Israel Poverty Rate 1979-2023
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 2.00%, a 0.7% decline from 2017.
- Israel poverty rate for 2017 was 2.70%, a 0% increase from 2016.
- Israel poverty rate for 2016 was 2.70%, a 0.4% decline from 2015.
- Israel poverty rate for 2015 was 3.10%, a 0.4% decline from 2014.
| Israel Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2018 |
2.00% |
-0.70% |
| 2017 |
2.70% |
0.00% |
| 2016 |
2.70% |
-0.40% |
| 2015 |
3.10% |
-0.40% |
| 2014 |
3.50% |
0.30% |
| 2013 |
3.20% |
-1.30% |
| 2012 |
4.50% |
0.30% |
| 2011 |
4.20% |
0.00% |
| 2010 |
4.20% |
-1.50% |
| 2009 |
5.70% |
1.00% |
| 2008 |
4.70% |
0.00% |
| 2007 |
4.70% |
-1.00% |
| 2006 |
5.70% |
-0.30% |
| 2005 |
6.00% |
-0.50% |
| 2004 |
6.50% |
1.00% |
| 2003 |
5.50% |
0.80% |
| 2002 |
4.70% |
2.20% |
| 2001 |
2.50% |
-0.70% |
| 1997 |
3.20% |
1.00% |
| 1992 |
2.20% |
-4.00% |
| 1986 |
6.20% |
1.50% |
| 1979 |
4.70% |
1.50% |
