factbook.json/europe/ez.json

{
  "Introduction": {
    "Background": {
      "text": "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."
    }
  },
  "Geography": {
    "Location": {
      "text": "Central Europe, between Germany, Poland, Slovakia, and Austria"
    },
    "Geographic coordinates": {
      "text": "49 45 N, 15 30 E"
    },
    "Map references": {
      "text": "Europe"
    },
    "Area": {
      "total": {
        "text": "78,867 sq km"
      },
      "land": {
        "text": "77,247 sq km"
      },
      "water": {
        "text": "1,620 sq km"
      }
    },
    "Area - comparative": {
      "text": "about two-thirds the size of Pennsylvania; slightly smaller than South Carolina"
    },
    "Land boundaries": {
      "total": {
        "text": "2,046 km"
      },
      "border countries": {
        "text": "Austria 402 km; Germany 704 km; Poland 699 km; Slovakia 241 km"
      }
    },
    "Coastline": {
      "text": "0 km (landlocked)"
    },
    "Maritime claims": {
      "text": "none (landlocked)"
    },
    "Climate": {
      "text": "temperate; cool summers; cold, cloudy, humid winters"
    },
    "Terrain": {
      "text": "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": {
        "text": "Snezka 1,602 m"
      },
      "lowest point": {
        "text": "Labe (Elbe) River 115 m"
      },
      "mean elevation": {
        "text": "433 m"
      }
    },
    "Natural resources": {
      "text": "hard coal, soft coal, kaolin, clay, graphite, timber, arable land"
    },
    "Land use": {
      "agricultural land": {
        "text": "54.8% (2018 est.)"
      },
      "agricultural land: arable land": {
        "text": "arable land: 41% (2018 est.)"
      },
      "agricultural land: permanent crops": {
        "text": "permanent crops: 1% (2018 est.)"
      },
      "agricultural land: permanent pasture": {
        "text": "permanent pasture: 12.8% (2018 est.)"
      },
      "forest": {
        "text": "34.4% (2018 est.)"
      },
      "other": {
        "text": "10.8% (2018 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Irrigated land": {
      "text": "220 sq km (2020)"
    },
    "Major rivers (by length in km)": {
      "text": "Danube (shared with Germany [s], Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Moldova, and Romania [m]) - 2,888 km; Elbe river source (shared with Germany [m]) - 1,252 km<br><strong>note</strong> – [s] after country name indicates river source; [m] after country name indicates river mouth"
    },
    "Major watersheds (area sq km)": {
      "text": "Atlantic Ocean drainage: <em>(Black Sea)</em> Danube (795,656 sq km)"
    },
    "Population distribution": {
      "text": "a fairly even distribution throughout most of the country, but the northern and eastern regions tend to have larger urban concentrations"
    },
    "Natural hazards": {
      "text": "flooding"
    },
    "Geography - note": {
      "text": "<strong>note 1:</strong> 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<br><br><strong>note 2:</strong> the Hranice Abyss in Czechia is the world's deepest surveyed underwater cave at 404 m (1,325 ft); its survey is not complete and it could end up being some 800-1,200 m deep"
    }
  },
  "People and Society": {
    "Population": {
      "text": "10,706,242 (2023 est.)"
    },
    "Nationality": {
      "noun": {
        "text": "Czech(s)"
      },
      "adjective": {
        "text": "Czech"
      }
    },
    "Ethnic groups": {
      "text": "Czech 57.3%, Moravian 3.4%, other 7.7%, unspecified 31.6% (2021 est.)",
      "note": "<strong>note:</strong> includes only persons with one ethnicity"
    },
    "Languages": {
      "Languages": {
        "text": "Czech (official) 88.4%, Slovak 1.5%, other 2.6%, unspecified 7.2%<br><br><strong>note:</strong> includes only persons with one mother tongue (2021 est.)"
      },
      "major-language sample(s)": {
        "text": "<br>World Fackbook, nepostradatelný zdroj základních informací. (Czech)<br><br>The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information."
      }
    },
    "Religions": {
      "text": "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": {
        "text": "14.68% (male 808,583/female 763,540)"
      },
      "15-64 years": {
        "text": "64.18% (male 3,514,664/female 3,356,764)"
      },
      "65 years and over": {
        "text": "21.13% (2023 est.) (male 954,139/female 1,308,552)"
      }
    },
    "Dependency ratios": {
      "total dependency ratio": {
        "text": "57.4"
      },
      "youth dependency ratio": {
        "text": "25.2"
      },
      "elderly dependency ratio": {
        "text": "32.2"
      },
      "potential support ratio": {
        "text": "3.1 (2021 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Median age": {
      "total": {
        "text": "43.3 years"
      },
      "male": {
        "text": "42 years"
      },
      "female": {
        "text": "44.7 years (2020 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Population growth rate": {
      "text": "0% (2023 est.)"
