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Czech Republic - Introduction 2016
top of pageBackground: At the close of World War I the Czechs and Slovaks of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire merged to form Czechoslovakia. During the interwar years having rejected a federal system the new country's predominantly Czech leaders were frequently preoccupied with meeting the increasingly strident demands of other ethnic minorities within the republic most notably the Slovaks the Sudeten Germans and the Ruthenians (Ukrainians). On the eve of World War II Nazi Germany occupied the territory that today comprises Czechia and Slovakia became an independent state allied with Germany. After the war a reunited but truncated Czechoslovakia (less Ruthenia) fell within the Soviet sphere of influence. In 1968 an invasion by Warsaw Pact troops ended the efforts of the country's leaders to liberalize communist rule and create 'socialism with a human face' ushering in a period of repression known as 'normalization.' The peaceful 'Velvet Revolution' swept the Communist Party from power at the end of 1989 and inaugurated a return to democratic rule and a market economy. On 1 January 1993 the country underwent a nonviolent 'velvet divorce' into its two national components the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The Czech Republic joined NATO in 1999 and the European Union in 2004. The country changed its short-form name to Czechia in 2016.
Area
Total: 78,867 km²
Land: 77,247 km²
Water: 1620 km²
Rank: 116
Comparative: slightly smaller than South Carolina
Land boundaries
Total: 2,143 km
Border countries: (4) Austria 402 km; Germany 704 km; Poland 796 km; Slovakia 241 km
Terrain: Bohemia in the west consists of rolling plains hills and plateaus surrounded by low mountains; Moravia in the east consists of very hilly country
Elevation
Mean elevation: 433 m
Elevation extremes: lowest point: Labe River 115 m: highest point: Snezka 1602 m
Land use
Agricultural land: 54.8%
arable land: 41%
permanent crops: 1%
permanent pasture: 12.8%
permanent crops: 1%
permanent pasture: 12.8%
Forest: 34.4%
Other: 10.8%
Geography
Note: landlocked; strategically located astride some of oldest and most significant land routes in Europe; Moravian Gate is a traditional military corridor between the North European Plain and the Danube in central Europe
Czech Republic - People 2016
top of pagePopulation
Distribution: a fairly even distribution throughout most of the country but the northern and eastern regions tend to have larger urban concentrations: 10,644,842 (July 2016 est.)
Rank: 87
Growth rate: 0.14% (2016 est.)
Growth rate rank: 191
Below poverty line: 8.6% (2012 est.)
Religions: Roman Catholic 10.4% Protestant (includes Czech Brethren and Hussite) 1.1% other and unspecified 54% none 34.5% (2011 est.)
Age structure
0-14 years: 15.09%
15-24 years: 9.89%
25-54 years: 43.79%
55-64 years: 12.73%
65 years and over: 18.5% (2016 est.)
Dependency ratios
Total dependency ratio: 49.5%
Youth dependency ratio: 22.5%
Elderly dependency ratio: 27%
Potential support ratio: 3.7%
Population distribution: a fairly even distribution throughout most of the country but the northern and eastern regions tend to have larger urban concentrations
Urbanization
Urban population: 73% of total population
Rate of urbanization: 0.35% annual rate of change
Environment
Current issues: air and water pollution in areas of northwest Bohemia and in northern Moravia around Ostrava present health risks; acid rain damaging forests; efforts to bring industry up to EU code should improve domestic pollution
International agreements party to: Air Pollution Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants Air Pollution-Sulfur 85 Air Pollution-Sulfur 94 Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds Antarctic-Environmental Protocol Antarctic Treaty Biodiversity Climate Change Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol Desertification Endangered Species Environmental Modification Hazardous Wastes Law of the Sea Ozone Layer Protection Ship Pollution Wetlands Whaling
International agreements signed but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
Sex ratio
At birth: 1.06 male/female
0-14 years: 1.06 male/female
15-24 years: 1.06 male/female
25-54 years: 1.05 male/female
55-64 years: 0.94 male/female
65 years and over: 0.7 male/female
Total population: 0.97 male/female
Infant mortality rate
Total: 2.6 deaths/1000 live births
Male: 2.8 deaths/1000 live births
Female: 2.5 deaths/1000 live births
Rank: 217
Drinking water source:
urban: 100% of population
rural: 100% of population
total: 100% of population
urban: 0% of population
rural: 0% of population
total: 0% of population (2015 est.)
rural: 100% of population
total: 100% of population
urban: 0% of population
rural: 0% of population
total: 0% of population (2015 est.)
