CZECHIA

Capital Prague
Area (km2) 78 866
Total population (thousands, 2017) 10 594
Population density (per km2) 134
National currency Czech koruna (CZK)
National statistical office www.czso.cz
Czech Statistical Office
Women in the labour force, 2017
   percentage of total for both sexes 44%
Gender pay gap
   monthly earnings, 2017 21%
   hourly wage, 2017 21%
Women in part-time employment, 2017
   percentage of employed women 12%
Female tertiary students, 2016
   percentage of total for both sexes 57%
Female victims of homicide
   percentage of total for both sexes ..
Women researchers, 2017
   percentage of total for both sexes 27%
Life expectancy at birth, 2017
   females, years 82.0
   males, years 76.1
Life expectancy at 65, 2017
   females, years 19.8
   males, years 16.2
Total fertility rate, 2017
   average number of children per woman 1.7
Adolescent fertility rate, 2017
   number of live births per 1000 women aged 15-19 11.8
Mean age of women at birth of first child, 2017
   age in years 28.2
 
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
Employment
 (% change over previous year)
0.3
0.6
1.4
1.6
1.6
1.3
Unemployment rate
 (%)
7.0
6.1
5.1
4.0
2.9
2.2
Youth unemployment rate
 (%)
19.0
15.9
12.6
10.5
7.9
..
GDP
   current prices, millions of US dollars, PPP, 2018 426 962
GDP, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2018 40 179
Exports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2018 78.4
Imports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2018 72.0
Final consumption expenditure, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2018 27 101
Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
   CZK per USD, US=1, 2018 12.481
Forest resources
   Area of forest
 (percentage of land area, 2015)
 35
   Wood volume
 (m3 per inhabitant, 2015)
 75
Transport infrastructure, road accidents and traffic
   Railways
      total length in kilometres, 2017 9 567
   Motorways
      total length in kilometres, 2017 1 240
   Persons injured in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2017 2 550
   Persons killed in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2017 54
   Traffic, railways
      million passenger-kilometres, 2017 9 498
      million tonne-kilometres, 2017 15 843
   Traffic, roads
      million passenger-kilometres, 2017 90 049
      million tonne-kilometres, 2017 44 274