    },
    "Birth rate": {
      "text": "8.43 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)"
    },
    "Death rate": {
      "text": "10.77 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)"
    },
    "Net migration rate": {
      "text": "2.32 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2023 est.)"
    },
    "Population distribution": {
      "text": "a fairly even distribution throughout most of the country, but the northern and eastern regions tend to have larger urban concentrations"
    },
    "Urbanization": {
      "urban population": {
        "text": "74.6% of total population (2023)"
      },
      "rate of urbanization": {
        "text": "0.2% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Major urban areas - population": {
      "text": "1.323 million PRAGUE (capital) (2023)"
    },
    "Sex ratio": {
      "at birth": {
        "text": "1.05 male(s)/female"
      },
      "0-14 years": {
        "text": "1.05 male(s)/female"
      },
      "15-64 years": {
        "text": "1.11 male(s)/female"
      },
      "65 years and over": {
        "text": "0.77 male(s)/female"
      },
      "total population": {
        "text": "1.05 male(s)/female (2023 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Mother's mean age at first birth": {
      "text": "28.5 years (2020 est.)"
    },
    "Maternal mortality ratio": {
      "text": "3 deaths/100,000 live births (2020 est.)"
    },
    "Infant mortality rate": {
      "total": {
        "text": "2.37 deaths/1,000 live births"
      },
      "male": {
        "text": "2.57 deaths/1,000 live births"
      },
      "female": {
        "text": "2.16 deaths/1,000 live births (2023 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Life expectancy at birth": {
      "total population": {
        "text": "79.96 years"
      },
      "male": {
        "text": "77.04 years"
      },
      "female": {
        "text": "83.03 years (2023 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Total fertility rate": {
      "text": "1.5 children born/woman (2023 est.)"
    },
    "Gross reproduction rate": {
      "text": "0.73 (2023 est.)"
    },
    "Contraceptive prevalence rate": {
      "text": "NA"
    },
    "Drinking water source": {
      "improved: urban": {
        "text": "urban: 99.9% of population"
      },
      "improved: rural": {
        "text": "rural: 99.8% of population"
      },
      "improved: total": {
        "text": "total: 99.9% of population"
      },
      "unimproved: urban": {
        "text": "urban: 0.1% of population"
      },
      "unimproved: rural": {
        "text": "rural: 0.2% of population"
      },
      "unimproved: total": {
        "text": "total: 0.1% of population (2020 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Current health expenditure": {
      "text": "9.2% of GDP (2020)"
    },
    "Physicians density": {
      "text": "4.15 physicians/1,000 population (2020)"
    },
    "Hospital bed density": {
      "text": "6.6 beds/1,000 population (2018)"
    },
    "Sanitation facility access": {
      "improved: urban": {
        "text": "urban: 100% of population"
      },
      "improved: rural": {
        "text": "rural: 100% of population"
      },
      "improved: total": {
        "text": "total: 100% of population"
      },
      "unimproved: urban": {
        "text": "urban: 0% of population"
      },
      "unimproved: rural": {
        "text": "rural: 0% of population"
      },
      "unimproved: total": {
        "text": "total: 0% of population (2020 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Obesity - adult prevalence rate": {
      "text": "26% (2016)"
    },
    "Alcohol consumption per capita": {
      "total": {
        "text": "12.73 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)"
      },
      "beer": {
        "text": "6.77 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)"
      },
      "wine": {
        "text": "2.73 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)"
      },
      "spirits": {
        "text": "3.24 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)"
      },
      "other alcohols": {
        "text": "0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Tobacco use": {
      "total": {
        "text": "30.7% (2020 est.)"
      },
      "male": {
        "text": "35% (2020 est.)"
      },
      "female": {
        "text": "26.4% (2020 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": {
      "text": "NA"
    },
    "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": {
      "text": "48.4% (2023 est.)"
    },
    "Education expenditures": {
      "text": "5.1% of GDP (2020 est.)"
    },
    "Literacy": {
      "definition": {
        "text": "NA"
      },
      "total population": {
        "text": "99%"
      },
      "male": {
        "text": "99%"
      },
      "female": {
        "text": "99% (2011)"
      }
    },
    "School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": {
      "total": {
        "text": "16 years"
      },
      "male": {
        "text": "16 years"
      },
      "female": {
        "text": "17 years (2020)"
      }
    },
    "Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": {
      "total": {
        "text": "7.6%"
      },
      "male": {
        "text": "6.9%"
      },
      "female": {
        "text": "8.7% (2021 est.)"
