Czechia

Czech Republic

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Background: At the close of World War I, the Czechs and Slovaks of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire merged to form Czechoslovakia, a parliamentarian democracy. 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 when the pro-Soviet Communist party staged a coup in February 1948. In 1968, an invasion by fellow 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 formally added the short-form name Czechia in 2016, while also continuing to use the full form name, the Czech Republic.

Location: Central Europe, between Germany, Poland, Slovakia, and Austria
Geographic coordinates: 49 45 N, 15 30 E
Map references: Europe
Area: total: 78,867 sq km
land: 77,247 sq km
water: 1,620 sq km
Area - comparative: about two-thirds the size of Pennsylvania; slightly smaller than South Carolina
Land boundaries: total: 2,046 km
border countries: Austria 402 km; Germany 704 km; Poland 699 km; Slovakia 241 km
Coastline: 0 km (landlocked)
Maritime claims: none (landlocked)
Climate: temperate; cool summers; cold, cloudy, humid winters
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: highest point: Snezka 1,602 m
lowest point: Labe (Elbe) River 115 m
mean elevation: 433 m
Natural resources: hard coal, soft coal, kaolin, clay, graphite, timber, arable land
Land use: agricultural land: 45.8% (2023 est.)
agricultural land: arable land: arable land: 32.7% (2023 est.)
agricultural land: permanent crops: permanent crops: 0.5% (2023 est.)
agricultural land: permanent pasture: permanent pasture: 12.5% (2023 est.)
forest: 38.2% (2023 est.)
other: 16% (2023 est.)
Irrigated land: 220 sq km (2022)
Major rivers (by length in km): Labe (Elbe) river source (shared with Germany [m]) - 1,252 kmnote: [s] after country name indicates river source; [m] after country name indicates river mouth
Major watersheds (area sq km): Atlantic Ocean drainage: (Black Sea) Danube (795,656 sq km)
Population distribution: a fairly even distribution throughout most of the country, but the northern and eastern regions tend to have larger urban concentrations
Natural hazards: flooding
Geography - note: note 1: landlocked; strategically located on 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 Europenote 2: the Hranice Abyss in Czechia is the world's deepest surveyed freshwater cave at 519 m (1,703 ft); its survey is not complete, and it may be up to 800-1,200 m (2,625-3,937 ft) deep

Population: total: 10,838,703 (2025 est.)
male: 5,337,128
female: 5,501,575
Nationality: noun: Czech(s)
adjective: Czech
Ethnic groups: Czech 57.3%, Moravian 3.4%, other 7.7%, unspecified 31.6% (2021 est.)
Languages: Languages: Czech (official) 88.4%, Slovak 1.5%, other 2.6%, unspecified 7.2% (2021 est.)
major-language sample(s): World Factbook, nepostradatelný zdroj základních informací. (Czech)The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information.
Religions: Roman Catholic 7%, other believers belonging to a church or religious society 6% (includes Evangelical United Brethren Church and Czechoslovak Hussite Church), believers unaffiliated with a religious society 9.1%, none 47.8%, unspecified 30.1% (2021 est.)
Age structure: 0-14 years: 15.7% (male 871,303/female 826,896)
15-64 years: 63.8% (male 3,542,298/female 3,373,127)
65 years and over: 20.5% (2024 est.) (male 922,136/female 1,302,130)
Dependency ratios: total dependency ratio: 56.5 (2025 est.)
youth dependency ratio: 24.3 (2025 est.)
elderly dependency ratio: 32.2 (2025 est.)
potential support ratio: 3.1 (2025 est.)
Median age: total: 44.4 years (2025 est.)
male: 42.7 years
female: 45.7 years
Population growth rate: -0.02% (2025 est.)
Birth rate: 9.56 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Death rate: 11.82 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Net migration rate: 2.02 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)
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: 74.6% of total population (2023)
rate of urbanization: 0.2% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Major urban areas - population: 1.323 million PRAGUE (capital) (2023)
Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.71 male(s)/female
total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2024 est.)
Mother's mean age at first birth: 28.5 years (2020 est.)
Maternal mortality ratio: 3 deaths/100,000 live births (2023 est.)
Infant mortality rate: total: 2.5 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)
male: 2.7 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 2.4 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 78.6 years (2024 est.)
male: 75.6 years
female: 81.8 years
Total fertility rate: 1.73 children born/woman (2025 est.)
Gross reproduction rate: 0.84 (2025 est.)
Drinking water source: improved: urban: urban: 99.9% of population (2022 est.)
improved: rural: rural: 99.8% of population (2022 est.)
improved: total: total: 99.9% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: urban: urban: 0.1% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: rural: rural: 0.2% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: total: total: 0.1% of population (2022 est.)
Health expenditure: Health expenditure (as % of GDP): 9.5% of GDP (2021)
Health expenditure (as % of national budget): 16.7% of national budget (2022 est.)
Physician density: 4.35 physicians/1,000 population (2022)
Hospital bed density: 6.6 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)
Sanitation facility access: improved: urban: urban: 100% of population (2022 est.)
improved: rural: rural: 100% of population (2022 est.)
improved: total: total: 100% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: urban: urban: 0% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: rural: rural: 0% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: total: total: 0% of population (2022 est.)
Obesity - adult prevalence rate: 26% (2016)
Alcohol consumption per capita: total: 12.73 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
beer: 6.77 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
wine: 2.73 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
spirits: 3.24 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
other alcohols: 0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Tobacco use: total: 26.8% (2025 est.)
male: 30.8% (2025 est.)
female: 23% (2025 est.)
Currently married women (ages 15-49): 53.7% (2021 est.)
Education expenditure: Education expenditure (% GDP): 4.3% of GDP (2022 est.)
Education expenditure (% national budget): 10% national budget (2022 est.)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education): total: 17 years (2022 est.)
male: 16 years (2022 est.)
female: 18 years (2022 est.)

