Housing cost overburden rate in Czechia

8.2% of people in Czechia spent more than 40% of their disposable income on housing in 2025.

Measure: Housing cost overburden rate Unit: % of population Data: 2005 to 2025 Source: Eurostat
Czechia, 2025 8.2% % of population
Change from 2024 −1.0percentage points 2024: 9.2%
European Union, 2025 7.6% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025 6.1% Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2025 8th of 31 See the full ranking

Housing cost overburden rate in Czechia over time

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% of population. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Housing cost overburden rate (% of population), 2005 to 2025
Period CzechiaEuropean Union
2025 8.2% 7.6%
2024 9.2% 8.2%
2023 9.1% 8.8%
2022 6.9% 8.7%
2021 6.2% 8.7%
2020 6.5% 7.8%
2019 6.9% 9.4%
2018 7.8% 9.6%e (estimated)
2017 8.7% 10.1%e (estimated)
2016 9.5% 10.9%e (estimated)
2015 10.4% 11.2%e (estimated)
2014 10.5% 11.5%e (estimated)
2013 11.7% 11.6%
2012 10.0% 11.5%
2011 9.5% 10.6%
2010 9.7% 10.0%
2009 8.9% –
2008 12.8% –
2007 10.3% –
2006 10.8% –
2005 10.0% –

Flags: e estimated . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • That is a change of −1.0 percentage points from 9.2% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 10.4%, the figure has changed by −2.2 percentage points.
  • Among the 31 countries with data for 2025, Czechia has the 8th highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 7.6%.

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Eurostat
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
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ilc_lvho07a · dataset details · view at source
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freq=A unit=PC rskpovth=TOTAL age=TOTAL sex=T
Observation period
2005 to 2025 for Czechia
Provider update
29 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
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Attribution
Source: Eurostat