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Czechia vs Poland

188 shared metrics.

CzechiaLeads in 91

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PolandLeads in 97

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What matters for both sides

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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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Poland

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Identity

Formal name: Republic of Poland.

CIA 2026

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Poland shares Bialowieza Forest, one of Europe's last big lowland primeval forests, with Belarus.

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Analysis

Poland leads in 97 of 188 shared metrics, while Czechia leads in 91.

Czechia's Firms Hit by Power Outages is 5.2x that of Poland (30.73% of firms vs 5.0% of firms).

Czechia's EV Chargers per 100,000 People is 1.6x that of Poland (18.84 per 100k people vs 7.3 per 100k people).

Czechia's Low Life Satisfaction is 1.4x that of Poland (5.5% of adults 16+ vs 2.3% of adults 16+).

Czechia's Chronic Pain is 1.3x that of Poland (31.5% of adults 15+ vs 14% of adults 15+).

Czechia's Political Corruption Index is 1.1x that of Poland (0.17 vs 0.08).

Key Comparisons

Firms Hit by Power OutagesCzechia leads

Czechia

30.73% of firms

Poland

5.0% of firms

EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)Czechia leads

Czechia

18.84 per 100k people

Poland

7.3 per 100k people

Low Life SatisfactionCzechia leads

Czechia

5.5% of adults 16+

Poland

2.3% of adults 16+

Chronic PainCzechia leads

Czechia

31.5% of adults 15+

Poland

14% of adults 15+

Political Corruption IndexCzechia leads

Czechia

0.17

Poland

0.08

5.5% of adults 16+

Poland

2.3% of adults 16+

136% higher

Chronic Pain

Czechia

31.5% of adults 15+

Poland

14% of adults 15+

125% higher

Political Corruption Index

Czechia

0.17

Poland

0.08

111% higher

Czechia

3.3% of households

Poland

11.39% of households

71% lower

Comparison of Czechia and Poland across 188 metrics
				Winner
Firms Hit by Power Outages	30.73% of firms	5.0% of firms	520% higher	Czechia
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	18.84 per 100k people	7.3 per 100k people	157% higher	Czechia
Low Life Satisfaction	5.5% of adults 16+	2.3% of adults 16+	136% higher	Czechia
Chronic Pain	31.5% of adults 15+	14% of adults 15+	125% higher	Czechia
Political Corruption Index	0.17	0.08	111% higher	Czechia
Capital Elevation	235 m	118 m	99% higher	Czechia
Wind Electricity Share	0.75%	14.21%	95% lower	Poland
Armed Forces Personnel	27.0K	189.0K	86% lower	Poland
Water Withdrawal	1.4 B m³	9.4 B m³	85% lower	Poland
Domestic Patents	541	3.4K	84% lower	Poland
Irrigated Land	220 km²	1.3K km²	83% lower	Poland
Low-Wage Workers	34.68% of workers	19.33% of workers	79% higher	Czechia
Time Zones Count	1.0 time zones	4.0 time zones	75% lower	Poland
Air Passengers	2.18M	8.78M	75% lower	Poland
Land Area	77.2K km²	306.3K km²	75% lower	Poland
Informal Employment Share	3.8% of employed people	14.55% of employed people	74% lower	Poland
Population	10.84M	38.75M	72% lower	Poland
Forest Area	26.8K km²	95.2K km²	72% lower	Poland
Total CO2 Emissions	77.75 Mt CO2e	276.06 Mt CO2e	72% lower	Poland
Housing Cost Burden	3.3% of households	11.39% of households	71% lower	Poland
Earnings Inequality	6.5 vs bottom 10%	3.8 vs bottom 10%	69% higher	Czechia
Health Spending Per Capita	$2,609.24	$1,543.71	69% higher	Czechia
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	3.8% of GDP	2.2% of GDP	68% higher	Czechia
