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Slovakia and Czechia

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Slovakia

Czechia

The widest gap is Housing costs over 40% of income: Czechia 8.2% against Slovakia 3.5%, 4.7 points apart.

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The faint tick on each bar is the EU27 figure.

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Slovakia
Czechia

People

Median age1.3 years
43.0 years
44.3 years
Life expectancy at birth1.7 years
78.4 years
80.1 years
People2.01×
5.4m
10.9m
People per square kilometre27.0%
111 per km²
141 per km²
Women in the population0.2 points
51.1%
50.9%
Born abroad6.0 points
4.0%
10.0%
Born outside the EU6.1 points
1.1%
7.2%

Money and work

Disposable income per person17.0%
€12,990
€15,199
Average net income20.8%
€13,857
€16,735
Take-home pay, average-wage worker15.5%
€18,097
€20,901
Gross pay, average-wage worker10.4%
€24,240
€26,773
Minimum wage0.9%
€915
€923
In work, age 20 to 644.8 points
78.1%
82.9%
Out of work2.6 points
5.4%
2.8%
Hours worked a week0.2 hours
39.5 hours
39.3 hours
At risk of poverty2.6 points
12.2%
9.6%
Housing costs over 40% of income4.7 points
3.5%
8.2%
GDP per person27.2%
€25,060
€31,880

Family and home

People at home34.8%
3.1
2.3
Households with children9.0 points
42.1%
33.1%
Children per woman7.4%
1.46
1.36
Own their home18.7 points
93.8%
75.1%

Health and daily life

Hospital beds14.7%
558 per 100,000 people
640 per 100,000 people
Doctors8.9%
395 per 100,000 people
430 per 100,000 people

Education

With a degree1.1 points
29.8%
28.7%
Students per 1,000 people21.2%
26.0 per 1,000 people
31.5 per 1,000 people

Public spending

Public spending on them10.7%
€11,394
€12,612
Tax raised per person11.4%
€9,259
€10,311
Government debt17.1 points
61.4%
44.3%

Country and infrastructure

Land area60.8%
49,035 km²
78,871 km²
Railway density65.4%
74.5 per 1,000 km²
123.2 per 1,000 km²
Motorway density8.3%
17.8 per 1,000 km²
19.3 per 1,000 km²
Cars per 1,000 people21.3%
512 per 1,000 people
621 per 1,000 people
Households with internet3.0 points
92.5%
95.5%
Tourist nights per resident2.01×
2.7
5.42

Environment

Renewable energy2.8 points
16.3%
19.1%
Land under forest1.4 points
39.8%
38.4%

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.

Slovakia

Czechia

Function
Slovakia
Czechia
11.5%
10.9%
2.9%
3.0%
4.9%
3.8%
11.5%
12.8%
1.6%
2.0%
1.0%
2.0%
14.6%
21.1%
2.4%
3.0%
10.8%
10.6%
38.8%
30.9%

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

Frequently asked: Slovakia and Czechia

  1. Where were more residents born abroad: Slovakia or Czechia?

    The gap is 6.0 points: Czechia 10.0%, Slovakia 4.0%. 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

  2. Where do housing costs eat more of the income: Slovakia or Czechia?

    The gap is 4.7 points: Czechia 8.2%, Slovakia 3.5%. Share whose housing costs exceed 40% of their disposable income. Eurostat · Housing costs over 40% of income · 2025. See the figure

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

    The gap is 2.01×: Czechia 10.9m, Slovakia 5.4m. People usually resident in the country on 1 January. Eurostat · People & Women in the population · 2025. See the figure

  4. Where is unemployment higher: Slovakia or Czechia?

    The gap is 2.6 points: Slovakia 5.4%, Czechia 2.8%. Share of 15 to 74 year olds in the labour force who are without work and looking for it. Eurostat · Out of work · 2025. See the figure

  5. Where is there more railway per 1,000 km²: Slovakia or Czechia?

    The gap is 65.4%: Czechia 123.2, Slovakia 74.5. Railway line in use for every 1,000 square kilometres of the country. Eurostat · Railway network & Railway density · 2024. See the figure

  6. Which spends more on health per resident: Slovakia or Czechia?

    The gap is 59.8%: Czechia €2,657, Slovakia €1,663. Hospitals, doctors, medicines and medical equipment, and public health programmes. Eurostat · Public spending by function · 2024. See the figure

  7. Where do more people share a home: Slovakia or Czechia?

    The gap is 34.8%: Slovakia 3.1, Czechia 2.3. Average number of people living in a private household. Eurostat · People per household · 2025. See the figure

  8. Where are there more university students per 1,000 people: Slovakia or Czechia?

    The gap is 21.2%: Czechia 31.5, Slovakia 26.0. People in higher education, per 1,000 residents. Eurostat · University students & Students per 1,000 people · 2024. See the figure

  9. Where does more energy come from renewables: Slovakia or Czechia?

    The gap is 2.8 points: Czechia 19.1%, Slovakia 16.3%. Share of final energy use that comes from renewable sources. Eurostat · Renewable energy · 2025. See the figure

  10. Where are there more hospital beds per 100,000 people: Slovakia or Czechia?

    The gap is 14.7%: Czechia 640, Slovakia 558. Beds available in hospitals, per 100,000 residents. Eurostat · Hospital beds · 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.