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Czechia: Jobless Households

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

Latest value

· 2025

4.90% of people aged 0 to 64

EU 7.05 · -2.1 pp vs Europe

European ranking

22 / 30

Down 2 positions compared with previous year

Recent trend

Open trend

Population

10.9M

Country population · 2025

What this indicator measures

Measures people aged 0 to 64 living in households where working-age members worked 20% or less of their combined potential working time during the previous year. Eurostat excludes specified groups such as certain students and retired people from the work-intensity calculation.

Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.

Data source: Eurostat Persons living in households with very low work intensity (0 to 64 years) ilc_lvhl21n

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Regional map

· 2025 · 8 regions

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Internal regions

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

  1. 1
    +46.94

    7.20

  2. 2
    +20.41

    5.90

  3. 3
    +14.29

    5.60

  4. 3
    +14.29

    5.60

  5. 5
    -4.08

    4.70

  6. 6
    -12.24

    4.30

  7. 7
    -30.61

    3.40

  8. 8

    Praha

    -44.90

    2.70

More context on this indicator

At a glance

Czechia performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Persons living in households with very low work intensity (0 to 64 years), with a moderate gap. The trend context points to recent stabilization. The wider topic context points to broader relative strength. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.

European comparison in Czechia

In Czechia, Low work intensity is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 4.9% versus 7.1% in 2025, with a gap of 2.2 percentage points.

Recent trend

In Czechia, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 4.40% in 2020 to 4.90% in 2025. The latest value also changes little from 5.20% in 2024, so the recent reading remains stable.

Regional differences in Czechia

In Czechia, Low work intensity shows noticeable regional variation. Across 8 comparable regions, Moravskoslezsko records the highest value (7.2%) and Praha the lowest (2.7%), a gap of 4.5 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.