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Israel
Israel's currency is 10.78 %, the highest of 71. And its lending rate is 2.96 %, the 2nd lowest of 67.
Of 26 fields published for Israel, these two sit furthest from the middle of the atlas.
Is it expensive, or does the pay keep up?
Price level
101 % of US prices
Average monthly salary
$2,700 PPP/mo
The average employee in Israel earns about $2,700 a month before tax, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Average annual salary
$57,426 PPP
Money's value
64.10 %
100 saved in Israel in 2000 buys what 64 buys today — 36 % of its purchasing power is gone.
What is left after the state takes its share?
Tax on pay
21.43 %
Of every $100 of gross pay at the average wage in Israel, about $21 goes to income tax and employee social contributions.
Average monthly salary
$2,700 PPP/mo
The average employee in Israel earns about $2,700 a month before tax, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Take-home pay
$45,118 PPP
The average job in Israel pays about $45,118 a year (PPP) after income tax and the employee's social contributions.
Minimum wage
$1,630 PPP/mo
The law in Israel sets the floor at about $1,630 a month, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
What does borrowing actually cost here?
House price growth
-3.22 %
Real house prices in Israel fell 3.2 % over the past year, adjusted for inflation.
Does money in the bank keep its value?
Savings vs inflation
-2.60 %
A bank account in Israel loses about 2.6 pp of purchasing power a year — the deposit rate trails inflation.
Deposit rate
0.44 %
Inflation rate
3.04 %
At 3.0 % a year, prices double in about 24 years if it holds.
Price level
101 % of US prices
ranked 122nd of 125
Retirement age (men)
67 years
ranked 45th of 49
Minimum wage
$1,630 PPP/mo
ranked 9th of 85
Where Israel sits, field by field
Each dot is Israel’s position among every country that publishes that field. Sorted by distance from the middle, so what is unusual about the country comes first.
- Currency10.78 %1 of 71
- Lending rate2.96 %2 of 67
- Price level101 % of US prices122 of 125
- House price growth-3.22 %5 of 54
- Money's value64.10 %10 of 116
- Debt per person$41,331113 of 123
- Retirement age (men)67 years45 of 49
- Minimum wage$1,630 PPP/mo9 of 85
- Deposit rate0.44 %63 of 70
- Bank spread2.52 %8 of 62
- GDP per capita$60,33716 of 127
- Tax wedge26.07 %6 of 36
- Savings vs inflation-2.60 %58 of 69
- Retirement age (women)62 years11 of 49
- Tax on pay21.43 %9 of 37
- Top income tax50.00 %27 of 37
- Inflation rate3.04 %35 of 123
- Unemployment rate3.49 %36 of 124
- Government debt68.50 %83 of 124
- Average monthly salary$2,700 PPP/mo37 of 92
- Average annual salary$57,426 PPP22 of 37
- Corporate tax23.00 %55 of 96
- Take-home pay$45,118 PPP17 of 37
- GDP growth2.93 %61 of 127
- Real policy rate0.46 %28 of 53
- Median income$33,830 PPP22 of 42
- Cost of money
- Work & income
- Housing & living
- Macro
The money journey · average earner
Financially nearest · computed, not curated
United Kingdom
avg gap 16.7 pp · 22 shared fields
Most separates them: retirement age (women) — 62 years (Israel) vs 66 years
Australia
avg gap 18.1 pp · 22 shared fields
Most separates them: retirement age (women) — 62 years (Israel) vs 67 years
New Zealand
avg gap 19.3 pp · 24 shared fields
Most separates them: top income tax — 50.00 % (Israel) vs 39.00 %
United States
avg gap 19.4 pp · 23 shared fields
Most separates them: retirement age (women) — 62 years (Israel) vs 66.7 years
| Deposit rate | 0.44 % | ranked 63rd of 70 | |
| Bank spread | 2.52 % | ranked 8th of 62 | |
| GDP per capita | $60,337 | ranked 16th of 127 | |
| Tax wedge | 26.07 % | ranked 6th of 36 | |
| Savings vs inflation | -2.60 % | ranked 58th of 69 | |
| Retirement age (women) | 62 years | ranked 11th of 49 | |
| Tax on pay | 21.43 % | ranked 9th of 37 | |
| Top income tax | 50.00 % | ranked 27th of 37 | |
| Inflation rate | 3.04 % | ranked 35th of 123 | |
| Unemployment rate | 3.49 % | ranked 36th of 124 | |
| Government debt | 68.50 % | ranked 83rd of 124 | |
| Average monthly salary | $2,700 PPP/mo | ranked 37th of 92 | |
