Competitiveness

This section feature research, opinion and progress reports on how the Czech Republic compares to other EU countries economically. It includes analysis of international rankings such as the WEF and World Bank.

Spotlight issue

21st September 2017 / Competitiveness / Digital Agenda


Eurostat: Less than 35% of Czech businesses had ICT security policy in place in 2015

Nowadays, practically all businesses in the EU (98 %) use computers and among those, only 32 % have a formally defined ICT security policy. For large businesses, this share reached 72 %, while it was less than one third for SMEs (31 %). In 2015, according to Eurostat, less than 35% of Czech businesses had ICT security policy in place, but this is still above the EU average.
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20th September 2017 / Competitiveness / Employment and Social Affairs


Eurostat: Average length of working life of Czechs is just above 35 years

In 2016, people in European Union (EU) could be expected to work for an average of 35.6 years, up by 1.8 years compared with 2006, Eurostat writes. The Czech Republic had the expected average working life at the EU average of 35.6 years.
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18th September 2017 / Competitiveness / Employment and Social Affairs


emerging-europe.com: CEE emigrants could boost their countries' economies

Currently, around 7 million mainly young, skilled and educated Bulgarian, Czechs, Hungarians, Poles, Slovaks and Romanians (CEE-6) live and work in Western Europe. The return of even a relatively small portion of these would boost regional GDP, for example, by stimulating the development of real estate markets, emerging-europe.com writes.
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Members of the American Chamber of Commerce in the Czech Republic