CZECHIA

Capital Prague
Area (km2) 78 866
Total population (thousands, 2023) 10 864
Population density (per km2) 138
National currency Czech koruna (CZK)
National statistical office www.czso.cz
Czech Statistical Office
Women in the labour force, 2023
   percentage of total for both sexes 44%
Gender pay gap
   monthly earnings, 2021 15%
   hourly wage, 2023 18%
Women in part-time employment, 2023
   percentage of employed women 13%
Female tertiary students, 2022
   percentage of total for both sexes 57%
Female victims of homicide, 2019
   percentage of total for both sexes 40%
Women researchers, 2023
   percentage of total for both sexes 28%
Life expectancy at birth, 2023
   females, years 82.9
   males, years 76.9
Life expectancy at 65, 2023
   females, years 20.5
   males, years 16.7
Total fertility rate, 2023
   average number of children per woman 1.5
Adolescent fertility rate, 2023
   number of live births per 1000 women aged 15-19 6.1
Mean age of women at birth of first child, 2023
   age in years 28.9
 
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Employment
 (% change over previous year)
-0.1
-2.3
1.0
1.0
1.0
0.3
Unemployment rate
 (%)
2.0
2.6
2.8
2.2
2.6
..
Youth unemployment rate
 (%)
5.6
8.0
8.2
6.8
8.3
..
GDP
   current prices, millions of US dollars, PPP, 2023 607 027
GDP, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2023 55 803
Exports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2024 69.2
Imports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2024 62.7
Final consumption expenditure, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2023 37 379
Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
   CZK per USD, US=1, 2023 12.551
Forest resources
   Area of forest
 (percentage of land area, 2015)
 35
   Wood volume
 (m3 per inhabitant, 2015)
 75

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Transport infrastructure, road accidents and traffic
   Railways
      total length in kilometres, 2023 9 514
   Motorways
      total length in kilometres, 2023 1 388
   Persons injured in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2021 2 109
   Persons killed in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2021 51
   Traffic, railways
      million passenger-kilometres, 2023 10 144
      million tonne-kilometres, 2023 15 038
   Traffic, roads
      million passenger-kilometres, 2023 101 202
      million tonne-kilometres, 2023 64 806