      }
    }
  },
  "Environment": {
    "Environment - current issues": {
      "text": "air and water pollution in areas of northwest Bohemia and in northern Moravia around Ostrava present health risks; acid rain damaging forests; land pollution caused by industry, mining, and agriculture"
    },
    "Environment - international agreements": {
      "party to": {
        "text": "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": {
        "text": "none of the selected agreements"
      }
    },
    "Climate": {
      "text": "temperate; cool summers; cold, cloudy, humid winters"
    },
    "Land use": {
      "agricultural land": {
        "text": "54.8% (2018 est.)"
      },
      "agricultural land: arable land": {
        "text": "arable land: 41% (2018 est.)"
      },
      "agricultural land: permanent crops": {
        "text": "permanent crops: 1% (2018 est.)"
      },
      "agricultural land: permanent pasture": {
        "text": "permanent pasture: 12.8% (2018 est.)"
      },
      "forest": {
        "text": "34.4% (2018 est.)"
      },
      "other": {
        "text": "10.8% (2018 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Urbanization": {
      "urban population": {
        "text": "74.6% of total population (2023)"
      },
      "rate of urbanization": {
        "text": "0.2% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Revenue from forest resources": {
      "text": "0.17% of GDP (2017 est.)"
    },
    "Revenue from coal": {
      "text": "0.14% of GDP (2018 est.)"
    },
    "Air pollutants": {
      "particulate matter emissions": {
        "text": "15.15 micrograms per cubic meter (2016 est.)"
      },
      "carbon dioxide emissions": {
        "text": "102.22 megatons (2016 est.)"
      },
      "methane emissions": {
        "text": "13.11 megatons (2020 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Waste and recycling": {
      "municipal solid waste generated annually": {
        "text": "3.337 million tons (2015 est.)"
      },
      "municipal solid waste recycled annually": {
        "text": "850,935 tons (2015 est.)"
      },
      "percent of municipal solid waste recycled": {
        "text": "25.5% (2015 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Major rivers (by length in km)": {
      "text": "Danube (shared with Germany [s], Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Moldova, and Romania [m]) - 2,888 km; Elbe river source (shared with Germany [m]) - 1,252 km<br><strong>note</strong> – [s] after country name indicates river source; [m] after country name indicates river mouth"
    },
    "Major watersheds (area sq km)": {
      "text": "Atlantic Ocean drainage: <em>(Black Sea)</em> Danube (795,656 sq km)"
    },
    "Total water withdrawal": {
      "municipal": {
        "text": "630 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
      },
      "industrial": {
        "text": "700 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
      },
      "agricultural": {
        "text": "40 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Total renewable water resources": {
      "text": "13.5 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)"
    }
  },
  "Government": {
    "Country name": {
      "conventional long form": {
        "text": "Czech Republic"
      },
      "conventional short form": {
        "text": "Czechia"
      },
      "local long form": {
        "text": "Ceska republika"
      },
      "local short form": {
        "text": "Cesko"
      },
      "etymology": {
        "text": "name derives from the Czechs, a West Slavic tribe who rose to prominence in the late 9th century A.D.; the country officially adopted the English short-form name of Czechia on 1 July 2016"
      }
    },
    "Government type": {
      "text": "parliamentary republic"
    },
    "Capital": {
      "name": {
        "text": "Prague"
      },
      "geographic coordinates": {
        "text": "50 05 N, 14 28 E"
      },
      "time difference": {
        "text": "UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
      },
      "daylight saving time": {
        "text": "+1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October"
      },
      "etymology": {
        "text": "the name may derive from an old Slavic root \"praga\" or \"prah\", meaning \"ford\", and refer to the city's origin at a crossing point of the Vltava (Moldau) River"
      }
    },
    "Administrative divisions": {
      "text": "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": {
      "text": "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"
    },
    "National holiday": {
      "text": "Czechoslovak Founding Day, 28 October (1918)"
    },
    "Constitution": {
      "history": {
        "text": "previous 1960; latest ratified 16 December 1992, effective 1 January 1993"
      },
      "amendments": {
        "text": "passage requires at least three-fifths concurrence of members present in both houses of Parliament; amended several times, last in 2021"
      }
    },
    "Legal system": {
      "text": "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": {
      "text": "has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; accepts ICCt jurisdiction"
    },
    "Citizenship": {
      "citizenship by birth": {
        "text": "no"
      },
      "citizenship by descent only": {
        "text": "at least one parent must be a citizen of Czechia"
      },
      "dual citizenship recognized": {
        "text": "no"
      },
      "residency requirement for naturalization": {
        "text": "5 years"
      }
    },
    "Suffrage": {