Sanitation facility access:
urban: 99.1% of population
rural: 99.2% of population
total: 99.1% of population
urban: 0.9% of population
rural: 0.8% of population
total: 0.9% of population (2015 est.)
rural: 99.2% of population
total: 99.1% of population
urban: 0.9% of population
rural: 0.8% of population
total: 0.9% of population (2015 est.)
Hivaids
Adult prevalence rate: 0.05% (2013 est.)
Adult prevalence rate rank: 120
People living with hivaids: 3,400 (2013 est.)
People living with hivaids rank: 111
Deaths: fewer than 100 (2013 est.)
Deaths rank: 121
Czech Republic - Government 2016
top of pageCountry name
Conventional long form: Czech Republic
Conventional short form: Czechia
Local long form: Ceska republika
Local short form: Cesko
Etymology: name derives from the Czechs a West Slavic tribe who rose to prominence in the late 9th century A.D.
Capital
Name: Prague
Geographic coordinates: 50 05 N 14 28 E
Time difference: UTC+1
Daylight saving time: +1hr begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October
Administrative divisions: 13 regions (kraje singular - kraj) and 1 capital city* (hlavni mesto); Jihocesky (South Bohemia) Jihomoravsky (South Moravia) Karlovarsky (Karlovy Vary) Kralovehradecky (Hradec Kralove) Liberecky (Liberec) Moravskoslezsky (Moravia-Silesia) Olomoucky (Olomouc) Pardubicky (Pardubice) Plzensky (Pilsen) Praha (Prague)* Stredocesky (Central Bohemia) Ustecky (Usti) Vysocina (Highlands) Zlinsky (Zlin)
Independence: 1 January 1993 (Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia); note - although 1 January is the day the Czech Republic came into being the Czechs commemorate 28 October 1918 the day the former Czechoslovakia declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire as their independence day
Constitution: previous 1960; latest ratified 16 December 1992 effective 1 January 1993; amended several times last in 2013 (2016)
Legal system: new civil code enacted in 2014 replacing civil code of 1964 - based on former Austro-Hungarian civil codes and socialist theory - and reintroducing former Czech legal terminology
International law organization participation: has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; accepts ICCt jurisdiction
Citizenship
Citizenship by birth: no
Citizenship by descent only: at least one parent must be a citizen of the Czech Republic
Dual citizenship recognized: no
Residency requirement for naturalization: 5 years
Executive branch
Chief of state: President Milos ZEMAN
Head of government: Prime Minister Bohuslav SOBOTKA ; First Deputy Prime Minister Andrej BABIS and Deputy Prime Minister Pavel BELOBRADEK (both since 29 January 2014)
Cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president on the recommendation of the prime minister
Electionsappointments: president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 5-year term ; elections last held on 11-12 January 2013 with a runoff on 25-26 January 2013 (next to be held in January 2018); prime minister appointed by the president for a 4-year term
Election results: Milos ZEMAN elected president; percent of popular vote - Milos ZEMAN 54.8% Karel SCHWARZENBERG (TOP 09) 45.2%
Legislative branch
Description: bicameral Parliament or Parlament consists of the Senate or Senat and the Chamber of Deputies or Poslanecka Snemovna (200 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)
Elections: Senate - last held in two rounds on 7-8 and 14-15 October 2016 ; Chamber of Deputies - last held on 25-26 October 2013 (next to be held in 2017)
Election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party as of 15 October 2016 - CSSD 25 KDU-CSL 14 ODS 9 ANO 2011 7 STAN 5 SZ 4 TOP 09 2 SLK 2 S.cz. 2 KSCM 1 Nestranici 1 Citizens Together 1 SsCR 1 Pirate 1 Patriotic Citizens 1 Movement for Prague 1 SPO 1 Ostravak 1 independent 2; Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party - CSSD 20.5% ANO 2011 18.7% KSCM 14.9% TOP 09 12% ODS 7.7% Usvit 6.9% KDU-CSL 6.8% other 12.5%; seats by party - CSSD 50 ANO 2011 47 KSCM 33 TOP 09 + STAN 26 ODS 16 KDU-CSL 14 Usvit 8 independent 6
Judicial branch
Highest court: Supreme Court ; Constitutional Court (consists of 15 justices); Supreme Administrative Court (consists of 28 judges)
Judge selection and term of office: Supreme Court judges proposed by the Chamber of Deputies and appointed by the president; judges appointed for life; Constitutional Court judges appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate; judges appointed for 10-year renewable terms; Supreme Administrative Court judges selected by the president of the Court; judge term unlimited
Subordinate courts: High Court; superior regional and district courts
Political parties and leaders
