Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank in Czechia
Czechia: Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank was 0.2782 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank in Czechia, 1980–2022
Source: World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Czechia recorded 0.2782 for gini coefficient: world inequality database vs. world bank in 2022.
The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and down 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gini coefficient: world inequality database vs. world bank in Czechia peaked at 0.3157 in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.1975, in 1981.
That places Czechia 105th out of 109 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.2048 | 0.1975 | 0.2129 | 4 |
| 1990s | 0.2928 | 0.2249 | 0.3153 | 8 |
| 2000s | 0.2957 | 0.2788 | 0.3157 | 8 |
| 2010s | 0.2886 | 0.2781 | 0.2989 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2766 | 0.2755 | 0.2782 | 3 |
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)
- 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)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 33.7% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.088 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.077 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.077 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.0969 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 25.6% (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.1111 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gini coefficient: world inequality database vs. world bank in Czechia?
- Gini coefficient: world inequality database vs. world bank in Czechia was 0.2782 in 2022, according to World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest gini coefficient: world inequality database vs. world bank recorded in Czechia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3157 in 2008.
- What is the lowest gini coefficient: world inequality database vs. world bank recorded in Czechia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1975 in 1981.
- How does Czechia rank for gini coefficient: world inequality database vs. world bank?
- Czechia ranks 105th out of 109 countries with data for 2022.
- Is gini coefficient: world inequality database vs. world bank rising or falling in Czechia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Czechia data come from?
- The figures come from World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank. 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. Inequality is measured here in terms of income after taxes and benefits.