      "text": "18 years of age; universal"
    },
    "Executive branch": {
      "chief of state": {
        "text": "President Petr PAVEL (since 9 March 2023)"
      },
      "head of government": {
        "text": "Prime Minister Petr FIALA (since 17 December 2021); First Deputy Prime Minister Vit RAKUSAN (since 17 December 2021), Deputy Prime Ministers Marian JURECKA, Ivan BARTOS, Vlastimil VALEK (all since 17 December 2021)"
      },
      "cabinet": {
        "text": "Cabinet appointed by the president on the recommendation of the prime minister"
      },
      "elections/appointments": {
        "text": "president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 5-year term (limited to 2 consecutive terms); elections last held on 27-28 January 2023 the second round and 13-14 January 2023 for the 1st round; prime minister appointed by the president for a 4-year term"
      },
      "election results": {
        "text": "<em>2023; </em>2nd Round Petr PAVEL 58.3%, Andrej BABIS 41.6%; 1st Round Petr PAVEL 35.4%, Andrej BABIS 35<em>%</em>, Danuse NERUDOVA 13.9%, Pavel FISCHER 6.8%<em><br><br>2018:</em> Milos ZEMAN reelected president in the second round; percent of vote - Milos ZEMAN (SPO) 51.4%, Jiri DRAHOS (independent) 48.6%<br><br><em>2013:</em> Milos ZEMAN elected president; percent of vote - Milos ZEMAN (SPO) 54.8%, Karel SCHWARZENBERG (TOP 09) 45.2%"
      }
    },
    "Legislative branch": {
      "description": {
        "text": "bicameral Parliament or Parlament consists of:<br>Senate or Senat (81 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by absolute majority vote in 2 rounds if needed; members serve 6-year terms with one-third of the membership renewed every 2 years)<br><br>Chamber of Deputies or Poslanecka Snemovna (200 seats; members directly elected in 14 multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote with a 5% threshold required to fill a seat; members serve 4-year terms)"
      },
      "elections": {
        "text": "Senate - last held in 2 rounds on 23-24 September and 30 September and 1 October 2022 (next to be held in October 2024)<br>Chamber of Deputies - last held on 8-9 October 2021 (next to be held by October 2025)"
      },
      "election results": {
        "text": "<br>Senate - percent of vote by party NA; - seats by party - ODS 23, STAN 15, KDU-CSL 12, TOP 09 6, ANO 5, SEN 21 4, other 15, independent 1 <br>Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party – SPOLU 27.8%, ANO 27.1%, Pirates and STAN 15.6%, SPD 9.6%, other 19.9%; seats by party - ANO 72, SPOLU 71, Pirates and STAN 37, SPD 20"
      }
    },
    "Judicial branch": {
      "highest court(s)": {
        "text": "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": {
        "text": "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": {
        "text": "High Court; regional and district courts"
      }
    },
    "Political parties and leaders": {
      "text": "Christian Democratic Union-Czechoslovak People's Party or KDU-CSL [Marian JURECKA]<br>Civic Democratic Party or ODS [Petr FIALA]<br>Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia or KSCM [Katerina KONECNA]<br>Czech Social Democratic Party or CSSD [Michal SMARDA]<br>Freedom and Direct Democracy or SPD [Tomio OKAMURA]<br>Mayors and Independents or STAN [Vit RAKUSAN]<br>Mayors for the Liberec Region [Martin PUTA]<br>Action of Dissatisfied Citizens or ANO (<em lang=\"cs\">Akce nespokojených občanů)</em> [Andrej BABIS]<br>Party of Free Citizens Svobodni [Libor VONDRACEK]<br>Pirate Party or Pirates [Ivan BARTOS]<br>Senator 21 [Vaclav LASKA]<br>Tradition Responsibility Prosperity 09 or TOP 09 [Marketa PEKAROVA ADAMOVA]"
    },
    "International organization participation": {
      "text": "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, UNHRC, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC"
    },
    "Diplomatic representation in the US": {
      "chief of mission": {
        "text": "Ambassador Miloslav STASEK (since 16 September 2022)"
      },
      "chancery": {
        "text": "3900 Spring of Freedom Street NW, Washington, DC 20008-3803"
      },
      "telephone": {
        "text": "[1] (202) 274-9100"
      },
      "FAX": {
        "text": "[1] (202) 966-8540"
      },
      "email address and website": {
        "text": "<br>washington@embassy.mzv.cz<br><br>https://www.mzv.cz/washington/"
      },
      "consulate(s) general": {
        "text": "Chicago, Los Angeles, New York"
      }
    },
    "Diplomatic representation from the US": {
      "chief of mission": {
        "text": "Ambassador Bijan SABET"
      },
      "embassy": {
        "text": "Trziste 15, 118 01 Praha 1 - Mala Strana"
      },
      "mailing address": {
        "text": "5630 Prague Place, Washington DC&nbsp; 20521-5630"
      },
      "telephone": {
        "text": "[420] 257-022-000"
      },
      "FAX": {
        "text": "[420] 257-022-809"
      },
      "email address and website": {
        "text": "<br>ACSPrg@state.gov<br><br>https://cz.usembassy.gov/"
      }
    },
    "Flag description": {
      "text": "two equal horizontal bands of white (top) and red with a blue isosceles triangle based on the hoist side",
      "note": "<strong>note:</strong> combines the white and red colors of Bohemia with blue from the arms of Moravia; is identical to the flag of the former Czechoslovakia"
    },
    "National symbol(s)": {
      "text": "silver (or white), double-tailed, rampant lion; national colors: white, red, blue"
    },
    "National anthem": {
      "name": {
        "text": "\"Kde domov muj?\" (Where is My Home?)"
