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Czechia and Poland

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Czechia

Poland

The widest gap is Housing costs over 40% of income: Czechia 8.2% against Poland 4.1%, 4.1 points apart.

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The faint tick on each bar is the EU27 figure.

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Czechia
Poland

People

Median age0.9 years
44.3 years
43.4 years
Life expectancy at birth1.6 years
80.1 years
78.5 years
People3.35×
10.9m
36.5m
People per square kilometre18.9%
141 per km²
119 per km²
Women in the population0.7 points
50.9%
51.7%
Born abroad7.4 points
10.0%
2.6%
Born outside the EU5.3 points
7.2%
1.9%

Money and work

Disposable income per person5.6%
€15,199
€14,394
Average net income7.4%
€16,735
€15,588
Take-home pay, average-wage worker9.5%
€20,901
€19,086
Gross pay, average-wage worker0.5%
€26,773
€26,628
Minimum wage21.2%
€923
€1,119
In work, age 20 to 644.1 points
82.9%
78.8%
Out of work0.3 points
2.8%
3.1%
Hours worked a week0.8 hours
39.3 hours
40.1 hours
At risk of poverty3.6 points
9.6%
13.2%
Housing costs over 40% of income4.1 points
8.2%
4.1%
GDP per person29.2%
€31,880
€24,680

Family and home

People at home21.7%
2.3
2.8
Households with children1.3 points
33.1%
31.8%
Children per woman19.3%
1.36
1.14
Own their home12.1 points
75.1%
87.2%

Health and daily life

Hospital beds1.9%
640 per 100,000 people
628 per 100,000 people
Doctors11.4%
430 per 100,000 people
386 per 100,000 people
Nurses58.9%
906 per 100,000 people
570 per 100,000 people

Education

With a degree11.3 points
28.7%
40.0%
Students per 1,000 people21.3%
31.5 per 1,000 people
38.2 per 1,000 people

Public spending

Public spending on them10.1%
€12,612
€11,457
Tax raised per person18.5%
€10,311
€8,704
Government debt15.4 points
44.3%
59.7%

Country and infrastructure

Land area3.95×
78,871 km²
311,928 km²
Railway density92.9%
123.2 per 1,000 km²
63.9 per 1,000 km²
Motorway density3.13×
19.3 per 1,000 km²
6.2 per 1,000 km²
Cars per 1,000 people2.9%
621 per 1,000 people
639 per 1,000 people
Households with internet0.7 points
95.5%
96.2%
Tourist nights per resident2.03×
5.42
2.67

Environment

Renewable energy0.4 points
19.1%
18.7%
Land under forest7.5 points
38.4%
30.9%

Where €100 of public spending goes

Every euro each general government spends, sorted into the ten functions all 27 countries report against. Open a row for the ranking of 27 and what sits inside it.

Czechia

Poland

Function
Czechia
Poland
10.9%
10.5%
3.0%
6.0%
3.8%
4.8%
12.8%
12.4%
2.0%
1.4%
2.0%
1.2%
21.1%
12.4%
3.0%
2.9%
10.6%
11.3%
30.9%
37.0%

Reference year 2024. Total public spending €100.00 in every column, so the ten shares always add up to one hundred.

Frequently asked: Czechia and Poland

  1. Which covers more ground: Czechia or Poland?

    The gap is 3.95×: Poland 311,928, Czechia 78,871. Total area of the country, inland water included. Eurostat · Land area & People per square kilometre · 2026. See the figure

  2. Where were more residents born abroad: Czechia or Poland?

    The gap is 7.4 points: Czechia 10.0%, Poland 2.6%. Share of residents born in another country. Eurostat records country of birth, not ethnicity. Eurostat · Born abroad & Born outside the EU · 2025. See the figure

  3. Where do more people live: Czechia or Poland?

    The gap is 3.35×: Poland 36.5m, Czechia 10.9m. People usually resident in the country on 1 January. Eurostat · People & Women in the population · 2025. See the figure

  4. Where do housing costs eat more of the income: Czechia or Poland?

    The gap is 4.1 points: Czechia 8.2%, Poland 4.1%. Share whose housing costs exceed 40% of their disposable income. Eurostat · Housing costs over 40% of income · 2025. See the figure

  5. Which spends a larger share of its budget on defence: Czechia or Poland?

    The gap is 2.9 points: Poland 6.0%, Czechia 3.0%. Armed forces, defence equipment, military aid abroad, and defence research. Eurostat · Public spending by function · 2024. See the figure

  6. Where is there more railway per 1,000 km²: Czechia or Poland?

    The gap is 92.9%: Czechia 123.2, Poland 63.9. Railway line in use for every 1,000 square kilometres of the country. Eurostat · Railway network & Railway density · 2024. See the figure

  7. Where do more adults hold a degree: Czechia or Poland?

    The gap is 11.3 points: Poland 40.0%, Czechia 28.7%. Share of adults whose highest completed education is a university or other tertiary degree. Eurostat · With a degree · 2025. See the figure

  8. Which has more forest: Czechia or Poland?

    The gap is 7.5 points: Czechia 38.4%, Poland 30.9%. Share of the land area under forest. Eurostat · Land under forest · 2025. See the figure

  9. Where are more children born per woman: Czechia or Poland?

    The gap is 19.3%: Czechia 1.36, Poland 1.14. Children a woman would bear over her life at today’s age-specific birth rates. Eurostat · Children per woman & Age at first child · 2024. See the figure

  10. Where are there more doctors per 100,000 people: Czechia or Poland?

    The gap is 11.4%: Czechia 430, Poland 386. Practising doctors, per 100,000 residents. Eurostat · Doctors · 2024. See the figure

Medians where possible, per-capita averages for spending. This person is a composite of published statistics, not the most common person in the country.