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Employment rate in Czechia

1999 – 2025 · 27 data points 2 of 14 · Countries Updated Nov 13, 2026

Source: Eurostat, 1999 – 2025

Employment rate, 1999 – 2025 percent · Czechia · European Union
+8.1 pp since 2015
Czechia European Union

Source: Eurostat, 1999 – 2025

Compared with Employment rate · percent
Czechia
82.9%
European Union
76.1%

Source: Eurostat

The series at a glance Czechia · 1999 – 2025
Latest value 82.9% · 2025
First value 71.6% · 1999
Highest 82.9% · 2025
Lowest 70.1% · 2004
Data points 27

By year

All years · 1999 – 2025

YearCzechiaChange European Union
2025 82.9% +0.6 pp 76.1%
2024 82.3% +0.6 pp 75.7%
2023 81.7% +0.4 pp 75.3%
2022 81.3% +1.3 pp 74.6%
2021break in series 80.0% +0.3 pp 73.1%
2020 79.7% −0.6 pp 72.2%
2019 80.3% +0.4 pp 73.1%
2018 79.9% +1.4 pp 72.3%
2017 78.5% +1.8 pp 71.3%
2016 76.7% +1.9 pp 70.1%
2015 74.8% +1.3 pp 69.0%
2014 73.5% +1.0 pp 68.1%
2013 72.5% +1.0 pp 67.4%
2012 71.5% +0.6 pp 67.6%
2011break in series 70.9% +0.5 pp 67.8%
2010 70.4% −0.5 pp 67.8%
2009 70.9% −1.5 pp 68.1%
2008 72.4% +0.4 pp 69.5%
2007 72.0% +0.8 pp 69.0%
2006 71.2% +0.5 pp 67.9%
2005break in series 70.7% +0.6 pp 66.8%
2004 70.1% −0.9 pp 66.1%
2003 71.0% −0.7 pp 66.0%
2002 71.7% +0.5 pp 65.7%
2001 71.2% +0.3 pp —
2000 70.9% −0.7 pp —
1999 71.6% —

Source: Eurostat, 1999 – 2025

Ranking · Countries

2025 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryEmployment rate
1 Netherlands 83.4%
2 Czechia 82.9%
3 Germany 81.1%
4 Lithuania 80.0%
5 Norway 79.5%
6 Poland 78.8%
7 Bulgaria 77.0%
8 Finland 76.3%
9 France 75.4%
10 Spain 72.4%
11 Greece 71.0%
12 Romania 69.0%
13 Italy 67.6%
14 Türkiye 58.1%

Source: Eurostat, 2025

What it means

The share of working-age people who have a job.

How it is calculated

Employed people of working age (usually 20–64 or 15–64) divided by the population of the same age.