Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex in Czechia
Czechia: Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex was 0.077 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Latest (2023)
0.077
Change on year
down 2.1%
World rank
199th
of 236 countries
All-time high
0.1688
in 1950
All-time low
0.077
in 2023
Years of data
74
1950–2023
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex in Czechia, 1950–2023
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Czechia recorded 0.077 for lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 74 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.1% on the previous year and down 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex in Czechia peaked at 0.1688 in 1950 and was at its lowest, 0.077, in 2023.
That places Czechia 199th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex in Czechia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 0.1688 | — |
| 1951 | 0.1581 | -6.3% |
| 1952 | 0.143 | -9.5% |
| 1953 | 0.1334 | -6.7% |
| 1954 | 0.1241 | -7.0% |
| 1955 | 0.1221 | -1.6% |
| 1956 | 0.1197 | -2.0% |
| 1957 | 0.1181 | -1.3% |
| 1958 | 0.1138 | -3.6% |
| 1959 | 0.1116 | -2.0% |
| 1960 | 0.1103 | -1.2% |
| 1961 | 0.1084 | -1.7% |
| 1962 | 0.1093 | +0.8% |
| 1963 | 0.1097 | +0.4% |
| 1964 | 0.1082 | -1.4% |
| 1965 | 0.1111 | +2.7% |
| 1966 | 0.1091 | -1.8% |
| 1967 | 0.1094 | +0.3% |
| 1968 | 0.1087 | -0.7% |
| 1969 | 0.1115 | +2.6% |
| 1970 | 0.1099 | -1.4% |
| 1971 | 0.1087 | -1.1% |
| 1972 | 0.1085 | -0.2% |
| 1973 | 0.1059 | -2.5% |
| 1974 | 0.1062 | +0.3% |
| 1975 | 0.105 | -1.1% |
| 1976 | 0.1035 | -1.4% |
| 1977 | 0.1035 | -0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.1029 | -0.6% |
| 1979 | 0.1022 | -0.7% |
| 1980 | 0.1014 | -0.8% |
| 1981 | 0.1008 | -0.6% |
| 1982 | 0.1 | -0.8% |
| 1983 | 0.0996 | -0.4% |
| 1984 | 0.0995 | -0.1% |
| 1985 | 0.0977 | -1.8% |
| 1986 | 0.0981 | +0.4% |
| 1987 | 0.097 | -1.0% |
| 1988 | 0.0976 | +0.6% |
| 1989 | 0.095 | -2.6% |
| 1990 | 0.0971 | +2.2% |
| 1991 | 0.0968 | -0.3% |
| 1992 | 0.0964 | -0.5% |
| 1993 | 0.0938 | -2.7% |
| 1994 | 0.0926 | -1.2% |
| 1995 | 0.0928 | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 0.0904 | -2.6% |
| 1997 | 0.0907 | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 0.0882 | -2.9% |
| 1999 | 0.0872 | -1.1% |
| 2000 | 0.0868 | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 0.0864 | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 0.0859 | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 0.0851 | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 0.0841 | -1.2% |
| 2005 | 0.0838 | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 0.0827 | -1.2% |
| 2007 | 0.0822 | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 0.0822 | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.0816 | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 0.081 | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 0.0807 | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 0.0802 | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 0.0794 | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 0.0787 | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 0.0781 | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 0.0795 | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 0.078 | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 0.0786 | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 0.079 | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 0.0777 | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 0.0818 | +5.4% |
| 2022 | 0.0787 | -3.8% |
| 2023 | 0.077 | -2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.1313 | 0.1116 | 0.1688 | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.1096 | 0.1082 | 0.1115 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.1056 | 0.1022 | 0.1099 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0987 | 0.095 | 0.1014 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0926 | 0.0872 | 0.0971 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0841 | 0.0816 | 0.0868 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0793 | 0.078 | 0.081 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0788 | 0.077 | 0.0818 | 4 |
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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 lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex in Czechia?
- Lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex in Czechia was 0.077 in 2023, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex recorded in Czechia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1688 in 1950.
- What is the lowest lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex recorded in Czechia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.077 in 2023.
- How does Czechia rank for lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex?
- Czechia ranks 199th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex rising or falling in Czechia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Czechia data come from?
- The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Level of inequality in lifespans, measured between 0 and 1.