Environmental issues: air and water pollution (including acid rain) in areas of northwest Bohemia and in northern Moravia around Ostrava; pollution from industry, mining, and agriculture
International environmental agreements: party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Heavy Metals, Air Pollution-Multi-effect Protocol, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic-Environmental Protection, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
Climate: temperate; cool summers; cold, cloudy, humid winters
Land use: agricultural land: 45.8% (2023 est.)
agricultural land: arable land: arable land: 32.7% (2023 est.)
agricultural land: permanent crops: permanent crops: 0.5% (2023 est.)
agricultural land: permanent pasture: permanent pasture: 12.5% (2023 est.)
forest: 38.2% (2023 est.)
other: 16% (2023 est.)
Urbanization: urban population: 74.6% of total population (2023)
rate of urbanization: 0.2% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Carbon dioxide emissions: total emissions: 79.901 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
from coal and metallurgical coke: 41.667 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
from petroleum and other liquids: 25.707 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
from consumed natural gas: 12.527 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
Particulate matter emissions: 15 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)
Waste and recycling: municipal solid waste generated annually: 5.335 million tons (2024 est.)
percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 37.3% (2022 est.)
Total water withdrawal: municipal: 626 million cubic meters (2022)
industrial: 776 million cubic meters (2022)
agricultural: 44 million cubic meters (2022)
Total renewable water resources: 13.15 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)
Geoparks: total global geoparks and regional networks: 1
global geoparks and regional networks: Bohemian Paradise (2023)

Country 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.; the tribal name is said to come from an ancestral chief
Government type: parliamentary republic
Capital: name: Prague
geographic coordinates: 50 05 N, 14 28 E
time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October
etymology: the name may derive from the old Slavic word "praga" or "prah," meaning "threshold;" it could also be related to the same Slavic root word as the modern Czech "pražiti," a term for woodland cleared by burning
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)
Legal system: new civil code enacted in 2014, replacing civil code of 1964 based on former Austro-Hungarian civil codes and socialist theory
Constitution: history: previous 1960; latest ratified 16 December 1992, effective 1 January 1993
amendment process: passage requires at least three-fifths concurrence of members present in both houses of Parliament
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 Czechia
dual citizenship recognized: no
residency requirement for naturalization: 5 years
Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
Executive branch: chief of state: President Petr PAVEL (since 9 March 2023)
head of government: Prime Minister Andrej BABIS (since 9 December 2025)
cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president on the recommendation of the prime minister
election/appointment process: president directly elected by absolute-majority popular vote in 2 rounds, if needed, for a 5-year term (limited to 2 consecutive terms); prime minister appointed by the president for a 4-year term
most recent election date: 13-14 January 2023, with a second round on 27-28 January 2023
election results: 2023: Petr PAVEL elected in the second round; percent of vote in the first round - Petr PAVEL (independent) 35.4%, Andrej BABIS (ANO) 35%, Danuse NERUDOVA (Mayors and Independents) 13.9%, Pavel FISCHER (independent) 6.8%; percent of vote in the second round - Petr PAVEL 58.3%, Andrej BABIS 41.6%2018: Milos ZEMAN reelected president in the second round; percent of vote - Milos ZEMAN (SPO) 51.4%, Jiri DRAHOS (independent) 48.6%
expected date of next election: by January 2028
Legislative branch: legislature name: Parliament (Parlament)
legislative structure: bicameral
Legislative branch - lower chamber: chamber name: Chamber of Deputies (Poslanecka Snemovna)
number of seats: 200 (all directly elected)
electoral system: proportional representation
scope of elections: full renewal
term in office: 4 years
most recent election date: 10/3/2025 to 10/4/2025
parties elected and seats per party: ANO (80); SPOLU (52); Mayors and independents (STAN) (22); Czech Pirate Party (18); Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD) (15); Motoristé sobě (AUTO) (13)
percentage of women in chamber: 33.5%
expected date of next election: October 2029
Legislative branch - upper chamber: chamber name: Senate (Senat)
number of seats: 81 (all directly elected)
electoral system: plurality/majority
scope of elections: partial renewal
term in office: 6 years
most recent election date: 9/20/2024 to 9/28/2024
parties elected and seats per party: Civic Democratic Party (ODS) (8); Christian Democratic Union - Czechoslovak People's Party (KDU - CSL) (7); TOP 09 (3); ANO 2011 (3); Independents (2); Other (4)
percentage of women in chamber: 21.3%
expected date of next election: September 2026
Judicial branch: highest court(s): Supreme Court (organized into Civil Law and Commercial Division, and Criminal Division each with a court chief justice, vice justice, and several judges); Constitutional Court (consists of 15 justices); Supreme Administrative Court (consists of 36 judges, including the court president and vice president, and organized into 6-, 7-, and 9-member chambers)
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; unlimited terms
subordinate courts: High Court; regional and district courts
Political parties: Action of Dissatisfied Citizens or ANO (Akce nespokojených občanů)Christian and Democratic Union - Czechoslovak People's Party or KDU-ČSLCivic Democratic Party or ODSCommunist Party of Bohemia and Moravia or KSČMCzech Pirate Party or PirátiForMOST or ProMOSTFreedom and Direct Democracy or SPDIndependents or NEZMayors and Independents or STANMayors for the Liberec Region or SLKPřísahaSenator 21 or SEN 21Social Democracy SOCDEMSvobodniTradition Responsibility Prosperity 09 or TOP 09Tábor 2020 or T2020United Democrats - Association of Independents or SD-SN
Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Miloslav STA&Scaron;EK (since 16 September 2022)
chancery: 3900 Spring of Freedom Street NW, Washington, DC 20008-3803
telephone: [1] (202) 274-9100
FAX: [1] (202) 966-8540
email address and website: washington@embassy.mzv.czhttps://www.mzv.cz/washington/
consulate(s) general: Chicago, Los Angeles, New York
Diplomatic representation from the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Nicholas MERRICK (since 23 October 2025)
embassy: Trziste 15, 118 01 Praha 1 - Mala Strana
mailing address: 5630 Prague Place, Washington DC 20521-5630
telephone: [420] 257-022-000
FAX: [420] 257-022-809
email address and website: ACSPrg@state.govhttps://cz.usembassy.gov/
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, UNOOSA, UNWTO, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC
Independence: 1 January 1993 (Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia)
National holiday: Czechoslovak Founding Day, 28 October (1918)
Flag: description: two equal horizontal bands of white (top) and red with a blue isosceles triangle based on the left side
National symbol(s): silver (or white) double-tailed rampant lion
National color(s): white, red, blue
National anthem(s): title: "Kde domov muj?" (Where is My Home?)
lyrics/music: Josef Kajetan TYL/Frantisek Jan SKROUP
history: adopted 1993; the anthem was originally written as incidental music for the play "Fidlovacka" (1834), but it soon became popular as an unofficial anthem of the Czech nation; its first verse served as the official Czechoslovak anthem beginning in 1918, and the second verse (Slovak) was dropped after Czechoslovakia was dissolved in 1993
National heritage: total World Heritage Sites: 17 (16 cultural, 1 natural)
selected World Heritage Site locales: Historic Prague (c); Historic Telč (c); Historic Český Krumlov (c); Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape (c); Historic Kutná Hora (c); Holy Trinity Column, Olomouc (c); Karlovy Vary Spa (c); Zatec and the Landscape of Saaz Hops; Žatec and the Landscape of Saaz Hops (n)