      },
      "lyrics/music": {
        "text": "Josef Kajetan TYL/Frantisek Jan SKROUP"
      },
      "note": "<strong>note:</strong> adopted 1993; the anthem was originally written as incidental music to the play \"Fidlovacka\" (1834), 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"
    },
    "National heritage": {
      "total World Heritage Sites": {
        "text": "16 (all cultural)"
      },
      "selected World Heritage Site locales": {
        "text": "Historic Prague; Historic Telč; Historic Česk&yacute; Krumlov; Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape; Historic Kutn&aacute; Hora; Holy Trinity Column, Olomouc; Karlovy Vary Spa&nbsp;"
      }
    }
  },
  "Economy": {
    "Economic overview": {
      "text": "high income, diversified EU economy; advanced services and automotive exporter; mostly intra-EU trader; low unemployment; usually maintains a positive trade balance; large investments in systems innovation and information technologies"
    },
    "Real GDP (purchasing power parity)": {
      "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2021": {
        "text": "$428.016 billion (2021 est.)"
      },
      "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2020": {
        "text": "$413.365 billion (2020 est.)"
      },
      "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2019": {
        "text": "$437.437 billion (2019 est.)"
      },
      "note": "<strong>note:</strong> data are in 2017 dollars"
    },
    "Real GDP growth rate": {
      "Real GDP growth rate 2021": {
        "text": "3.54% (2021 est.)"
      },
      "Real GDP growth rate 2020": {
        "text": "-5.5% (2020 est.)"
      },
      "Real GDP growth rate 2019": {
        "text": "3.03% (2019 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Real GDP per capita": {
      "Real GDP per capita 2021": {
        "text": "$40,700 (2021 est.)"
      },
      "Real GDP per capita 2020": {
        "text": "$38,600 (2020 est.)"
      },
      "Real GDP per capita 2019": {
        "text": "$41,000 (2019 est.)"
      },
      "note": "<strong>note:</strong> data are in 2017 dollars"
    },
    "GDP (official exchange rate)": {
      "text": "$250.631 billion (2019 est.)"
    },
    "Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
      "Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2021": {
        "text": "3.84% (2021 est.)"
      },
      "Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2020": {
        "text": "3.16% (2020 est.)"
      },
      "Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2019": {
        "text": "2.85% (2019 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Credit ratings": {
      "Fitch rating": {
        "text": "AA- (2018)"
      },
      "Moody's rating": {
        "text": "Aa3 (2019)"
      },
      "Standard & Poors rating": {
        "text": "AA- (2011)"
      },
      "note": "<strong>note: </strong>The year refers to the year in which the current credit rating was first obtained."
    },
    "GDP - composition, by sector of origin": {
      "agriculture": {
        "text": "2.3% (2017 est.)"
      },
      "industry": {
        "text": "36.9% (2017 est.)"
      },
      "services": {
        "text": "60.8% (2017 est.)"
      }
    },
    "GDP - composition, by end use": {
      "household consumption": {
        "text": "47.4% (2017 est.)"
      },
      "government consumption": {
        "text": "19.2% (2017 est.)"
      },
      "investment in fixed capital": {
        "text": "24.7% (2017 est.)"
      },
      "investment in inventories": {
        "text": "1.1% (2017 est.)"
      },
      "exports of goods and services": {
        "text": "79.9% (2017 est.)"
      },
      "imports of goods and services": {
        "text": "-72.3% (2017 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Agricultural products": {
      "text": "wheat, sugar beet, milk, barley, rapeseed, potatoes, maize, pork, triticale, poultry"
    },
    "Industries": {
      "text": "motor vehicles, metallurgy, machinery and equipment, glass, armaments"
    },
    "Industrial production growth rate": {
      "text": "3.3% (2021 est.)"
    },
    "Labor force": {
      "text": "5.266 million (2021 est.)"
    },
    "Labor force - by occupation": {
      "agriculture": {
        "text": "2.8%"
      },
      "industry": {
        "text": "38%"
      },
      "services": {
        "text": "59.2% (2015)"
      }
    },
    "Unemployment rate": {
      "Unemployment rate 2021": {
        "text": "2.89% (2021 est.)"
      },
      "Unemployment rate 2020": {
        "text": "2.55% (2020 est.)"
      },
      "Unemployment rate 2019": {
        "text": "2.01% (2019 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": {
      "total": {
        "text": "7.6%"
      },
      "male": {
        "text": "6.9%"
      },
      "female": {
        "text": "8.7% (2021 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Population below poverty line": {
      "text": "10.1% (2018 est.)"
