Czech Statistical Office

The Czech Statistical Office is the central state administration body of the Czech Republic that provides the state statistical service and produces statistical information on the country's economic, social, demographic and environmental development.

The Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ) is a state administration body of the Czech Republic whose activity is regulated by Act No. 89/1995 Coll., on the State Statistical Service [2]. The Office produces statistical information on the social, economic, demographic and ecological development of the Czech Republic and its individual parts [2].

Mission and activities

By its own definition, the basic mission of the Office is to create an objective and comprehensive picture of the economic, social, demographic and environmental development of the Czech Republic and its individual parts [1]. It provides statistical data for the state and public administration, local self-government, the business sector, international institutions and research organisations [1]. To this end it develops and applies statistical methods and tools for monitoring social phenomena and processes, including their mutual relations [1]. The Office is also tasked with ensuring that statistical data are comparable in substance, methodology and timing at the national and international level [1]. This work includes fulfilling obligations arising from international treaties on statistics by which the Czech Republic is bound [2].

Position within the state statistical service

Within the Czech Republic, the Office coordinates the performance of the state statistical service and, where necessary, issues methodological guidelines for the bodies that carry it out [1]. Under Section 3 of Act No. 89/1995 Coll., the bodies of the state statistical service are the Czech Statistical Office and, under the conditions and to the extent laid down by the act, ministries and other central state administration bodies [2]. The competence of the Office and of the other bodies of the state statistical service is defined by Sections 4 and 7 of the same act respectively [2]. The Office thus acts as the coordinator of the whole state statistical service of the Czech Republic [2].

Data protection and sources of information

The Office ensures the confidentiality of individual data that it has obtained in its own statistical surveys, in surveys conducted by other bodies or units of the state statistical service, and from administrative and other data sources [1]. The statistical data collected are used exclusively for statistical purposes [1].

Elections and referendum

The Office performs state administration in the area of processing the results of elections to the representative bodies of territorial self-governing units and to the Parliament of the Czech Republic [1]. It also processes the results of elections to the European Parliament held in the Czech Republic, of the presidential election and of a nationwide referendum, to the extent set by special legal regulations [1].

Chronology

1 January 2026 — An amendment to the Election Act, effective from the beginning of the year, abolished the drawing of lots among Senate candidates with an equal number of votes and allowed all such tied candidates to advance to the second round. iROZHLAS ČTK / České noviny
30 September 2026 — The Czech Statistical Office revised its estimate for the second quarter of 2026: gross domestic product grew by 1.8% year on year, less than in the previous estimate. ČTK / České noviny Novinky.cz
6 October 2026 — Year-on-year inflation in the Czech Republic accelerated in September to 2.5 percent from 1.9 percent in August, according to the preliminary estimate of the Czech Statistical Office. → ČTK / České noviny Novinky.cz
8 October 2026 — The Czech Statistical Office published data on 8 October 2026 showing that retail sales in Czechia, excluding the sale and repair of motor vehicles, rose year on year by 4.3 percent in August, after a revised 5.1 percent in July; online and mail-order shops contributed most to the growth, with their sales up 15 percent. → ČTK / České noviny Seznam Zprávy