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2024
global knowledge index
Czechia
KEY INDICATORS
- GDP (US$ billions):519.007
- Population:10,809,716
- HDI:0.895
27/141
Gki
Score
60.4
World
Average
47.8
Country Performance Summary
Czechia is a leading performer in terms of its knowledge infrastructure. It ranks 27th out of 141 countries in the Global Knowledge Index 2024 and 27th out of the 59 countries with very high human development.
Areas of Strength
- Academic freedom
- Labour underutilization rate
- Share of TVET occupations
- Manufacturing employment (%)
- Gross enrolment ratio in early childhood education
Areas of Improvement
- Share of students enrolled in post-secondary vocational programmes
- MSME financing gap (% GDP)
- Building quality control
- Ecological footprint per capita
- Firms constrained with inadequately educated workforce (%)
SECTORAL INDICES
Rank
Value
Pre-University
Education
23
77.51
Technical and Vocational
Education and Training
23
61.93
Higher
Education
28
55.77
Research, Development
and Innovation
32
40.61
Information and
Communications Technology
42
59.38
Economy
23
66.12
Enabling
Environment
24
73.36
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GKI Pillars