Parties in parliament: ANO 2011 or ANO [Andrej BABIS]:
Free Citizens Party or Svobodni [Petr MACH]
Freedom and Direct Democracy or SPD [Tomio OKAMURA]
Freedom and Direct Democracy or SPD [Tomio OKAMURA]
Parties outside parliament: Dawn - National Coalition or Usvit [Miroslav LIDINSKY]
International organization participation: Australia Group BIS BSEC (observer) CD CE CEI CERN EAPC EBRD ECB EIB ESA EU FAO IAEA IBRD ICAO ICC (national committees) ICCt ICRM IDA IEA IFC IFRCS ILO IMF IMO IMSO Interpol IOC IOM IPU ISO ITSO ITU ITUC (NGOs) MIGA MONUSCO NATO NEA NSG OAS (observer) OECD OIF (observer) OPCW OSCE PCA Schengen Convention SELEC UN UNCTAD UNESCO UNHCR UNIDO UNWTO UPU WCO WFTU (NGOs) WHO WIPO WMO WTO ZC
Diplomatic representation
In the us chief of mission: Ambassador Petr GANDALOVIC
In the us chancery: 3,900 Spring of Freedom Street NW Washington DC 20,008
In the us telephone: [1] 274-9,100
In the us FAX: [1] 966-8,540
In the us consulate general: Chicago Los Angeles New York
From the us chief of mission: Ambassador Andrew H. SCHAPIRO
From the us embassy: Trziste 15 118 01 Prague 1 - Mala Strana
From the us mailing address: use embassy street address
From the us telephone: [420] 257 022 000
From the us FAX: [420] 257 022 809
Flag description: two equal horizontal bands of white (top) and red with a blue isosceles triangle based on the hoist side
Note: is identical to the flag of the former Czechoslovakia
National anthem
Name: 'Kde domov muj?'
Lyrics and music: Josef Kajetan TYL/Frantisek Jan SKROUP
Note: adopted 1993; the anthem was originally written as incidental music to the play 'Fidlovacka' it soon became very popular as an unofficial anthem of the Czech nation; its first verse served as the official Czechoslovak anthem beginning in 1918 while the second verse (Slovak) was dropped after the split of Czechoslovakia in 1993
Czech Republic - Economy 2016
top of pageEconomy overview:
Czechia is a stable and prosperous market economy that is closely integrated with the EU especially since the country's EU accession in 2004. The auto industry is the largest single industry and together with its upstream suppliers accounts for nearly 24% of Czech manufacturing. Czechia produced more than a million cars for the first time in 2010 over 80% of which were exported.
While the conservative inward-looking Czech financial system has remained relatively healthy the small open export-driven Czech economy remains sensitive to changes in the economic performance of its main export markets especially Germany. When Western Europe and Germany fell into recession in late 2008 demand for Czech goods plunged leading to double digit drops in industrial production and exports. As a result real GDP fell sharply in 2009. The economy slowly recovered in the second half of 2009 and registered weak growth in the next two years. In 2012 and 2013 however the economy fell into a recession again due both to a slump in external demand in the EU and to the government’s austerity measures returning to weak growth in 2014 and stronger growth in 2015.
Foreign and domestic businesses alike voice concerns about corruption especially in public procurement. Other long term challenges include dealing with a rapidly aging population funding an unsustainable pension and health care system and diversifying away from manufacturing and toward a more high-tech services-based knowledge economy.
While the conservative inward-looking Czech financial system has remained relatively healthy the small open export-driven Czech economy remains sensitive to changes in the economic performance of its main export markets especially Germany. When Western Europe and Germany fell into recession in late 2008 demand for Czech goods plunged leading to double digit drops in industrial production and exports. As a result real GDP fell sharply in 2009. The economy slowly recovered in the second half of 2009 and registered weak growth in the next two years. In 2012 and 2013 however the economy fell into a recession again due both to a slump in external demand in the EU and to the government’s austerity measures returning to weak growth in 2014 and stronger growth in 2015.
Foreign and domestic businesses alike voice concerns about corruption especially in public procurement. Other long term challenges include dealing with a rapidly aging population funding an unsustainable pension and health care system and diversifying away from manufacturing and toward a more high-tech services-based knowledge economy.
Real gdp purchasing power parity:
$332.5 billion (2015 est.)
$319 billion (2014 est.)
$312.8 billion (2013 est.)
$319 billion (2014 est.)
$312.8 billion (2013 est.)
