Highlight

One planet
one chance

HDR 2007 logo
Climate change is the defining challenge of the 21st Century.

Visit the campaign website

2007/2008 Human Development Report

Czech Republic
HDI Rank - 32
ExcelCountry Factsheet

01. Human development index
Human development index value, 20050.891
Life expectancy at birth, annual estimates (years), 200575.9
Adult literacy rate (% aged 15 and older), 1995-2005..1
Combined gross enrolment ratio for primary, secondary and tertiary education (%), 200582.9
GDP per capita (PPP US$), 200520,538
Life expectancy index0.849
Education index0.936
GDP index0.889
GDP per capita (PPP US$) rank minus HDI rank2
1a. Basic indicators for other UN member states
Life expectancy at birth, annual estimates (years), 2000-0575.9
Adult literacy rate (% aged 15 and older), 1995-2005..
Combined gross enrolment ratio for primary, secondary and tertiary education (%), 200582.9
GDP per capita (PPP US$), 200520,538
Population, total (thousands), 200410,192
Fertility rate, total (births per woman), 2000-051.2
Under-five mortality rate (per 1,000 live births), 20054
Net primary enrolment rate (%), 200492
HIV prevalence (% aged 15-49), 20050.1 [<0.2]
Population undernourished (% of total population), 2002/04..
Population using an improved water source (%), 2004100
02. Human development index trends
Human development index (trends), 1975..
Human development index (trends), 1980..
Human development index (trends), 1985..
Human development index (trends), 19900.845
Human development index (trends), 19950.854
Human development index (trends), 20000.866
Human development index (trends), 20050.891
03. Human and income poverty: developing countries
Human poverty index (HPI-1) rank..
Human Poverty Index (HPI-1) value (%)..
Probability at birth of not surviving to age 40 (% of cohort), 2000-052.4
Adult illiteracy rate (% aged 15 and older), 1995-20051.02
Population not using an improved water source (%), 20040
Children underweight for age (% under age 5), 1996-20051
Population living below $1 a day (%), 1990-2005..
Population living below $2 a day (%), 1990-2005..
Population living below the national poverty line (%), 1990-2004..2
HPI-1 rank minus income poverty rank..
04. Human and income poverty: OECD countries, Central and Eastern Europe and the CIS
Human poverty index (HPI-2) rank..
Human poverty index (HPI-2) value (%)..
Probability at birth of not surviving to age 60 (% of cohort), 2000-0511.6
Population lacking functional literacy skills (% aged 16-65), 1994-2003..
Long-term unemployment (% of labour force), 20063.9
Population living below 50% of median income (%), 2000-20044.93
Population living below $11 a day (1994 PPP US$), 1994-95..
Population living below $4 a day (1990 PPP US$), 2000-041.03
HPI-2 rank minus income poverty rank..
05. Demographic trends
Population, total (millions), 197510.0
Population, total (millions), 200510.2
Population, total (millions), 201510.1
Population, annual growth rate (%), 1975-20050.1
Population, annual growth rate (%), 2005-15- 0.1
Population, urban (% of total population), 197563.7
Population, urban (% of total population), 200573.5
Population, urban (% of total population), 201574.0
Population under age 15 (% of total population), 200514.8
Population under age 15 (% of total population), 201513.8
Population aged 65 and older (% of total population), 200514.2
Population aged 65 and older (% of total population), 201518.2
Fertility rate, total (births per woman), 1970-752.2
Fertility rate, total (births per woman), 2000-051.2
06. Commitment to health: resources, access and services
Public expenditure on health (% of GDP), 20046.5
Private expenditure on health (% of GDP), 20040.8
Health expenditure per capita (PPP US$), 20041,412
One-year-olds fully immunized against tuberculosis (%), 200599
One-year-olds fully immunized against measles (%), 200597
Children with diarrhoea receiving oral rehydration and continued feeding (% under age 5), 1998-2005..
Contraceptive prevalence rate (% of married women aged 15-49), 1997-200572
Births attended by skilled health personnel (%), 1997-2005100
Physicians (per 100,000 people), 2000-043512
07. Water, sanitation and nutritional status
Population using improved sanitation (%), 199099
Population using improved sanitation (%), 200498
Population using an improved water source (%), 1990100
Population using an improved water source (%), 2004100
Population undernourished (% of total population), 1990-92..2
Population undernourished (% of total population), 2002-04..
