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Czechia vs Germany

189 shared metrics.

CzechiaLeads in 72

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GermanyLeads in 117

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Country briefing

What matters for both sides

Short real-world notes so the comparison reads like more than a stat strip.

Czechia

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: Czech Republic.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Czechia is Europe's beer-per-person heavyweight, leading the continent in per-capita beer consumption.

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Germany

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Identity

Formal name: Federal Republic of Germany.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Germany's Mittelstand companies account for almost 60% of jobs.

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Analysis

Germany leads in 117 of 189 shared metrics, while Czechia leads in 72.

Czechia's Firms Asked for Bribes is 28.8x that of Germany (2.9% of firms vs 0.10% of firms).

Czechia's Nuclear Electricity Share is 27.6x that of Germany (40% vs 1.4%).

Czechia's Firms Making Informal Payments is 6.4x that of Germany (10.88% of firms vs 1.5% of firms).

Czechia's Political Corruption Index is 6.1x that of Germany (0.17 vs 0.02).

Czechia's Capital Elevation is 5.9x that of Germany (235 m vs 34 m).

Key Comparisons

Firms Asked for BribesCzechia leads

Czechia

2.9% of firms

Germany

0.10% of firms

Nuclear Electricity ShareCzechia leads

Czechia

40%

Germany

1.4%

Firms Making Informal PaymentsCzechia leads

Czechia

10.88% of firms

Germany

1.5% of firms

Political Corruption IndexCzechia leads

Czechia

0.17

Germany

0.02

Capital ElevationCzechia leads

Czechia

235 m

Germany

34 m

Firms Hit by Power OutagesCzechia leads

Czechia

14.2% of adults 16+

Germany

7.3% of adults 16+

95% higher

Water Withdrawal

Germany

Czechia

1.4 B m³

Germany

25.79 B m³

94% lower

GDP (Nominal)

