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Czechia: Poverty Rate

An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.

Czechia

Latest value

· 2025

9.60% of people

EU 16.23 · -6.6 pp vs Europe

European ranking

30 / 30

No change compared with previous year

Recent trend

Open trend

Population

10.9M

Country population · 2025

What this indicator measures

Measures the share of people whose equivalised disposable income after social transfers is below 60% of the national median. It is a relative-income measure rather than a measure of absolute poverty.

Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.

Data source: Eurostat At-risk-of-poverty rate TESPM010

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· 2025 · 8 regions

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Internal regions

Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.

  1. 1

    Moravskoslezsko

    +32.29

    12.70

  2. 2

    Jihozápad

    +21.88

    11.70

  3. 3

    Severozápad

    +17.71

    11.30

  4. 4

    Severovýchod

    +6.25

    10.20

  5. 5

    Střední Čechy

    +3.12

    9.90

  6. 6

    Střední Morava

    -6.25

    9.00

  7. 7

    Praha

    -29.17

    6.80

  8. 7

    Jihovýchod

    -29.17

    6.80

More context on this indicator

At a glance

Czechia performs more favourably than the European benchmark on At-risk-of-poverty rate, with a large gap. The trend context points to confirmed stability. The wider topic context points to broader relative strength. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.

European comparison in Czechia

In Czechia, Poverty risk stands clearly better than the European benchmark: 9.6% versus 16.2% in 2025, a large gap of 6.6 percentage points.

Recent trend

In Czechia, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 9.50% in 2020 to 9.60% in 2025. The latest value also changes little from 9.50% in 2024, confirming the stable reading.

Regional differences in Czechia

In Czechia, Poverty risk shows noticeable regional variation. Across 8 comparable regions, Moravskoslezsko records the highest value (12.7%) and Praha the lowest (6.8%), a gap of 5.9 percentage points.

Reading within the topic

In Czechia, the evidence for Poverty & Financial Vulnerability leans towards relatively favourable performance compared with Europe, without a clear pressure signal dominating the picture. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards improvement.