{"id":1590,"date":"2024-10-24T11:26:36","date_gmt":"2024-10-24T09:26:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.getsmart.cz\/en\/?page_id=1590"},"modified":"2026-03-12T16:18:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T15:18:53","slug":"data","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.getsmart.cz\/en\/data\/","title":{"rendered":"Data"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Research and Development Observatory in the Pilsen Region<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Are you interested in significant trends and data in the areas of research, development and innovation in the Pilsen Region? Then you’ve come to the right place! Everything is monitored and processed by the analytical department of the Regional Development Agency of the Pilsen Region, o.p.s. The data sources are the Czech Statistical Office and the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Population as of 31 December 2024: 614 640<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

30 %<\/strong> of the region\u00b4s population is concentrated in Pilsen\u00a0<\/p>

Average age of the population: 42,8<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

Residents with the university education: 14,5 %<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

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R&D expenditure in 2023: CZK 6.3 billion<\/strong> (6.2 billion in 2022)<\/span><\/p>

R&D expenditure in the region have slowed down slightly compared to the previous year (particularly in the business sector)<\/span><\/p>

Up to 83 %<\/strong> of the total R&D expenditure is concentrated\u00a0 in the business sector, and 16 % in the higher education sector<\/span><\/p>

In 2023, business sector R&D expenditure amounted to 1,7 % of GDP\u00a0 (4th highest share among the Czech regions).<\/span><\/p>

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In 2013: 107 workplaces\u00a0<\/strong>
In 2022: 156 workplaces<\/strong>\u00a0
In 2023: 161\u00a0workplaces<\/strong><\/p>

The number od departments with Research as they main economic activity has increased slightly in recent years, to 13 in 2023.<\/p>

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3800. <\/strong>The number of persons employed in R&D has slightly decreased between 2020 and 2023 (by 148 persons).<\/p>

6,2 R&D employees per 1 000 residents<\/strong> – The region has the 3rd highest share of\u00a0 R&D employees per 1 000 residents in the interregional comparison.<\/p>

Czech average \u2013 7,9 <\/strong>R&D employees per 1 000 residents <\/span><\/p>

Prague \u2013 23,2<\/strong> R&D employees per 1 000 residents<\/span><\/p>

South Moravian Region \u2013 R&D employees per 1 000 residents<\/span><\/p>

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After a significant increase in the number of researchers in the region in 2020 to 328 (252 in 2016), there was a slight decrease to 310 in 2023<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>

In 2022, there was 363 researchers.<\/span><\/p>

Share of female researchers in the total number of researchers: <\/span>13,8 %<\/strong><\/p>

2nd lowest proportion of female researchers in interregional comparison<\/span><\/p>

Czech average \u2013 24,2 %<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Between 2019 a 2024, the number of students at the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen increased by 9,1 %<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>

Year 2024 – 11 700 students <\/strong>currently study at the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen and 2 344<\/strong> at the Faculty of Medicine at the Charles University in Pilsen.<\/span><\/p>

14 300 students in Pilsen Region.<\/strong><\/p>

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14 % university students living in the Pilsen Region study STEM disciplines.<\/strong><\/p>

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Zl\u00edn Region \u2013 15 %<\/span><\/p>

South Moravian Region \u2013 14 %<\/span><\/p>

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In 2023, 25 patents <\/strong>were granted to applicants from the Pilsen Region, which was the highest number in the monitored period (2010-2020)<\/span><\/p>

In 2023, a total of 160 valid patents <\/strong>granted to applicants from Czechia were registered in the Pilsen Region. Most applicants were from the corporate sphere<\/span> (59 %), 31 % were from the public universities, and 9 % were individuals, 1 % others.<\/span><\/p>

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Information technology (ICT) and biotechnology<\/strong> play a particularly important role in research and development in the region.<\/p>

In the field of biotechnology, CZK 131 million<\/strong> was spent on research and development in regional companies in 2021, which represents 6.8% of the total CZK 2 billion spent on R&D in the field of biotechnology in the Czech Republic (4th place).<\/p>

In the field of ICT, CZK 1.1 billion<\/strong> was spent on research and development in regional enterprises in 2021, which represents 4.3% of the total CZK 26 billion spent on R&D in the field of ICT in the Czech Republic (3rd place).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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