Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Czechia
Czechia: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day was 25.4% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 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 $30 a day in Czechia stood at 25.4%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.7% on the previous year and down 42.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Czechia peaked at 90.3% in 1992 and was at its lowest, 18.5%, in 2021.
That places Czechia 96th 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 $30 a day in Czechia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 90.3% | — |
| 1993 | 84.2% | -6.8% |
| 1996 | 75.8% | -9.9% |
| 2002 | 68.8% | -9.2% |
| 2004 | 61.7% | -10.3% |
| 2005 | 59.2% | -4.1% |
| 2006 | 53.3% | -10.0% |
| 2007 | 47.9% | -10.1% |
| 2008 | 45.8% | -4.3% |
| 2009 | 43.3% | -5.4% |
| 2010 | 43.6% | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 42.5% | -2.6% |
| 2012 | 44.1% | +3.8% |
| 2013 | 44.0% | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 41.5% | -5.7% |
| 2015 | 37.1% | -10.6% |
| 2016 | 33.4% | -9.9% |
| 2017 | 29.8% | -10.8% |
| 2018 | 25.9% | -13.2% |
| 2019 | 23.4% | -9.6% |
| 2020 | 23.1% | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 18.5% | -20.0% |
| 2022 | 23.4% | +26.4% |
| 2023 | 25.4% | +8.7% |
Czechia compared with similar countries
- Czechia's 25.4% is above the median for high income countries, which is 19.3%, 1.3× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Czechia's 25.4% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 40.5%, 63% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Czechia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +26.4% | 18.5% | 23.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 83.4% | 75.8% | 90.3% | 3 |
| 2000s | 54.3% | 43.3% | 68.8% | 7 |
| 2010s | 36.5% | 23.4% | 44.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 22.6% | 18.5% | 25.4% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Czechia
More poverty & inequality data for Czechia
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 $30 a day in Czechia?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Czechia was 25.4% 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 $30 a day recorded in Czechia?
- The highest recorded value was 90.3% in 1992.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day recorded in Czechia?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.5% in 2021.
- How does Czechia rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day?
- Czechia ranks 96th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day rising or falling in Czechia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 42.3%. 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 $30 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 $30 per day.