    },
    "Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income": {
      "Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income 2019": {
        "text": "25.3 (2019 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Average household expenditures": {
      "on food": {
        "text": "16.3% of household expenditures (2018 est.)"
      },
      "on alcohol and tobacco": {
        "text": "8% of household expenditures (2018 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Household income or consumption by percentage share": {
      "lowest 10%": {
        "text": "4.1%"
      },
      "highest 10%": {
        "text": "21.7% (2015 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Budget": {
      "revenues": {
        "text": "$103.838 billion (2019 est.)"
      },
      "expenditures": {
        "text": "$103.167 billion (2019 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": {
      "text": "1.6% (of GDP) (2017 est.)"
    },
    "Public debt": {
      "Public debt 2017": {
        "text": "34.7% of GDP (2017 est.)"
      },
      "Public debt 2016": {
        "text": "36.8% of GDP (2016 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Taxes and other revenues": {
      "text": "14.34% (of GDP) (2020 est.)"
    },
    "Fiscal year": {
      "text": "calendar year"
    },
    "Current account balance": {
      "Current account balance 2021": {
        "text": "-$2.282 billion (2021 est.)"
      },
      "Current account balance 2020": {
        "text": "$4.967 billion (2020 est.)"
      },
      "Current account balance 2019": {
        "text": "$898.074 million (2019 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Exports": {
      "Exports 2021": {
        "text": "$204.785 billion (2021 est.)"
      },
      "Exports 2020": {
        "text": "$172.837 billion (2020 est.)"
      },
      "Exports 2019": {
        "text": "$186.545 billion (2019 est.)"
      },
      "note": "<strong>note:</strong> Data are in current year dollars and do not include illicit exports or re-exports."
    },
    "Exports - partners": {
      "text": "Germany 31%, Slovakia 7%, Poland 6%, France 5% (2019)"
    },
    "Exports - commodities": {
      "text": "cars and vehicle parts, computers, broadcasting equipment, office machinery and parts, insulated wiring (2021)"
    },
    "Imports": {
      "Imports 2021": {
        "text": "$196.243 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars"
      },
      "Imports 2020": {
        "text": "$156.129 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars"
      },
      "Imports 2019": {
        "text": "$171.429 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars"
      }
    },
    "Imports - partners": {
      "text": "Germany 27%, China 12%, Poland 9%, Slovakia 5% (2019)"
    },
    "Imports - commodities": {
      "text": "broadcasting equipment, cars and vehicle parts, office machinery/parts, computers, packaged medicines (2019)"
    },
    "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold": {
      "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 31 December 2021": {
        "text": "$173.618 billion (31 December 2021 est.)"
      },
      "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 31 December 2020": {
        "text": "$166.126 billion (31 December 2020 est.)"
      },
      "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 31 December 2019": {
        "text": "$149.856 billion (31 December 2019 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Debt - external": {
      "Debt - external 2019": {
        "text": "$191.871 billion (2019 est.)"
      },
      "Debt - external 2018": {
        "text": "$200.197 billion (2018 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Exchange rates": {
      "Currency": {
        "text": "koruny (CZK) per US dollar -"
      },
      "Exchange rates 2021": {
        "text": "21.678 (2021 est.)"
      },
      "Exchange rates 2020": {
        "text": "23.21 (2020 est.)"
      },
      "Exchange rates 2019": {
        "text": "22.932 (2019 est.)"
      },
      "Exchange rates 2018": {
        "text": "21.73 (2018 est.)"
      },
      "Exchange rates 2017": {
        "text": "23.376 (2017 est.)"
      }
    }
  },
  "Energy": {
    "Electricity access": {
      "electrification - total population": {
        "text": "100% (2021)"
      }
    },
    "Electricity": {
      "installed generating capacity": {
        "text": "22.485 million kW (2020 est.)"
      },
      "consumption": {
        "text": "60.814 billion kWh (2020 est.)"
      },
      "exports": {
        "text": "23.521 billion kWh (2020 est.)"
      },
      "imports": {
        "text": "13.368 billion kWh (2020 est.)"
      },
      "transmission/distribution losses": {
        "text": "4.117 billion kWh (2020 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Electricity generation sources": {
      "fossil fuels": {
        "text": "47% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)"
      },
      "nuclear": {
        "text": "37.6% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)"
      },
      "solar": {
        "text": "3% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)"
      },
      "wind": {
        "text": "0.9% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)"
      },
      "hydroelectricity": {
        "text": "4.5% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)"
      },
      "tide and wave": {
        "text": "0% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)"
      },
      "geothermal": {
        "text": "0% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)"
      },
      "biomass and waste": {
        "text": "7% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Nuclear energy": {
      "Number of operational nuclear reactors": {
        "text": "6 (2023)"
      },
      "Number of nuclear reactors under construction": {
        "text": "0"
      },
      "Net capacity of operational nuclear reactors": {
        "text": "3.93GW (2023)"
      },
      "Percent of total electricity production": {
        "text": "36.7% (2021)"
      },
      "Percent of total energy produced": {
        "text": "38.3% (2021)"
      },
      "Number of nuclear reactors permanently shut down": {
        "text": "0"
      }
    },
    "Coal": {
      "production": {
        "text": "33.806 million metric tons (2020 est.)"