Note: data are in 2015 US dollars
Rank: 51
Real gdp per capita:
$31,600 (2015 est.)
$30,300 (2014 est.)
$29,700 (2013 est.)
$30,300 (2014 est.)
$29,700 (2013 est.)
Note: data are in 2015 US dollars
Rank: 59
Gross national saving:
28.2% of GDP (2015 est.)
25.9% of GDP (2014 est.)
24% of GDP (2013 est.)
25.9% of GDP (2014 est.)
24% of GDP (2013 est.)
Rank: 36
Gdp composition by end use
Household consumption: 47%
Government consumption: 19.5%
Investment in fixed capital: 26.3%
Investment in inventories: 1%
Exports of goods and services: 83%
Imports of goods and services: -76.9%
Labor force: 5.517 million (2015 est.)
Rank: 72
By occupation agriculture: 2.6%
By occupation industry: 37.4%
By occupation services: 60%
Budget
Revenues: $76.68 billion
Expenditures: $77.44 billion
Surplus or deficit: -0.4% of GDP (2015 est.)
Surplus or deficit rank: 47
Central bank discount rate:
0.05% (31 December 2013)
0.05% (31 December 2012)
0.05% (31 December 2012)
Note: this is the two-week repo the main rate CNB uses
Rank: 150
Commercial bank prime lending rate:
4.28% (31 December 2015 est.)
4.64% (31 December 2014 est.)
4.64% (31 December 2014 est.)
Rank: 154
Stock of narrow money:
$124.9 billion (31 December 2015 est.)
$122.8 billion (31 December 2014 est.)
$122.8 billion (31 December 2014 est.)
Rank: 29
Stock of broad money:
$152.9 billion (31 December 2014 est.)
$155.7 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$155.7 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
Rank: 50
Stock of domestic credit:
$127.5 billion (31 December 2015 est.)
$137.1 billion (31 December 2014 est.)
$137.1 billion (31 December 2014 est.)
Rank: 49
Market value of publicly traded shares:
$54.92 billion (30 December 3,013 est.)
$59.88 billion (28 December 2012 est.)
$53.2 billion (30 December 2011 est.)
$59.88 billion (28 December 2012 est.)
$53.2 billion (30 December 2011 est.)
Rank: 50
Exports:
$131 billion (2015 est.)
$146.6 billion (2014 est.)
$146.6 billion (2014 est.)
Rank: 33
Commodities: machinery and transport equipment raw materials fuel chemicals
Partners: Germany 32.4% Slovakia 9% Poland 5.8% UK 5.3% France 5.1% Austria 4.1% (2015)
Imports:
$122.5 billion (2015 est.)
$135.9 billion (2014 est.)
$135.9 billion (2014 est.)
Rank: 33
Commodities: machinery and transport equipment raw materials and fuels chemicals
Partners: Germany 30% Poland 9% China 8.3% Slovakia 6.6% Netherlands 5% Austria 4.1% (2015)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$64.49 billion (31 December 2015 est.)
$54.49 billion (31 December 2014 est.)
$54.49 billion (31 December 2014 est.)
Rank: 32
Stock of direct foreign investment at home:
$136.1 billion (31 December 2015 est.)
$146 billion (31 December 2014 est.)
$146 billion (31 December 2014 est.)
Rank: 39
Stock of direct foreign investment abroad:
$41.48 billion (31 December 2015 est.)
$42.98 billion (31 December 2014 est.)
$42.98 billion (31 December 2014 est.)
Rank: 45
Exchange rates:
koruny (CZK) per US dollar -
24.599 (2015 est.)
20.758 (2014 est.)
20.758 (2013 est.)
19.59 (2012 est.)
17.696 (2011 est.)
24.599 (2015 est.)
20.758 (2014 est.)
20.758 (2013 est.)
19.59 (2012 est.)
17.696 (2011 est.)
Czech Republic - Energy 2016
top of pageElectricity
Access electrification total population: 100%
Production: 80 billion kWh (2014 est.)
Production rank: 37
Consumption: 60 billion kWh (2014 est.)
Consumption rank: 42
Exports: 28 billion kWh (2014 est.)
Exports rank: 7
Imports: 12 billion kWh (2014 est.)
Imports rank: 21
Installed generating capacity: 22 million kW (2014 est.)
