Israel
State of Israel
- Capital
- Jerusalem
- Region
- Western Asia
- Population, 2025
- 10 million
- Currency
- ILS
- Area
- 20,770 km²
Across Israel's 43 priced cities, one person needs about $2,825 a month, rent included; the average net salary is $3,785.
Livability
The same seven domains as for cities, scored at country level; safety falls back to the homicide rate where Numbeo has no survey.
70out of 100
- Purchasing power25%68
- Safety20%68
- Health care15%74
- Climate10%94
- Air quality10%79
- Connectivity10%94
- Cost10%13
How each domain is scored
- Purchasing power, 25%
- What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
- Safety, 20%
- Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
- Health care, 15%
- Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
- Climate, 10%
- Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
- Air quality, 10%
- 30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
- Connectivity, 10%
- Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
- Cost, 10%
- Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.
- Livability rank among countries
- #12
What it costs
Averages over the country’s cities, weighted by population. New York = 100.
Cost of living index
85.9
New York = 100, rent excluded
Rent index
32.5
New York = 100
Purchasing power
136.4
New York = 100
One person
$2,825
A month, rent included
Net salary
$3,785
Average, a month after tax
Rent, one bedroom in the centre
$1,625
A month
Economy
World Bank development indicators; each figure is the latest year with data.
GDP per person
$60,337
2025
Growth
+2.9%
2025
Unemployment
3.5%
2025
Inflation
3.0%
2025
Life expectancy
83.2 years
2024
Internet users
88%
2024
Taxes
Headline rates side by side from three references, with the source of each.
- Top income tax rate
- 50%
- SourcePwC
- Lowest income tax rate
- 0%
- SourceWikipedia
- Corporate tax
- 23%
- SourcePwC
- VAT or sales tax
- 18%
- SourcePwC
- Capital gains, individuals
- 25%
- SourcePwC
- Social security, employee
- 12.2%
- SourceTrading Economics
- Social security, employer
- 7.6%
- SourceTrading Economics
- Inheritance tax
- 0%
- SourceWikipedia
Headline statutory rates as of Sep 2026; brackets, allowances and regional taxes change what a given person pays.
Safety and internet
Numbeo’s crime survey, the World Bank homicide series and the Speedtest Global Index.
Safety
- Safety indexNumbeo, higher is safer
- 68.2
- Crime indexNumbeo, lower is better
- 31.8
- HomicidesPer 100,000 people, 2022
- 1.6
Internet
- Fixed downloadMbps, median, #10 worldwide
- 298
- Mobile downloadMbps, median, #67 worldwide
- 69
- Change in a yearFixed download speed
- +16%
Cities in Israel
Sort by any column. Livability and cost use the same scales as every city page.
| 1Haifa | 76 | 88.5 | $1,063 | $4,355 | 208.1 | 285.3K | High confidence, 36 contributors |
| 2Jaffa | 70 | — | — | — | — | 100K | Low confidence |
| 3West Jerusalem | 70 | — | — | — | — | 400K | Low confidence |
| 4Bnei Brak | 70 | — | — | — | — | 214.4K | Low confidence |
| 5Beersheba | 70 | 85.0 | $690 | $3,506 | 203.7 | 186.6K | High confidence, 26 contributors |
| 6Tel Aviv-Yafo | 68 | 97.2 | $2,215 | $4,197 | 130.6 | 432.9K | High confidence, 69 contributors |
| 7Ramat Gan | 67 | 86.8 | $1,525 | $4,819 | 194.7 | 170.8K | Medium confidence, 18 contributors |
| 8Jerusalem | 66 | 85.9 | $1,882 | $3,785 | 136.4 | 971.8K | High confidence, 30 contributors |
| 9Ashkelon | 65 | 80.5 | $1,153 | $2,964 | 143.5 | 144.1K | Medium confidence, 9 contributors |
| 10Holon | 65 | 85.0 | $1,548 | $4,010 | 162.3 | 196.3K | Medium confidence, 8 contributors |
| 11Petah Tikva | 65 | 93.0 | $1,399 | $3,954 | 161.6 | 253.5K | Medium confidence, 15 contributors |
| 12Ashdod | 65 | 83.3 | $1,771 | $4,253 | 160.8 | 226.8K | Medium confidence, 11 contributors |
| 13Rehovot | 65 | 89.2 | $1,506 | $3,904 | 156.9 | 149.4K | Medium confidence, 14 contributors |
| 14Bat Yam | 64 | 78.3 | — | — | — | 129K | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 15Netanya | 64 | 81.8 | $1,625 | $3,128 | 125.3 | 228.2K | Medium confidence, 15 contributors |
