Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Czechia
Czechia: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 was 43.2% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Czechia, 1992–2021
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Czechia is 43.2%, measured in 2021. That is the lowest value across all 22 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 9.7% on the previous year and down 38.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Czechia peaked at 96.7% in 1992 and was at its lowest, 43.2%, in 2021.
Czechia ranks 94th of 119 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Czechia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 96.7% | — |
| 1993 | 92.7% | -4.2% |
| 1996 | 89.5% | -3.4% |
| 2002 | 84.7% | -5.3% |
| 2004 | 81.4% | -4.0% |
| 2005 | 80.2% | -1.4% |
| 2006 | 76.5% | -4.6% |
| 2007 | 73.4% | -4.1% |
| 2008 | 72.1% | -1.7% |
| 2009 | 69.9% | -3.1% |
| 2010 | 69.8% | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 69.7% | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 71.3% | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 71.3% | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 68.7% | -3.6% |
| 2015 | 65.2% | -5.1% |
| 2016 | 62.0% | -4.9% |
| 2017 | 59.1% | -4.7% |
| 2018 | 54.6% | -7.7% |
| 2019 | 49.9% | -8.6% |
| 2020 | 47.9% | -3.9% |
| 2021 | 43.2% | -9.7% |
Czechia compared with similar countries
- Czechia's 43.2% is above the median for high income countries, which is 27.5%, 1.6× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Czechia's 43.2% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 56.8%, 76% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 93.0% | 89.5% | 96.7% | 3 |
| 2000s | 76.9% | 69.9% | 84.7% | 7 |
| 2010s | 64.2% | 49.9% | 71.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 45.6% | 43.2% | 47.9% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Czechia
More poverty & inequality data for Czechia
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 $30 a day (2011 prices) in Czechia?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Czechia was 43.2% in 2021, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Czechia?
- The highest recorded value was 96.7% in 1992.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Czechia?
- The lowest recorded value was 43.2% in 2021.
- How does Czechia rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices)?
- Czechia ranks 94th out of 119 countries with data for 2021.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) rising or falling in Czechia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 38.0%. 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 (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $30 per day.