Germany

Czechia

$347,034,062,928.48

Germany

$4,685,592,577,804.69

93% lower

Tourism Revenue

Germany

Czechia

$3,890,000,000

Germany

$58,372,000,000

93% lower

Electric Generating Capacity

Germany

Czechia

21.80M kW

Germany

275.66M kW

92% lower

All-Time Olympic Gold Medals

Germany

Czechia

34 gold medals

Germany

326 gold medals

90% lower

Comparison of Czechia and Germany across 189 metrics
				Winner
Firms Asked for Bribes	2.9% of firms	0.10% of firms	2883% higher	Czechia
Nuclear Electricity Share	40%	1.4%	2757% higher	Czechia
Firms Making Informal Payments	10.88% of firms	1.5% of firms	644% higher	Czechia
Political Corruption Index	0.17	0.02	613% higher	Czechia
Capital Elevation	235 m	34 m	591% higher	Czechia
Firms Hit by Power Outages	30.73% of firms	5.8% of firms	426% higher	Czechia
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	3.8% of GDP	1.0% of GDP	270% higher	Czechia
Low-Wage Workers	34.68% of workers	15.47% of workers	124% higher	Czechia
Earnings Inequality	6.5 vs bottom 10%	2.9 vs bottom 10%	122% higher	Czechia
Foreign Patents	59	18.7K	100% lower	Germany
Domestic Patents	541	39.8K	99% lower	Germany
Air Passengers	2.18M	80.20M	97% lower	Germany
Wind Electricity Share	0.75%	27.18%	97% lower	Germany
Irrigated Land	220 km²	5.1K km²	96% lower	Germany
Financial Hardship	14.2% of adults 16+	7.3% of adults 16+	95% higher	Czechia
Water Withdrawal	1.4 B m³	25.79 B m³	94% lower	Germany
GDP (Nominal)	$347,034,062,928.48	$4,685,592,577,804.69	93% lower	Germany
Tourism Revenue	$3,890,000,000	$58,372,000,000	93% lower	Germany
Electric Generating Capacity	21.80M kW	275.66M kW	92% lower	Germany
All-Time Olympic Gold Medals	34 gold medals	326 gold medals	90% lower	Germany
All-Time Olympic Medals	111 medals	981 medals	89% lower	Germany
Population	10.84M	84.01M	87% lower	Germany
Scientific Publications	14.4K	114.0K	87% lower	Germany
Total CO2 Emissions	77.75 Mt CO2e	579.94 Mt CO2e	87% lower	Germany
Armed Forces Personnel	27.0K	183.0K	85% lower	Germany
Electricity Generation	73.02 TWh	476.87 TWh	85% lower	Germany
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	0.70% of GDP	4.4% of GDP	84% lower	Germany
Land Area	77.2K km²	349.4K km²	78% lower	Germany
Forest Area	26.8K km²	114.2K km²	77% lower	Germany
Railway Length	9.5K km	39.4K km	76% lower	Germany
Railway Network	9.4K km	33.4K km	72% lower	Germany
Coal Electricity Share	35.23%	20.61%	71% higher	Czechia
Airports	262	840	69% lower	Germany
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	17 sites	55 sites	69% lower	Germany
Solar Electricity Share	5.8%	17.91%	68% lower	Germany
Exports (% GDP)	68.87% of GDP	41.43% of GDP	66% higher	Czechia
Imports (% GDP)	62.62% of GDP	37.66% of GDP	66% higher	Czechia
Insufficient Physical Activity	23.37% of adults	14.08% of adults	66% higher	Czechia
Housing Cost Burden	3.3% of households	9.2% of households	65% lower	Germany
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	18.84 per 100k people	51.31 per 100k people	63% lower	Germany
Job Insecurity	2.3% of earnings at risk	1.4% of earnings at risk	61% higher	Czechia
Renewable Energy (%)	9.7%	23.97%	59% lower	Germany
Health Spending Per Capita	$2,609.24	$6,232.59	58% lower	Germany
Road Traffic Death Rate	5.2 per 100k	3.3 per 100k	58% higher	Czechia
Border Neighbors	4.0	9.0	56% lower	Germany
Depression Rate	4.2% of adults 15+	9.1% of adults 15+	54% lower	Germany
Water Stress (%)	10.99%	24.11%	54% lower	Germany
Homicide Rate	0.60 per 100k	0.40 per 100k	50% higher	Czechia
Low Life Satisfaction	5.5% of adults 16+	11.07% of adults 16+	50% lower	Germany
Time Zones Count	1.0 time zones	2.0 time zones	50% lower	Germany
Poverty Rate	6.2% of population	11.8% of population	48% lower	Germany
Relationship Dissatisfaction	2.9% of adults 16+	5.7% of adults 16+	48% lower	Germany
Credit Card Ownership	29.85% of adults	56.52% of adults	47% lower	Germany
GNI Per Capita	$29,560	$55,090	46% lower	Germany
Highest Elevation	1.6K m	3.0K m	46% lower	Germany
Average Earnings	$38,488.51	$69,433.06	45% lower	Germany
Land Border Length	2.0K km	3.7K km	45% lower	Germany
Youth NEET Rate	4.5% of youth 15-24	8.0% of youth 15-24	44% lower	Germany
Protected Land (%)	21.9%	39.3%	44% lower	Germany
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0.55 per 1M people	0.99 per 1M people	44% lower	Germany
Government Debt (% GDP)	36.8% of GDP	63.9% of GDP	42% lower	Germany