| 16Beit Shemesh | 63 | 92.0 | — | — | — | 125K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 17Kefar Sava | 63 | 91.1 | — | — | — | 110.5K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 18Rishon Leziyyon | 62 | 82.2 | $1,848 | $3,123 | 115.8 | 258.5K | Medium confidence, 10 contributors |
| 19Afula | 61 | 84.5 | $757 | $3,293 | 185.7 | 44.9K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 20Raanana | 60 | 81.7 | — | $3,952 | 187.7 | 75.4K | Medium confidence, 13 contributors |
| 21Bat Hefer (Bat Heffer) | 59 | 95.8 | — | $4,136 | 180.6 | 5.3K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 22Nazareth | 59 | — | $988 | — | — | 77.4K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 23Nahariyya | 59 | — | — | — | — | 58.1K | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 24Karmiel | 59 | — | — | $2,600 | — | 46.3K | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 25Tiberias | 59 | — | — | — | — | 44.8K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 26Kiryat Ono | 59 | — | — | — | — | 40K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 27Arad | 59 | — | — | $2,634 | — | 28K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 28Kiryat Shmona | 59 | — | — | — | — | 22.5K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 29Harish | 59 | — | — | — | — | 7.6K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 30Mitzpe Ramon | 59 | — | — | — | — | 5.2K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 31Gush Etzion | 59 | — | $1,034 | — | — | — | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 32Hadera | 58 | 82.2 | $1,077 | $3,046 | 150.7 | 97.3K | Medium confidence, 7 contributors |
| 33Modiin | 58 | 93.0 | $2,305 | $5,926 | 183.0 | 93.3K | Medium confidence, 10 contributors |
| 34Rosh Ha'ayin (Rosh HaAyin) | 58 | 101.5 | $988 | $3,293 | 149.8 | 72.9K | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 35Kiryat Bialik | 56 | 89.2 | — | $2,799 | 127.0 | 44K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 36Lod | 56 | 87.0 | — | $2,634 | 121.1 | 77.2K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 37Eilat | 55 | 89.6 | $1,383 | $2,799 | 117.2 | 52.3K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 38Herzliya | 53 | 79.1 | — | — | — | 97.5K | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 39Ramla | 53 | 81.2 | — | — | — | 76.2K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 40Pardes Hanna-Karkur (Pardeshanah) | 53 | 80.8 | — | — | — | 44.8K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 41Zikhron Ya'akov | 53 | 80.8 | — | — | — | 23.2K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 42Givatayim | 53 | 81.6 | — | — | — | 60.6K | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 43El'ad (Elad) | 53 | 81.9 | — | — | — | 48.8K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 44Ariel | 53 | 82.5 | — | — | — | 20.5K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 45Hod Hasharon | 53 | 84.0 | — | — | — | 63.2K | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 46Ramat HaSharon | 53 | 84.4 | — | — | — | 47.2K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 47Safed (Tzefat, Tsfat) | 53 | 84.5 | — | — | — | 36.1K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 48Sde Yitzhak | 53 | 84.5 | — | — | — | — | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 49Kiryat Motzkin | 53 | 85.0 | — | — | — | 43.3K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 50Nesher | 53 | 85.0 | — | — | — | 24.1K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 51Yokneam Illit | 53 | 85.2 | — | — | — | 23.8K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 52Kiryat Gat | 53 | 86.3 | — | — | — | 61.8K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 53Acre | 53 | 86.8 | — | — | — | 51.4K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 54Yehud | 53 | 84.4 | $1,235 | — | — | 25.6K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 55Beit Shean (Beit She'an, Beth-shean) | 53 | 87.0 | — | — | — | 16.8K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 56Kiryat Ata (Qiryat Atta) | 53 | 88.6 | — | — | — | 59K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |