The employment rate of the aged 15–64 years (the share of the employed persons in the age group 15–64 years, as percentage), seasonally adjusted, in Czech Republic reached 73.9% in January 2021 and decreased by 1.1 percentage point (p.p.) compared to that in January 2020.
The male employment rate was 80.9%; the female employment rate was 66.6%, both seasonally adjusted. The employment rate of persons aged 15–29 years, seasonally adjusted, was 43.9%, in the age group 30–49 years it attained 86.4%, and in the age group 50–64 years it got to 76.7%.
The male employment rate was 80.9%; the female employment rate was 66.6%, both seasonally adjusted. The employment rate of persons aged 15–29 years, seasonally adjusted, was 43.9%, in the age group 30–49 years it attained 86.4%, and in the age group 50–64 years it got to 76.7%.
The general unemployment rate of the aged 15–64 years (the share of the unemployed in the labor force, that is in the total number of the employed and the unemployed (that means economically active persons), as percentage), seasonally adjusted, reached 3.3% in January 2021 and increased by 1.3 p.p., year-on-year. The male unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted, attained 2.5%; the female unemployment rate reached 4.4%, reads the data of the Czech Statistical Office.
“The last wave of quarantine measures has substantially higher impacts on females. Whereas male unemployment remained in January roughly on the same level as in the second half of 2020 and increased by less than a third, year-on-year, the number of females seeking a job more than doubled compared to January 2020,” Dalibor Holý, Director of Labor Market and Equal Opportunities Statistics Department of the Czech Statistical Office, points out.
The economic activity rate of the aged 15–64 years (the share of the number of the economically active in the total number of persons of this age group, as percentage), seasonally adjusted, reached 76.5% and declined by 0.1 p.p. compared to that in January 2020. Following the seasonal adjustment, the male economic activity rate (83.0%) exceeded the female economic activity rate by 13.3 p.p.