Children under weight for age (% under age 5), 1996-2005145
Children under height for age (% under age 5), 1996-200532
Infants with low birthweight (%), 1998-20057
08. Inequalities in maternal and child health
Survey year for inequality data in table 8..
Births attended by skilled health personnel, poorest 20% (%)..
Births attended by skilled health personnel, richest 20% (%)..
One-year-olds fully immunized, poorest 20% (%)..
One-year-olds fully immunized, richest 20% (%)..
Children under height for age, poorest 20% (% children under age 5)..
Children under height for age, richest 20% (% children under age 5)..
Infant mortality rate, poorest 20% (per 1,000 live births)..
Infant mortality rate, richest 20% (per 1,000 live births)..
Under-five mortality rate, poorest 20% (per 1,000 live births)..
Under-five mortality rate, richest 20% (per 1,000 live births)..
09. Leading global health crises and risks
HIV prevalence (% aged 15-49), 20050.1 [<0.2]
Condom use at last high-risk sex, women (% aged 15-24), 1999-2005..
Condom use at last high-risk sex, men (% aged 15-24), 1999-2005..
Children under age 5 using insecticide-treated bednets (%), 1999-2005..
Children under age 5 with fever treated with antimalarial drugs (%), 1999-2005..
Tuberculosis cases, prevalence (per 100,000 people), 200511
Tuberculosis cases detected under DOTS (%), 200565
Tuberculosis cases cured under DOTS (%), 200373
Prevalence of smoking, women (% of adults), 2002-04202
Prevalence of smoking, men (% of adults), 2002-04312
10. Survival: progress and setbacks
Life expectancy at birth, quinquennial estimates (years), 1970-7570.1
Life expectancy at birth, quinquennial estimates (years), 2000-0575.4
Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births), 197021
Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births), 20053
Under-five mortality rate (per 1,000 live births), 197024
Under-five mortality rate (per 1,000 live births), 20054
Probability at birth of surviving to age 65, female (% of cohort), 2000-0589.0
Probability at birth of surviving to age 65, male (% of cohort), 2000-0575.3
Maternal mortality ratio, reported (per 100,000 live births), 1990-20044
Maternal mortality ratio, adjusted (per 100,000 live births), 200042
11. Commitment to education: public spending
Public expenditure on education (% of GDP), 1991..
Public expenditure on education (% of GDP), 2002-054.4
Public expenditure on education (% of total government expenditure), 1991..
Public expenditure on education (% of total government expenditure), 2002-0510.0
Current public expenditure on education, pre-primary and primary (as % of all levels), 1991..
Current public expenditure on education, pre-primary and primary (as % of all levels), 2002-0524
Current public expenditure on education, secondary (% of all levels), 1991..
Current public expenditure on education, secondary (% of all levels), 2002-0553
Current public expenditure on education, tertiary (% of all levels), 1991..
Current public expenditure on education, tertiary (% of all levels), 2002-0520
12. Literacy and enrolment
Adult literacy rate (% aged 15 and older), 1985-1995..
Adult literacy rate (% aged 15 and older), 1995-2005..
Youth literacy rate (% aged 15-24), 1985-1995..
Youth literacy rate (% aged 15-24), 1995-2005..
Net primary enrolment rate (%), 1991876
Net primary enrolment rate (%), 2005926
Net secondary enrolment rate (%), 1991..
Net secondary enrolment rate (%), 2005..
Children reaching grade 5 (% of grade 1 students), 1991..
Children reaching grade 5 (% of grade 1 students), 200498
Tertiary students in science, engineering, manufacturing and construction (% of tertiary students), 1999-200529
13. Technology: diffusion and creation
Telephone mainlines (per 1,000 people), 1990157
Telephone mainlines (per 1,000 people), 2005314
Cellular subscribers (per 1,000 people), 19900
Cellular subscribers (per 1,000 people), 20051,151
Internet users (per 1,000 people), 19900
Internet users (per 1,000 people), 2005269
Patents granted to residents (per million peole), 200534
Receipts of royalties and license fees (US$ per person), 20056.2
Research and development expenditure (% of GDP), 2000-20051.28
Researchers in R&D (per million people), 1990-20051,594
14. Economic performance
GDP (current US$ billions), 2005124.4
GDP, PPP (current international $ billions), 2005210.2
GDP per capita (US$), 200512,152
GDP per capita, PPP (2005 international $), 200520,538
GDP per capita, annual growth rate (%), 1975-20051.97
GDP per capita, annual growth rate (%), 1990-20051.9
GDP per capita, highest value (2005 PPP US$), 1975-200520,5387
GDP per capita, year of highest value2005
Consumer price index, average annual change in (%), 1990-20055.2
Consumer price index, average annual change in (%), 2004-051.8
15. Inequality in income or expenditure
Survey Year19968
Share of income or consumption, poorest 10% (%)4.3
Share of income or consumption, poorest 20% (%)10.3
Share of income or consumption, richest 20% (%)35.9
Share of income or consumption, richest 10% (%)22.4
Inequality measures, ratio of richest 10% to poorest 10%5.2
Inequality measures, ratio of richest 20% to poorest 20%3.5
Gini index25.4
16. Structure of trade
Imports of goods and services (% of GDP), 199043
Imports of goods and services (% of GDP), 200570
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP), 199045
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP), 200572
Primary exports (% of merchandise exports), 1990..
