Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) in Israel

0.9% of people in Israel lived on less than $4.20 a day in 2022. The value for 2022 is the lowest since 2015.

Measure: Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) Unit: % of population Data: 1979 to 2022 Source: World Bank
Israel, 2022 0.9% % of population
Change from 2021 −0.2percentage points 2021: 1.1%
World, 2022 20.5% Official aggregate
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2022 0.7% Middle value of 30 countries

Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 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.

Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population), 2001 to 2024
Period IsraelWorld
2024 – 18.2%
2023 – 19.3%
2022 0.9% 20.5%
2021 1.1% 21.4%
2020 1.1% 22.1%
2019 1.4% –
2018 1.0% 22.3%
2017 1.3% 23.6%
2016 1.0% 24.9%
2015 0.9% 26.3%
2014 1.4% 27.9%
2013 1.2% 29.3%
2012 1.6% 32.0%
2011 1.8% 33.6%
2010 1.4% 35.8%
2009 2.2% 38.1%
2008 1.6% 39.3%
2007 1.5% 40.5%
2006 1.6% 42.2%
2005 1.7% 43.7%
2004 2.5% 45.4%
2003 2.1% 47.2%
2002 2.0% 48.6%
2001 0.7% 49.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.2 percentage points from 1.1% in 2021.
  • Since 2012, when it was 1.6%, the figure has changed by −0.7 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2022 was 20.5%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SI.POV.LMIC · 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