Government budget and revenue in Severozápad, Czechia: official figures
The budgets of the regional governments in the Northwest (Severozápad) (Karlovarský kraj, Ústecký kraj) took in CZK 44.1 billion and spent CZK 43.8 billion in 2025, about CZK 40,075 of revenue per resident (4th lowest of 8).
Does Severozápad have a budget deficit?
The regions in the Northwest (Severozápad) together closed 2025 with a budget surplus of CZK 372 million, 0.8% of revenue; in 2024 the balance was +CZK 1.2 billion.
Source: Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ) from Ministry of Finance (FIN 2-12 M) data · saved copyWhere does the money for Severozápad come from?
Taxes made up 32.7% of the regional budget revenue of the Northwest (Severozápad) in 2025 (CZK 14.4 billion) and transfers from the state and EU funds 63.8%, much of it money for teachers' pay passed on to schools.
Source: Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ) from Ministry of Finance (FIN 2-12 M) data · saved copyHow much does Severozápad invest?
Capital investment took 11.2% of the 2025 budget spending of the Northwest (Severozápad) (CZK 4.9 billion), 2nd lowest of 8 among the cohesion regions; Czechia's regions together invested 15.5%.
Source: Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ) from Ministry of Finance (FIN 2-12 M) data · saved copyIs the budget of Severozápad growing?
Budget revenue of the Northwest (Severozápad) grew by 50% between 2019 and 2025, from CZK 29.4 billion to CZK 44.1 billion in current prices.
Source: Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ) from Ministry of Finance (FIN 2-12 M) data · saved copyHow much do councils in Severozápad spend?
Counting the region together with its municipalities and their unions, local government in the Northwest (Severozápad) took in CZK 74,757 per resident in 2024 after consolidation, against CZK 79,553 for Czechia.
Source: Czech Statistical Office (Český statistický úřad, ČSÚ) · saved copyHow Severozápad compares with other statistical regions
Revenue of the regional (kraj) budget per resident, CZK (2025)
Severozápad ranks 5 of 8, highest first. Prague is both a city and a region; its figure is the whole city budget.
| Rank | Region | Revenue of the regional (kraj) budget per resident, CZK |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Jihozápad | CZK 41,104 |
| 3 | Střední Morava | CZK 40,681 |
| 4 | Severovýchod | CZK 40,305 |
| 5 | Severozápad | CZK 40,075 |
| 6 | Jihovýchod | CZK 37,581 |
| 7 | Střední Čechy | CZK 36,056 |
| 8 | Moravskoslezsko | CZK 35,393 |
Capital (investment) spending as % of regional budget spending (2025)
Severozápad ranks 7 of 8, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Capital (investment) spending as % of regional budget spending |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Jihozápad | 17.3 |
| 3 | Severovýchod | 16.9 |
| 4 | Střední Morava | 13.4 |
| 5 | Jihovýchod | 13.3 |
| 6 | Střední Čechy | 11.8 |
| 7 | Severozápad | 11.2 |
| 8 | Moravskoslezsko | 10.6 |
Regional budget balance as % of revenue (2025)
Severozápad ranks 2 of 8, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Regional budget balance as % of revenue |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Praha | 16.3 |
| 2 | Severozápad | 0.8 |
| 3 | Jihozápad | 0.3 |
| 4 | Moravskoslezsko | -0.1 |
| 5 | Jihovýchod | -0.3 |
| 6 | Severovýchod | -1.1 |
| 7 | Střední Morava | -1.2 |
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Sources
- Czech Statistical Office (Český statistický úřad, ČSÚ): Comparison of Regions in the Czech Republic 2025 (Srovnání krajů v České republice 2025), all tables in XLSX, read 24 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 efb6d3c5e32a…)
- Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ) from Ministry of Finance (FIN 2-12 M) data: Budgets of municipalities and regions (Hospodaření obcí a krajů, DataStat dataset WFIN01) by kraj, 2019-2025, data of the Ministry of Finance, read 24 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 7ef657690db2…)
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