Population Density	140.79 /km²	238.35 /km²	41% lower	Germany
Smoking Rate	29.9%	21.3%	40% higher	Czechia
Hypertension Prevalence	41.6% of adults	30.2% of adults	38% higher	Czechia
Road Deaths	4.6 per 100k	3.4 per 100k	37% higher	Czechia
Lack of Support	6.5% of adults 15+	10.24% of adults 15+	37% lower	Germany
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	14.11 µg/m³	10.29 µg/m³	37% higher	Czechia
R&D Spending (% GDP)	2.0% of GDP	3.1% of GDP	37% lower	Germany
Youth Unemployment Rate	9.2% of youth labor force	6.9% of youth labor force	34% higher	Czechia
Infant Mortality	2.1 per 1k births	3.1 per 1k births	32% lower	Germany
Tobacco Use Prevalence	28.1% of adults	21.5% of adults	31% higher	Czechia
Disposable Income (Per Capita)	$34,691	$49,850	30% lower	Germany
Income Gap (Rich vs Poor)	3.5 vs bottom 20%	5.1 vs bottom 20%	30% lower	Germany
Wealth Concentration	39.07% of wealth	55.55% of wealth	30% lower	Germany
Obesity Rate	31.3%	24.16%	30% higher	Czechia
Child Mortality	2.6 per 1k births	3.7 per 1k births	30% lower	Germany
Loneliness	5.2% of adults 16+	7.3% of adults 16+	29% lower	Germany
Green Space Access	86.25% of urban pop.	67.47% of urban pop.	28% higher	Czechia
Health Spending (% GDP)	8.5% of GDP	11.8% of GDP	28% lower	Germany
Low Reading Skills	12.18% of students	16.7% of students	27% lower	Germany
Low Math Skills	12.18% of students	16.7% of students	27% lower	Germany
Low Science Skills	12.18% of students	16.7% of students	27% lower	Germany
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	11.99 per 1M people	16.38 per 1M people	27% lower	Germany
Women in Parliament (%)	26%	35.33%	26% lower	Germany
Unemployment Rate	2.5%	3.4%	26% lower	Germany
Milk Consumption per Person	195.2 kg/person/yr	258.7 kg/person/yr	25% lower	Germany
High-Tech Exports (%)	22.4%	17.98%	25% higher	Czechia
Median Wealth	$193,239	$155,912	24% higher	Czechia
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	55.57 per 100k	73.03 per 100k	24% lower	Germany
Nurses & Midwives	9.4 per 1k	12.3 per 1k	24% lower	Germany
Corruption Perceptions Index	59 pts	77 pts	23% lower	Germany
Fuel Poverty	4.9% of adults 16+	6.3% of adults 16+	22% lower	Germany
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$56,686.55	$72,295.24	22% lower	Germany
Electricity Carbon Intensity	401.46 gCO2/kWh	329.65 gCO2/kWh	22% higher	Czechia
Food Waste per Person	101 kg/person/yr	129 kg/person/yr	22% lower	Germany
Overcrowded Housing	10.85% of households	9.0% of households	21% higher	Czechia
Inequality (Gini)	25.7	32.4	21% lower	Germany
Energy Use (Per Capita)	3.5K kg oil eq/person	2.9K kg oil eq/person	20% higher	Czechia
Beer Consumption	6.3 L/person/yr	5.3 L/person/yr	19% higher	Czechia
Spirits Consumption	2.5 L/person/yr	2.1 L/person/yr	19% higher	Czechia
Tax Revenue (% GDP)	12.64% of GDP	10.64% of GDP	19% higher	Czechia
Researchers	4.7K per 1M	5.8K per 1M	19% lower	Germany
Education Spending (% GDP)	4.3% of GDP	5.2% of GDP	18% lower	Germany
Poor Health	9.1% reporting poor health	10.9% reporting poor health	17% lower	Germany
Happiness Inequality	2.1 vs bottom 20%	2.6 vs bottom 20%	17% lower	Germany
Firms with Female Top Manager	15.52% of firms	13.29% of firms	17% higher	Czechia
Seafood Consumption per Person	10.64 kg/person/yr	12.66 kg/person/yr	16% lower	Germany
Broadband Access (%)	38 per 100 people	45 per 100 people	16% lower	Germany
Homicide Rate	0.77 per 100k	0.91 per 100k	16% lower	Germany
Voter Turnout	70.25% of votes	82.54% of votes	15% lower	Germany
Chronic Pain	31.5% of adults 15+	27.5% of adults 15+	15% higher	Czechia
University Enrollment Rate	66.73%	78.59%	15% lower	Germany
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	6.6 per 1k	7.8 per 1k	15% lower	Germany
Long-Term Unemployment	0.82% of workforce	0.95% of workforce	13% lower	Germany
Time Dissatisfaction	12.73% of adults 16+	14.57% of adults 16+	13% lower	Germany
Average Weekly Work Hours	37.1 hrs/week	33.2 hrs/week	12% higher	Czechia
Job Strain	25.38% of employees	28.53% of employees	11% lower	Germany
Deaths (Suicide/Alcohol/Drugs)	20.05 per 100k	18.04 per 100k	11% higher	Czechia
Youth Population (%)	15.4%	13.91%	11% higher	Czechia
Urban Population (%)	72.79%	82.02%	11% lower	Germany
Long Work Hours	3.2% of employees	2.9% of employees	10% higher	Czechia
Relationship Inequality	1.8 vs bottom 20%	2.0 vs bottom 20%	10% lower	Germany
