Overcrowding rate in Czechia
16.7% of people in Czechia lived in an overcrowded home in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest since 2016.
Czechia, 2025
16.7%
Change from 2024
+0.1percentage points
European Union, 2025
16.8%
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025
14.2%
Position in 2025
14th of 31
Overcrowding 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.
| Period | Czechia | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16.7% | 16.8% |
| 2024 | 16.6% | 16.9% |
| 2023 | 15.9% | 16.8% |
| 2022 | 15.1% | 16.8% |
| 2021 | 15.4% | 17.3% |
| 2020 | 15.2% | 17.4% |
| 2019 | 15.4% | 17.1% |
| 2018 | 15.7% | 17.1%e (estimated) |
| 2017 | 16.0% | 17.5%e (estimated) |
| 2016 | 17.9% | 17.9%e (estimated) |
| 2015 | 18.7% | 18.1%e (estimated) |
| 2014 | 19.9% | 18.1%e (estimated) |
| 2013 | 21.0% | 18.3%e (estimated) |
| 2012 | 21.1% | 18.4%e (estimated) |
| 2011 | 21.1% | 18.4%e (estimated) |
| 2010 | 22.5% | 19.1%e (estimated) |
| 2009 | 26.6% | – |
| 2008 | 29.8% | – |
| 2007 | 32.7% | – |
| 2006 | 33.8% | – |
| 2005 | 33.6% | – |
Flags: e estimated . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 16.6% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 18.7%, the figure has changed by −2.0 percentage points.
- Among the 31 countries with data for 2025, Czechia has the 14th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 16.8%.
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