Czech Republic (2025)
15,199
EUR per person per year
+0.4% YoY
YoY Change
+0.4%
year-on-year
vs. EU-27 Average
66.3%
of EU-27 median, 2025
+18pp since 2010
Series length
16
years of data

Data

Median Equivalised Net Income in Czech Republic (2025) — source data. Eurostat.
Year EUR per person YoY Change
2025 15,199 +0.4%
2024 15,133 +10.8%
2023 13,656 +12.4%
2022 12,146 +14.3%
2021 10,625 unchanged
2020 10,627 +6.3%
2019 9,995 +10.0%
2018 9,088 +9.7%
2017 8,282 +5.7%
2016 7,838 +5.6%
2015 7,423 -2.6%
2014 7,622 -0.9%
2013 7,694 -1.2%
2012 7,791 +4.6%
2011 7,451 +5.6%
2010 7,058 n/a

About this Dataset

Czech Republic's median equivalised net income — the typical per-person disposable income after adjusting household income for household size — reached approximately 15,199 EUR in 2025, according to Eurostat's EU-SILC series (ILC_DI03). That marks a 0.4% increase from 15,133 EUR in 2024, following three consecutive years of double-digit growth.

The key metric is convergence: Czech Republic's median income has likely grown from around 49% of the EU-27 average in 2010 to roughly 66% in 2025. Over the same 15 years, Czech Republic's income more than doubled (+115%) while the EU-27 average rose 58% (from about 14,521 EUR to approximately 22,939 EUR). The absolute gap has widened slightly in nominal terms, from close to 7,463 EUR in 2010 to around 7,740 EUR in 2025, even as the proportional gap has likely narrowed — a reminder that percentage convergence and euro-denominated convergence do not necessarily move together.

Convergence has not been linear. The series shows a notable dip between 2013 and 2015 — three straight years of decline (-1.2%, -0.9%, -2.6%) — which likely coincides with the Czech National Bank's 2013–2017 exchange-rate commitment to weaken the koruna against the euro, a policy that would depress EUR-denominated figures independent of underlying wage trends. Growth resumed in 2016, with stronger gains from 2018–2020 and again from 2022–2024, including three consecutive double-digit gains (+14.3%, +12.4%, +10.8%), before falling to +0.4% in 2025.

Coverage and methodology: Eurostat compiles median equivalised net income annually from EU-SILC (Statistics on Income and Living Conditions) microdata, adjusting household disposable income for household size and composition using the modified OECD equivalence scale (first adult = 1, each additional adult 14+ = 0.5, each child under 14 = 0.3). Figures are denominated in current-year euros and are not adjusted for inflation, so cross-year comparisons reflect nominal rather than real purchasing-power changes. The EU-27 aggregate used for comparison is Eurostat's EU27_2020 composition. The Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ) provides the underlying EU-SILC microdata.

Frequently Asked Questions

Eurostat's EU-SILC data (dataset ILC_DI03) put Czech Republic's median equivalised net income at approximately 15,199 EUR per person in 2025, up from 15,133 EUR in 2024 — a modest year-on-year increase of roughly 0.4%. Equivalised income adjusts household disposable income for household size and composition using the modified OECD scale, so the figure represents typical per-person purchasing power rather than a raw household total.

In 2025, Czech Republic's median equivalised net income of roughly 15,199 EUR was about 66% of the EU-27 average of approximately 22,939 EUR, leaving an absolute gap of around 7,740 EUR. That gap has likely narrowed in proportional terms compared with 2010, when Czech Republic's 7,058 EUR was only around 49% of the EU-27's 14,521 EUR, even though the absolute euro gap has widened slightly (from about 7,463 EUR to 7,740 EUR).

Czech Republic's median equivalised net income rose from about 7,058 EUR in 2010 to approximately 15,199 EUR in 2025 — more than doubling, at around +115% over 15 years. The EU-27 average grew far more slowly over the same period, from roughly 14,521 EUR to about 22,939 EUR (+58%), which is the main reason Czech Republic's income has likely been converging toward the EU average rather than merely growing in isolation.

The series shows three consecutive years of decline: -1.2% in 2013 (to 7,694 EUR), -0.9% in 2014 (to 7,622 EUR), and -2.6% in 2015 (to 7,423 EUR). This period likely coincides with the Czech National Bank's exchange-rate commitment (November 2013 to April 2017), under which the koruna was deliberately weakened against the euro to counter deflation risk — since EU-SILC converts local incomes into euros at prevailing rates, a weaker koruna would depress the EUR-denominated figures even if incomes measured in koruna were roughly stable.

Convergence has not been linear. Growth accelerated from 2018 through 2020 (+9.7%, +10.0%, +6.3%), then essentially stalled in 2021 (-0.0%, to 10,625 EUR), before resuming sharply in 2022–2024 with three consecutive double-digit gains (+14.3%, +12.4%, +10.8%). The most recent year, 2025, shows a marked deceleration to just +0.4% growth, suggesting the pace of convergence toward the EU-27 average has likely slowed after the strong 2022–2024 run.