Science & Technology in Czechia

129 indicators covering science & technology for Czechia.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Researchers (in full-time equivalent) per million inhabitants 4,505 2023 up 38.1% 28th
Research & development spending as a share of GDP 1.8% 2023 down 1.8% 21st
Medical technology availability 16.41 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants 2024 up 8.6% 27th
High-tech patent applications to the EPO by priority year and NUTS 3 13.64 Number 2012 up 133.2% 21st
Proportion of adults (15 years and older) with an account at a 92.3% 2024 up 12.3% 30th
Individuals who accessed the internet away from home or work 72.5% 2019 up 152.7% 26th
R&D personnel by sector of performance - Regions — Researchers 31,379 Persons 2024 up 46.1% 19th
Number of R&D researchers per million people 4,505 per million people 2023 up 38.1% 28th
Researchers (HC) - % Female 28.1% 2023 down 0.7% 96th
GERD by sector of performance and fields of R&D 5,847 Million euro 2024 up 89.2% 27th
GERD by sector of performance and type of R&D 5,847 Million euro 2024 up 89.2% 27th
Electricity production capacities for combustible fuels by technology 8,231 Megawatt 2024 down 13.7% 7th
R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex 86,948 Full-time equivalent (FTE) 2024 up 34.9% 21st
R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D 86,948 Full-time equivalent (FTE) 2024 up 34.9% 21st
Technicians in R&D 2,186 per million people 2018 up 50.6% 5th
Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (HC) - Higher 36.9% 2023 up 3.7% 78th
Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (HC) 41.8% 2023 up 5.4% 62nd
Human resources in science and technology (HRST) by category, sex and 2,689 Thousand persons 2025 up 17.8% 18th
Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (HC) 15.5% 2023 up 11.2% 75th
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year 357.38 Number 2017 up 88.8% 32nd
Researchers by sector of performance, age class and sex 70,371 Head count 2024 up 29.1% 24th
Researchers by sector of performance, country of citizenship and sex 70,371 Head count 2024 up 29.1% 24th
Researchers (FTE) - % Female 24.3% 2023 down 0.8% 72nd
Individuals - internet use 94.5% 2025 up 16.3% 24th
Individuals - frequency of internet use 93.2% 2025 up 20.8% 25th
Patent applications to the EPO by country of applicants and inventors 267 Number 2025 up 25.4% 21st
Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (FTE) 32.9% 2023 up 2.5% 67th
Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (FTE) 40.5% 2023 up 6.0% 49th
Share of female researchers by sector of performance 27.6% 2024 up 1.5% 47th
Annual patents filed for carbon capture and storage technologies 3 patents 2023 up 200.0% 17th
Annual patents filed for electric vehicle technologies 2 patents 2023 unchanged 28th
Heat pumps - ambient heat captured by technology and climate 5,725 Gigawatt-hour 2024 up 420.9% 18th
Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (HC) 32.0% 2023 down 14.1% 51st
Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (FTE) 14.9% 2023 up 9.6% 57th
National public funding to transnationally coordinated R&D 57.65 Million euro 2024 up 54.1% 15th
Co-patenting at the EPO according to applicants'/inventors' country 150.42 Number 2013 up 65.3% 35th
Patents related to recycling and secondary raw materials 5.75 Number 2021 up 28.9% 26th
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year by international 31.23 Number 2013 up 74.4% 38th
Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (FTE) 28.5% 2023 down 32.0% 40th
Internet access by NACE Rev. 2 activity 97.0% 2025 down 1.2% 40th
Proportion of population covered by at least a 5G mobile network 98.6% 2024 10th
High-tech patent applications to the EPO by priority year 22.4 Number 2013 up 94.4% 34th
Type of connections to the internet by NACE Rev. 2 activity 94.2% 2025 down 3.7% 24th
Mobile broadband internet traffic 2.16 Exabyte 2025 up 4,061.5% 18th
Broadband internet coverage by technology 95.2% 2025 up 2.3% 10th
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year by institutional 72.3 Number 2012 up 11.3% 29th
Triadic patent families by earliest priority year 6.58 Number 2012 down 54.0% 37th
Medical technology - historical data 174 Number 2020 up 14.5% 19th
Persons who cannot afford internet connection for personal use at 0.9% 2025 down 71.0% 22nd
Persons not having internet connection for personal use at home for 7.5% 2025 down 51.9% 24th
Persons not having internet connection for personal use at home for 7.5% 2025 down 51.9% 24th
Patent cooperation treaty (PCT) applications designated to the EPO by 21.38 Number 2013 up 64.8% 36th
High-tech exports - Exports of high technology products as a share of 19.2% 2022 up 19.3% 6th
R&D personnel in ICT sector as % of total R&D personnel by NACE Rev. 0.4% 2024 up 40.7% 24th
Proportion of youth and adults with information and communications 40.5% 2023 down 6.0% 13th
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year by NACE Rev. 2 1.73 Number 2013 up 292.1% 35th
Share of people who own a mobile phone, by sex 98.8% 2023 up 2.6% 6th
Internet purchases by individuals 75.4% 2025 up 28.4% 7th
Financial activities over the internet 20.1% 2025 up 237.1% 12th
Fixed broadband internet traffic 21.68 Exabyte 2025 up 175.8% 6th