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Unemployment rate in Czech Republic

How hard is it to have a job there?

Czech Republic's unemployment rate is 2.83 % — #20 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

2.83%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt)

Unemployment rate in Czech Republic over time

8.76 %5.39 %2.02 %8.76 % · 20002.02 % · 20192000: 8.76 %2001: 8.13 %2002: 7.28 %2003: 7.78 %2004: 8.30 %2005: 7.93 %2006: 7.14 %2007: 5.32 %2008: 4.39 %2009: 6.66 %2010: 7.28 %2011: 6.71 %2012: 6.98 %2013: 6.95 %2014: 6.11 %2015: 5.05 %2016: 3.95 %2017: 2.89 %2018: 2.25 %2019: 2.02 %2020: 2.55 %2021: 2.80 %2022: 2.22 %2023: 2.58 %2024: 2.60 %2025: 2.83 %2000201220252.83 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#20 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
84 %
104 of 124 countries
Latest move
▲ 0.23 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
5.94 pp
peak 8.76 % in 2000
Full series
▼ 5.94 pp
since 2000

In Europe: #3 of 36vs median 5.25 %: −2.43 pp (better)

Among 124 countries

6 of 124 countries between 0.78 % and 1.53 %6 of 124 countries between 1.53 % and 2.28 %12 of 124 countries between 2.28 % and 3.03 %16 of 124 countries between 3.03 % and 3.78 %7 of 124 countries between 3.78 % and 4.53 %15 of 124 countries between 4.53 % and 5.28 %14 of 124 countries between 5.28 % and 6.02 %7 of 124 countries between 6.02 % and 6.77 %6 of 124 countries between 6.77 % and 7.52 %2 of 124 countries between 7.52 % and 8.27 %10 of 124 countries between 8.27 % and 9.02 %3 of 124 countries between 9.02 % and 9.77 %3 of 124 countries between 9.77 % and 10.52 %2 of 124 countries between 10.52 % and 11.27 %3 of 124 countries between 11.27 % and 12.02 %1 of 124 countries between 12.02 % and 12.77 %1 of 124 countries between 12.77 % and 13.51 %2 of 124 countries between 13.51 % and 14.26 %1 of 124 countries between 14.26 % and 15.01 %2 of 124 countries between 15.01 % and 15.76 %1 of 124 countries between 16.51 % and 17.26 %4 of 124 countries between 18.01 % and 18.76 %median 5.23 %Czech Republic: ahead of 84 % of the 124 countries with a published unemploymentCzech Republic 2.83 %0.78 %18.76 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 3.30 % and 8.30 %. Czech Republic is ahead of 84 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryUnemploymentvs Czech Republic
18 Hong Kong2.80 %−0.03 pp
19 Singapore2.82 %−0.01 pp
20 Czech Republic2.83 %—
21 Malta2.90 %+0.07 pp
22 Bolivia2.97 %+0.14 pp

Unemployment, share of the labour force (World Bank / ILO estimate).

How to read this figure

Share of the labour force without work but actively seeking it (World Bank / ILO harmonised estimate). People outside the labour force — students, carers, the discouraged — are not counted.

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