🇨🇿Czechia housing cost overburden rate
Czechia's housing cost overburden rate is 8.2% as of 2025, from official Eurostat data. It fell from 9.2% the previous year. Over the period shown it has ranged from 6.2% to 12.8%. That is 0.4 percentage points above the euro-area average of 7.8% — the 9th of 30 European countries that report it.
Housing cost overburden rate · Czechia
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Source: Eurostat (ilc_lvho07a) · data through 2025 · released 2026-09-17 · modifications: none
The housing cost overburden rate is the share of the population living in households that spend more than 40% of their disposable income on housing, after housing allowances. Housing costs include utilities such as water, electricity, gas and heating. It comes from the EU-SILC household survey and is published once a year.
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Czechia housing cost overburden rate — frequently asked questions
- What is Czechia's housing cost overburden rate?
- Czechia's housing cost overburden rate is 8.2% as of 2025, from official Eurostat data.
- How does Czechia's housing cost overburden rate compare with the euro area?
- It is the 9th-highest of 30 European countries that report it, against a euro-area average of 7.8%.
- Is Czechia's housing cost overburden rate rising or falling?
- It fell from 9.2% to 8.2% in the latest reading (2025).
- What does “housing cost overburden rate” measure?
- The housing cost overburden rate is the share of the population living in households that spend more than 40% of their disposable income on housing, after housing allowances. Housing costs include utilities such as water, electricity, gas and heating. It comes from the EU-SILC household survey and is published once a year.