002 0.8% 33.7%
2001 0.4% 35.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.2 percentage points from 0.6% in 2021.
  • Since 2012, when it was 0.8%, the figure has changed by −0.4 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2022 was 10.9%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SI.POV.DDAY · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1979 to 2022 for Israel
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform