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Economy & jobs Statistics · Country

Employment rate in Czechia

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

Source: Eurostat, 1999 – 2025

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Overview 6 figures People 13 figures Economy 14 figures Housing 1 figure Education 4 figures Tourism 4 figures Climate 1 figure
Latest value · 2025 82.9% +0.6 pp since 2024
Countries · 2025 2 of 14 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2015 +8.1 pp
vs European Union +6.8 pp European Union: 76.1% · 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

2021 · Place 1 is the highest value.

Year: 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
Highest first Lowest first A–Z
#TerritoryEmployment rate
8 Bulgaria 73.3%
2 Czechia 80.0%
6 Finland 76.8%
9 France 73.2%
4 Germany 79.6%
13 Greece 62.6%
12 Italy 62.7%
5 Lithuania 77.4%
1 Netherlands 81.7%
3 Norway 80.0%
7 Poland 75.5%
11 Romania 67.1%
10 Spain 67.5%
14 Türkiye 53.9%

Source: Eurostat, 2021

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.