Unemployment rate:

6.4% (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 60 7.6% (2009 est.)

Population below poverty line:

23.6%

note: Israel's poverty line is $7.30 per person per day (2007)

Household income or consumption by percentage share:

lowest 10%: 2.5%

highest 10%: 24.3% (2008)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:

39.2 (2008) country comparison to the world: 67 35.5 (2001)