MAIN INDICATORS OF THE VISEGRÁD GROUP COUNTRIES

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MAIN INDICATORS OF THE VISEGRÁD

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MAIN INDICATORS OF THE VISEGRÁD

GROUP COUNTRIES

© Hungarian Central Statistical O� ce, 2018

© Czech Statistical O� ce, 2018

© Statistics Poland, 2018

© Statistical O� ce of the Slovak Republic, 2018

Prepared by the Hungarian Central Statistical O� ce

in cooperation with statistical o� ces of

Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia

Primary source of data in the publication is the database of Eurostat.

All other sources are indicated in footnotes at the place of occurrence.

Information on methodology:

methodological notes linked to datasets under

http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/data/database

as well as on the sites of data sources indicated

http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/data/database

CONTENTS

Hungarian Central Statistical O� ce, 2018 3

Main indicators of the Visegrád Group countries4

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CHAPTER 1 COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION

Figure 1: Capitals and largest cities ............................................................ 12Table 1: Geographical information ............................................................. 13Table 2: Weight of Visegrád Group

countries in the European Union ........................................................... 14

CHAPTER 2 POPULATION AND LIVING CONDITIONS

Table 3: Population on 1 January ................................................................ 16Figure 2: Distribution of population by

main age groups, 1 January 2017 .......................................................... 16Table 4: Average life expectancy at birth, 2015 ..................................... 16Figure 3: Items of population change

per 1000 inhabitants ................................................................................... 16Table 5: Number of employed persons

aged 15–64 ..................................................................................................... 17Figure 4: Employment rate of population

aged 15–64 ..................................................................................................... 17Figure 5: Distribution of employed persons by size

of enterprises, 2015 ..................................................................................... 17Figure 6: Distribution of employees

aged 15–64 by sections, 2016 ................................................................. 18Table 6: Number of unemployed persons

aged 15–74 ..................................................................................................... 18Figure 7: Unemployment rate of the population

aged 15–74 ..................................................................................................... 19Figure 8: Price level index of actual individual

consumption ............................................................................................... 19Figure 9: Change of harmonised index of consumer prices ............. 19Figure 10: Volume of household � nal consumption

expenditure .................................................................................................. 20Table 7: Level of actual individual consumption

per capita in purchasing power parity ................................................. 20

CHAPTER 3 EDUCATION AND RESEARCH

Figure 11: Population by educational attainment level, 2016 ................................................................................ 22

Table 8: Number of students in tertiary education ........................................................................................................ 22

Figure 12: Proportion of students in tertiary education as % of the population aged 20–24 ................................. 22

Figure 13: Number of students per lecturer in tertiary education ................................................................................... 22

Figure 14: Research and development expenditures as % of GDP .................................................................................................... 23

Table 9: R&D expenditures per inhabitant, PPS ..................................... 23Figure 15: Distribution of R&D expenditures

by sectors, 2016 ............................................................................................ 23Figure 16: Share of R&D business expenditures

by main sections, 2014 ............................................................................... 24

CHAPTER 4ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT

Figure 17: Share of foreign a� liates in value added at factor cost of enterprises, 2015 .......................................................... 26

Figure 18: Distribution of value added at factor cost of foreign a� liates by section, 2015 ........................................................... 26

Table 10: Distribution of number of enterprises by number of employed persons, 2015 ............................................... 27

Figure 19: Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in purchasing power parity, as % of EU-28 average ....................... 27

Figure 20: Volume of gross domestic product (GDP) ............................................................................ 27

Figure 21: Regional (NUTS2) GDP per capita in purchasing power parity, as % of EU-28 average, 2016 ................. 28

Figure 22: Distribution of gross value added by section, 2017 ............................................................................................ 29


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Figure 23: Volume of gross � xed capital formation.............................. 29Figure 24: Gross � xed capital formation

as a percentage of GDP .............................................................................. 29Table 11: Production of main crops, 2016 ............................................... 30Table 12: Production of main fruits, 2016 ................................................ 30Table 13: Livestock, 1 December 2016 ...................................................... 30Figure 25: Volume of industrial production,

calendar adjusted......................................................................................... 31Figure 26: Share of manufacture of transport

equipment in gross value added of manufacturing........................ 31Figure 27: Volume of production in construction,

calendar adjusted......................................................................................... 31Figure 28: Volume of retail trade turnover,

calendar adjusted......................................................................................... 31

