How Much Is the Child Allowance in Israel? NIS 173 to NIS 219 a Month
Israel’s child allowance from 1 January 2026: NIS 173 for the first child, NIS 219 for the second to fourth, NIS 173 from the fifth, on the National Insurance…
Israel’s child allowance is NIS 173 a month for a first child and NIS 219 a month for each of the second, third and fourth, on the National Insurance Institute’s rates from 1 January 2026. The amount is paid per child and set by the child’s place in the family, so a family’s payment is the sum across its children. From the fifth child the rate returns to NIS 173. The National Insurance Institute counted about 1.28 million families drawing the allowance in 2024, as a monthly average.
| Figure | What it counts | Period |
|---|---|---|
| NIS 173 | Monthly allowance for the first child | From 1 January 2026 |
| NIS 219 | Monthly allowance for each of the second, third and fourth child | From 1 January 2026 |
| NIS 173 | Monthly allowance for the fifth child and each further child | From 1 January 2026 |
| NIS 113 | Monthly supplement per child for the third and fourth child, paid only to parents on a listed subsistence benefit | 2026 rate table |
| 1,279.7 thousand | Families receiving the allowance, average per month, counted as families rather than children | 2024 |
| About 3.13 million | Children in those families, as the annual report text gives it | 2024 |
Source: National Insurance Institute, child allowance rate table and press release of 1 January 2026 (rates); Annual Report 2024, Chapter 1, Table 7 (recipients).
The first child brings NIS 173 a month, the second NIS 219
The National Insurance Institute publishes a monthly rate of NIS 173 for a first child and NIS 219 for a second child, effective from 1 January 2026. The Institute’s rate table and its press release of 1 January 2026 give the same amounts. The rate attaches to each child, not to the household.
- The allowance is paid monthly, one amount per child.
- The rate is set by the child’s birth order in the family.
- The rates in force are those from 1 January 2026, and the amounts are indexed each January.
- The NIS 113 supplement is a separate, conditional amount, covered below.
- The deposit to the Savings for Every Child programme is a separate programme and is not part of these amounts.
The fifth child and onward drop back to NIS 173
The National Insurance Institute’s rate table pays NIS 219 for the second, third and fourth child, then returns to NIS 173 for the fifth child and each child after. The fifth-child rate is the same as the first-child rate. A family of five children receives NIS 1,003 a month before any supplement, which is the sum of the five published per-child amounts rather than a figure the Institute prints.
A NIS 113 supplement applies to the third and fourth child
The National Insurance Institute pays a supplement of NIS 113 a month for each of the third and fourth child, on top of the NIS 219 standard rate, to a parent receiving one of the subsistence benefits it lists. The supplement does not attach to the first, second or fifth and later child. It does not attach to parents outside the listed benefits.
| Child | Standard monthly rate | Supplement for eligible parents |
|---|---|---|
| First | NIS 173 | None |
| Second | NIS 219 | None |
| Third | NIS 219 | NIS 113 |
| Fourth | NIS 219 | NIS 113 |
| Fifth and onward | NIS 173 | None |
Source: National Insurance Institute, child allowance rate table, from 1 January 2026.
The parents the Institute lists for the supplement are those receiving:
- income support
- alimony
- an old-age pension with the income supplement
- a survivors’ pension with the income supplement
Allowances frozen in 2025 rose with the index in 2026
The National Insurance Institute states that the child allowances were frozen in 2025 and rose in 2026 with the consumer price index, in its press release of 1 January 2026. The release announces the 2026 benefit levels under a title stating they follow the index and the average wage. A 2025 amount and a 2026 amount for the same child differ only by that indexation.
- 2025: the allowances were frozen, on the Institute’s own statement.
- 1 January 2026: the allowances rose with the consumer price index, to NIS 173 for the first child and NIS 219 for the second to fourth.
- Each January: the amounts are indexed, so a child allowance figure carries its effective date or it cannot be placed in a year.
