Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Czechia
Czechia: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day was 52.5% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Czechia, 1992–2023
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Czechia stood at 52.5%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.7% on the previous year and down 28.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Czechia peaked at 97.0% in 1992 and was at its lowest, 45.7%, in 2021.
That places Czechia 94th out of 120 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Czechia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 97.0% | — |
| 1993 | 93.2% | -4.0% |
| 1996 | 90.2% | -3.2% |
| 2002 | 85.9% | -4.8% |
| 2004 | 82.7% | -3.7% |
| 2005 | 81.4% | -1.6% |
| 2006 | 77.8% | -4.4% |
| 2007 | 75.2% | -3.4% |
| 2008 | 73.9% | -1.6% |
| 2009 | 71.9% | -2.7% |
| 2010 | 71.7% | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 71.7% | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 73.1% | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 73.1% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 70.5% | -3.5% |
| 2015 | 67.0% | -5.1% |
| 2016 | 64.0% | -4.4% |
| 2017 | 61.1% | -4.5% |
| 2018 | 56.8% | -7.0% |
| 2019 | 52.2% | -8.1% |
| 2020 | 50.2% | -3.8% |
| 2021 | 45.7% | -9.0% |
| 2022 | 51.6% | +12.8% |
| 2023 | 52.5% | +1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 93.5% | 90.2% | 97.0% | 3 |
| 2000s | 78.4% | 71.9% | 85.9% | 7 |
| 2010s | 66.1% | 52.2% | 73.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 50.0% | 45.7% | 52.5% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Czechia
More poverty & inequality data for Czechia
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Czechia?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Czechia was 52.5% in 2023, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Czechia?
- The highest recorded value was 97.0% in 1992.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Czechia?
- The lowest recorded value was 45.7% in 2021.
- How does Czechia rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day?
- Czechia ranks 94th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day rising or falling in Czechia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $40 per day.