Czechia
Country in Europe
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 10.9M (2025). World rank 88 of 216; in Europe, 12 of 48. Area: 78,865 km². World rank 119 of 249; in Europe, 21 of 52. GDP: $391B (2025). World rank 42 of 210; in Europe, 17 of 47. From 2015 to 2025: population 10.5M → 10.9M, GDP $189.1B → $391B, and GDP per person $17,932 → $35,917.
State
- Official name
- Czech Republic
- Local name
- Česko
- Capital
- Prague
- Region
- Europe
- Form of government
- Parliamentary republic
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Petr Pavel
- Head of government
- Andrej Babiš
- Independence
- January 1, 1993
- Women in parliament
- 33.5% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 10,886,878 2025
- Area
- 78,865 km²
- GDP
- $391B 2025
- GDP per person
- $35,917 2025
- Life expectancy
- 80 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- Czech, Slovak
- Currency
- Czech Koruna (CZK)
- Time zones
- UTC+2
- Calling code
- +420
- Emergency numbers
- 112, 150, 155, 156, 158
- Driving side
- Right
- Plug types
- C, E
- Mains voltage
- 230 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Landlocked
- Coastline, km
- 0
- Neighbours
- Austria, Germany, Poland, Slovakia
- Agricultural land
- 45.8% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Sněžka, 1,602 m
- Lowest point
- Labe River, 115 m
- Mean elevation, m
- 433
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 9
- Warmest month in the capital
- July, 20°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- January, -2°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 677 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 138 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- -0.2% 2025
- Living in cities
- 72.9% 2025
- Net migration per year
- -112.2K 2025
- Born in another country
- 9.5% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 15.1% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 63.7% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 21.2% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 83 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 77.1 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 1.4 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 7.7 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 10.3 2024
Society
- Religions
- no religion 47.8%, other 9.1%, Catholic 7%, and other Christian 6% (2021)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 77.9 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 63.8 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 77.8 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 74 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 79.3 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $60,487 2025
- GDP growth per year
- +2.6% 2025
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- High income
- Gross national income per person
- $32,960 2025
- Inflation
- +2.5% 2025
- Price level, USA = 100
- 59 2025
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 2% 2025
- Industry, share of GDP
- 28.7% 2025
- Services, share of GDP
- 60.8% 2025
- Unemployment
- 2.8% 2025
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 9.2% 2025
- Women in work or seeking work
- 53.5% 2025
Trade and finance
- Exports, share of GDP
- 67% 2025
- Imports, share of GDP
- 61.1% 2025
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- +0.6% 2025
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- +2.7% 2025
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 1.3% 2025
- Tax revenue, share of GDP
- 18.7% 2024
Poverty and inequality
- Gini index (0 = full equality)
- 25.7 2023
- Living on under $3 a day
- 0% 2023
Education
- Primary school enrolment
- 99.7% 2023
- Secondary school enrolment
- 97.6% 2023
- Higher education enrolment
- 66.7% 2023
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 4.3% 2022
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 8.5% 2024
- Health spending per person
- $2,693 2024
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 14.1% 2024
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 4.4 2022
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 9.5 2022
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 6.5 2022
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 89% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 2.1 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 2.6 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 3 2023
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 7.6% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 59.5% 2022
- Adults who use tobacco
- 28.4% 2024
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 98.7% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 99.1% 2024
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 99% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 0.8 2023
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 5.9 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 13.3 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 83.5 2025
- Natural hazards
- floods
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 12.8 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 7.1 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 9.2 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 38.4% 2024
- Protected areas
- 21.9% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 1,232 2022
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 22% 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 87.7% 2024
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 127 2024
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 38.9 2024
- Internet domain
- .cz
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 100% 2024
- Electricity use, kWh per person
- 6,042 2025
- Renewable share of energy use
- 17.2% 2021
- Electricity from renewables
- 14% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 40% 2025
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 2,175,763 2023
- Airports
- 252 2025
- Railways, km
- 9,548 2020
Science and innovation
- Research spending, share of GDP
- 1.8% 2023
- Researchers per million people
- 4,505 2023
- Scientific articles per year
- 13,409 2023
- Patent applications by residents
- 463 2024
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 22.4% 2024