About 1.28 million families received the allowance in 2024
The National Insurance Institute counted 1,279.7 thousand families receiving the child allowance in 2024, a monthly average on its own count, which its annual report text gives as about 1.28 million families with about 3.13 million children. The count rose 0.8% on 2023. It is a count of families in 2024, and it is not combined here with the 2026 rates to produce a spending figure.
| Figure | What it counts | Period |
|---|---|---|
| 1,279.7 thousand | Recipient families, average per month | 2024 |
| About 1.28 million | The same count, as the report text rounds it | 2024 |
| About 3.13 million | Children in recipient families | 2024 |
| 0.8% | Rise in recipient families against 2023 | 2024 |
Source: National Insurance Institute, Annual Report 2024, Chapter 1, Table 7.
The same table carries the Institute’s other benefit recipients in different units. A family drawing the child allowance can draw other benefits as well, so the columns are not added together.
Every figure here is the National Insurance Institute’s own
- The rates come from the Institute’s child allowance rate table and its press release of 1 January 2026, which give the same amounts.
- The allowance is per child by birth order, and a family’s payment is the sum across its children.
- The NIS 113 supplement applies only to the third and fourth child and only for parents on a listed subsistence benefit, so it is not added to the standard rates.
- The 2024 count is the Institute’s own monthly average of families, not of people, and may not be multiplied by the 2026 rates.
Questions readers ask
How much is the child allowance for one child in Israel?
The National Insurance Institute publishes a rate of NIS 173 a month for a first child, from 1 January 2026. A family with one child receives that amount.
Is the allowance the same for every child?
No. The National Insurance Institute publishes NIS 173 for the first child, NIS 219 for each of the second to fourth, and NIS 173 for the fifth child and each child after, from 1 January 2026.
How much does a family with five children receive?
NIS 1,003 a month before any supplement, the sum of the five per-child amounts the National Insurance Institute publishes for 2026: 173, 219, 219, 219 and 173.
Is the child allowance paid per family or per child?
Per child. The National Insurance Institute publishes one monthly amount for each child, set by the child’s place in the family, and the family’s payment is the total.
Who receives the NIS 113 supplement?
The National Insurance Institute states that it pays NIS 113 a month per child for the third and fourth child to a parent receiving income support, alimony, or an old-age or survivors’ pension with the income supplement.
Does a fifth child bring the NIS 113 supplement?
No. The National Insurance Institute publishes the supplement for the third and fourth child only. The fifth child and each child after receive the NIS 173 standard rate.
Why are the 2026 amounts different from older figures?
The National Insurance Institute states that the allowances were frozen in 2025 and rose in 2026 with the consumer price index, in its press release of 1 January 2026.
Were the child allowances raised in 2025?
No. The National Insurance Institute states that the allowances were frozen in 2025, before rising with the index from 1 January 2026.
How many families receive the child allowance?
The National Insurance Institute recorded 1,279.7 thousand recipient families in 2024, a monthly average, which its annual report gives as about 1.28 million families.
How many children does the allowance cover?
The National Insurance Institute puts the number at about 3.13 million children in recipient families in 2024, in the text of its annual report.
Did the number of recipient families grow?
Yes. The National Insurance Institute recorded a 0.8% rise in families receiving the child allowance in 2024 against 2023.
Can the 1.28 million families be added to other benefit recipients?
No. The National Insurance Institute counts child allowance recipients as families and most other benefits as individuals, and one family can draw several benefits, so its columns are not summed.
Is the Savings for Every Child deposit part of the allowance?
No. The amounts the National Insurance Institute publishes in its child allowance rate table are the allowance alone; the Savings for Every Child deposit is a separate programme and is not included in them.
Sources
- National Insurance Institute, 2026. Annual Report 2024 (דוח שנתי 2024), Chapter 1, Table 7: Benefit Recipients in the Main Insurance Branches (monthly average), 1990 to 2024. https://www.btl.gov.il/Publications/Skira_shnatit/2024/Documents/chap-01%202024.pdf. Official or primary record, Hebrew.
- National Insurance Institute, 2026. Child Allowance Amounts (סכום קצבת הילדים) from 1 January 2026, and press release “הביטוח הלאומי מפרסם את גובה הקצבאות לשנת 2026 בהתאם למדד ולשכר הממוצע”, 1 January 2026. https://www.btl.gov.il/benefits/children/Pages/%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%A2%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%99%20%D7%94%D7%A7%D7%A6%D7%91%D7%94.aspx and https://www.btl.gov.il/About/newspapers/Pages/idkonkitzvaot2025.aspx. Official or primary record, Hebrew.