All-Time Olympic Medals	111 medals	335 medals	67% lower	Poland
Firms Making Informal Payments	10.88% of firms	6.5% of firms	67% higher	Czechia
High-Tech Exports (%)	22.4%	13.51%	66% higher	Czechia
Electric Generating Capacity	21.80M kW	64.81M kW	66% lower	Poland
Firms Asked for Bribes	2.9% of firms	8.0% of firms	64% lower	Poland
Overcrowded Housing	10.85% of households	28.4% of households	62% lower	Poland
GDP (Nominal)	$347,034,062,928.48	$917,767,106,146.76	62% lower	Poland
Scientific Publications	14.4K	37.4K	61% lower	Poland
GDP Growth Rate	1.2%	3.0%	59% lower	Poland
All-Time Olympic Gold Medals	34 gold medals	80 gold medals	57% lower	Poland
Electricity Generation	73.02 TWh	170.2 TWh	57% lower	Poland
Job Insecurity	2.3% of earnings at risk	5.0% of earnings at risk	55% lower	Poland
Tourism Revenue	$3,890,000,000	$8,379,000,000	54% lower	Poland
Military Spending	1.9% of GDP	4.2% of GDP	54% lower	Poland
Firms with Female Top Manager	15.52% of firms	32.28% of firms	52% lower	Poland
Youth NEET Rate	4.5% of youth 15-24	9.2% of youth 15-24	51% lower	Poland
Railway Length	9.5K km	19.5K km	51% lower	Poland
Railway Network	9.4K km	18.6K km	50% lower	Poland
Fuel Poverty	4.9% of adults 16+	3.3% of adults 16+	48% higher	Czechia
Solar Electricity Share	5.8%	11.28%	48% lower	Poland
Nurses & Midwives	9.4 per 1k	6.3 per 1k	48% higher	Czechia
Foreign Patents	59	111	47% lower	Poland
Credit Card Ownership	29.85% of adults	20.29% of adults	47% higher	Czechia
Broadband Access (%)	38 per 100 people	26 per 100 people	46% higher	Czechia
Protected Land (%)	21.9%	39.6%	45% lower	Poland
Infant Mortality	2.1 per 1k births	3.7 per 1k births	43% lower	Poland
Border Neighbors	4.0	7.0	43% lower	Poland
Low Adult Numeracy	17.2% of adults	29.82% of adults	42% lower	Poland
Spirits Consumption	2.5 L/person/yr	4.4 L/person/yr	42% lower	Poland
Child Mortality	2.6 per 1k births	4.4 per 1k births	41% lower	Poland
Water Stress (%)	10.99%	17.51%	37% lower	Poland
Inflation Rate	2.4%	3.8%	37% lower	Poland
GNI Per Capita	$29,560	$21,590	37% higher	Czechia
Lack of Support	6.5% of adults 15+	10.06% of adults 15+	36% lower	Poland
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	6.0K kWh/person	4.4K kWh/person	36% higher	Czechia
Highest Elevation	1.6K m	2.5K m	36% lower	Poland
R&D Spending (% GDP)	2.0% of GDP	1.5% of GDP	35% higher	Czechia
Women in Senior Management	26.88% of managers	40.56% of managers	34% lower	Poland
Relationship Dissatisfaction	2.9% of adults 16+	2.2% of adults 16+	33% higher	Czechia
Energy Use (Per Capita)	3.5K kg oil eq/person	2.6K kg oil eq/person	33% higher	Czechia
Poverty Rate	6.2% of population	9.1% of population	32% lower	Poland
Exports (% GDP)	68.87% of GDP	52.18% of GDP	32% higher	Czechia
Electricity Carbon Intensity	401.46 gCO2/kWh	588.6 gCO2/kWh	32% lower	Poland
Insufficient Physical Activity	23.37% of adults	33.9% of adults	31% lower	Poland
Coal Electricity Share	35.23%	50.4%	30% lower	Poland
Imports (% GDP)	62.62% of GDP	48.18% of GDP	30% higher	Czechia
Fertility Rate	1.7 children/woman	1.3 children/woman	30% higher	Czechia
Tax Revenue (% GDP)	12.64% of GDP	18% of GDP	30% lower	Poland
Tobacco Use Prevalence	28.1% of adults	21.7% of adults	29% higher	Czechia
Land Border Length	2.0K km	2.9K km	29% lower	Poland
Smoking Rate	29.9%	23.6%	27% higher	Czechia
Government Debt (% GDP)	36.8% of GDP	50.6% of GDP	27% lower	Poland
Green Space Access	86.25% of urban pop.	68.29% of urban pop.	26% higher	Czechia
Researchers	4.7K per 1M	3.7K per 1M	26% higher	Czechia
Gender Pay Gap (%)	13.55% of male wages	10.86% of male wages	25% higher	Czechia
Renewable Energy (%)	9.7%	13.05%	25% lower	Poland