| Average annual salary | $57,426 PPP | ranked 22nd of 37 | |
| Corporate tax | 23.00 % | ranked 55th of 96 | |
| Take-home pay | $45,118 PPP | ranked 17th of 37 | |
| GDP growth | 2.93 % | ranked 61st of 127 | |
| Real policy rate | 0.46 % | ranked 28th of 53 | |
| Median income | $33,830 PPP | ranked 22nd of 42 |
✓ 26 fields published for Israel, every one dated and sourced · 9 not published yet
Awaiting an official source for Israel: mortgage rate, house price growth since 2015, rent, petrol, electricity, minimum wage, median earnings, vat, public holidays.
Sources for all 26 figures
- Currency — Currency strength vs USD (own calculation from ECB reference-rate snapshots) · 2026-09-07
- Lending rate — IMF International Financial Statistics · 2022
- Price level — World Bank PPP conversion factor ÷ official exchange rate (PA.NUS.PPP, PA.NUS.FCRF) · 2025
- House price growth — BIS residential property prices · 2026-Q1
- Money's value — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Debt per person — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Retirement age (men) — OECD Pensions at a Glance — current normal retirement age (DF_DPS, CRPLF22) · 2024
- Minimum wage — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2024
- Deposit rate — IMF International Financial Statistics · 2022
- Bank spread — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2022
- GDP per capita — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Tax wedge — OECD Taxing Wages + OECD Tax Database · 2025
- Savings vs inflation — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2022
- Retirement age (women) — OECD Pensions at a Glance — current normal retirement age (DF_DPS, CRPLF22) · 2024
- Tax on pay — OECD Taxing Wages + OECD Tax Database · 2025
- Top income tax — OECD Personal Income Tax rates · 2025
- Inflation rate — Annual CPI inflation (shared satsatlas data engine: World Bank + Eurostat + SSB) · 2025
- Unemployment rate — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Government debt — IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP) · 2025
- Average monthly salary — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2021
- Average annual salary — OECD Average annual wages · 2025
- Corporate tax — OECD Corporate Tax Statistics · 2025
- Take-home pay — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- GDP growth — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Real policy rate — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2026-07
- Median income — OECD Income Distribution Database · 2023
What changed
| 8 Sept 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | 10.82 → 10.78 |
| 7 Sept 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | 10.81 → 10.82 |
| 6 Sept 2026 | Government debt per person (USD) | 53281 → 41331 |
| 6 Sept 2026 | Government debt (% of GDP) | 88.3064793540794 → 68.5 |
| 6 Sept 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | 11.61 → 10.81 |
| 5 Sept 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | 11.33 → 11.61 |
| 4 Sept 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | 11.94 → 11.33 |
| 3 Sept 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | 12.16 → 11.94 |
| 2 Sept 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | 11.66 → 12.16 |
| 1 Sept 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | 11.76 → 11.66 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | 11.89 → 11.76 |
| 30 Aug 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | 12.09 → 11.89 |
| 29 Aug 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | 12.48 → 12.09 |
| 28 Aug 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | 13.01 → 12.48 |
| 28 Aug 2026 | House price growth (real, y/y) | -3.1894 → -3.2217 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | 12.87 → 13.01 |
| 26 Aug 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | 13.69 → 12.87 |
| 25 Aug 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | 13.68 → 13.69 |
| 24 Aug 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | 13.66 → 13.68 |
| 23 Aug 2026 | Currency vs USD (1y) | 14.07 → 13.66 |