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Czechia: Unemployment rate

An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.

Latest value

· 2025

2.80% of labour force

EU 6.25 · -3.5 pp vs Europe

European ranking

34 / 34

No change compared with previous year

Recent trend

Open trend

Population

10.9M

Country population · 2025

What this indicator measures

Measures unemployed people as a percentage of the labour force aged 15 to 74.

Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.

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· 2025 · 8 regions

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Internal regions

Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.

  1. 1
    +71.43

    4.80

  2. 2
    +53.57

    4.30

  3. 3
    +17.86

    3.30

  4. 4
    -3.57

    2.70

  5. 5
    -10.71

    2.50

  6. 6
    -21.43

    2.20

  7. 7

    Praha

    -35.71

    1.80

  8. 8
    -46.43

    1.50

More context on this indicator

At a glance

Czechia performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Unemployment rate, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to confirmed stability. The wider topic context points to broader relative strength. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.

European comparison in Czechia

In Czechia, Unemployment rate is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 2.8% versus 6.3% in 2025, with a gap of 3.5 percentage points.

Recent trend

In Czechia, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 2.60% in 2020 to 2.80% in 2025. The latest value also changes little from 2.60% in 2024, confirming the stable reading.

Regional differences in Czechia

In Czechia, regional differences in Unemployment rate are pronounced. Across 8 comparable regions, Severozápad records the highest value (4.8%) and Střední Čechy the lowest (1.5%), a gap of 3.3 percentage points.

Reading within the topic

In Czechia, the evidence for Employment & Economic Security leans towards relatively favourable performance compared with Europe, without a clear pressure signal dominating the picture. No material recent change is detected among related indicators.