CHAPTER 5EXTERNAL RELATIONS

Figure 29: FDI outwards within Visegrád Group countries, end of 2016 ................................................................................ 34

Table 14: Foreign direct capital investment stock, end of 2016 ..................................................................................................... 34

Table 15: Major partner countries based on FDI stock data, end of 2016 ...................................................................... 35

Figure 30: FDI outwards within Visegrád Group countries in manufacturing, end of 2015 ............................................ 36

Figure 31: External trade in goods, 2016.................................................. 37Table 16: Major partner countries in merchandise

imports and exports, by country, 2016 ................................................ 38Figure 32: Volume of external trade in goods, 2016 ............................ 39Figure 33: High-tech exports as a share of

total exports ................................................................................................... 39Table 17: Number domestic and international

quest-nights, 2016 ....................................................................................... 39

Table 18: Ranking of main partner countries based on guest-nights at tourist accommodation establishments, 2016 .................................................................................. 40

Figure 34: Tourism revenues and expenditures as a percentage of GDP ................................................................................... 40

CHAPTER 6INFRASTRUCTURE

Figure 35: Length of motorways ................................................................. 42Figure 36: Length of railway lines ............................................................... 42Table 19: Length of motorways and railway lines

per 100 km2, 2016 ........................................................................................ 42Figure 37: Passenger cars per 1000 inhabitants .................................... 42Figure 38: Share of renewable energy

in gross � nal energy consumption ........................................................ 43Figure 39: Proportion of households

with internet connection .......................................................................... 43Figure 40: Internet purchases by individuals

in the last 3 months ..................................................................................... 43Figure 41: Interaction with public authorities

in the last 12 months .................................................................................. 43

1PREFACE



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Four countries in Eastern Europe, with relations in

the � eld of business, science, arts, everyday life,

sharing even monarchs in various periods, have

constituted a group cooperating at many levels for

many centuries. The history of the Visegrád Group

dates back to the 14th century, when the leaders

of the Central European kingdoms that cover

today’s countries held a summit in order to resolve

international disputes.

The V4 group of modern times was established in

Visegrád to promote progress and development

in the region. The Czech Republic, Hungary,

Poland and Slovakia acceded the European

Union in 2004, contributing by more than one

tenth of the area and population, nearly 6% of

economic performance based on GDP, about 8% of

manufacturing of motor vehicles and almost one

� fth of main crops produced by 2016.

History of o� cial statistical services dates back

to a century or even more in the V4 countries.

Preceding the accession to the EU, these statistical

o� ces cooperated – including other Eastern

European countries –, resulting for instance in a

quarterly bulletin, published between 1993 and

2004. A strengthened cooperation of the National


Dr. Vukovich Gabriella President of Hungarian Central Statistical O� ce

Marek RojíčekPresident of Czech Statistical O� ce

Dominik RozkrutPresident of StatisticsPoland

Alexander BallekPresident of Statistical O� ce of the Slovak Republic

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Statistical Institutes of the four countries started in

2018, with the aim of creating a platform to discuss

speci� c statistical topics of mutual interest, and

to exchange views and best practices of statistical

production and the development of methodologies.

As the � rst tangible outcome of our strengthened

cooperation the four NSIs publish this booklet on

the main indicators of the Visegrád Group countries,

covering population and living conditions, education

and research, the economic environment, external

relations and infrastructure. In this joint publication,

put together for the � rst time to provide an insight

into the most important social and economic

characteristics of the V4 countries, the similarities

and diversities within this block of countries can be

observed as well as the weight of the group within

the EU. The booklet includes comprehensive, visual

information presented in tables and charts. The

concept and development of the content are the

result of the statistical cooperation between the four

countries.

We hope that this information will be

useful to our readers.


COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION

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Praha

Budapest

Bratislava

Warszawa

Łódź

Kraków

Prešov

Košice

Ostrava

Brno

Debrecen

Szeged

Capitals and largest citiesFIGURE

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* Borders with neighbouring countries other than V4 members and including coastline of Poland.

City Population, thousand

Praha 1 267

Brno 377

Ostrava 293

Budapest 1 753

Debrecen 202

Szeged 161

Warszawa 1 735

Łódź 706

Kraków 762

Bratislava 426

Košice 239

Prešov 90

CountryShare (%) of Length of

outer state border, km*

National currency

area population

Czech Republic 14.8 16.6 1 279 CZK

Hungary 17.5 15.4 1 567 HUF

Poland 58.5 59.5 2 174 PLN

Slovakia 9.2 8.5 204 EUR

Visegrád Group 100.0 100.0 5 224 –

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Geographical informationTABLE

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Country Czech Republic Hungary Poland Slovakia

Area, thousand km2 78.9 93.0 312.7 48.8

Highest point, mMount Sněžka

(Krkonoše Mountains), 1 602

Kékes (Mátra Mountains),

1 014

Mount Rysy (High Tatra mountains),

2 499

Gerlachovský štít (High Tatras),

2 655

Lowest point, mDischarge of the Labe River

at Hřensko, 115

Gyálarét (Szeged), 76

Raczki Elbląskie, -1.8

Streda nad Bodrogom, 94

Longest river, km Vltava, 433

Tisza,596a)

Vistula, 1 022

Váh, 406

Largest natural lake, km2

Černé jezero, 0.2

Balaton, 596

Śniardwy, 113.4

Veľké Hincovo pleso, 0.2

Protected Natura 2000 areas, thousand hectares

1 114.8 1 994.9 6 116.5 1 444.2

Protected natural areas as % of the country's area

14.1 21.4 19.6 29.5

Number of national parks 4 10 23 9

National parks area, thousand hectares 119.5 480.7 314.1 317.8

National parks area as % of the country's area

1.5 5.2 1.0 6.5

Number of world heritage sites 12 8 15 7

a) Length in Hungary. Source: Eurostat, UNESCO, national statistical o� ces

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Weight of Visegrád Group countries in the European UnionTABLE

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Indicator YearIndicator’s joint

value share in the EU-28, %

Area, thousand km2 2015 532.8 11.7

Population on 1 January, million persons 2017 63.8 12.5

Gross domestic product, billion euro 2017 866.1 5.7

Household and NPISH � nal consumption expenditure, billion euro 2017 470.9 5.5

Gross � xed capital formation, billion euro 2017 176.9 5.7

Agricultural area, million hectares 2015 25.9 14.0

Forests, million hectares 2015 16.1 10.0

Agricultural output at basic price, billion euro 2017 39.2 9.6

Value added of industry, billion euro 2017 214.3 8.0

Value added of manufacture of transport equipment, billion euro 2015 24.6 8.4

Number of tourism nights at accommodation establishments, million nights 2016 172.3 6.7

External trade in goods, imports, billion euro 2016 460.6 9.7

External trade in goods, exports, billion euro 2016 492.1 10.1

Foreign direct capital investment stock, billion euro 2016 405.0 6.0

Stock of direct capital investment abroad, billion euro 2016 70.7 0.9

Number of employed people, million persons 2016 27.7 12.7

Number of unemployed people, million persons 2017 1.4 7.5

R&D expenditures, billion euro 2016 9.1 3.0

Students in tertiary education, million persons 2015 2.6 13.1


POPULATION AND LIVING CONDITIONS

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Country Males Females Total

Czech Republic 75.7 81.6 78.7

Hungary 72.3 79.0 75.7

Poland 73.5 81.6 77.5

Slovakia 73.1 80.2 76.7

EU-28 77.9 83.3 80.6

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60

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100%

15.6 14.5 15.1 15.5 15.1

65.6 66.8 68.4 69.6 67.8

18.8 18.7 16.5 15.0 17.1

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0–14 years 15–64 years 65 and over

Czech Republic Hungary Poland Slovakia VisegrádGroup

Live births Deaths Net migration

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10.49.3

9.9 10.3 9.910.3

13.0

10.2 9.710.6

1.3 0.9

–0.2

0.5 0.3

Population on 1 JanuaryTABLE

3 Distribution of population by

main age groups, 1 January 2017

Items of population change per 1000 inhabitants (2012–2016 annual average)

FIGURE

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Average life expectancy at birth, 2015TABLE

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(million persons)

Country 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Czech Republic 10.51 10.52 10.51 10.54 10.55 10.58

Hungary 9.93 9.91 9.88 9.86 9.83 9.80

Poland 38.06 38.06 38.02 38.01 37.97 37.97

Slovakia 5.40 5.41 5.42 5.42 5.43 5.44

Visegrád Group 63.91 63.90 63.82 63.82 63.78 63.78

EU-28 504.05 505.16 507.01 508.54 510.28 511.52

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20162012

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40

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80%

66.5

56.759.7 59.7 60.4

72.066.5 64.5 64.9 66.1


10–19 20–49 50–249 250 and more0–9

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50

60

70

80

90

100%

31.3 34.0 37.1 41.3 35.7

7.3 9.0 5.37.6

6.510.2

10.3 7.97.1

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18.9 16.5 17.915.7 17.7

32.4 30.2 31.7 28.2 31.3

Number of employed persons aged 15–64 TABLE

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Employment rate of population aged 15–64 Distribution of employed persons by size of enterprises, 2015

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Country 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

million persons 2012 = 100.0%

Czech Republic 4.8 4.8 4.9 4.9 5.0 104.3

Hungary 3.8 3.9 4.1 4.2 4.3 113.6

Poland 15.3 15.3 15.6 15.8 15.9 103.7

Slovakia 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.5 106.7

Visegrád Group 26.3 26.3 26.9 27.3 27.7 105.5

EU-28 211.4 210.8 213.4 215.7 218.8 103.5

Source of data: Labour Force Survey

Source of data: Labour Force Survey Source of data: structural business statistics.

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Czech Republic

Agriculture, forestry and �shing Industry Construction Services

Hungary Poland Slovakia

3%

59%

31%

7%

5%

24%

7%

64%

10%

24%

8%

58%

3%

27%

9%

61%

Distribution of employees aged 15–64 by sectors, 2016FIGURE

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Number of unemployed persons aged 15–74*TABLE

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Country2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

thousand persons 2012 = 100.0%

Czech Republic 367 370 324 268 212 155 42.2

Hungary 473 441 343 308 235 192 40.6

Poland 1 749 1 793 1 567 1 304 1 063 844 48.3

Slovakia 378 386 359 314 267 224 59.3

Visegrád Group 2 967 2 990 2 593 2 194 1 777 1 415 47.7

EU-28 25 294 26 331 24 832 22 902 20 939 18 778 74.2* Harmonized unemplyoment data, incorporating Labour Force Survey data and national information on unemployment such as public employment o� ces’ administrative registers.

Source of data: Labour Force Survey

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Czech Republic Hungary Poland Slovakia

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3.5

1.4

0.4 0.30.6

2.4

5.7

1.7

0.0 0.10.4

2.4

3.7

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3.7

1.5

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2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

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Unemployment rate of the population aged 15–74*

FIGURE

7 Price level index of actual individual

consumption (EU-28 = 100)FIGURE

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2012 2017


2

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6

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16%

7.0

2.9

11.0

4.2

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4.9

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Change of harmonised index of consumer prices (annual rate of change)FIGURE

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* Harmonized unemplyoment data, incorporating Labour Force Survey data and national information on unemployment such as public employment o� ces’ administrative registers.

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Country 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Czech Republic 73 76 78 78 78

Hungary 62 63 62 63 63

Poland 74 74 74 74 74

Slovakia 74 75 76 76 76

EU-28 100 100 100 100 100* Purchasing power parities (PPPs) are indicators of price level di� erences across

countries. PPPs tell us how many currency units a given quantity of goods and services costs in di� erent countries. PPPs can thus be used as currency conversion rates to convert expenditures expressed in national currencies into an arti� cial common currency, e.g. the Purchasing Power Standard, PPS), eliminating the e� ect of price level di� erences across countries.

Czech Republic Hungary Poland Slovakia Visegrád Group

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1.8

3.7 3.64.0

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2.8

3.6

4.34.7

0.70.3

2.43.0

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4.7

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2.22.7

3.6

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2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

%

Volume of household � nal consumption expenditure (annual rate of change)FIGURE

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Level of actual individual consumption per capita in purchasing power parity* (EU-28 = 100)

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EDUCATION AND RESEARCH

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(thousand persons)

Country 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Czech Republic 440 427 419 396 ..

Hungary 381 359 330 308 295

Poland 2 007 1 903 1 763 1 665 1 600

Slovakia 221 210 198 184 ..

Visegrád Group 3 049 2 899 2 709 2 553 ..

EU-28 .. .. .. 19 531 ..

2012 2015


%

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60

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65.360.0

72.4

55.3

68.062.3

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65.3

49.4

61.0


Students

VisegrádGroup

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15

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25

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15.7

19.8

17.219.5

23.9

14.617.1

14.4

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Number of students in tertiary education

Proportion of students in tertiary education as % of the population aged 20–24

Number of students per lecturer in tertiary education

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15.0

16.5

68.0

56.9

60.0

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23.9

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0 20 40 60 80 100

CzechRepublic

Hungary

Poland

Slovakia

VisegrádGroup

%

Less than primary, primary and lower secondary education (ISCED level 0 –2)

Upper secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary education (ISCED level 3–4)

Tertiary education (ISCED level 5–8)

Population by educational attainment level, 2016 (15–74 year-olds)

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Source: UNESCO.. = Data are not available.

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61.2%

18.2%

20.5%

0.2%

Czech Republic

75.1%

13.6%

11.3%

Hungary

65.7%

2.5%

31.4%

0.4%

Poland

50.4%

21.4%

27.7%

0.5%

Slovakia

Business enterprise sector Government sector Higher education sector Private nonpro�t sector

Research and development expenditures as % of GDP

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

%

Czech Republic Hungary Poland SlovakiaVisegrád Group

0.0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

1.4

1.6

1.8

2.0

2.2Country 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Czech Republic 392 425 469 491 432

Hungary 220 249 254 271 238

Poland 159 158 177 201 197

Slovakia 162 169 188 263 178

Visegrád Group 207 217 238 265 240

EU-28 512 517 538 568 564

FIGURE

14 R&D expenditures per inhabitant, PPS*

Distribution of R&D expenditures by sectors, 2016

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FIGURE

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* Purchasing Power Standards (PPS) are � ctive ’currency’ units that remove di� erences in purchasing power, i.e. di� erent price levels between countries. They are � xed in a way that makes the average purchasing power of one euro in the European Union equal to one PPS.

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Czech Republic

Hungary

Poland

Slovakia

Visegrád Group

%

Agriculture, forestry and �shing

Manufacturing

Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles

Information and communication

Professional, scienti�c and technical activities

0.3

2.3

56.4

51.514.8

16.2

20.5

19.5

5.3

1.9

0.5

0.3

0.8

45.6

67.4

51.9

7.6

1.4

6.8

18.9

12.9

18.0

18.5

16.1

15.9

Share of R&D business expenditures by main sections, 2014FIGURE

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ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT

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Total business economy Manufacturing


10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80%

Visegrád Group

41.8

52.5

35.5

45.841.0

59.1

70.1

46.6

71.9

56.6

0 20 40 60 80 100

Czech Republic

Hungary

Poland

Slovakia

Visegrád Group

%

55.9

52.6

48.0

59.0

52.4

15.0

14.8

20.6

13.0

17.0

6.8

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9.4

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4.3

4.6

4.1

4.3

3.6

6.1

4.0

2.4

4.2

14.7

12.9

11.7

11.5

12.7

Manufacturing Wholesale and retail trade

Information and communication Professional, scienti�c and technical activities

Transportation and storage Other activities

Share of foreign a� liates in value added at factor cost of enterprises, 2015*FIGURE

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Distribution of value added at factor cost of foreign a� liates by section, 2015*FIGURE

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* Except the data of enterprises of � nancial services. Data of structural business statistics.

* Except the data of enterprises of agriculture, � nancial services, public administration, education, human health and social work activities, and arts, entertainment, recreation. Data of structural business statistics.

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2012 2013 2014 2015 2017


2016

–0.8 –0.5

2.7

5.3

2.6

4.4

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2.1

4.2

3.4

2.2

4.0

1.6 1.4

3.33.8

2.9

4.6

1.7 1.5

2.8

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2.8

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Distribution of number of enterprises by number of employed persons, 2015*

Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in purchasing power parity, as % of EU-28 average

2012 2016


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Volume of gross domestic product (GDP) (annual rate of change)FIGURE

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(%)

Country 0–9 10–19 20–49 50–249 250 and

more

employed persons

Czech Republic 96.0 1.9 1.2 0.7 0.2

Hungary 94.1 3.3 1.7 0.8 0.2

Poland 95.5 1.9 1.4 0.9 0.2

Slovakia 96.5 2.0 0.8 0.5 0.1

Visegrád Group 95.6 2.1 1.3 0.8 0.2

EU-28 92.8 3.8 2.1 1.0 0.2

* Data of structural business statistics.

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%

43– 49

50– 59

60– 69

70– 79

80–184

Praha

Budapest

Bratislava

Warszawa

Regional (NUTS2) GDP per capita in purchasing power parity, as % of EU-28 average, 2016FIGURE

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2012 2013 2014 2015 2017

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2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

%

Czech Republic Hungary Poland

Slovakia Visegrád Group

Distribution of gross value added by section, 2017

2.4%

31.9%

5.3%18.8%

5.2%

19.5%

14.8%2.2%

Czech Republic

Agriculture, forestry and �shingIndustryConstructionWholesale and retail trade, transport, accommodation and food service activities

Information and communicationReal estate activities, �nancial and business servicesPublic administration, defence, education, human health and social work activitiesOther activities

3.9%

26.4%

4.8%

18.5%4.9%

20.8%

17.7%3.0%

Hungary

2.4%

27.2%

7.5%

25.7%3.8%

17.0%

14.0%2.3%

Poland

3.6%

26.6%

7.7%

20.6%4.3%

19.2%

14.7%3.4%

Slovakia

FIGURE

22

Volume of gross � xed capital formation(annual rate of change)

Gross � xed capital formation as a percentage of GDP

FIGURE

23 FIGURE

24

ECO

NO

MIC

EN

VIRO

NM

ENT


Production of main crops, 2016TABLE

11

Production of main fruits, 2016

Livestock, 1 December 2016

TABLE

12

TABLE

13

(thousand tonnes)

Country Cereals, totalOf which:

Potatoeswheat maize oats barley

Czech Republic 8 601 5 455 846 132 1 845 700Hungary 14 117 4 788 7 407 135 1 158 405Poland 29 849 10 828 4 343 1 358 3 441 8 872Slovakia 4 848 2 434 1 710 36 585 177Visegrád Group 57 414 23 505 14 306 1 661 7 028 10 154EU-28 298 089 142 653 62 668 7 926 58 234 56 224

Source: FAO Database

(thousand tonnes)

Country Fruits, totalOf which:

apples pears sour cherries apricots grapesCzech Republic 254.7 125.0 6.5 6.7 0.8 75.9

Hungary 1 187.1 506.5 32.7 67.8 21.1 423.0

Poland 4 734.7 3 604.3 81.5 194.8 3.1 ..Slovakia 62.8 20.7 0.4 0.0 0.2 37.8Visegrád Group 6 239.3 4 256.5 121.2 269.3 25.2 ..EU-28 63 312.7 12 591.0 2 399.3 311.7 633.9 25 374.0

Source: FAO Database.. = Data are not available.

(thousands)

Country Cattle Pig Sheep Poultry birdsOf which:

chicken turkeyCzech Republic 1 416 1 610 218 21 315 20 422 375

Hungary 821 3 124 1 190 40 334 32 432 2 851

Poland 5 939 10 865 239 187 603 169 033 11 706Slovakia 458 633 382 12 836 12 513 126Visegrád Group 8 633 16 232 2 029 262 088 234 400 15 058EU-28 90 057 148 854 98 318 1 561 496 1 411 155 91 533

Source: FAO Database

ECO

NO

MIC

EN

VIRO

NM

ENT


Volume of industrial production, calendar adjusted (annual rate of change)

Volume of retail trade turnover, calendar adjusted (annual rate of change)


–2,0

0,0

2,0

4,0

6,0

8,0

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

–3

–2

–1

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

%


FIGURE

25

FIGURE

28 Volume of production in construction,

calendar adjusted (annual rate of change)

–20

–15

–10

–5

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

%


FIGURE

27

Czech Republic

Hungary

Poland

Slovakia

Visegrád Group

%20152012

0 5 10 15 20 25

19.6

14.8

10.3

17.7

14.3

21.5

21.0

10.6

19.6

15.9

Share of manufacture of transport equipment in gross value added of manufacturing*

FIGURE

26

* Data calculated from current prices.


