Poverty & Inequality in Czechia

155 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Czechia.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys 2025 down 20.0% 16th
Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person 2025 down 22.5% 54th
Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP 2025 down 61.3% 91st
Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.45 live births per woman 2023 down 0.5% 182nd
Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 6,070 kg per hectare 2023 up 14.3% 26th
Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 29.4% 121st
Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 2.37 % change on previous year 2023 down 86.2% 62nd
Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 33.7 2023 up 0.6% 30th
Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 33.7% 2023 up 0.6% 30th
Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 37.9% 137th
Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 1.55 % change on previous year 2023 up 71.6% 98th
Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via -11.11 % change on previous year 2025 77th
Gender Inequality Index 0.088 2023 down 39.3% 138th
Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 25.6% 2023 up 4.3% 38th
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.077 2023 down 3.0% 199th
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.077 2023 down 3.0% 199th
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.0969 2023 down 4.4% 185th
Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.0% 2023 113th
Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.0% 2023 103rd
Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% 121st
Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 0.8% 2023 unchanged 109th
Prosperity gap 0.8 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2023 down 20.0% 107th
Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1111 2023 down 2.2% 168th
Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.0% 2023 112th
Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 8.3% 2023 down 8.8% 118th
Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 0.2% 2023 unchanged 112th
Population living in slums 0.0% 2022 down 45.3% 155th
Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.867 2023 up 2.8% 14th
Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.867 2023 up 2.8% 14th
Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.867 2023 up 2.8% 14th
Proportion of population below international poverty line 0.0% 2023 122nd
Three metrics of inequality 38.12 2022 down 1.8% 112th
Gini coefficient (before tax) 0.3812 2022 down 1.8% 112th
Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 389.89 2023 up 80.3% 45th
Income share held by second 20% 14.7% 2023 up 1.4% 2nd
Income share held by third 20% 18.1% 2023 up 1.7% 4th
Income share held by fourth 20% 22.2% 2023 up 1.8% 61st
Income share held by highest 20% 35.5% 2023 down 2.5% 118th
Income share held by highest 10% 21.5% 2023 down 4.9% 118th
Income share held by lowest 10% 3.8% 2023 unchanged 11th
Income share held by lowest 20% 9.5% 2023 up 1.1% 11th
Gini index 25.7 2023 down 3.0% 117th
Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 7.0% 2023 unchanged 108th
Total shortfall from extreme poverty 0 international-$ in 2021 prices 2023 down 100.0% 116th
Poverty gap index at $3 a day 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% 116th
At-risk-of-poverty rate by NUTS 2 region 9.6% 2025 down 1.0% 44th
Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank 0.2782 2022 down 4.8% 105th
At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) 16.0% 2025 down 4.8% 45th
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.2782 2022 down 4.8% 105th
Material and social deprivation rate by NUTS 2 region 5.8% 2025 down 45.8% 37th
Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by NUTS 2 region 11.5% 2025 down 11.5% 42nd
Severe material and social deprivation by NUTS 2 region 2.6% 2025 down 42.2% 31st
Income share of the richest 10% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 29.0% 2022 down 4.5% 112th
Income share of the richest 1% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 10.3% 2022 down 8.1% 92nd
Severe material deprivation rate by NUTS 2 region 2.4% 2020 down 61.3% 36th
Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by NUTS 2 region - EU 11.9% 2020 down 17.4% 43rd
Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social 30.7% 2023 down 5.5% 45th
Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% 116th
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita 0.2571 2023 down 2.9% 115th
Total population living in extreme poverty by world region 0 people 2023 down 100.0% 116th