Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Sun, 23 Aug 2026 14:20:33 +0200https://english.radio.cz/15-million-czechs-threatened-poverty-8294474© 2026 Radio Prague International A survey released by the Czech Statistics Office released this week has shown that the standard of living in the Czech Republic continues to lag behind western counterparts. Although salaries have gone up, so have expenses and in real terms many households are earning less. Meanwhile, roughly 1.5 million people are living on – or well under – the poverty line. The only good news there is that the number there has gone down by one percent year-on-year. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/bankovky_penezenka.jpg?timestamp=1770217958 https://english.radio.cz/15-million-czechs-threatened-poverty-8294474 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9