Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% of the median in Czechia
Czechia: Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% of the median was 7.0% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% of the median in Czechia, 1992–2023
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median in Czechia is 7.0%, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of up 6.7% on the previous year and down 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median in Czechia peaked at 7.9% in 2004 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 1993.
Czechia ranks 105th of 120 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% of the median in Czechia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 2.1% | — |
| 1993 | 0.0% | -100.0% |
| 1996 | 5.6% | — |
| 2002 | 7.1% | +26.8% |
| 2004 | 7.9% | +11.2% |
| 2005 | 7.7% | -2.5% |
| 2006 | 7.0% | -9.3% |
| 2007 | 5.9% | -15.3% |
| 2008 | 5.8% | -2.4% |
| 2009 | 6.2% | +6.8% |
| 2010 | 7.1% | +15.7% |
| 2011 | 7.6% | +7.1% |
| 2012 | 6.3% | -17.2% |
| 2013 | 7.0% | +10.7% |
| 2014 | 6.1% | -12.9% |
| 2015 | 6.5% | +5.7% |
| 2016 | 5.4% | -16.3% |
| 2017 | 4.7% | -12.9% |
| 2018 | 4.9% | +4.7% |
| 2019 | 4.7% | -5.3% |
| 2020 | 5.6% | +19.7% |
| 2021 | 5.7% | +2.6% |
| 2022 | 6.5% | +13.7% |
| 2023 | 7.0% | +6.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.6% | 0.0% | 5.6% | 3 |
| 2000s | 6.8% | 5.8% | 7.9% | 7 |
| 2010s | 6.0% | 4.7% | 7.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.2% | 5.6% | 7.0% | 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 relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median in Czechia?
- Relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median in Czechia was 7.0% in 2023, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median recorded in Czechia?
- The highest recorded value was 7.9% in 2004.
- What is the lowest relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median recorded in Czechia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 1993.
- How does Czechia rank for relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median?
- Czechia ranks 105th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median rising or falling in Czechia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% of the median. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below 50% of the median.