Facts and Data
Area | 78 870 km² |
Length of the border | 2 303 km |
Population | 10 690 000 as of 1 January 2020 |
Capital | Prague (1 324 000 inhabitants as of 1 January 2020) |
Population density | 134 inhabitants/km² |
Time zone | Central European Time |
Political system | Parliamentary democracy |
EU Member |
Since 1 May 2004 |
Currency |
Czech crown (CZK) |
Indicators for agrarian sector
Agricultural land (thous. ha) | 4 202 |
Arable land (thous. ha) | 2 940 |
Arable (%) | 70 |
Forests (thous. ha) | 2 675 |
Number of agricultural workers (persons) | 99 000 |
Balance of agrarian foreign trade (billion CZK) | -47,2 |
Average farm size (ha) | 130 |
Business structure of natural and legal persons in agriculture | |
Total | 47 604 |
Natural persons total | 43 153 |
of which agricultural entrepreneurs | 23 188 |
Legal persons total | 4 451 |
of which business corporations | 3 609 |
of which Ltd. | 2 841 |
Inc. | 728 |
cooperatives | 517 |
other | 325 |
Permanent grassland (thous. ha) | 1 017 |
Hop fields (thous. ha) | 5 |
Vineyards (thous. ha) | 16.1 |
Orchards (thous. ha) |
16.9 |
Source: ČÚZK (State Administration of Land Surveying and Cadastre, SALSC), ČSÚ (Czech Statistical Office, CZSO) and ÚZEI (Institute of Agricultural Economics and Information, IAEI)