Primary exports (% of merchandise exports), 200510
Manufactured exports (% of merchandise exports), 1990..
Manufactured exports (% of merchandise exports), 200588
High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports), 1990..
High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports), 200512.99
Terms of trade (2000=100), 2004-2005..
17. OECD-DAC country expenditures on aid
Official development assistance, net disbursed (US$ millions), 2005..
Official development assistance, net disbursed (% of GNI), 1990..
Official development assistance, net disbursed (% of GNI), 2005..
Official development assistance per capita of donor country (2005 US$), 1990..
Official development assistance per capita of donor country (2005 US$), 2005..
Official development assistance to least developed countries (% of total), 1990..
Official development assistance to least developed countries (% of total), 2005..
Official development assistance to basic social services (% of total allocable by sector), 1996-1997..
Official development assistance to basic social services (% of total allocable by sector), 2004-2005..
Untied bilateral ODA (% of total), 1990..
Untied bilateral ODA (% of total), 2005..
18. Flows of aid, private capital and debt
Official development assistance received (net disbursements) (US$ millions), 2005..
Official development assistance received (net disbursements) per capita (US$), 2005..
Official development assistance received (net disbursements) (% of GDP), 1990..
Official development assistance received (net disbursements) (% of GDP), 2005..
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP), 19900
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP), 20054.110
Private flows, other (% of GDP), 19901.9
Private flows, other (% of GDP), 2005- 3.8
Debt service, total (% of GDP), 19903.0
Debt service, total (% of GDP), 20054.8
Debt service, total (% of exports of goods, services and net income from abroad), 1990..
Debt service, total (% of exports of goods, services and net income from abroad), 2005..
19. Priorities in public spending
Public expenditure on health (% of GDP), 20046.5
Public expenditure on education (% of GDP), 1991..
Public expenditure on education (% of GDP), 2002-054.4
Military expenditure (% of GDP), 1990..
Military expenditure (% of GDP), 20051.8
Debt service, total (% of GDP), 19903.0
Debt service, total (% of GDP), 20054.8
20. Unemployment in OECD countries
Unemployed people (thousands), 2006371.1
Unemployment rate Total (% of labour force), 20067.2
Unemployment rate, average annual (% of labour force), 1996-20067.2
Unemployment rate Female (% of male rate), 2006153
Youth unemployment rate, total (% of labour force aged 15-24), 200617.5
Youth unemployment rate (female rate as % of male rate), 2006112
Long-term unemployment, women (% of total unemployment), 200656.3
Long-term unemployment, men (% of total unemployment), 200653.9
21. Unemployment and informal sector work in non-OECD countries
Unemployed people (thousands), 1996-2005410
Unemployment rate Total (% of labour force), 1996-20057.9
Unemployment rate (female rate as % of male rate), 1996-2005151
Employment, total (thousands), 1996-20054,764
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment), 1996-20054
Employment in industry (% of total employment), 1996-200540
Employment in services (% of total employment), 1996-200557
Survey year, 1990-2004..
Employment in non-agricultural informal sector, both sexes (% of non-agricultural employment), 1990-2004..
Employment in non-agricultural informal sector, female (% of non-agricultural employment), 1990-2004..
Employment in non-agricultural informal sector, male (% of non-agricultural employment), 1990-2004..
22. Energy and the environment
Electricity consumption per capita (kilowatt-hours), 20046,720
Electricity consumption per capita (% change), 1990-2004..
Electrification rate (%)..
Population without electricity (millions)..
GDP per unit of energy use (2000 PPP US$ per kg of oil equivalent), 20044.0
GDP per unit of energy use (% change), 1990-20040.3
Forest area (% total land), 200534.3
Forest area (thousand sq km), 200526.5
Forest area change from 1990-2005 (thousand sq km), 1990-20050.2
Forest area, average annual change (%), 1990-2005(.)
