Comparison of the Czech Republic with Poland, Hungary, Slovakia

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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