      },
      "consumption": {
        "text": "37.212 million metric tons (2020 est.)"
      },
      "exports": {
        "text": "1.885 million metric tons (2020 est.)"
      },
      "imports": {
        "text": "3.795 million metric tons (2020 est.)"
      },
      "proven reserves": {
        "text": "2.927 billion metric tons (2019 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Petroleum": {
      "total petroleum production": {
        "text": "6,300 bbl/day (2021 est.)"
      },
      "refined petroleum consumption": {
        "text": "219,500 bbl/day (2019 est.)"
      },
      "crude oil and lease condensate exports": {
        "text": "400 bbl/day (2018 est.)"
      },
      "crude oil and lease condensate imports": {
        "text": "150,200 bbl/day (2018 est.)"
      },
      "crude oil estimated reserves": {
        "text": "15 million barrels (2021 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Refined petroleum products - production": {
      "text": "177,500 bbl/day (2017 est.)"
    },
    "Refined petroleum products - exports": {
      "text": "52,200 bbl/day (2017 est.)"
    },
    "Refined petroleum products - imports": {
      "text": "83,860 bbl/day (2017 est.)"
    },
    "Natural gas": {
      "production": {
        "text": "189.185 million cubic meters (2020 est.)"
      },
      "consumption": {
        "text": "8,815,133,000 cubic meters (2020 est.)"
      },
      "exports": {
        "text": "0 cubic meters (2020 est.)"
      },
      "imports": {
        "text": "7,590,318,000 cubic meters (2020 est.)"
      },
      "proven reserves": {
        "text": "3.964 billion cubic meters (2021 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Carbon dioxide emissions": {
      "total emissions": {
        "text": "99.533 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)"
      },
      "from coal and metallurgical coke": {
        "text": "57.268 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)"
      },
      "from petroleum and other liquids": {
        "text": "25.526 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)"
      },
      "from consumed natural gas": {
        "text": "16.739 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Energy consumption per capita": {
      "Total energy consumption per capita 2019": {
        "text": "161.972 million Btu/person (2019 est.)"
      }
    }
  },
  "Communications": {
    "Telephones - fixed lines": {
      "total subscriptions": {
        "text": "1,294,806 (2021 est.)"
      },
      "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
        "text": "12 (2021 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Telephones - mobile cellular": {
      "total subscriptions": {
        "text": "13,129,905 (2021 est.)"
      },
      "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
        "text": "125 (2021 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Telecommunication systems": {
      "general assessment": {
        "text": "the telecom market has attracted investment from among the key regional telcos; telcos in the Czech Republic have become multi-service providers, offering a full range of fixed and mobile services; this has enabled the reach of their 5G networks; this process has also been assisted by them closing down 3G networks and reforming spectrum for 5G and LTE use (2023)"
      },
      "domestic": {
        "text": "roughly 12 fixed-telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants and mobile telephone usage of 125 per 100 inhabitants (2021)"
      },
      "international": {
        "text": "country code - 420; satellite earth stations - 6 (2 Intersputnik - Atlantic and Indian Ocean regions, 1 Intelsat, 1 Eutelsat, 1 Inmarsat, 1 Globalstar) (2019)"
      }
    },
    "Broadcast media": {
      "text": "22 TV stations operate nationally, with 17 of them in private hands; publicly operated Czech Television has 5 national channels; throughout the country, there are some 350 TV channels in operation, many through cable, satellite, and IPTV subscription services; 63 radio broadcasters are registered, operating over 80 radio stations, including 7 multiregional radio stations or networks; publicly operated broadcaster Czech Radio operates 4 national, 14 regional, and 4 Internet stations; both Czech Radio and Czech Television are partially financed through a license fee (2019)"
    },
    "Internet country code": {
      "text": ".cz"
    },
    "Internet users": {
      "total": {
        "text": "9.13 million (2021 est.)"
      },
      "percent of population": {
        "text": "83% (20201 est.)"
      }
    },
    "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": {
      "total": {
        "text": "3,845,426 (2020 est.)"
      },
      "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
        "text": "36 (2020 est.)"