Economic overview: high-income, diversified EU economy; manufacturing-oriented exporter led by automotive industry; moderate growth driven by household consumption and investments, despite negative contribution from net exports; tight labor market with low unemployment; gained energy independence from Russian oil in April 2025
Real GDP (purchasing power parity): Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2024: $521.928 billion (2024 est.)
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2023: $516.145 billion (2023 est.)
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2022: $516.431 billion (2022 est.)
Real GDP growth rate: Real GDP growth rate 2024: 1.1% (2024 est.)
Real GDP growth rate 2023: -0.1% (2023 est.)
Real GDP growth rate 2022: 2.8% (2022 est.)
Real GDP per capita: Real GDP per capita 2024: $48,000 (2024 est.)
Real GDP per capita 2023: $47,500 (2023 est.)
Real GDP per capita 2022: $48,400 (2022 est.)
GDP (official exchange rate): $345.037 billion (2024 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices): Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2024: 2.4% (2024 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2023: 10.7% (2023 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2022: 15.1% (2022 est.)
GDP - composition, by sector of origin: agriculture: 1.5% (2024 est.)
industry: 30.2% (2024 est.)
services: 59.5% (2024 est.)
GDP - composition, by end use: household consumption: 44% (2023 est.)
government consumption: 19.7% (2023 est.)
investment in fixed capital: 27.3% (2023 est.)
investment in inventories: 0.7% (2023 est.)
exports of goods and services: 69% (2023 est.)
imports of goods and services: -64% (2023 est.)
Agricultural products: wheat, sugar beets, milk, barley, rapeseed, potatoes, maize, triticale, pork, chicken (2023)
Industries: motor vehicles, metallurgy, machinery and equipment, glass, armaments
Industrial production growth rate: -1% (2024 est.)
Labor force: 5.541 million (2024 est.)
Unemployment rate: Unemployment rate 2024: 2.6% (2024 est.)
Unemployment rate 2023: 2.6% (2023 est.)
Unemployment rate 2022: 2.3% (2022 est.)
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24): total: 8.4% (2024 est.)
male: 8.2% (2024 est.)
female: 8.6% (2024 est.)
Population below poverty line: 10.2% (2021 est.)
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income: Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income 2022: 25.9 (2022 est.)
Average household expenditures: on food: 15.7% of household expenditures (2023 est.)
on alcohol and tobacco: 7.7% of household expenditures (2023 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 3.8% (2022 est.)
highest 10%: 21.8% (2022 est.)
Remittances: Remittances 2024: 1.2% of GDP (2024 est.)
Remittances 2023: 1.2% of GDP (2023 est.)
Remittances 2022: 1.4% of GDP (2022 est.)
Budget: revenues: $94.01 billion (2022 est.)
expenditures: $106.07 billion (2022 est.)
Public debt: Public debt 2016: 36.8% of GDP (2016 est.)
Taxes and other revenues: 12.6% (of GDP) (2022 est.)
Current account balance: Current account balance 2024: $6.047 billion (2024 est.)
Current account balance 2023: -$432.727 million (2023 est.)
Current account balance 2022: -$13.644 billion (2022 est.)
Exports: Exports 2024: $239.259 billion (2024 est.)
Exports 2023: $236.103 billion (2023 est.)
Exports 2022: $219.419 billion (2022 est.)
Exports - partners: Germany 29%, Slovakia 7%, Poland 6%, France 5%, UK 5% (2023)
Exports - commodities: cars, vehicle parts/accessories, broadcasting equipment, computers, plastic products (2023)
Imports: Imports 2024: $216.741 billion (2024 est.)
Imports 2023: $219.09 billion (2023 est.)
Imports 2022: $216.042 billion (2022 est.)
Imports - partners: Germany 22%, China 17%, Poland 8%, Slovakia 5%, Italy 4% (2023)
Imports - commodities: broadcasting equipment, vehicle parts/accessories, cars, plastic products, computers (2023)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2024: $146.281 billion (2024 est.)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2023: $148.379 billion (2023 est.)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2022: $139.981 billion (2022 est.)
Exchange rates: Currency: koruny (CZK) per US dollar -
Exchange rates 2024: 23.217 (2024 est.)
Exchange rates 2023: 22.198 (2023 est.)
Exchange rates 2022: 23.357 (2022 est.)
Exchange rates 2021: 21.678 (2021 est.)
Exchange rates 2020: 23.21 (2020 est.)

