Cost of living in israel

Israeli food prices surged 19% over four years, TAU study shows

Chocolate prices rose by nearly 78%, burekas jumped by 47.5%, and coffee climbed by 26.1%, according to research tracking 80 popular supermarket products over eight years.

Dairy products in a supermarket, March 2026.
Credit card payment.

The number left out of the CPI, but weighing on almost every household

A NIS 577.18 gap for the exact same shopping basket.

Where will you find the cheapest Rosh Hashanah shopping basket?

People stand at the departure gate of an airport.

Men more likely than women to say Israel challenges cause them to consider emigration - poll


High cost of living is the issue that most concerns Israelis - survey

60% of Israelis polled blame the government for egregious living costs. Also of concern to respondents were judicial system reforms and national security.

 Israelis protest against the soaring housing prices in Tel Aviv and cost of living, on July 2, 2022.

Israel orders 15 food giants to release financial statements on price hikes

The government wants to see if companies are raising prices unfairly and contributing to the rising cost of living in Israel.

An Osem factory is seen in Sderot, southern Israel, taken on May 11, 2023

Israeli Consumer Price Index rises 0.8%, almost double the forecast

A series of Israeli companies and importers have announced significant price hikes in recent weeks.

 A CUSTOMER shops for groceries at a Rami Levy supermarket branch, in Jerusalem.

What is the Israel gov't proposed 'Arnona Fund?' - analysis

Local Authorities in Israel announced on Sunday that it was going to cease providing municipal services until the Fund is removed from the Economic Arrangements Bill.

 New Israeli Shekel banknotes and coins are seen in this picture illustration taken November 9, 2021.

Carrefour's Israel launch could spark much-needed market competition

Recent import reforms have paved the way for the international retail giant to potentially revolutionize the Israeli market.

 The new Carrefour supermarket opened in Jerusalem, Israel, on May 8, 2023.

Israel to permit financing of apartment purchases in installments

Yaakov Kwint, director general of the Israel Land Authority: "The trend of falling apartment prices will continue in the coming months."

Apartment for sale in Jerusalem

Milk and housing markets are among cost of living casualties - Comptroller

State Comptroller details regulation woes within dairy industry and severe disorganization that has led to the ongoing housing shortage.

 Is the price of milk in Israel only going to continue to rise? (illustrative)

Forget judicial reform – make life in Israel affordable - editorial

The issue occupying Israelis’ minds above all others isn’t the judicial reform, personal safety or even Iran’s pursuit of nuclear weapons.

 Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich is seen pointing downwards at a Religious Zionist Party faction meeting in Jerusalem, on May 1, 2023.

Milk prices rise by 9.28%, increase to double over the next three years

Smotrich proud of cutting the price hike in half, neglects to mention that the other half will eventually come into effect, per his deal with dairy manufacturers.

 Milk prices are set to rise by more than 9%.

High cost of living by far most important issue for gov't to treat - poll

Numbers break down differently for people who would vote opposition and people who would vote coalition.

 Likud leader MK Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with Religious Zionist party head MK Bezalel Smotrich during a Knesset vote this week.