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Israel's Poverty Crisis


The statistics above represents the latest findings on poverty in Israel provided by the National Insurance Institute (NII) of Israel.

 Poverty and Social Gaps in 2010, November 2011
 

  • Almost 25% or 1 in 4 Israelis live below the poverty line. That accounts for 1,773,400 people.
     
  • Israel has a larger percentage of poor when compared to countries that we commonly consider 3rd world, such as Mexico and Turkey.
     
  • 35.3% of Israeli children live below the poverty line, accounting for 837,300 people.
     
  • 433,300 of families are living below the poverty line. That is a staggering 19.8% of all families.

These poverty statistics have a one year delay.  
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