At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions included in) in Czechia
Czechia: At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions included in) was 26.6% in 2025. ▼ Falling
At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions included in) in Czechia, 2005–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
The most recent figure for at-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions included in) in Czechia is 26.6%, measured in 2025.
The figure is down 1.5% on the previous year and down 9.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, at-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions included in) in Czechia peaked at 30.8% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 26.4%, in 2019.
That places Czechia 44th out of 47 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions included in) in Czechia, year by year
| Year | Percentage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 30.8% | — |
| 2006 | 30.6% | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 29.9% | -2.3% |
| 2008 | 28.8% | -3.7% |
| 2009 | 27.8% | -3.5% |
| 2010 | 28.1% | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 28.7% | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 29.2% | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 28.2% | -3.4% |
| 2014 | 29.4% | +4.3% |
| 2015 | 29.4% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 29.3% | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 27.4% | -6.5% |
| 2018 | 26.5% | -3.3% |
| 2019 | 26.4% | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 26.6% | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 27.8% | +4.5% |
| 2022 | 27.1% | -2.5% |
| 2023 | 27.1% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 27.0% | -0.4% |
| 2025 | 26.6% | -1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 29.6% | 27.8% | 30.8% | 5 |
| 2010s | 28.3% | 26.4% | 29.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 27.0% | 26.6% | 27.8% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Czechia
More poverty & inequality data for Czechia
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.45 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 6,070 kg per hectare (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 2.37 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 33.7 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 33.7% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is at-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions included in) in Czechia?
- At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions included in) in Czechia was 26.6% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest at-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions included in) recorded in Czechia?
- The highest recorded value was 30.8% in 2005.
- What is the lowest at-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions included in) recorded in Czechia?
- The lowest recorded value was 26.4% in 2019.
- How does Czechia rank for at-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions included in)?
- Czechia ranks 44th out of 47 countries with data for 2025.
- Is at-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions included in) rising or falling in Czechia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Czechia data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions included in social transfers) by poverty threshold, age and sex - EU-SILC and ECHP surveys. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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