Electricity access: electrification - total population: 100% (2022 est.)
Electricity: installed generating capacity: 21.802 million kW (2023 est.)
consumption: 63.628 billion kWh (2023 est.)
exports: 22.648 billion kWh (2023 est.)
imports: 13.465 billion kWh (2023 est.)
transmission/distribution losses: 3.012 billion kWh (2023 est.)
Electricity generation sources: fossil fuels: 45.1% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)
nuclear: 40.1% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)
solar: 4.2% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)
wind: 0.9% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)
hydroelectricity: 2.6% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)
biomass and waste: 7% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)
Nuclear energy: Number of operational nuclear reactors: 6 (2025)
Net capacity of operational nuclear reactors: 3.96GW (2025 est.)
Percent of total electricity production: 40% (2023 est.)
Coal: production: 31.946 million metric tons (2023 est.)
consumption: 33.239 million metric tons (2023 est.)
exports: 2.128 million metric tons (2023 est.)
imports: 4.09 million metric tons (2023 est.)
proven reserves: 3.595 billion metric tons (2023 est.)
Petroleum: total petroleum production: 4,000 bbl/day (2023 est.)
refined petroleum consumption: 219,000 bbl/day (2024 est.)
crude oil estimated reserves: 15 million barrels (2021 est.)
Natural gas: production: 163.333 million cubic meters (2023 est.)
consumption: 6.499 billion cubic meters (2023 est.)
imports: 6.812 billion cubic meters (2023 est.)
proven reserves: 3.964 billion cubic meters (2021 est.)
Energy consumption per capita: Total energy consumption per capita 2023: 136.306 million Btu/person (2023 est.)

Telephones - fixed lines: total subscriptions: 1.16 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 11 (2024 est.)
Telephones - mobile cellular: total subscriptions: 13.6 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 127 (2024 est.)
Broadcast media: 22 national TV stations, with 17 privately owned; publicly operated Czech Television has 5 national channels; over 350 TV channels, many through cable, satellite, and IPTV subscription services; 63 radio broadcasters operate over 80 radio stations, including 7 multiregional radio stations or networks; publicly owned broadcaster Czech Radio operates 4 national, 14 regional, and 4 Internet stations; both Czech Radio and Czech Television are partly financed through a license fee (2019)
Internet country code: .cz
Internet users: percent of population: 86% (2023 est.)
Broadband - fixed subscriptions: total: 4.1 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 38 (2023 est.)

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix: OK
Airports: 252 (2025)
Heliports: 107 (2025)
Railways: total: 9,548 km (2020) 3,242 km electrified

Military and security forces: Czech Armed Forces: Land Forces, Air Force, Special Forces (2025)
Military expenditures: Military Expenditures 2025: 2% of GDP (2025 est.)
Military Expenditures 2024: 2.1% of GDP (2024 est.)
Military Expenditures 2023: 1.5% of GDP (2023 est.)
Military Expenditures 2022: 1.3% of GDP (2022 est.)
Military Expenditures 2021: 1.4% of GDP (2021 est.)
Military and security service personnel strengths: approximately 28,000 active-duty military personnel (2025)
Military equipment inventories and acquisitions: the Czech military has a mix of domestically produced, Soviet-era, and more recently acquired modern weapons and equipment from such suppliers as France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, and the US; its domestic defense industry produces such items as armored combat vehicles and light attack aircraft (2025)
Military service age and obligation: 18-28 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; conscription abolished 2004 (2025)
Military deployments: up to 130 Lithuania (NATO); 130 Slovakia (NATO) (2024)
Military - note: the Czech military is responsible for national and territorial defense, assisting civil authorities during natural disasters or other emergencies, boosting border security alongside the police, participating in international peacekeeping operations, and supporting its collective security commitments to the EU and NATO, both of which Czechia considers pillars of its national security strategy; Czechia is a member of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, contributes to UN peacekeeping operations, and actively participates in EU military and security missions under the EU Common Security and Defense Policy; the Czech military has been an active member of NATO since the country joined in 2009 and participates in a variety of NATO’s collective defense missions, including contributing to the Enhanced Forward Presence in Eastern Europe, Baltic Air Policing operations, rapid response forces, and operations in Kosovo; it also exercises regularly with NATO partners and maintains close bilateral ties to a number of militaries particularly partner members of the Visegrad Group (Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia) and Germanythe military has commands for its land, air, cyber/information operations, and territorial forces, as well as a joint operations command and a separate special forces directorate; the Territorial Command is responsible for the active reserves and regional military commands that align with each of Czechia’s 13 regions and the capital, Prague (2025)

Refugees and internally displaced persons: refugees: 392,198 (2024 est.)
IDPs: 5 (2024 est.)
stateless persons: 588 (2024 est.)