Elderly Population (%)	20.85%	23.2%	10% lower	Germany
Can Raise Emergency Money	96.43% of adults	87.88% of adults	10% higher	Czechia
Numeracy Gap	1.5 vs bottom 10%	1.7 vs bottom 10%	9% lower	Germany
Teen Birth Rate	6.0 per 1k	5.5 per 1k	9% higher	Czechia
Fertility Rate	1.7 children/woman	1.6 children/woman	9% higher	Czechia
Housing Affordability	75.35% of income	81.92% of income	8% lower	Germany
Literacy Gap	1.5 vs bottom 10%	1.6 vs bottom 10%	8% lower	Germany
Birth Rate	9.6 per 1k	8.9 per 1k	8% higher	Czechia
Time Use Inequality	2.6 vs bottom 20%	2.8 vs bottom 20%	7% lower	Germany
Internet Users (%)	87.69%	94%	7% lower	Germany
Job Satisfaction	7.7 pts	7.2 pts	6% higher	Czechia
Life Satisfaction	7.4 pts	7.0 pts	6% higher	Czechia
Reading Score Gap	1.7 vs bottom 10%	1.8 vs bottom 10%	6% lower	Germany
Meat Consumption per Person	82.79 kg/person/yr	87.79 kg/person/yr	6% lower	Germany
Forest Coverage (%)	34.76%	32.68%	6% higher	Czechia
Gender Pay Gap (%)	13.55% of male wages	14.25% of male wages	5% lower	Germany
Human Development Index	0.92	0.96	5% lower	Germany
Science Score Gap	1.7 vs bottom 10%	1.8 vs bottom 10%	5% lower	Germany
Median Age	42.7 years	45.1 years	5% lower	Germany
Digital Payments Used	94.11% of adults	99.48% of adults	5% lower	Germany
Employment Rate (%)	85.5% of adults 25-64	82.39% of adults 25-64	4% higher	Czechia
Social Support	92.98% of adults 15+	89.72% of adults 15+	4% higher	Czechia
Dependency Ratio	56.84% of working-age pop.	59% of working-age pop.	4% lower	Germany
Agricultural Land (%)	45.8%	47.47%	4% lower	Germany
Inflation Rate	2.4%	2.3%	4% higher	Czechia
Doctors (per 1,000)	4.3 per 1k	4.5 per 1k	4% lower	Germany
CO2 Per Capita	7.0 t/person/yr	6.8 t/person/yr	4% higher	Czechia
Freedom of Expression Index	0.95	0.91	4% higher	Czechia
Informal Employment Share	3.8% of employed people	3.9% of employed people	4% lower	Germany
Self-Rated Health	66.3% reporting good health	64.6% reporting good health	3% higher	Czechia
Math Skills	487 pts	474.83 pts	3% higher	Czechia
Low Adult Literacy	4.1% of adults	4.2% of adults	3% lower	Germany
Suicide Rate	13.33 per 100k	12.9 per 100k	3% higher	Czechia
Electoral Democracy Index	0.85	0.83	3% higher	Czechia
Women in Senior Management	26.88% of managers	27.69% of managers	3% lower	Germany
Reading Skills	488.6 pts	479.79 pts	2% higher	Czechia
Adult Literacy	265.22 pts	269.69 pts	2% lower	Germany
Relationship Satisfaction	8.2 pts	8.0 pts	2% higher	Czechia
Math Score Gap	1.7 vs bottom 10%	1.7 vs bottom 10%	2% lower	Germany
Liberal Democracy Index	0.79	0.78	2% higher	Czechia
Renewable Energy (%)	17.2%	17.6%	2% lower	Germany
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	127 per 100 people	129 per 100 people	2% lower	Germany
Safe Drinking Water (%)	98.14%	99.92%	2% lower	Germany
Home Internet Access	89.31% of households	88.84% of households	1% higher	Czechia
Time Satisfaction	6.9 pts	7.0 pts	1% lower	Germany
Science Skills	497.74 pts	492.43 pts	1% higher	Czechia
Adult Numeracy	273.14 pts	276.53 pts	1% lower	Germany
Safety at Night	75.5% feeling safe at night	76% feeling safe at night	1% lower	Germany
Women's Political Empowerment	0.93	0.94	1% lower	Germany
Death Rate	11.82 per 1k	11.96 per 1k	1% lower	Germany
Life Expectancy	79.9 years	80.5 years	1% lower	Germany
Alcohol Consumption	11.99 L/adult/yr	11.84 L/adult/yr	1% higher	Czechia
Life Evaluation Score	6.8 pts	6.9 pts	1% lower	Germany
Military Spending	1.9% of GDP	1.9% of GDP	1% higher	Czechia
Vehicles per 1,000 People	694.65 per 1k people	687.59 per 1k people	1% higher	Czechia
Political Voice	28.96% who feel heard by government	28.93% who feel heard by government	equal	Czechia
Air Pollution Exposure	100% of population	99.98% of population	equal	Czechia
Extreme Temperature Exposure	0% of population	0% of population	ranked higher	Czechia
Low Adult Numeracy	17.2% of adults	17.24% of adults	equal	Germany
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	20 days/yr	20 days/yr	equal	Czechia
Coastline Length	0 km	2.4K km	ranked lower	Germany
Electricity Access (%)	100%	100%	equal	Czechia
Sanitation Access (%)	99.07%	99.23%	equal	Germany
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	6.0K kWh/person	5.9K kWh/person	equal	Czechia
GDP Growth Rate	1.2%	-0.5%	ranked higher	Czechia
Lowest Elevation	115 m	-3.5 m	ranked higher	Czechia
Official Languages Count	1.0	1.0	equal	Czechia

