Czechia vs Slovakia
Czechia vs Slovakia: Internet users
Internet users in 2024: 87.7% in Czechia and 89.8% in Slovakia, by ITU estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Slovakia, by 2.1 percentage points, or 1.02 times that in Czechia.
% of people · ITU
What the numbers say
- Slovakia has been higher since 2019, when it overtook Czechia.
- The world as a whole: 71.2% in 2024.
Every year
% of people · ITU
| Year | Czechia | Slovakia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 73.6 |
| 2024 | 87.7 | 89.8 | 71.2 |
| 2023 | 86 | 87.2 | 69.2 |
| 2022 | 84.5 | 89.1 | 67 |
| 2021 | 82.7 | 88.9 | 63.8 |
| 2020 | 81.3 | 89.9 | 60.1 |
| 2019 | 80.9 | 82.9 | 53.9 |
| 2018 | 80.7 | 80.5 | 49.4 |
| 2017 | 78.7 | 81.6 | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 76.5 | 80.5 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 75.7 | 77.6 | 39.9 |
| 2014 | 74.2 | 80 | 37.4 |
| 2013 | 74.1 | 77.9 | 35.3 |
| 2012 | 73.4 | 76.7 | 33.3 |
| 2011 | 70.5 | 74.4 | 30.9 |
| 2010 | 68.8 | 75.7 | 28.4 |
| 2009 | 64.4 | 70 | 25.3 |
| 2008 | 63 | 66.1 | 22.8 |
| 2007 | 51.9 | 61.8 | 20.2 |
| 2006 | 47.9 | 56.1 | 17.2 |
| 2005 | 35.3 | 55.2 | 15.6 |
| 2004 | 35.5 | 52.9 | – |
| 2003 | 34.3 | 43 | – |
| 2002 | 23.9 | 40.1 | – |
| 2001 | 14.7 | 12.5 | – |
| 2000 | 9.8 | 9.4 | – |
| 1999 | 6.8 | 5.4 | – |
| 1998 | 3.9 | 2.7 | – |
| 1997 | 2.9 | 1.2 | – |
| 1996 | 1.9 | 0.8 | – |
| 1995 | 1.5 | 0.5 | – |
| 1994 | 1.3 | 0.3 | – |
| 1993 | 0.6 | 0.1 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of people who used the internet in the last three months, from anywhere.
- Source: ITU, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 182 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Czechia vs Slovakia
Health
- Life expectancyCzechia: 79.8 years in 2023Slovakia: 78.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCzechia: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Slovakia: 0.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCzechia: 2.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Slovakia: 4.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterCzechia: 97.9% in 2022Slovakia: 99.2% in 2022
- DepressionCzechia: 2.68% in 2017Slovakia: 2.4% in 2017
- Suicide rateCzechia: 10.8 per 100,000 people in 2017Slovakia: 9.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCzechia: 10.8 million people in 2023Slovakia: 5.52 million people in 2023
- Population growthCzechia: -0.34% a year in 2023Slovakia: 0.06% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCzechia: 1.45 births per woman in 2023Slovakia: 1.56 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCzechia: 72.9% in 2025Slovakia: 53.2% in 2025
- Median ageCzechia: 42.7 years in 2023Slovakia: 41.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCzechia: 20.6% in 2023Slovakia: 18.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateCzechia: -1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Slovakia: 0.9 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCzechia: 1.84% of GDP in 2025Slovakia: 2.03% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCzechia: $6.49B in 2025Slovakia: $2.87B in 2025
- Military spending per personCzechia: $660 in 2025Slovakia: $568 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCzechia: 4.2% of government spending in 2025Slovakia: 4.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCzechia: 27,000 people in 2020Slovakia: 18,000 people in 2020
- National powerCzechia: 0.16% of world capability in 2022Slovakia: 0.1% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCzechia: 0.51% of the labour force in 2020Slovakia: 0.67% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCzechia: 19 million TIV in 2025Slovakia: 445 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsCzechia: 137 million TIV in 2025Slovakia: 9 million TIV in 2025