What butter, diesel and a mortgage cost: Czech data in one place
A kilo of butter cost CZK 137.96 in September, CZK 165.39 in January. A litre of diesel costs CZK 47.51, CZK 32.99 a year ago. The rate on net new mortgages is 5.17%, 4.59% a year ago. These and other figures from ČSÚ, the ČNB and the Ministry of Finance are now on hedger in one place, with history and source.
The Czech Statistical Office, the Czech National Bank and the Ministry of Finance publish figures on the Czech economy every week, each in a different place and format. hedger now gathers them on three pages: Czechia in figures, Food and goods prices and Czechia and the EU. Here is what they show right now.
Food: many staples are cheaper than in January
ČSÚ works out average prices from shops' till data. January against September 2026:
| Item | January 2026 | September 2026 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Butter, 1 kg | CZK 165.39 | CZK 137.96 | −16.6% |
| Eggs, 10 | CZK 57.30 | CZK 45.14 | −21.2% |
| Edam, 1 kg | CZK 197.23 | CZK 170.73 | −13.4% |
| Plain flour, 1 kg | CZK 15.37 | CZK 13.53 | −12.0% |
| Bread, 1 kg | CZK 45.00 | CZK 44.74 | −0.6% |
| Apples, 1 kg | CZK 34.60 | CZK 35.71 | +3.2% |
| Potatoes, 1 kg | CZK 14.65 | CZK 15.30 | +4.4% |
| Onions, 1 kg | CZK 16.47 | CZK 19.45 | +18.1% |
Fruit and vegetables follow the seasons, so January against September is not a fair comparison for them. We work out a change in % only within 2026: ČSÚ uses a new dataset from January and doesn't say it compares directly with the older one. Each of the 86 items has its own page with a chart since 2009, each year's average and the data to download.
Fuel: 28 to 44% dearer than a year ago
Natural 95 averaged CZK 43.82 a litre in the week of 26 Oct 2026, against CZK 34.22 a year before (week of 27 Oct 2025). Diesel cost CZK 47.51 against CZK 32.99. That makes petrol 28% dearer and diesel 44%.
Oil rose over the same time: a barrel of US WTI closed at USD 61.31 on 27 Oct 2025 and at USD 101.76 on 26 Oct 2026, 66% higher. The dollar also gained a little on the crown, so oil rose a bit more in crowns.
Mortgages: two different figures that get mixed up
The ČNB reports two average rates, and the difference matters. The rate on net new mortgages was 5.17% in September, 4.59% a year ago. The rate on all newly signed contracts was 4.97%, 4.54% a year ago. The second figure includes refixes and refinancing.
The volumes show the gap too: net new mortgages came to CZK 26.5 bn in September, all new contracts to CZK 64.7 bn. To see what people actually borrow at for new housing, follow the first one.
Wages and inflation
The average gross wage was CZK 51,966 in Q2 2026 according to ČSÚ, 6.4% more than a year before, 4.3% more after inflation. Inflation was 2.5% in September, 1.9% in August.
Czechia and the EU
Eurostat works out the same figures for all 27 countries by one method, so they compare directly. Unemployment was 2.8% in Czechia in September against 6.2% in the EU, the lowest of all 27 countries. By the same method inflation was 2.2% against 3.8% in the EU; ČSÚ reports 2.5% because its index has a different consumer basket. Government debt was 43.8% of GDP in Q2 against 82.9% in the EU. On the other side, the long-term bond yield was 5.24% in September against 4.20%, the fourth highest in the EU.
What is on the pages and how to quote it
- Czechia in figures: prices, wages, GDP, confidence, housing, trade, mortgages and loans, PRIBOR, deposits, reserves and state bond auctions since 2005.
- Food and goods prices: 86 items month by month.
- Czechia and the EU: 13 figures for every EU country with its place and history.
- Each figure comes with its period, source and a Cite button that prepares a sentence to copy, the data as CSV and a picture with a chart.
The mortgage and loan data come from the ARAD database (Source: ČNB ARAD); we converted amounts to billions of crowns and rounded the rates. Prices and wages come from ČSÚ, the EU comparison from Eurostat, the oil price from Yahoo Finance.
Informational text, written with AI assistance, not investment advice. Figures as of 2 Nov 2026; the linked pages have the current ones.