Housing cost overburden in Czechia

Share of people in households that spend more than 40% of their disposable income on housing: everyone, and people at risk of poverty. All figures for Czechia

Latest housing cost overburden in Czechia
Measure	Latest	Period	EU rank	vs EU median	Among EU countries
Everyone	8.2%	2025	6th highest of 27	+2.1 pp	EU lowest 2.4%EU highest 26.4%
At risk of poverty	43.4%	2025	4th highest of 27	+19.0 pp	EU lowest 7.6%EU highest 82.6%

Where Czechia stands

Every EU country, highest first

Everyone (%) · 6th highest of 27

Greece26.4
Denmark23.4
Germany11.2
Sweden10.8
Estonia8.8
Czechia8.2
Luxembourg8.1
Spain7.2
Bulgaria6.9
Belgium6.7
Netherlands6.5
France6.4
Portugal6.3
Austria6.1
Malta6.0
Latvia5.7
Lithuania5.7
Hungary5.3
Ireland5.3
Italy5.0
Romania5.0
Finland4.7
Poland4.1
Slovakia3.5
Slovenia3.5
Croatia3.2
Cyprus2.4

At risk of poverty (%) · 4th highest of 27

Greece82.6
Denmark69.5
Sweden46.8
Czechia43.4
Germany35.0
Estonia33.3
Austria32.1
Belgium31.3
Luxembourg30.4
Netherlands29.9
Spain28.3
Bulgaria27.0
France25.4
Portugal24.4
Malta23.0
Latvia22.3
Poland21.9
Italy21.7
Hungary21.2
Finland20.7
Lithuania20.2
Slovenia18.7
Ireland17.1
Romania16.9
Slovakia15.4
Croatia14.9
Cyprus7.6

Housing cost overburden, history

All 21 values: Everyone

Period	%
2025	8.2
2024	9.2
2023	9.1
2022	6.9
2021	6.2
2020	6.5
2019	6.9
2018	7.8
2017	8.7
2016	9.5
2015	10.4
2014	10.5
2013	11.7
2012	10.0
2011	9.5
2010	9.7
2009	8.9
2008	12.8
2007	10.3
2006	10.8
2005	10.0

All 21 values: At risk of poverty

Period	%
2025	43.4
2024	47.4
2023	47.4
2022	36.3
2021	38.2
2020	38.9
2019	37.9
2018	41.9
2017	44.2
2016	45.4
2015	48.0
2014	44.1
2013	51.6
2012	46.3
2011	42.3
2010	49.4
2009	43.0
2008	47.5
2007	38.8
2006	38.3
2005	37.6

Cite this figure

allfigures, “Everyone, Czechia, 2025: 8.2%”. Source: Eurostat (CC BY 4.0). https://allfigures.xyz/data/housing-burden/czechia, retrieved 23 Sep 2026.

Source: Eurostat, licence CC BY 4.0. Compiled 23 Sep 2026.