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The Czech Republic has a [[Developed country#IMF advanced economies|developed]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.czech.cz/en/czech-republic/getting-to-know-czech-republic/|title=Getting to know Czech Republic|author=www.mccanndigital.cz|accessdate=13 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140719090840/http://www.czech.cz/en/czech-republic/getting-to-know-czech-republic/|archive-date=19 July 2014|dead-url=no|df=dmy-all}}</ref> [[World Bank high-income economy|high-income]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/DATASTATISTICS/0,,contentMDK:20421402~pagePK:64133150~piPK:64133175~theSitePK:239419,00.html#High_income |title=World Bank 2007 |publisher=Web.worldbank.org |accessdate=25 April 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080524215837/http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/DATASTATISTICS/0%2C%2CcontentMDK%3A20421402~pagePK%3A64133150~piPK%3A64133175~theSitePK%3A239419%2C00.html |archivedate=24 May 2008 |df= }}</ref> [[Trading nation|export-oriented]] [[social market economy]] based in services, manufacturing and innovation, that maintains a [[welfare state]] and the [[European social model]].<ref name="An Ideal-Typical Perspective">Christian Aspalter, Kim Jinsoo, Park Sojeung. [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-9515.2009.00654.x/abstract?systemMessage=Wiley+Online+Library+will+be+unavailable+on+Saturday+7th+Oct+from+03.00+EDT+%2F+08%3A00+BST+%2F+12%3A30+IST+%2F+15.00+SGT+to+08.00+EDT+%2F+13.00+BST+%2F+17%3A30+IST+%2F+20.00+SGT+and+Sunday+8th+Oct+from+03.00+EDT+%2F+08%3A00+BST+%2F+12%3A30+IST+%2F+15.00+SGT+to+06.00+EDT+%2F+11.00+BST+%2F+15%3A30+IST+%2F+18.00+SGT+for+essential+maintenance.+Apologies+for+the+inconvenience+caused+. Analysing the Welfare State in Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovenia: An Ideal-Typical Perspective] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171015202255/http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-9515.2009.00654.x/abstract?systemMessage=Wiley+Online+Library+will+be+unavailable+on+Saturday+7th+Oct+from+03.00+EDT+%2F+08%3A00+BST+%2F+12%3A30+IST+%2F+15.00+SGT+to+08.00+EDT+%2F+13.00+BST+%2F+17%3A30+IST+%2F+20.00+SGT+and+Sunday+8th+Oct+from+03.00+EDT+%2F+08%3A00+BST+%2F+12%3A30+IST+%2F+15.00+SGT+to+06.00+EDT+%2F+11.00+BST+%2F+15%3A30+IST+%2F+18.00+SGT+for+essential+maintenance.+Apologies+for+the+inconvenience+caused+. |date=15 October 2017 }}. Published on 10 March 2009. [[Digital object identifier|DOI]]: 10.1111/j.1467-9515.2009.00654.x</ref> The Czech Republic participates in the [[European Single Market]] as a member of the [[European Union]], and is therefore a part of the [[economy of the European Union]], but uses its own currency, the [[Czech koruna]], instead of the [[euro]]. It has a per capita GDP rate that is 89% of the EU average<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/tgm/table.do?tab=table&init=1&language=en&pcode=tec00114&plugin=1|title=GDP per capita in PPS|publisher=Eurostat|accessdate=16 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524215819/http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/tgm/table.do?tab=table&init=1&language=en&pcode=tec00114&plugin=1|archive-date=24 May 2015|dead-url=no|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and is a member of the [[Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development|OECD]]. [[Monetary policy]] is conducted by the [[Czech National Bank]], whose independence is guaranteed by the [[Constitution of the Czech Republic|Constitution]]. The Czech Republic ranks 15th in the [[United Nations Development Programme|UN]] [[List of countries by inequality-adjusted HDI|inequality-adjusted human development]] and 14th in [[World Bank Human Capital Index]] ahead of countries such as the [[United States]], the [[United Kingdom]] and [[France]]. It was described by ''[[The Guardian]]'' as "one of Europe’s most flourishing economies".<ref>Robert Tait. [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/06/czech-democracy-threat-debt-crisis Czech democracy ‘under threat’ from rising debt crisis]. ''[[The Guardian]]''. 6 January 2019.</ref>
{{as of|2018}}, the country's [[GDP per capita]] at [[purchasing power parity]] is $37,370 <ref name="IMFWEOCZ"/> and $22,850 at [[Real versus nominal value (economics)|nominal value.]]<ref name="IMFWEOCZ">{{cite web |url=https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2019/01/weodata/weorept.aspx?pr.x=44&pr.y=12&sy=2016&ey=2021&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=country&ds=.&br=1&c=935&s=NGDP_RPCH%2CNGDPD%2CPPPGDP%2CNGDPDPC%2CPPPPC&grp=0&a= |title=World Economic Outlook Database, April 2019 |publisher=[[International Monetary Fund]] |website=IMF.org |access-date=24 April 2019}}</ref> According to IMF
The Czech Republic has a highly diverse economy that [[List of countries by economic complexity|ranks 7th]] in the 2016 [[Economic Complexity Index]].<ref name="Atlas of Economic Complexity">[https://atlas.media.mit.edu/en/rankings/country/eci/ Economic Complexity Rankings (ECI)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180314191933/https://atlas.media.mit.edu/en/rankings/country/eci/ |date=14 March 2018 }}. [[The Atlas of Economic Complexity]]. Access date 3 October 2017.</ref> The industrial sector accounts for 37.5% of the economy, while services account for 60% and agriculture for 2.5%.<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2048.html LABOR FORCE - BY OCCUPATION] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140522214333/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2048.html |date=22 May 2014 }}. [[The World Factbook]].</ref> The largest trading partner for both export and import is [[Germany]] and the EU in general. Dividends worth CZK 270 billion were paid to the [[Foreign ownership|foreign owners]] of Czech companies in 2017, which has become a political issue in the Czech Republic.<ref>{{cite news |title=Czech foreign owned companies take second biggest dividend yield in 2017:report |url=https://www.radio.cz/en/section/business/czech-foreign-owned-companies-take-second-biggest-dividend-yield-in-2017report |work=Radio Prague |date=7 March 2018}}</ref> The country has been a member of the [[Schengen Area]] since 1 May 2004, having abolished border controls, completely opening its borders with all of its neighbors (Germany, [[Austria]], [[Poland]] and [[Slovakia]]) on 21 December 2007.<ref>{{cite web|title=Czech Republic to join Schengen|url=http://www.praguepost.com/articles/2006/12/13/czech-republic-to-join-schengen.php|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080225173344/http://www.praguepost.com/articles/2006/12/13/czech-republic-to-join-schengen.php|archivedate=25 February 2008|publisher=The Prague Post|date=13 December 2006|accessdate =8 October 2007}}</ref> The Czech Republic became a member of the [[World Trade Organization]] on 1 January 1995.
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