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Czechia: Housing cost overburden rate
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Country overview
Czechia
Current reading for Housing cost overburden rate in a European context.
Eurostat indicator: Housing cost overburden rate
Latest value
8.20 Percentage of population
Compared with Europe
-0.1 puntos
Czechia is 0.1 points below the European average.
EU: 8.28
Affected population
10.9M
Year: 2025
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Indicator: Housing cost overburden rate
Granularity: Regions
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1
Praha
+85.4015.20
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2
Moravskoslezsko
+17.109.60
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3
Střednà Čechy
+12.209.20
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4
Severozápad
+7.308.80
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5
Jihozápad
-17.106.80
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6
Severovýchod
-17.106.80
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7
Střednà Morava
-30.505.70
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8
Jihovýchod
-42.704.70
More context on this indicator
At a glance
Czechia performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Housing cost overburden rate, although the difference is relatively small. The trend context points to recent reversal. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.
European comparison in Czechia
In Czechia, Housing burden is close to the European benchmark, although slightly worse: 8.2% versus 7.8% in 2025, a gap of 0.4 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Czechia, the medium-term pattern shows deterioration: the value moved from 6.20% in 2021 to 8.20% in 2025. The latest step, from 9.20% in 2024 to 8.20% in 2025, reverses the previous direction and shows recent improvement.
Regional differences in Czechia
In Czechia, regional differences in Housing burden are pronounced. Across 8 comparable regions, Praha records the highest value (15.2%) and Jihovýchod the lowest (4.7%), a gap of 10.5 percentage points.
Reading within the topic
In Czechia, Housing & Energy Stress shows a mixed picture: pressure signals and relative strengths coexist across this indicator and its related indicators compared with Europe. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards improvement.