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Of the people whose businesses went bankrupt in 2019, 8.6 per cent fell into problem debt in 2022. The proportion was also relatively high among people who appeared before a criminal court, CBS reports.
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Among people who had to appear before a criminal court in 2019, 7.2 per cent fell into problem debt in 2022. Among people who received a court-imposed fine, the figure was 5.5 per cent. CBS reports these figures based on joint research with the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations and ICTU. [1]
The figures concern new cases in 2022, not everyone who fell into problem debt in the three years following the event. They show an association, but do not prove that bankruptcy or contact with the criminal justice system caused the debt.
There are also differences by household income. Of the people in the lowest income group, 2.0 per cent fell into problem debt in 2022, compared with 0.7 per cent in the highest income group. Among people who had their first child in 2019, these percentages were 5.4 and 0.8 per cent respectively. Again, this does not show how much of the difference is due to the life event itself. [1]
Alongside the figures for individuals in 2022, CBS reports more recent figures for households. In 2025, people in around 115,000 households fell into registered problem debt, compared with 139,000 households in 2024. The proportion therefore fell from 1.9 to 1.5 per cent. [1]
That decline concerns households that fell into problem debt during a year. The figures therefore do not show how many households in total are struggling with such debt.
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