Human development index (HDI), an index based on life expectancy, education and GDP (max. 1)
0.870
World rank in HDI
28/177
Key economic sectors
Services (59.3); industry (38); agriculture (2.7) (2014)
Leading companies
CEZ (energy supplier), Komercní banka
Unemployment in 2015
4.5%
Main religious denominations (% of population)
Religiously unaffiliated (76·4%)- most of the remainder are Christians
Political system
A semi-presidential system The Chamber of Deputies is elected for a four-year term, while the Senate is elected every six years. The two houses must agree between them on a President, elected for a five-year term.
Electoral system
Proportional representation for the Chamber of Deputies; simple majority system in Senate elections
Current (March 2010) leaders
President: Miloš Zeman (b. 1944) since 2013 Prime Minister: Bohuslav Sobotka (b. 1971) since 2014
Previous leaders:
Presidents: Václav Klaus (2003-2013) Prime Ministers: Petr Necas (2010-2013); Jan Fischer (2009-2010)
Joined the EU/EC
2004
Commissioner from country in Barroso II College of Commissioners, and portfolio
Stefan Füle (Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy)
Number of MEPs
21
Turnout in 2009 EP elections (%)
18.2 (28.2 in 2009)
Member of eurozone
No
Except where a specific reference is inserted, the sources for this profile are either Neill Nugent’s book itself, or Barry Turner (ed.), The Statesman’s Yearbook Online, Basingstoke and New York: Palgrave Macmillan. If your library subscribes, you can gain access at http://www.statesmansyearbook.com
