Employment and unemployment rates in Czechia – July 2025

According to the Czech Statistical Office (CZSO), the employment rate among people aged 15–64 reached 75.8% in July 2025, an increase of 0.7 percentage points compared with July 2024. Employment among men stood at 80.1%, while the female employment rate was 71.5%.

The unemployment rate for the same age group was 3.0%, up by 0.2 percentage points year-on-year. Male unemployment was recorded at 2.7% and female unemployment at 3.3%. “This year, a trend of rising unemployment is recorded. It is most visible among men, where economic activity is weakening and employment is decreasing. On the other hand, this is being offset by rising labour market participation among women,” said Dalibor Holý, Director of the Labour Market and Equal Opportunities Statistics Department at the CZSO.

The rate of economic activity, which measures the share of employed and unemployed in the total population aged 15–64, reached 78.1% in July, up by 0.9 percentage points compared with the previous year. Male activity was 82.4%, exceeding the female activity rate of 73.9% by 8.6 percentage points.

The figures are based on the Labour Force Sample Survey (LFSS), which is internationally comparable and follows definitions recommended by the International Labour Organization. Data from the LFSS are regularly transmitted to Eurostat, which publishes EU-wide statistics for the 15–74 age group. In this broader group, Czechia’s unemployment rate in July 2025 was 2.8%.

The LFSS is conducted only in private households and does not cover collective accommodation or temporary shelters. CZSO data tables provide both trend-cycle and unadjusted series of employment, unemployment, and activity rates dating back to 1993, with a shortened time series from 2015 used to model recent developments.