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)