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Economy & jobs Statistics · Country

Labour force participation in Czechia

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

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

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Latest value · 2025 60.3% −0.3 pp since 2024
Countries · 2025 25 of 44 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2015 +1.0 pp
vs World −0.6 pp World: 61.0% · 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

2020 · 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
#TerritoryLabour force participation
1 Liberia 76.1%
2 Peru 68.9%
3 Indonesia 67.4%
4 Netherlands 66.5%
5 China 65.7%
6 Norway 65.7%
7 Congo - Brazzaville 64.9%
8 Canada 64.1%
9 Congo - Kinshasa 63.4%
10 Colombia 63.4%
11 Israel 63.4%
12 Lithuania 62.7%
13 United Kingdom 62.6%
14 Saudi Arabia 62.4%
15 South Korea 62.3%
16 United States 61.6%
17 Russia 61.4%
18 Brazil 60.5%
19 Germany 60.5%
20 Ecuador 60.0%
21 Bangladesh 59.8%
22 Honduras 59.5%
23 Czechia 59.5%
24 Hong Kong SAR China 59.0%
25 Finland 58.8%
26 Poland 57.4%
27 Mexico 56.4%
28 Spain 56.4%
29 Chile 56.4%
30 Argentina 56.0%
31 Bulgaria 55.9%
32 Philippines 54.7%
33 France 54.3%
34 Sierra Leone 53.3%
35 Romania 52.0%
36 India 51.5%
37 Greece 50.1%
38 Türkiye 49.3%
39 Italy 48.2%
40 Gabon 47.9%
41 Lebanon 47.4%
42 Morocco 44.5%
43 Egypt 41.6%
44 Algeria 38.0%
45 Yemen 32.5%

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2020

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.