EXTERNAL RELATIONS

5

EXTE

RNA

L RE

LATI

ON

S


Foreign direct capital investment stock, end of 2016*

TABLE

14

SlovakiaPoland

HungaryCzech Republic

118653

2 303

402386

2 335

1 924

1 293

389

882103 118

Czec

h Rep

ublic

Hung

ary

Polan

dSV

KFDI outwards within Visegrád Group countries, end of 2016*

(million euro)FIGURE

29

Country

Stock of direct capital investment abroad

Stock of foreign direct capital investment

million euro

percentage of GDP

million euro

percentage of GDP

Czech Republic 17 024 9.6 111 213 63.0

Hungary 23 390 20.6 75 781 66.6

Poland 27 753 6.5 176 552 41.4

Slovakia 2 515 3.1 41 497 51.1

Visegrád Group 70 682 8.9 405 042 50.8

EU-28 8 287 549 55.6 6 748 352 45.3

* Without special purpose entities.


EXTE

RNA

L RE

LATI

ON

S


TABLE

15 Major partner countries based on FDI stock data, end of 2016*

Country Stock of direct capital investment abroad Stock of foreign direct capital investment

position partner country position partner country

Czech Republic 1st Netherlands 1st Netherlands

2nd Slovakia 2nd Germany

3rd Cyprus 3rd Luxembourg

4th Germany 4th Austria

5th Romania 5th France

Hungary 1st Belgium 1st Germany

2nd Israel 2nd Netherlands

3rd Cyprus 3rd Austria

4th Croatia 4th Switzerland

5th Slovakia 5th Luxemburg

Poland 1st Luxembourg 1st Netherlands

2nd Cyprus 2nd Germany

3rd Switzerland 3rd Luxembourg

4th Czech Republic 4th France

5th Netherlands 5th Spain

Slovakia 1st Czech Republic 1st Netherlands

2nd Netherlands 2nd Austria

3rd Austria 3rd Czech Republic

4th Luxembourg 4th Luxembourg

5th Cyprus 5th South Korea

* Without special purpose entities.In the database of Eurostat data of a relevant number of countries are con� dential. These were not taken into account in our calculations. In case of Hungary and Slovakia inclusion of con� dential data might cause signi� cant changes in the ranking of partners.

EXTE

RNA

L RE

LATI

ON

S


Czech Republic

Hung

ary

Polan

d

SlovakiaHUN

4666

531

172

209

1 778

1264

31 30

2319 27Slo

vakia

Poland

Czec

h Rep

ublic

FDI outwards within Visegrád Group countries in manufacturing, end of 2015*(million euro)

FIGURE

30


EXTE

RNA

L RE

LATI

ON

S


Slovakia

Slova

kia

Poland

Polan

d

Hungary

Hung

ary

Czech Republic

Czec

h Rep

ublic

5 883

4 319

9 189

4 732

5 176

12 750

5 069

4 197

4 267

13 581

9 220

4 659

FIGURE

31 External trade in goods, 2016

(million USD)

Source: WITS - World Integrated Trade Solution Database (The World Bank).

EXTE

RNA

L RE

LATI

ON

S


Major partner countries in merchandise imports and exports, by country, 2016TABLE

16 Country Position Import partner Position Export partner

Czech Republic 1st Germany 1st Germany

2nd China 2nd Slovakia

3rd Poland 3rd Poland

4th Slovakia 4th United Kingdom

5th Italy 5th France

Hungary 1st Germany 1st Germany

2nd Austria 2nd Romania

3rd Poland 3rd Slovakia

4th Slovakia 4th France

5th China 5th Italy

Poland 1st Germany 1st Germany

2nd China 2nd United Kingdom

3rd Russia 3rd Czech Republic

4th Italy 4th France

5th France 5th Italy

Slovakia 1st Germany 1st Germany

2nd Czech Republic 2nd Czech Republic

3rd China 3rd Poland

4th Republic of Korea 4th France

5th Poland 5th United Kingdom

Source: WITS – World Integrated Trade Solution Database (The World Bank).

EXTE

RNA

L RE

LATI

ON

S

Hungarian Central Statistical Office, 2018 39

100

105

110

115

120

125

130

CzechRepublic

Hungary Poland Slovakia VisegrádGroup

%

Import Export

118.6 119.2118.4 118.4 118.6

117.4

113.5

126.3

113.5

119.2

Volume of external tradein goods, 2016 (2012=100.0)

Number of domestic and international guest-nights, 2016

FIGURE

32

TABLE

17

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

18

2012 2013 2014 2015

%


High-tech exports as a share of total exports

FIGURE

33

Country Domestic tourism nights, million

International guest-nights,

million

Of which nights spent by tourists from:


as a percentage of international nights

Czech Republic 25.4 24.3 – 1.4 4.7 5.4

Hungary 15.5 13.8 5.9 – 5.0 3.2

Poland 63.8 15.6 1.4 1.0 – 1.0

Slovakia 8.9 5.0 33.2 3.8 8.9 –

EXTE

RNA

L RE

LATI

ON

S


0.0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

4.0

4.5

5.0

CzechRepublic


%

2012 2016

0.0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

4.0

4.5

5.0

CzechRepublic


%

2012 2016

3.64.0

2.22.5

2.83.2

4.5

2.3

3.1 2.9

2.2

1.51.8

2.31.9

2.5

1.7 1.7

2.5

2.0

Revenues

Expenditures

Tourism revenues and expenditures as a percentage of GDP*

FIGURE

34 Ranking of main partner countries based on guest-nights at tourist accommodation establishments, 2016

TABLE

18 Country Position Partner country

Czech Republic 1st Germany

2nd Russia

3rd Slovakia

4th USA

5th United Kingdom

Hungary 1st Germany

2nd United Kingdom

3rd Austria

4th Czech Republic

5th Poland

Poland 1st Germany

2nd United Kingdom

3rd Ukraine

4th USA

5th Italy

Slovakia 1st Czech Republic

2nd Germany

3rd Poland

4th Hungary

5th Ukraine

* Based on balance of payments data.


INFRASTRUCTURE

6

INFR

AST

RUC

TURE


Kilometre

02012 2013 2014 2015 2016


200

400

600

800

1 000

1 200

1 400

1 600

1 800

0

5 000

10 000

15 000

20 000

25 000


Kilometre

2012 2016

9 570

7 486

20 094

3 631

9 564

7 811

19 132

3 626

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

Czech Republic

Hungary Poland Slovakia Visegrád Group

Number

2012 2016

448

301

492

337

442

502

338

571

390

508

(kilometre)

Country

Motorways Railway lines

per 100 km2

Czech Republic 1.6 12.1

Hungary 1.3 8.4

Poland 0.5 6.1

Slovakia 0.9 7.4

Visegrád Group 0.8 7.5

EU-28 1.7a) 4.9b)

a) Excluding data of Belgium, Denmark and Greece.b) Excluding data of Belgium and Denmark.

Length of motorways*FIGURE

35 Length of railway lines

Length of motorways and railway lines per 100 km2, 2016 Passenger cars per 1000 inhabitants

FIGURE

36

TABLE

19 FIGURE

37

* In 2016 in Czech Republic motorways and expressways together.

INFR

AST

RUC

TURE


2012 2017

1815

21

30

20

34

26

33

46

33

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

50

Czech Republic


%

2012 2017

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

50

Czech Republic


%

30

42

32

42

34

46 47

31

47

37

Share of renewable energy in gross � nal energy consumption

Proportion of households with internet connection

0

8

10

12

14

16

18

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

%


7367

7075

71

83 82 82 81 82

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

CzechRepublic

Hungary

2012 2017

Poland Slovakia VisegrádGroup

%

FIGURE

38 FIGURE

39

Internet purchases by individuals in the last 3 months (percentage of individuals)

Interaction with public authorities in the last 12 months (percentage of individuals)

FIGURE

40 FIGURE

41

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