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.

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9th November 2016 / Competitiveness / Energy and Environment

OECD: As share of GDP, Czech Rep has 9th highest environmentally related tax revenue

As a share of GDP, the Czech Republic has the 9th highest environmentally related tax revenue among 34 OECD and 5 partner economies. In 2014, environmentally related tax revenues were at 2.49% of GDP, compared to 2.0% on average among the 39 countries, OECD data say.

9th November 2016 / Competitiveness / Technology, R&D and Innovation

Eurostat: More than half of Czech women with university education employed in science and technology work in services, more than third in manufacturing

In the Czech Republic, 30.2% of women aged 25-64 with a university-level education and employed as professionals and technicians in science and technology are employed in the manufacturing sector and 54.1% of them are employed in the services sector, recently published Eurostat data show.

9th November 2016 / Competitiveness / Transport, Infrastructure and Tourism

PCB: Prague attracts 250,000+ MICE delegates in H1 2016

According to data published by the Prague Convention Bureau, corporate meetings dominated over other types of events and the size of most meetings varies between 10 and 149 delegates, coming mostly from the Czech Repubilic, as well as Germany, United Kingdom, USA and Austria.