23. Energy sources
Total primary energy supply (TPES) (Mt of oil equivalent), 199049.0
Total primary energy supply (TPES) (Mt of oil equivalent), 200545.2
Coal (% of total primary energy supply), 199064.2
Coal (% of total primary energy supply), 200544.7
Oil (% of total primary energy supply), 199018.3
Oil (% of total primary energy supply), 200522.1
Gas (% of total primary energy supply), 199010.7
Gas (% of total primary energy supply), 200517.0
Hydro, solar, wind and geothermal power (% of total primary energy supply), 19900.2
Hydro, solar, wind and geothermal power (% of total primary energy supply), 20050.5
Biomass and waste (% of total primary energy supply), 19900
Biomass and waste (% of total primary energy supply), 20053.9
Nuclear power (% of total primary energy supply), 19906.7
Nuclear power (% of total primary energy supply), 200514.3
24. Carbon dioxide emissions and stocks
CO2 emissions, total (Mt CO2), 1990138.411
CO2 emissions, total (Mt CO2), 2004116.9
CO2 emissions, average annual change in (%), 1990-2004- 1.312
CO2 emissions (% of world total), 19900.611
CO2 emissions (% of world total), 20040.4
CO2 emissions per capita (tonnes), 199013.411
CO2 emissions per capita (tonnes), 200411.4
Carbon intensity of energy (kt CO2 per kt of oil equivalent), 19903.2011
Carbon intensity of energy (kt CO2 per kt of oil equivalent), 20042.57
Carbon intensity of growth ( kt CO2 per million 2000 PPP US$), 19901.0311
Carbon intensity of growth ( kt CO2 per million 2000 PPP US$), 20040.66
CO2 emissions/sequestration from forests (Mt CO2 per year), 1990-2005- 12.6
Carbon stocks in forests (living biomass) (Mt C), 2005326.3
25. Status of major international environmental treaties
Status of environmental treaties - Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (year of ratification/signature)2001
Status of environmental treaties - Framework Convention on Climate Change (year of ratification/signature)1993
Status of environmental treaties - Kyoto Protocol to the Framework Convention on Climate Change (year of ratification/signature)2001
Status of environmental treaties - Convention on Biological Diversity (year of ratification/signature)1993
Status of environmental treaties - Vienna Convention for the protection of the Ozone Layer (year of ratification/signature), 19881993
Status of environmental treaties - Montreal Protocol on Substances that deplete the Ozone Layer (year of ratification/signature)1993
Status of environmental treaties - Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (year of ratification/signature), 20012002
Status of environmental treaties - UN Law of the Sea (year of ratification/signature)1996
Status of environmental treaties - UN Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa (year of ratification/signature)2000
26. Refugees and armaments
Internally displaced people (thousands), 2006..
Refugees by country of asylum (thousands), 20062
Refugees by country of origin (thousands), 20062
Conventional arms transfers, imports (1990 US$ millions), 199624
Conventional arms transfers, imports (1990 US$ millions), 200665
Conventional arms transfers, exports (1990 US$ millions), 200656
Conventional arms transfers, exports (% of world total), 2002-06(.)
Armed forces (thousands), 200725
Armed forces, index (1985=100), 200712
27. Crime and justice
Homicides (per 100,000 people), 2000-20042.2
Prison population total, 200718950
Prison population (per 100,000 people), 2007185
Prison population (% female), 20075
Year in which countries have partially or completely abolished the death penalty1990
28. Gender-related development index
Gender-related development index (GDI) rank, 200529
Gender-related development index (GDI) value, 20050.887
Life expectancy at birth, female (years), 200579.1
Life expectancy at birth, male (years), 200572.7
Adult literacy rate, female (% aged 15 and older), 2005..13
Adult literacy rate, male (% aged 15 and older), 2005..13
Combined gross enrolment ratio for primary, secondary and tertiary education, female (%) , 200584
Combined gross enrolment ratio for primary, secondary and tertiary education, male (%) , 200582
Estimated earned income, female (PPP US$), 200513,992
Estimated earned income, male (PPP US$), 200527,440
HDI rank minus GDI rank, 20052
29. Gender empowerment measure
Gender empowerment measure (GEM) rank34
Gender empowerment measure (GEM) value0.627
Seats in parliament (% held by women)15.3
Legislators, senior officials and managers (% female), 1999-200530
Professional and technical workers (% female), 1994-200552
Ratio of estimated female to male earned income0.51
30. Gender inequality in education
Adult literacy rate, female (% aged 15 and older) , 2005..
