Czech Republic:
Comparison of the Czech Republic with Poland, Hungary, Slovakia
22 November 1996
CzechInvest
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KEY SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC INDICATORS
Country Czech Slovakia Hungary Poland
Republic
Population (mil) 10.3 5.3 10.3 38.5
GDP 1995 (USD bn) 45.1 15.8 40.4 88.5
GDP per capita 1995 (USD) 4 338 2 926 3 882 2 294
GDP growth (%) 4.8 7.4 NA 7.0
Rate of inflation (%) 9.1 9.9 28.2 27.8
Gross Foreign Debt
1995(USD bn) 14.7 4.3 32.4 43.8
AVERAGE INTEREST RATES 1995 (PERCENTAGE PER ANNUM):
- Deposit interest rate 7.0 12.1 26.1 26
- Credit interest rate 12.8 13.3 32.2 31.5
Capital investment
(current prices -USD bn) 15.45 5.06 7.6 NA
Average official
discount rate 1995 (%) 9.5 11.0 28.0 31.5
Balance of payments (mil US)
Current acount balance -1 448 646 -2 480 -2 101
Trade Balance (mil US) -3 815 24 -2442 -1827
INDEX NUMBERS OF EXTERNAL TRADE 1995 (CONSTANT PRICES): **
- IMPORT 123.7 NA 96.1 NA
- EXPORT 105.5 NA 108.4 NA
General consumer price
index 1995 ** 109.1 109.9 128.2 127.8
Industrial producer
price index numbers** 107.6 109.0 128.9 125.4
Unemployment
registered (%) 2.9 13.1 10.9 14.9
Average monthly nominal
wages and salaries (USD) 307 243 278 294
Index numbers of monthly
nominal wages and
salaries 1995** 117.5 114.3 116.8 132.8
INFRASTRUCTURE
Railway network
(km per 1000 km2) 119 75 83 78
Public roads
(km per 1000 km2) 709 365 323 1128
Number of telephones
per 1000 inhabitans 342 284 173 177
* In per cent of total economically active population
** Corresponding period of the previous year = 100.0
Source : Statistical Bulletin 1995/IV, Czech Statistical Office
Czech Republic in Figures 1995, Czech Statistical Office
Business Central Europe, December 1995
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