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Analysis

Germany leads in 117 of 189 shared metrics, while Czechia leads in 72.

Czechia's Firms Asked for Bribes is 28.8x that of Germany (2.9% of firms vs 0.10% of firms).

Czechia's Nuclear Electricity Share is 27.6x that of Germany (40% vs 1.4%).

Czechia's Firms Making Informal Payments is 6.4x that of Germany (10.88% of firms vs 1.5% of firms).

Czechia's Political Corruption Index is 6.1x that of Germany (0.17 vs 0.02).

Czechia's Capital Elevation is 5.9x that of Germany (235 m vs 34 m).

Key Comparisons

Firms Asked for BribesCzechia leads

Czechia

2.9% of firms

Germany

0.10% of firms

Nuclear Electricity ShareCzechia leads

Czechia

40%

Germany

1.4%

Firms Making Informal PaymentsCzechia leads

Czechia

10.88% of firms

Germany

1.5% of firms

Political Corruption IndexCzechia leads

Czechia

0.17

Germany

0.02

Capital ElevationCzechia leads

Czechia

235 m

Germany

34 m

Firms Hit by Power OutagesCzechia leads

Czechia

30.73% of firms

Germany

5.8% of firms

Firms Asked for Bribes

2.9% of firms

0.10% of firms

Nuclear Electricity Share

40%

1.4%

Firms Making Informal Payments

10.88% of firms

1.5% of firms

Political Corruption Index

0.17

0.02

Capital Elevation

235 m

34 m

Firms Hit by Power Outages

30.73% of firms

5.8% of firms

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

3.8% of GDP

1.0% of GDP

Low-Wage Workers

34.68% of workers

15.47% of workers

Earnings Inequality

6.5 vs bottom 10%

2.9 vs bottom 10%

Foreign Patents

18.7K

Domestic Patents

541

39.8K

Air Passengers

2.18M

80.20M

Wind Electricity Share

0.75%

27.18%

Irrigated Land

220 km²

5.1K km²

Financial Hardship

14.2% of adults 16+

7.3% of adults 16+

Water Withdrawal

1.4 B m³

25.79 B m³

GDP (Nominal)

$347,034,062,928.48

$4,685,592,577,804.69

Tourism Revenue

$3,890,000,000

$58,372,000,000

Electric Generating Capacity

21.80M kW

275.66M kW

All-Time Olympic Gold Medals

34 gold medals

326 gold medals

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Firms Asked for Bribes

Nuclear Electricity Share

Firms Making Informal Payments

Political Corruption Index

Capital Elevation

Firms Hit by Power Outages

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Low-Wage Workers

Earnings Inequality

Foreign Patents

Domestic Patents

Air Passengers

Wind Electricity Share

Irrigated Land

Financial Hardship

Water Withdrawal

GDP (Nominal)

Tourism Revenue

Electric Generating Capacity

All-Time Olympic Gold Medals

All-Time Olympic Medals

Population

Scientific Publications

Total CO2 Emissions

Armed Forces Personnel

Electricity Generation

Current Account Balance (% of GDP)

Land Area

Forest Area

Railway Length

Railway Network

Coal Electricity Share

Airports

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Solar Electricity Share

Exports (% GDP)

Imports (% GDP)

Insufficient Physical Activity

Housing Cost Burden

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Job Insecurity

Renewable Energy (%)

Health Spending Per Capita

Road Traffic Death Rate

Border Neighbors

Depression Rate

Water Stress (%)

Homicide Rate

Low Life Satisfaction

Time Zones Count

Poverty Rate

Relationship Dissatisfaction

Credit Card Ownership

GNI Per Capita

Highest Elevation

Average Earnings

Land Border Length

Youth NEET Rate

Protected Land (%)

Nobel Laureates Born per Million People

Government Debt (% GDP)

Population Density

Smoking Rate

Hypertension Prevalence

Road Deaths

Lack of Support

Air Pollution (PM2.5)

R&D Spending (% GDP)

Youth Unemployment Rate

Infant Mortality

Tobacco Use Prevalence

Disposable Income (Per Capita)