Adult literacy rate (ratio of female rate to male rate), 2005..
Youth literacy rate, female (% aged 15-24), 2005..
Youth literacy rate (ratio of female rate to male rate), 2005..
Net primary enrolment rate, female (%), 20059314
Net primary enrolment rate (ratio of female rate to male rate), 20051.0214
Gross primary enrolment ratio, female (%), 2005100
Gross primary enrolment ratio (ratio of female ratio to male ratio)0.98
Gross secondary enrolment ratio, female (%), 200597
Gross secondary enrolment ratio (ratio of female ratio to male ratio), 20051.02
Gross tertiary enrolment ratio, female (%), 200552
Gross tertiary enrolment ratio (ratio of female ratio to male ratio), 20051.16
31. Gender inequality in economic activity
Economic activity rate, female (% aged 15 and older), 200551.9
Economic activity index (1990=100), female (aged 15 and older), 200585
Economic activity rate (female rate as % of male rate, aged 15 and older), 200577
Employment in agriculture, female (% of total female employment), 1995-20053
Employment in agriculture, male (% of total male employment), 1995-20045
Employment in industry, female (% of total female employment), 1995-200327
Employment in industry, male (% of total male employment), 1995-200349
Employment in services, female (% of total female employment), 1995-200371
Employment in services, male (% of total male employment), 1995-200346
Contributing family workers, women (% of total), 1995-200574
Contributing family workers, men (% of total), 1995-200426
33. Women’s political participation
Year women received right to vote1920
Year women received right to stand for election1920
Year first woman elected (E) or appointed (A) to parliament1992 E15
Women in government at ministerial level (as % of total), 200511.1
Seats in lower house or single house (% held by women), 1990..
Seats in lower house or single house (% held by women), 200715.5
Seats in upper house or senate (% held by women), 200714.8
34. Status of major international human rights instruments
Status of human rights instruments: International convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (year of ratification/signature), 19481993
Status of human rights instruments: International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (year of ratification/signature), 19651993
Status of human rights instruments: International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (year of ratification/signature), 19661993
Status of human rights instruments: International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (year of ratification/signature), 19661993
Status of human rights instruments: International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (year of ratification/signature), 19791993
Status of human rights instruments: Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (year of ratification/signature), 19841993
Status of human rights instruments: Convention on the Rights of the Child (year of ratification/signature), 19891993
35. Status of fundamental labour rights conventions
Status of labour rights conventions: Freedom of association and collective bargaining - Convention 87 (year of ratification/signature)1993
Status of labour rights conventions: Freedom of association and collective bargaining - Convention 98 (year of ratification/signature)1993
Status of labour rights conventions: Elimination of forced and compulsory labour - Convention 29 (year of ratification/signature)1993
Status of labour rights conventions: Elimination of forced and compulsory labour - Convention 105 (year of ratification/signature)1996
Status of labour rights conventions: Elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation - Convention 100 (year of ratification/signature)1993
Status of labour rights conventions: Elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation - Convention 111 (year of ratification/signature)1993
Status of labour rights conventions: Abolition of child labour - Convention 138 (year of ratification/signature)2007
Status of labour rights conventions: Abolition of child labour - Convention 182 (year of ratification/signature)2001

Notes:
1 - For purposes of calculating the HDI, a value of 99.0% was applied.
2 -
3 - Data refer to a year between 1996 and 1999.
4 - Data refer to a year or period other than that specified, differ from the standard definition or refer to only part of a country.
5 - UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund). 2005. State of the World's Children 2006. New York.
6 - National or UNESCO Institute for Statistics estimate.
7 - Data refer to a period shorter than that specified.
8 - Data refer to income shares by percentiles of population, ranked by per capita income.
9 - Data refer to an earlier year than that specified; from 2000 onwards.
10 - Data refer to 2004.
11 - In cases where data for 1990 are not available, data for the closest year between 1991 and 1992 have been used.
12 - Refers to the 1992—2004 period.
13 - For the purposes of calculating the GDI, a value of 99.0 % was applied.
14 - National or UNESCO Institute for Statistics estimate.
15 - Refers to the year women were elected to the current parliamentary system.

Symbols :
.. Data not available
(.) Greater (or less) than zero but small enough to be rounded off to zero at the displayed number of decimal points
<Less than
-Not applicable
TTotal