Financial Hardship	14.2% of adults 16+	11.5% of adults 16+	23% higher	Czechia
Liberal Democracy Index	0.79	0.65	23% higher	Czechia
Health Spending (% GDP)	8.5% of GDP	7.0% of GDP	22% higher	Czechia
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	11.99 per 1M people	15.43 per 1M people	22% lower	Poland
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	55.57 per 100k	70.78 per 100k	21% lower	Poland
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	14.11 µg/m³	17.96 µg/m³	21% lower	Poland
Urban Population (%)	72.79%	59.97%	21% higher	Czechia
Homicide Rate	0.60 per 100k	0.50 per 100k	20% higher	Czechia
Road Traffic Death Rate	5.2 per 100k	6.5 per 100k	20% lower	Poland
Birth Rate	9.6 per 1k	8.0 per 1k	19% higher	Czechia
Airports	262	323	19% lower	Poland
Happiness Inequality	2.1 vs bottom 20%	1.8 vs bottom 20%	18% higher	Czechia
Population Density	140.79 /km²	119.79 /km²	18% higher	Czechia
Food Waste per Person	101 kg/person/yr	123 kg/person/yr	18% lower	Poland
Time Dissatisfaction	12.73% of adults 16+	15.3% of adults 16+	17% lower	Poland
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0.55 per 1M people	0.67 per 1M people	17% lower	Poland
Job Strain	25.38% of employees	30.05% of employees	16% lower	Poland
Depression Rate	4.2% of adults 15+	5.0% of adults 15+	16% lower	Poland
Digital Payments Used	94.11% of adults	82.09% of adults	15% higher	Czechia
Income Gap (Rich vs Poor)	3.5 vs bottom 20%	4.1 vs bottom 20%	14% lower	Poland
Deaths (Suicide/Alcohol/Drugs)	20.05 per 100k	17.55 per 100k	14% higher	Czechia
Adult Numeracy	273.14 pts	238.76 pts	14% higher	Czechia
Beer Consumption	6.3 L/person/yr	5.5 L/person/yr	14% higher	Czechia
Hypertension Prevalence	41.6% of adults	48.4% of adults	14% lower	Poland
Youth Unemployment Rate	9.2% of youth labor force	10.7% of youth labor force	14% lower	Poland
Can Raise Emergency Money	96.43% of adults	84.31% of adults	14% higher	Czechia
Average Earnings	$38,488.51	$44,210.61	13% lower	Poland
Adult Literacy	265.22 pts	235.71 pts	13% higher	Czechia
Safety at Night	75.5% feeling safe at night	67% feeling safe at night	13% higher	Czechia
University Enrollment Rate	66.73%	76.88%	13% lower	Poland
Seafood Consumption per Person	10.64 kg/person/yr	12.27 kg/person/yr	13% lower	Poland
Renewable Energy (%)	17.2%	15.2%	13% higher	Czechia
Big Mac Price	$5.5	$6.25	12% lower	Poland
Forest Coverage (%)	34.76%	31.08%	12% higher	Czechia
Women in Parliament (%)	26%	29.57%	12% lower	Poland
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$56,686.55	$50,540.93	12% higher	Czechia
Road Deaths	4.6 per 100k	5.2 per 100k	11% lower	Poland
Corruption Perceptions Index	59 pts	53 pts	11% higher	Czechia
Safe Drinking Water (%)	98.14%	88.68%	11% higher	Czechia
Electoral Democracy Index	0.85	0.77	11% higher	Czechia
Inequality (Gini)	25.7	28.5	10% lower	Poland
Numeracy Gap	1.5 vs bottom 10%	1.7 vs bottom 10%	9% lower	Poland
Disposable Income (Per Capita)	$34,691	$32,249	8% higher	Czechia
Median Wealth	$193,239	$178,916	8% higher	Czechia
Literacy Gap	1.5 vs bottom 10%	1.6 vs bottom 10%	8% lower	Poland
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	6.6 per 1k	6.1 per 1k	8% higher	Czechia
Doctors (per 1,000)	4.3 per 1k	4.0 per 1k	8% higher	Czechia
Time Use Inequality	2.6 vs bottom 20%	2.8 vs bottom 20%	7% lower	Poland
Poor Health	9.1% reporting poor health	9.8% reporting poor health	7% lower	Poland
Meat Consumption per Person	82.79 kg/person/yr	88.71 kg/person/yr	7% lower	Poland
Employment Rate (%)	85.5% of adults 25-64	80.5% of adults 25-64	6% higher	Czechia
Social Support	92.98% of adults 15+	88.01% of adults 15+	6% higher	Czechia
Voter Turnout	70.25% of votes	74.4% of votes	6% lower	Poland
