Israel Poverty Rate 1979-2024
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.
- Israel poverty rate for 2018 was 3.20%, a 1% decline from 2017.
- Israel poverty rate for 2017 was 4.20%, a 0.2% increase from 2016.
- Israel poverty rate for 2016 was 4.00%, a 1% decline from 2015.
- Israel poverty rate for 2015 was 5.00%, a 0.5% decline from 2014.
| Israel Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2018 |
3.20% |
-1.00% |
| 2017 |
4.20% |
0.20% |
| 2016 |
4.00% |
-1.00% |
| 2015 |
5.00% |
-0.50% |
| 2014 |
5.50% |
0.30% |
| 2013 |
5.20% |
-1.50% |
| 2012 |
6.70% |
-0.30% |
| 2011 |
7.00% |
-0.20% |
| 2010 |
7.20% |
-1.00% |
| 2009 |
8.20% |
1.00% |
| 2008 |
7.20% |
0.00% |
| 2007 |
7.20% |
-1.80% |
| 2006 |
9.00% |
-0.40% |
| 2005 |
9.40% |
-0.30% |
| 2004 |
9.70% |
0.70% |
| 2003 |
9.00% |
0.50% |
| 2002 |
8.50% |
4.30% |
| 2001 |
4.20% |
-1.80% |
| 1997 |
6.00% |
1.30% |
| 1992 |
4.70% |
-5.30% |
| 1986 |
10.00% |
0.80% |
| 1979 |
9.20% |
0.80% |
