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Browse additional economic indicators and data sets, selected by Global Finance editors, to learn more about The Czech Republic economic outlook, debt to GDP ratio, international trade performance and population trends. Rankings of The Czech Republic best banks and safest banks are also available.
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USD 85 billion (2016)
International Monetary Fund (IMF), data retrieved January 2017
USD 201.1 billion (2017, estimate)
Intl$ 368.0 billion (2017, estimate)
2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
6.9% | 5.5% | 2.7% | -4.8% | 2.3% | 2% | -0.8% |
2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016* | 2017* | ||
-0.5% | 2.7% | 4.5% | 2.5% | 2.7% |
*Estimate
USD 19,002.0 (2017, estimate)
1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2017* |
N/A | N/A | 0.33% | 0.31% | 0.3% |
*Estimate
(2016 estimate)
2% (2014)
2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016* | 2017* |
1.4% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.6% | 1.9% |
*Estimate
2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016* | 2017* |
7.0% | 6.1% | 5.0% | 4.1% | 4.1% |
*Estimate
2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016* | 2017* |
44.9% | 42.2% | 40.3% | 39.8% | 38.8% |
*Estimate
2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016* | 2017* |
-1.2% | -1.9% | -0.4% | -0.6% | -0.6% |
*Estimate
Standard & Poor's: AA-
Moody's: A1
Standard & Poor's / Moody's (Updated January 2017)
2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
N/A | N/A | N/A |
1.1% (2017 estimate)
83.0% (2015)
1.0% (2015)
0.5% (2015)
Machinery and transport equipment, raw materials, fuel, chemicals
Machinery and transport equipment, raw materials and fuels, chemicals
Germany 32.4%, Slovakia 9%, Poland 5.8%, UK 5.3%, France 5.1%, Austria 4.1% (2015)
Germany 30%, Poland 9%, China 8.3%, Slovakia 6.6%, Netherlands 5%, Austria 4.1% (2015)
2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
USD 3,639 million | USD 5,492 million | USD 1,223 million |
2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
USD 4,019 million | USD 1,620 million | USD 2,305 million |
2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
USD 474.2 million | USD 3998.3 million | USD 1.3 million | USD -6.9 million |
N/A
N/A
Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business. A high ease of doing business ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.
Overall ranking: 27 out of 190 countries (2016)
Subcategories:
Starting a business: 81 out of 190 countries
Enforcing Contracts: 68 out of 190 countries
Registering Property: 31 out of 190 countries
Getting credit: 32 out of 190 countries
Protecting investors: 53 out of 190 countries
Trading across border: 1 out of 190 countries
Paying Taxes: 53 out of 190 countries
Dealing with Construction Permits: 130 out of 190 countries
Getting Electricity: 13 out of 190 countries
Resolving Insolvency: 26 out of 190 countries
31 out of 138 countries
(2016-2017)
Ranking: 21 / Score: 73.22 (Mostly free) (2017)
(100=totally free 0=totally repressed)
Czech (official) 95.4%, Slovak 1.6%, other 3% (2011 census)
Roman Catholic 10.4%, Protestant (includes Czech Brethren and Hussite) 1.1%, other and unspecified 54%, none 34.5% (2011 est.)
1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2016* | 2021* |
N/A | 10.278 million | 10.462 million | 10.561 million | 10.666 million |
*Estimate
1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2015 |
60% | 75% | 74% | 73% |
Total population: 99%
Male: 99%
Female: 99% (2011 est.)
0.1% (2012)
26.1 (2012)
(0=perfect equality, 100=absolute inequality)
Political Rights: 1
Civil Liberties: 1 (2017)
(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating)
Fixed 17.56% Mobile 123.16% (2015)
(fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)