Transport and infrastructure in Czechia

Our listing of the primary types of transport compares the infrastructure of Czechia with the average of all countries in Europe. Overall, the main traffic and transport routes are well developed and in comparatively good condition.

In terms of the length of its rail network, Czechia ranks 10th in the world with 0.89 meters per inhabitant. In total, the rail network is 9,396 kilometers long. Freight traffic on the rails most recently totaled 16.18 billion tons and kilometers traveled. Passenger traffic reached 10.29 billion passenger-kilometers in 2018.

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Road traffic

The network of roads and highways has a total length of 55,744 km. For each of the country's 10.51 million inhabitants, this corresponds to 5.31 meters. This puts Czechia in 106th place in the global ranking. However, the country's size and population density of around 133 inhabitants per km² must also be taken into account. Countries with fewer inhabitants in the same or even larger area naturally achieve quite different values here and have to connect remote areas to the transport network despite a smaller population.

With an average of 665 traffic fatalities per year (2013 - 2019), road traffic in Czechia is considered relatively safe. This corresponds to 6.3 accident fatalities per 100,000 inhabitants per year. By comparison, this figure is 12.3 in the USA and 17.0 worldwide.

In Czechia, traffic drives on the right-hand side of the road, i.e. people drive in the right-hand lane and overtake on the left. Oncoming traffic comes toward you on the left side. This regulation was enforced on March 15th, 1939. Regionally, this also applied before, now it exists for all parts of the country. Here you can also find an overview of all countries with left-hand traffic.

	total	per 1 mio inhabitants	per km²
	Czechia
Roadways	55,700 km	5,306.04 km	706.78 m
Railroads	9,400 km	894.37 km	119.13 m
Waterways	664 km	63.20 km	8.42 m
Commercial harbors	1	0.10	0.000
Airports	5	0.48	0.063

	total	per 1 mio inhabitants	per km²
	Europe
Roadways	6,708,900 km	11,154.38 km	1,111.71 m
Railroads	258,600 km	429.97 km	42.85 m
Waterways	54,800 km	91.17 km	9.09 m
Commercial harbors	15,273	25.39	0.003
Airports	573	0.95	0.000

Data sources used

• Global Health Observatory Data Repository (World Health Organization)
• UNCTAD
• Internation Union of Railways (UIC)
• CIA Factbook
• OECD Statistics
• Wikipedia (german)

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