Low pay rate in Czechia
Czechia: Low pay rate was 16.46 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Low pay rate in Czechia, 1996–2025
Source: International Labour Organization.
Analysis
Czechia recorded 16.46 for low pay rate in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.1% on the previous year and down 20.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, low pay rate in Czechia peaked at 20.65 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0, in 1998.
That places Czechia 50th out of 84 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.
Low pay rate in Czechia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 16.95 | — |
| 1997 | 17.15 | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 0 | -100.0% |
| 1999 | 17.62 | — |
| 2000 | 0 | -100.0% |
| 2001 | 17.44 | — |
| 2002 | 18.39 | +5.4% |
| 2003 | 19.04 | +3.5% |
| 2004 | 19.68 | +3.4% |
| 2005 | 20.03 | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 19.74 | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 19.66 | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 19.7 | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 20.04 | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 20.18 | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 20.15 | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 19.75 | -2.0% |
| 2013 | 19.95 | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 20.26 | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 20.65 | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 19.76 | -4.3% |
| 2017 | 19.87 | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 19.68 | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 18.36 | -6.7% |
| 2020 | 17.77 | -3.2% |
| 2021 | 17.25 | -2.9% |
| 2022 | 17.34 | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 17.49 | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 17.34 | -0.9% |
| 2025 | 16.46 | -5.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 12.93 | 0 | 17.62 | 4 |
| 2000s | 17.37 | 0 | 20.04 | 10 |
| 2010s | 19.86 | 18.36 | 20.65 | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.28 | 16.46 | 17.77 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Czechia
More gender data for Czechia
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) 1,460 (2030)
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth -1.84 % change on previous year (2030)
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 41,789 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 44,173 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 42,484 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 44,924 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 45,538 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 48,027 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 51,753 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 54,318 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is low pay rate in Czechia?
- Low pay rate in Czechia was 16.46 in 2025, according to International Labour Organization.
- What is the highest low pay rate recorded in Czechia?
- The highest recorded value was 20.65 in 2015.
- What is the lowest low pay rate recorded in Czechia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 in 1998.
- How does Czechia rank for low pay rate?
- Czechia ranks 50th out of 84 countries with data for 2025.
- Is low pay rate rising or falling in Czechia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Czechia data come from?
- The figures come from International Labour Organization, published as part of Low pay rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
With the aim of promoting international comparability, statistics presented on ILOSTAT are based on standard international definitions wherever feasible and may differ from official national figures. This measure of earnings dispersion refers to the proportion of employees whose hourly earnings at all jobs were less than two-thirds of median hourly earnings. For more information, refer to the Wages and Working Time Statistics (COND) database description.