5. Density
134/km2 (84th)
Religion
80% Non-declared
or non-religious
10.3% Roman Catholic
Official language
Czech
Nationalities
Area
Total 78,866 km2 (116th)
Water
2%
Czechs
Moravians
Slovakians
Polish
Germans
Romanyes
6 732 104
522 474
149 140
39 269
18 772
13 150
6.
7. NATO on 12 March 1999
1995, the OECD, Czech education system as the 15th best in the
world
Part of Schengen Area and European Union from 1 May 2004
It held the Presidency of the European Union for the first half
of 2009.
The Czech Republic is ranked 30th in the 2012 Index of Economic
Freedom.
Currency is Czech crowns. Euro adaptation not earlier than 2019.
8. Political system
Czech Republic is a multi-party parliamentary representative democratic
republic
Senate of the Parliament
Czech Chamber of Deputies
9. Economics
The principal industries
are:
GDP per capita at
purchasing power parity
was $27,100 in 2011, which
is 85% of the EU average.
• heavy and general machinebuilding
• iron and steel production
• chemical production
• electronics, transportation
equipment
• textiles, glass, brewing, ceramics
Its main agricultural
products are
sugarbeets, fodder
roots, potatoes, wheat, and
hops.
10.
11.
12. GDP (pp.): $273.1 billion (2011)
GDP per capita (pp.): $25,934 (2011)
GDP by sector: Agriculture: 2.9% Industry: 38.7% Services: 58.7% (2008)
Inflation: 1.9% (2011)
Labour Force: 5,370,000 (2008)
Unemployment: 6.5% (Jun 2011)
13.
14. Infrastructure
Václav Havel Airport in Prague is the main international airport in the country. In 2010, it handled
11.6 million passengers, which makes it the busiest airport in Central and Eastern Europe.
15. Czech railways is the main railway operator in the Czech Republic, with about 180 million
passengers carried yearly. Its cargo division, ČD Cargo, is the fifth largest railway cargo
operator in the European Union. With 9,505 km of tracks, the Czech Republic has one of
the densest railway networks in Europe.
16. The road network in the Czech Republic is 55,653 km long. and 738,4 km of motorways
and 439,1 km of expressways. The speed limit is 50 km/h within towns, 90 km/h outside
of towns and 130 km/h on expressways.
19. Prague
Education system
It is the sixth-most-visited European city after
London, Paris, Rome, Madrid and Berlin.
Education in the Czech Republic is free
20. Prague
Education system
It is the sixth-most-visited European city after
London, Paris, Rome, Madrid and Berlin.
Questions
Education in the Czech Republic is free