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Labour force participation in Czechia

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 25 of 44 · Countries Updated Nov 13, 2026

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2025

Labour force participation, 1990 – 2025 percent · Czechia · World
+1.0 pp since 2015
Czechia World

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2025

Compared with Labour force participation · percent
Czechia
60.3%
World
61.0%

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators

The series at a glance Czechia · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 60.3% · 2025
First value 61.6% · 1990
Highest 61.7% · 1994
Lowest 58.3% · 2011
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearCzechiaChange World
2025 60.3% −0.3 pp 61.0%
2024 60.6% +0.2 pp 61.1%
2023 60.4% +0.6 pp 61.2%
2022 59.9% +0.4 pp 60.7%
2021 59.4% −0.0 pp 60.4%
2020 59.5% −0.7 pp 59.6%
2019 60.1% −0.3 pp 61.0%
2018 60.4% +0.3 pp 61.2%
2017 60.1% +0.3 pp 61.3%
2016 59.8% +0.4 pp 61.5%
2015 59.4% +0.1 pp 61.6%
2014 59.3% +0.0 pp 61.8%
2013 59.3% +0.6 pp 62.0%
2012 58.6% +0.4 pp 62.2%
2011 58.3% −0.1 pp 62.4%
2010 58.3% −0.2 pp 62.6%
2009 58.6% +0.1 pp 62.8%
2008 58.4% −0.4 pp 63.1%
2007 58.8% −0.5 pp 63.4%
2006 59.3% −0.1 pp 63.5%
2005 59.4% +0.2 pp 63.8%
2004 59.2% −0.3 pp 63.8%
2003 59.5% −0.3 pp 63.9%
2002 59.8% −0.2 pp 64.1%
2001 60.0% −0.4 pp 64.2%
2000 60.4% −0.6 pp 64.4%
1999 61.0% −0.0 pp 64.6%
1998 61.1% −0.1 pp 64.5%
1997 61.2% −0.1 pp 64.7%
1996 61.3% −0.3 pp 64.7%
1995 61.6% −0.1 pp 64.8%
1994 61.7% +0.3 pp 65.0%
1993 61.4% +0.0 pp 65.0%
1992 61.4% +0.0 pp 65.3%
1991 61.4% −0.2 pp 65.4%
1990 61.6% 65.5%

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2025

Ranking · Countries

2016 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryLabour force participation
1 Liberia 76.9%
2 Peru 75.4%
3 China 68.9%
4 Congo - Brazzaville 68.1%
5 Ecuador 67.7%
6 Colombia 66.4%
7 Indonesia 66.3%
8 Netherlands 66.3%
9 Norway 66.2%
10 Canada 65.6%
11 Israel 65.6%
12 Congo - Kinshasa 65.0%
13 Brazil 64.3%
14 Honduras 63.3%
15 Russia 62.9%
16 South Korea 62.6%
17 United States 62.4%
18 United Kingdom 62.4%
19 Chile 62.3%
20 Philippines 61.6%
21 Saudi Arabia 60.7%
22 Mexico 60.4%
23 Germany 60.4%
24 Hong Kong SAR China 60.4%
25 Lithuania 60.3%
26 Czechia 59.8%
27 Argentina 59.0%
28 Finland 58.5%
29 Spain 58.3%
30 Poland 57.3%
31 Bangladesh 56.1%
32 Sierra Leone 55.4%
33 France 55.4%
34 Bulgaria 53.3%
35 India 52.9%
36 Türkiye 52.0%
37 Greece 51.1%
38 Romania 50.9%
39 Gabon 50.8%
40 Italy 49.2%
41 Lebanon 47.5%
42 Egypt 46.6%
43 Morocco 46.5%
44 Algeria 42.3%
45 Yemen 32.3%

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2016

What it means

The share of adults who work or are looking for work.

How it is calculated

Employed plus unemployed people aged 15 and over (16 in the US) divided by the population of that age.