25 November 2019

The Czech Statistical Office (CZSO) issued today the Statistical Yearbook of the Czech Republic 2019. On more than 800 pages, the Yearbook brings summary information about life in the Czech Republic. Since the formation of the independent Czech Republic in 1993, it is already the 27th volume of this edition, which is available to users for free on the CZSO website.

The data contained in the Yearbook describe the year 2018; by the year-end, the Czech Republic’s population was 10 649 800 inhabitants. During the year, 54 470 marriages were concluded, which is the most for the last ten years. The total fertility rate increased to 1.71 child per woman. The gross domestic product increased by 2.9% in 2018 and the general unemployment rate was record breaking. A strong demand for workers also led to a dynamic wage growth.

“The Statistical Yearbook brings cross-sectional data for the entire society on one place and thus it becomes a useful information source. Such a piece of work would never come into existence without effort of our employees, collaborating institutions, and, of course, without involvement of participating respondents. Thanks to their contribution, the Czech Statistical Office as a representative of impartial and independent statistics is trusted by the public and its data are of good use to a large range of users,” Marek Rojíček, President of the Czech Statistical Office, said.

As every year, the Statistical Yearbook also brings some novelties. For example, data from the National Register of Reimbursed Health Services are presented in the Yearbook for the very first time. Further new tables inform about results of the Sample Survey on Persons with Disabilities and in the chapter on social security, data about newly approved benefits were added: a paternity leave for fathers and a long-term carer’s allowance. Naturally, there are also results of several elections, which were carried out in 2018, to which also results of elections to the European Parliament in 2019 in international comparisons were added.

For more detailed information see the Statistical Yearbook of the Czech Republic 2019:
https://www.czso.cz/csu/czso/statistical-yearbook-of-the-czech-republic-2019

You can order and buy the hard-backed Yearbook directly in the headquarters of the Czech Statistical Office, in its Information Services Unit.

Contact:
Jan Cieslar
Spokesman of the CZSO
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