Dependency Ratio	56.84% of working-age pop.	53.73% of working-age pop.	6% higher	Czechia
Women's Political Empowerment	0.93	0.88	6% higher	Czechia
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	127 per 100 people	135.15 per 100 people	6% lower	Poland
Long Work Hours	3.2% of employees	3.0% of employees	5% higher	Czechia
Housing Affordability	75.35% of income	78.97% of income	5% lower	Poland
Wealth Concentration	39.07% of wealth	41.28% of wealth	5% lower	Poland
Milk Consumption per Person	195.2 kg/person/yr	205.39 kg/person/yr	5% lower	Poland
Job Satisfaction	7.7 pts	7.4 pts	4% higher	Czechia
Reading Score Gap	1.7 vs bottom 10%	1.8 vs bottom 10%	4% lower	Poland
Low Adult Literacy	4.1% of adults	3.9% of adults	4% higher	Czechia
Average Weekly Work Hours	37.1 hrs/week	38.5 hrs/week	4% lower	Poland
Agricultural Land (%)	45.8%	47.61%	4% lower	Poland
Homicide Rate	0.77 per 100k	0.80 per 100k	4% lower	Poland
Youth Population (%)	15.4%	14.81%	4% higher	Czechia
Vehicles per 1,000 People	694.65 per 1k people	721.55 per 1k people	4% lower	Poland
Long-Term Unemployment	0.82% of workforce	0.80% of workforce	3% higher	Czechia
Home Internet Access	89.31% of households	91.72% of households	3% lower	Poland
Self-Rated Health	66.3% reporting good health	64.2% reporting good health	3% higher	Czechia
Life Satisfaction	7.4 pts	7.6 pts	3% lower	Poland
Relationship Inequality	1.8 vs bottom 20%	1.8 vs bottom 20%	3% higher	Czechia
Teen Birth Rate	6.0 per 1k	6.2 per 1k	3% lower	Poland
Median Age	42.7 years	41.3 years	3% higher	Czechia
Alcohol Consumption	11.99 L/adult/yr	11.66 L/adult/yr	3% higher	Czechia
Elderly Population (%)	20.85%	20.14%	3% higher	Czechia
Freedom of Expression Index	0.95	0.92	3% higher	Czechia
Low Reading Skills	12.18% of students	11.93% of students	2% higher	Czechia
Low Math Skills	12.18% of students	11.93% of students	2% higher	Czechia
Math Score Gap	1.7 vs bottom 10%	1.6 vs bottom 10%	2% higher	Czechia
Low Science Skills	12.18% of students	11.93% of students	2% higher	Czechia
Suicide Rate	13.33 per 100k	13.67 per 100k	2% lower	Poland
Death Rate	11.82 per 1k	11.56 per 1k	2% higher	Czechia
Life Expectancy	79.9 years	78.5 years	2% higher	Czechia
Time Satisfaction	6.9 pts	6.8 pts	1% higher	Czechia
Relationship Satisfaction	8.2 pts	8.1 pts	1% higher	Czechia
Loneliness	5.2% of adults 16+	5.1% of adults 16+	1% higher	Czechia
Human Development Index	0.92	0.91	1% higher	Czechia
Science Score Gap	1.7 vs bottom 10%	1.7 vs bottom 10%	1% higher	Czechia
Internet Users (%)	87.69%	88.58%	1% lower	Poland
Unemployment Rate	2.5%	2.5%	1% higher	Czechia
CO2 Per Capita	7.0 t/person/yr	7.1 t/person/yr	1% lower	Poland
Life Evaluation Score	6.8 pts	6.8 pts	1% higher	Czechia
Reading Skills	488.6 pts	488.71 pts	equal	Poland
Math Skills	487 pts	488.96 pts	equal	Poland
Science Skills	497.74 pts	499.16 pts	equal	Poland
Air Pollution Exposure	100% of population	99.89% of population	equal	Czechia
Extreme Temperature Exposure	0% of population	0% of population	ranked higher	Czechia
Obesity Rate	31.3%	31.41%	equal	Poland
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	20 days/yr	20 days/yr	equal	Czechia
Coastline Length	0 km	440 km	ranked lower	Poland
Electricity Access (%)	100%	100%	equal	Czechia
Sanitation Access (%)	99.07%	98.96%	equal	Czechia
Education Spending (% GDP)	4.3% of GDP	4.3% of GDP	equal	Poland
Lowest Elevation	115 m	-2 m	ranked higher	Czechia
Official Languages Count	1.0	1.0	equal	Czechia
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	0.70% of GDP	-0.7% of GDP	ranked higher	Czechia
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	17 sites	17 sites	equal	Czechia

