Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income in Czechia
Czechia: Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income was 7.0% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income in Czechia, 1992–2023
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
The most recent figure for proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income in Czechia is 7.0%, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.7% on the previous year and unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income in Czechia peaked at 7.9% in 2004 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 1993.
That places Czechia 114th out of 130 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income in Czechia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 2.1% | — |
| 1993 | 0.0% | -100.0% |
| 1996 | 5.6% | — |
| 2002 | 7.1% | +26.8% |
| 2004 | 7.9% | +11.3% |
| 2005 | 7.7% | -2.5% |
| 2006 | 7.0% | -9.1% |
| 2007 | 5.9% | -15.7% |
| 2008 | 5.8% | -1.7% |
| 2009 | 6.2% | +6.9% |
| 2010 | 7.1% | +14.5% |
| 2011 | 7.6% | +7.0% |
| 2012 | 6.3% | -17.1% |
| 2013 | 7.0% | +11.1% |
| 2014 | 6.1% | -12.9% |
| 2015 | 6.5% | +6.6% |
| 2016 | 5.4% | -16.9% |
| 2017 | 4.7% | -13.0% |
| 2018 | 4.9% | +4.3% |
| 2019 | 4.7% | -4.1% |
| 2020 | 5.6% | +19.1% |
| 2021 | 5.7% | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 6.5% | +14.0% |
| 2023 | 7.0% | +7.7% |
Czechia compared with similar countries
- Czechia's 7.0% is below the median for high income countries, which is 11.7%, 60% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Czechia's 7.0% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 11.0%, 64% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | -100.0% | 2.1% | 0.0% |
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 infrastructure data for Czechia
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 13.59 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 126.6 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 1.16 million (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 10.79 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.1062 units per person (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate -3.58 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 1.16 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 1.25 units per person (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income in Czechia?
- Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income in Czechia was 7.0% in 2023, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income recorded in Czechia?
- The highest recorded value was 7.9% in 2004.
- What is the lowest proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income recorded in Czechia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 1993.
- How does Czechia rank for proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income?
- Czechia ranks 114th out of 130 countries with data for 2023.
- Is proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income rising or falling in Czechia?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Czechia data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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