Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates in Czechia
Czechia: Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates was 2.8% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates in Czechia, 1990–2025
Source: Labour Force Statistics, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates in Czechia is 2.8%, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.6% on the previous year and down 44.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates in Czechia peaked at 8.8% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.8%, in 1990.
That places Czechia 149th out of 185 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 36 years of available data.
Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates in Czechia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.8% | — |
| 1991 | 4.4% | +468.5% |
| 1992 | 2.8% | -36.3% |
| 1993 | 4.3% | +55.0% |
| 1994 | 4.3% | -1.5% |
| 1995 | 4.1% | -4.7% |
| 1996 | 3.9% | -5.6% |
| 1997 | 4.7% | +21.3% |
| 1998 | 6.5% | +38.1% |
| 1999 | 8.7% | +34.8% |
| 2000 | 8.8% | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 8.1% | -7.3% |
| 2002 | 7.3% | -10.4% |
| 2003 | 7.8% | +6.8% |
| 2004 | 8.3% | +6.7% |
| 2005 | 7.9% | -4.5% |
| 2006 | 7.1% | -9.9% |
| 2007 | 5.3% | -25.6% |
| 2008 | 4.4% | -17.4% |
| 2009 | 6.7% | +51.7% |
| 2010 | 7.3% | +9.3% |
| 2011 | 6.7% | -7.8% |
| 2012 | 7.0% | +4.0% |
| 2013 | 7.0% | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 6.1% | -12.2% |
| 2015 | 5.0% | -17.4% |
| 2016 | 4.0% | -21.7% |
| 2017 | 2.9% | -26.8% |
| 2018 | 2.2% | -22.4% |
| 2019 | 2.0% | -10.3% |
| 2020 | 2.5% | +26.6% |
| 2021 | 2.8% | +9.9% |
| 2022 | 2.2% | -20.7% |
| 2023 | 2.6% | +16.0% |
| 2024 | 2.6% | +0.9% |
| 2025 | 2.8% | +7.6% |
Czechia compared with similar countries
- Czechia's 2.8% is below the median for high income countries, which is 4.9%, 57% of the median. (77 countries reporting)
- Czechia's 2.8% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 5.6%, 50% of the median. (52 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates in Czechia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +468.5% | 0.8% | 4.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4.4% | 0.8% | 8.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 7.2% | 4.4% | 8.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.0% | 2.0% | 7.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.6% | 2.2% | 2.8% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Czechia
More reference data data for Czechia
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.5039 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.1071 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 2.08 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.3319 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 2.08 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.69 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 1.11 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.5681 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 9.83 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 1.81 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates in Czechia?
- Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates in Czechia was 2.8% in 2025, according to Labour Force Statistics, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates recorded in Czechia?
- The highest recorded value was 8.8% in 2000.
- What is the lowest unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates recorded in Czechia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8% in 1990.
- How does Czechia rank for unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates?
- Czechia ranks 149th out of 185 countries with data for 2025.
- Is unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates rising or falling in Czechia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 44.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Czechia data come from?
- The figures come from Labour Force Statistics, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon. Figures refer to national estimates and may not be fully comparable across countries.