      }
    }
  },
  "Transportation": {
    "National air transport system": {
      "number of registered air carriers": {
        "text": "4 (2020)"
      },
      "inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers": {
        "text": "48"
      },
      "annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers": {
        "text": "5,727,200 (2018)"
      },
      "annual freight traffic on registered air carriers": {
        "text": "25.23 million (2018) mt-km"
      }
    },
    "Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
      "text": "OK"
    },
    "Airports": {
      "text": "128 (2021)"
    },
    "Airports - with paved runways": {
      "text": "41",
      "note": "<strong>note:</strong> paved runways have a concrete or asphalt surface but not all have facilities for refueling, maintenance, or air traffic control; the length of a runway required for aircraft to safely operate depends on a number of factors including the type of aircraft, the takeoff weight (including passengers, cargo, and fuel), engine types, flap settings, landing speed, elevation of the airport, and average maximum daily air temperature; paved runways can reach a length of 5,000 m (16,000 ft.), but the “typical” length of a commercial airline runway is between 2,500-4,000 m (8,000-13,000 ft.)"
    },
    "Airports - with unpaved runways": {
      "text": "87",
      "note": "<strong>note:</strong> unpaved runways have a surface composition such as grass or packed earth and are most suited to the operation of light aircraft; unpaved runways are usually short, often less than 1,000 m (3,280 ft.) in length; airports with unpaved runways often lack facilities for refueling, maintenance, or air traffic control"
    },
    "Heliports": {
      "text": "1 (2021)"
    },
    "Pipelines": {
      "text": "7,160 km gas, 675 km oil, 94 km refined products (2016)"
    },
    "Railways": {
      "total": {
        "text": "9,548 km (2020) 3,242 km electrified"
      }
    },
    "Roadways": {
      "total": {
        "text": "55,744 km (2019) (includes urban and category I, II, III roads)"
      },
      "paved": {
        "text": "55,744 km (2019) (includes 1,252 km of expressways)"
      }
    },
    "Waterways": {
      "text": "664 km (2010) (principally on Elbe, Vltava, Oder, and other navigable rivers, lakes, and canals)"
    },
    "Ports and terminals": {
      "river port(s)": {
        "text": "Prague (Vltava)"
      },
      "note": "Decin, Usti nad Labem (Elbe)"
    }
  },
  "Military and Security": {
    "Military and security forces": {
      "text": "Czech Armed Forces: Land Forces, Air Forces, Cyber Forces, Special Forces (2023)"
    },
    "Military expenditures": {
      "Military Expenditures 2023": {
        "text": "1.5% of GDP (2023 est.)"
      },
      "Military Expenditures 2022": {
        "text": "1.3% of GDP (2022 est.)"
      },
      "Military Expenditures 2021": {
        "text": "1.4% of GDP (2021)"
      },
      "Military Expenditures 2020": {
        "text": "1.3% of GDP (2020)"
      },
      "Military Expenditures 2019": {
        "text": "1.2% of GDP (2019)"
      }
    },
    "Military and security service personnel strengths": {
      "text": "approximately 26,000 active personnel (20,000 Army; 6,000 Air Force) (2022)"
    },
    "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
      "text": "the Czech military has a mix of Soviet-era and more modern equipment, mostly of Western European origin from such suppliers as Austria, Germany, and Spain; Czechia has a considerable domestic defense industry; during the Cold War, Czechoslovakia was a major producer of tanks, armored personnel carriers, military trucks, and trainer aircraft (2023)",
      "note": "<strong>note:</strong> in 2019, Czechia announced a modernization plan to acquire more Western equipment that was compliant with NATO standards, including aircraft and armored vehicles"
    },
    "Military service age and obligation": {
      "text": "18-28 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; conscription abolished 2004 (2022)",
      "note": "<strong>note: </strong>as of 2019, women comprised about 13% of the military's full-time personnel"
    },
    "Military deployments": {
      "text": "up to 130 Lithuania (NATO); 130 Slovakia (NATO) (2022)",
      "note": "<strong>note:</strong> in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, some NATO countries have sent additional troops and equipment to the battlegroups deployed in NATO territory in eastern Europe"
    },
    "Military - note": {
      "text": "Czechia joined NATO in 1999; Czechia, Hungary, and Poland were invited to begin accession talks at NATO's Madrid Summit in 1997, and in March 1999 they became the first former members of the Warsaw Pact to join the Alliance (2023)"
    }
  },
  "Transnational Issues": {
    "Disputes - international": {
      "text": "<p>none</p>"
    },
    "Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
      "refugees (country of origin)": {
        "text": "352,315 (Ukraine) (as of 9 July 2023)"
      },
      "stateless persons": {
        "text": "1,625 (2022)"
      }
    },
    "Illicit drugs": {
      "text": "<p>main country of origin of methamphetamine in European markets; manufacture of methamphetamine continues to be mostly based on pseudoephedrine from Poland or Turkey</p> <p> </p>"
    }
  }
}