Installed generating capacity rank: 40
Generation sources fossil fuels: 55.6% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
Generation sources fossil fuels rank: 141
Generation sources nuclear: 18.8% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
Generation sources nuclear rank: 10
Generation sources hydroelectricity: 5.3% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
Generation sources hydroelectricity rank: 125
Generation sources other renewable sources: 14.6% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
Generation sources other renewable sources rank: 21
Petroleum
Petroleum total petroleum production: 2,836 bbl/day (2015 est.)
Petroleum total petroleum production rank: 86
Crude oil exports: 520.1 bbl/day (2015 est.)
Crude oil exports rank: 87
Crude oil imports: 142,500 bbl/day (2015 est.)
Crude oil imports rank: 39
Crude oil proven reserves: 15 million bbl (1 January 2016 es)
Crude oil proven reserves rank: 88
Refined petroleum
Products production: 164,800 bbl/day (2015 est.)
Products production rank: 63
Products consumption: 193,400 bbl/day (2015 est.)
Products consumption rank: 58
Products exports: 53,720 bbl/day (2015 est.)
Products exports rank: 63
Products imports: 82,060 bbl/day (2015 est.)
Products imports rank: 63
Natural gas
Production: 259 million m³ (2014 est.)
Production rank: 76
Consumption: 7.522 billion m³ (2014 est.)
Consumption rank: 53
Exports: 1 million m³ (2014 est.)
Exports rank: 50
Imports: 7.249 billion m³ (2014 est.)
Imports rank: 29
Proven reserves: 3.964 billion m³ (1 January 2016 es)
Proven reserves rank: 95
Carbon dioxide emissions
From consumption of energy: 103 million Mt (2013 est.)
From consumption of energy rank: 41
Czech Republic - Communication 2016
top of pageTelephones
Fixed lines total subscriptions: 1,949,800
Fixed lines subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 18
Fixed lines rank: 60
Mobile cellular total: 13.925 million
Mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 131
Mobile cellular rank: 70
Telephone system
General assessment: good telephone and Internet service; competition among the three major mobile phone services has driven down prices
Domestic: access to the fixed-line telephone network expanded throughout the 1990s but the number of fixed line connections has been dropping since then; mobile telephone usage increased sharply beginning in the mid-1990s and the number of cellular telephone subscriptions now greatly exceeds the population
International: country code - 420; satellite earth stations - 6 (2015)
Broadcast media: roughly 130 TV broadcasters operating some 350 channels with 4 publicly operated and the remainder in private hands; 16 TV stations have national coverage with 4 being publicly operated; cable and satellite TV subscription services are available; 63 radio broadcasters are registered operating roughly 80 radio stations with 15 stations publicly operated; 10 radio stations provide national coverage with the remainder local or regional (2008)
Czech Republic - Military 2016
top of pageMilitary expenditures:
1.04% of GDP (2015)
1.08% of GDP (2014)
1.06% of GDP (2013)
1.13% of GDP (2012)
1.15% of GDP (2011)
1.08% of GDP (2014)
1.06% of GDP (2013)
1.13% of GDP (2012)
1.15% of GDP (2011)
Rank: 94
Military service age and obligation: 18-28 years of age for male and female voluntary military service; no conscription (2012)
Czech Republic - Transportation 2016
top of pageNational air transport system
Number of registered air carriers: 4
Inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 48
Annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 4,971,616
Annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 26,619,650 mt-km
Airports: 128 (2013)
Rank: 46
With paved runways total: 41
With paved runways over 3047 m: 2
With paved runways 2438 to 3047 m: 9
With paved runways 15-24 to 2437 m: 12
With paved runways 914 to 1523 m: 2
With paved runways under 914 m: 16
With unpaved runways total: 87
With unpaved runways 15-24 to 2437 m: 1
With unpaved runways 914 to 1523 m: 25
With unpaved runways under 914 m: 61
Railways
Total: 9,622 km
Standard gauge: 9,520 km 1.435-m gauge
Narrow gauge: 102 km 0.760-m gauge
Rank: 23
Waterways: 664 km (principally on Elbe Vltava Oder and other navigable rivers lakes and canals) (2010)
Rank: 76
Czech Republic - Transnational issues 2016
top of pageDisputes international: while threats of international legal action never materialized in 2007 915,220 Austrians with the support of the popular Freedom Party signed a petition in January 2008 demanding that Austria block the Czech Republic's accession to the EU unless Prague closes its controversial Soviet-style nuclear plant in Temelin bordering Austria
Illicit drugs: transshipment point for Southwest Asian heroin and minor transit point for Latin American cocaine to Western Europe; producer of synthetic drugs for local and regional markets; susceptible to money laundering related to drug trafficking organized crime; significant consumer of ecstasy (2008)
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