Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Czechia
Czechia: Income inequality vs. GDP per capita was 0.2571 in 2023. ▬ Flat
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Czechia, 1992–2023
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Czechia recorded 0.2571 for income inequality vs. gdp per capita in 2023.
The figure is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Czechia peaked at 0.2753 in 2004 and was at its lowest, 0.207, in 1992.
That places Czechia 115th out of 120 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Czechia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 0.207 | — |
| 1993 | 0.2655 | +28.3% |
| 1996 | 0.258 | -2.8% |
| 2002 | 0.2656 | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 0.2753 | +3.7% |
| 2005 | 0.2695 | -2.1% |
| 2006 | 0.2674 | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 0.26 | -2.8% |
| 2008 | 0.2628 | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 0.2616 | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 0.2662 | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 0.2638 | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 0.2611 | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 0.2647 | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 0.2592 | -2.1% |
| 2015 | 0.2587 | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 0.2541 | -1.8% |
| 2017 | 0.2485 | -2.2% |
| 2018 | 0.2499 | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 0.2526 | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 0.2625 | +3.9% |
| 2021 | 0.262 | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 0.2587 | -1.3% |
| 2023 | 0.2571 | -0.6% |
Czechia compared with similar countries
- Czechia's 0.2571 is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.3209, 80% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Czechia's 0.2571 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.3058, 84% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Czechia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +28.3% | 0.207 | 0.2655 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.2435 | 0.207 | 0.2655 | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.266 | 0.26 | 0.2753 | 7 |
| 2010s | 0.2579 | 0.2485 | 0.2662 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2601 | 0.2571 | 0.2625 | 4 |
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 income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Czechia?
- Income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Czechia was 0.2571 in 2023, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Czechia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2753 in 2004.
- What is the lowest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Czechia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.207 in 1992.
- How does Czechia rank for income inequality vs. gdp per capita?
- Czechia ranks 115th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is income inequality vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Czechia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Czechia data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality.