Note: Indicators followed by an asterisk (*) are measured on a 1-to-7 (best) scale. For further details and explanation, please refer to the section “How to Read the Country/Economy Profiles” on page 97

1. Political and regulatory environment

6. Individual usage

5. Skills7. Business usage

4. Affordability8. Governmentusage

3. Infrastructure anddigital content

9. Economicimpacts

2. Business and innovation environment

10. Socialimpacts

1

2

3

4

5

6

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The Networked Readiness Index in detailINDICATOR RANK/148 VALUE

1st pillar: Political and regulatory environment1.01 Effectiveness of law-making bodies* . ........................110 .

3.01.02 Laws relating to ICTs* . ................................................47 .

4.41.03 Judicial independence* . ..............................................68 .

3.81.04 Efficiency of legal system in settling disputes* ..115 .

3.11.05 Efficiency of legal system in challenging regs* ..126 .

2.71.06 Intellectual property protection* . 61 .

3.81.07 Software piracy rate, % software installed . ..................20 .

351.08 No. procedures to enforce a contract . ..........................8 .

271.09 No. days to enforce a contract . ..................................95 .

611

2nd pillar: Business and innovation environment2.01 Availability of latest technologies* . ...............................53 .

5.22.02 Venture capital availability* . .........................................74 .

2.62.03 Total tax rate, % profits . ............................................110 .

48.12.04 No. days to start a business . ......................................94 .

202.05 No. procedures to start a business . ..........................107 .

92.06 Intensity of local competition* . .....................................12 .

5.82.07 Tertiary education gross enrollment rate, % . ................30 .

64.62.08 Quality of management schools* . ................................90 .

4.02.09 Gov’t procurement of advanced tech* . .....................124 .

2.8

3rd pillar: Infrastructure and digital content3.01 Electricity production, kWh/capita ..................23 .. 8,260.33.02 Mobile network coverage, % pop. . .............................43 .

99.83.03 Int’l Internet bandwidth, kb/s per user. ........................19 .

100.13.04 Secure Internet servers/million pop. . ...........................27 .

518.63.05 Accessibility of digital content* . ...................................19 .

6.1

4th pillar: Affordability4.01 Prepaid mobile cellular tariffs, PPP $/min. . ................118 .

0.434.02 Fixed broadband Internet tariffs, PPP $/month ..63 . 29.204.03 Internet & telephony competition, 0–2 (best) . ..............69 .

1.875th pillar: Skills5.01 Quality of educational system* . ...................................67 .

3.75.02 Quality of math & science education* . .........................83 .

4.05.03 Secondary education gross enrollment rate, % ..52 . ..96.05.04 Adult literacy rate, % . ..................................................14 .

99.0

INDICATOR RANK/148 VALUE

6th pillar: Individual usage6.01 Mobile phone subscriptions/100 pop. . ........................41 .

126.96.02 Individuals using Internet, %. .......................................28 .

75.06.03 Households w/ personal computer, % . .......................34 .

75.06.04 Households w/ Internet access, % . ............................33 .

71.06.05 Fixed broadband Internet subs./100 pop. . ..................40 .

16.46.06 Mobile broadband subscriptions/100 pop. . .................29 .

52.16.07 Use of virtual social networks* . ...................................43 .

6.0

7th pillar: Business usage7.01 Firm-level technology absorption* . ..............................54 .

4.97.02 Capacity for innovation* . .............................................26 .

4.37.03 PCT patents, applications/million pop. . ......................29 .

15.37.04 Business-to-business Internet use* . ............................24 .

5.77.05 Business-to-consumer Internet use* . ............................9 .

5.87.06 Extent of staff training* . ...............................................68 .

4.0

8th pillar: Government usage8.01 Importance of ICTs to gov’t vision* . ...........................113 .

3.38.02 Government Online Service Index, 0–1 (best) . .............53 .

0.548.03 Gov’t success in ICT promotion* . ..............................116 .

3.69th pillar: Economic impacts

9.01 Impact of ICTs on new services & products* . 78 .4.3

9.02 ICT PCT patents, applications/million pop. . 32 .2.3

9.03 Impact of ICTs on new organizational models* ...73 .4.1

9.04 Knowledge-intensive jobs, % workforce . .....................26 .37.3

10th pillar: Social impacts10.01 Impact of ICTs on access to basic services* . 58 .

4.510.02 Internet access in schools* . 24 .

5.810.03 ICT use & gov’t efficiency* . 101 .

3.610.04 E-Participation Index, 0–1 (best). .................................55 .

0.26

Rank Value (out of 148) (1–7)

Networked Readiness Index 2014 . .........42 ..4.5Networked Readiness Index 2013 (out of 144) .

........42 .4.4

A. Environment subindex .

........49 .

4.2

1st pillar: Political and regulatory environment .........51 .4.0

2nd pillar: Business and innovation environment .........60 .4.4

B. Readiness subindex .

........35 .

5.5

3rd pillar: Infrastructure and digital content .........23 .6.0

4th pillar: Affordability .........84 .5.1

5th pillar: Skills .........49 .5.3

C. Usage subindex .

........40 .

4.4

6th pillar: Individual usage .........30 .5.3

7th pillar: Business usage .........31 .4.1

8th pillar: Government usage .........96 .3.7

D. Impact subindex .

........45 .

3.9

9th pillar: Economic impacts .........38 .3.6

10th pillar: Social impacts .........47 .4.1

Czech Republic

Czech Republic High-income group average

How to Read the Country/Economy Profiles

The Country/Economy Profiles section presents a profile for each of the 148 economies covered in The Global Information Technology Report 2014. Each profile sum-marizes an economy’s performance in the various di-mensions of the Networked Readiness Index (NRI).

PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTSThe first section of the profile presents the economy’s overall performance in the NRI, along with its perfor-mance in the NRI’s four components and 10 pillars. The economy’s rank (out of 148 economies) and score (on a 1-to-7 scale) are reported.

On the radar chart to the right of the table, a blue line plots the economy’s score on each of the 10 pillars. The black line represents the average score of all econo-mies in the income group to which the economy under review belongs. The country classification by income group is defined by the World Bank and reflects the situation as of December 2013. Note that the two high-income groups in this classification, High income: OECDand High income: non-OECD, were merged into a single group for the purpose of the analysis.

THE NETWORKED READINESS INDEX IN DETAILThis section presents an economy’s performance in each of the 54 indicators composing the NRI. The in-dicators are organized by pillar. The numbering of the variables matches that of the data tables in the next sec-tion of the Report, which provide descriptions, rankings, and scores for all the indicators. The indicators derived from the 2012 and 2013 editions of the World Economic Forum’s Executive Opinion Survey are identified by an asterisk (*). These indicators are always measured on a 1-to-7 scale (where 1 and 7 correspond to the worst and best possible outcomes, respectively). For more infor-mation on the Executive Opinion Survey and a detailed explanation of how scores are computed, please refer to Chapter 1.3 of The Global Competitiveness Report 2013–2014, available for free on the World Economic Forum website at www.weforum.org/gcr.

For those indicators not derived from the World Economic Forum’s Executive Opinion Survey, the scale is reported next to the title. The Technical Notes and Sources at the end of this Report provides further de-tails on each indicator, including its definition, method of computation, and sources.

Note that for the sake of readability, the years were omitted. However, the year of each data point is

indicated in the corresponding data table. For more information on the framework and computation of the NRI, refer to Chapter 1.1.

ONLINE DATA PORTALIn complement to the analysis presented in this Report, an online data portal can be accessed via www. wefo-rum.org/gitr. The platform offers a number of analytical tools and visualizations, including sortable rankings, scatter plots, bar charts, and maps, as well as the pos-sibility of downloading portions of the NRI dataset.

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Note: Indicators followed by an asterisk (*) are measured on a 1-to-7 (best) scale. For further details and explanation, please refer to the section “How to Read the Country/Economy Profiles” on page 97

1. Political and regulatory environment

6. Individual usage

5. Skills7. Business usage

4. Affordability8. Governmentusage

3. Infrastructure anddigital content

9. Economicimpacts

2. Business and innovation environment

10. Socialimpacts

1

2

3

4

5

6

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The Networked Readiness Index in detailINDICATOR RANK/148 VALUE

1st pillar: Political and regulatory environment1.01 Effectiveness of law-making bodies* ..............................105 .

3.11.02 Laws relating to ICTs* ......................................................85 .

3.71.03 Judicial independence* ..................................................134 .

2.31.04 Efficiency of legal system in settling disputes* ..120 ..........3.01.05 Efficiency of legal system in challenging regs* ..113 ..........2.91.06 Intellectual property protection* ......................................114 .

2.91.07 Software piracy rate, % software installed ........................77 .

751.08 No. procedures to enforce a contract ..............................91 .

391.09 No. days to enforce a contract ........................................69 .

......... 525

2nd pillar: Business and innovation environment2.01 Availability of latest technologies* ...................................119 .

4.12.02 Venture capital availability* .............................................136 .

1.92.03 Total tax rate, % profits ....................................................48 .

31.72.04 No. days to start a business ............................................12 .

52.05 No. procedures to start a business ..................................34 .

52.06 Intensity of local competition* .........................................144 .

3.42.07 Tertiary education gross enrollment rate, % ......................50 .

54.92.08 Quality of management schools* ......................................84 .

4.12.09 Gov’t procurement of advanced tech* .............................52 .

3.7

3rd pillar: Infrastructure and digital content3.01 Electricity production, kWh/capita . .....................93 ... 1318.73.02 Mobile network coverage, % pop. ...................................58 .

99.03.03 Int’l Internet bandwidth, kb/s per user..............................76 .

17.43.04 Secure Internet servers/million pop. .................................85 .

19.03.05 Accessibility of digital content* .......................................116 .

4.1

4th pillar: Affordability4.01 Mobile cellular tariffs, PPP $/min. ...................................120 .

0.444.02 Fixed broadband Internet tariffs, PPP $/month ..48 ......26.054.03 Internet & telephony competition, 0–2 (best) ....................92 .

1.64

5th pillar: Skills5.01 Quality of educational system* .........................................52 .

4.05.02 Quality of math & science education* ...............................54 .

4.35.03 Secondary education gross enrollment rate, % ..90 ........82.45.04 Adult literacy rate, % ........................................................56 .

96.8

INDICATOR RANK/148 VALUE

6th pillar: Individual usage6.01 Mobile phone subscriptions/100 pop. ..............................70 .

110.76.02 Individuals using Internet, %.............................................58 .

54.76.03 Households w/ personal computer, % .............................95 .

20.06.04 Households w/ Internet access, % ..................................87 .

20.56.05 Fixed broadband Internet subs./100 pop. ........................78 .

5.16.06 Mobile broadband subscriptions/100 pop. .......................71 .

18.86.07 Use of virtual social networks* .......................................110 .

5.1

7th pillar: Business usage7.01 Firm-level technology absorption* ..................................108 .

4.27.02 Capacity for innovation* .................................................121 .

3.07.03 PCT patents, applications/million pop. ............................85 .

0.37.04 Business-to-business Internet use* ................................135 .

3.87.05 Business-to-consumer Internet use* ..............................131 .

3.47.06 Extent of staff training* .....................................................36 .

4.4

8th pillar: Government usage8.01 Importance of ICTs to gov’t vision* ...................................78 .

3.98.02 Government Online Service Index, 0–1 (best) ...................88 .

0.428.03 Gov’t success in ICT promotion* ....................................106 .

3.9

9th pillar: Economic impacts9.01 Impact of ICTs on new services & products* ....121 . 3.69.02 ICT PCT patents, applications/million pop. . 93 . 0.09.03 Impact of ICTs on new organizational models* .124 . 3.49.04 Knowledge-intensive jobs, % workforce ...........................99 .

13.7

10th pillar: Social impacts10.01 Impact of ICTs on access to basic services* ....126 . 3.310.02 Internet access in schools* . 73 . 4.210.03 ICT use & gov’t efficiency* . 82 . 4.010.04 E-Participation Index, 0–1 (best).......................................92 .

0.11

Rank Val-ue

(out of 148) (1–7)

Networked Readiness Index 2014 . ............95 ..3.7Networked Readiness Index 2013 (out of 144) . 83 .

......................................................................................................3.8

A. Environment subindex . ..........................................................95 .

.................................................................................................3.7

1st pillar: Political and regulatory environment . 117 ..................................................................................................3.12nd pillar: Business and innovation environment . 65 ..................................................................................................4.3

B. Readiness subindex . ............................................................86 .

.................................................................................................4.6

3rd pillar: Infrastructure and digital content . 90 ..................................................................................................3.54th pillar: Affordability . .............................................................. 87 ..................................................................................................5.15th pillar: Skills . ........................................................................ 62 ..................................................................................................5.2

C. Usage subindex . ....................................................................95 .

.................................................................................................3.4

6th pillar: Individual usage . ....................................................... 82 ..................................................................................................3.27th pillar: Business usage ...................................................... 107 ..................................................................................................3.28th pillar: Government usage . .................................................. 93 ..................................................................................................3.8

D. Impact subindex . .................................................................108 .

.................................................................................................2.9

9th pillar: Economic impacts . ................................................. 125 ..................................................................................................2.610th pillar: Social impacts . ....................................................... 97 ..................................................................................................3.3

Albania

Albania Lower-middle-income group average