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Analysis

Poland leads in 97 of 188 shared metrics, while Czechia leads in 91.

Czechia's Firms Hit by Power Outages is 5.2x that of Poland (30.73% of firms vs 5.0% of firms).

Czechia's EV Chargers per 100,000 People is 1.6x that of Poland (18.84 per 100k people vs 7.3 per 100k people).

Czechia's Low Life Satisfaction is 1.4x that of Poland (5.5% of adults 16+ vs 2.3% of adults 16+).

Czechia's Chronic Pain is 1.3x that of Poland (31.5% of adults 15+ vs 14% of adults 15+).

Czechia's Political Corruption Index is 1.1x that of Poland (0.17 vs 0.08).

Key Comparisons

Firms Hit by Power OutagesCzechia leads

Czechia

30.73% of firms

Poland

5.0% of firms

Czechia

18.84 per 100k people

Poland

7.3 per 100k people

Low Life SatisfactionCzechia leads

Czechia

5.5% of adults 16+

Poland

2.3% of adults 16+

Chronic PainCzechia leads

Czechia

31.5% of adults 15+

Poland

14% of adults 15+

Political Corruption IndexCzechia leads

Czechia

0.17

Poland

0.08

Capital ElevationCzechia leads

Czechia

235 m

Poland

118 m

Firms Hit by Power Outages

30.73% of firms

5.0% of firms

18.84 per 100k people

7.3 per 100k people

Low Life Satisfaction

5.5% of adults 16+

2.3% of adults 16+

Chronic Pain

31.5% of adults 15+

14% of adults 15+

Political Corruption Index

0.17

0.08

Capital Elevation

235 m

118 m

Wind Electricity Share

0.75%

14.21%

Armed Forces Personnel

27.0K

189.0K

Water Withdrawal

1.4 B m³

9.4 B m³

Domestic Patents

541

3.4K

Irrigated Land

220 km²

1.3K km²

Low-Wage Workers

34.68% of workers

19.33% of workers

Time Zones Count

1.0 time zones

4.0 time zones

Air Passengers

2.18M

8.78M

Land Area

77.2K km²

306.3K km²

Informal Employment Share

3.8% of employed people

14.55% of employed people

Population

10.84M

38.75M

Forest Area

26.8K km²

95.2K km²

Total CO2 Emissions

77.75 Mt CO2e

276.06 Mt CO2e

Housing Cost Burden

3.3% of households

11.39% of households

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Firms Hit by Power Outages

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Low Life Satisfaction

Chronic Pain

Political Corruption Index

Capital Elevation

Wind Electricity Share

Armed Forces Personnel

Water Withdrawal

Domestic Patents

Irrigated Land

Low-Wage Workers

Time Zones Count

Air Passengers

Land Area

Informal Employment Share

Population

Forest Area

Total CO2 Emissions

Housing Cost Burden

Earnings Inequality

Health Spending Per Capita

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

All-Time Olympic Medals

Firms Making Informal Payments

High-Tech Exports (%)

Electric Generating Capacity

Firms Asked for Bribes

Overcrowded Housing

GDP (Nominal)

Scientific Publications

GDP Growth Rate

All-Time Olympic Gold Medals

Electricity Generation

Job Insecurity

Tourism Revenue

Military Spending

Firms with Female Top Manager

Youth NEET Rate

Railway Length

Railway Network

Fuel Poverty

Solar Electricity Share

Nurses & Midwives

Foreign Patents

Credit Card Ownership

Broadband Access (%)

Protected Land (%)

Infant Mortality

Border Neighbors

Low Adult Numeracy

Spirits Consumption

Child Mortality

Water Stress (%)

Inflation Rate

GNI Per Capita

Lack of Support

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

Highest Elevation

R&D Spending (% GDP)

Women in Senior Management

Relationship Dissatisfaction

Energy Use (Per Capita)

Poverty Rate

Exports (% GDP)

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Insufficient Physical Activity

Coal Electricity Share

Imports (% GDP)

Fertility Rate

Tax Revenue (% GDP)

Tobacco Use Prevalence