Census 2021

Census 2021

Labour force status

According to the 2021 Census results, the number of persons included in the labour force (employed and unemployed) increased to almost 5.6 million, which corresponds to 53.5% of the population with recorded economic activity. The share of the employed population has again exceeded 50% of the total population with recorded economic activity for the first time since the 1991 Census. Compared to the 2011 Census, the number of working pensioners has more than doubled, already 566,000 in 2021, representing 10.7% of the total employed population. Outside the labour force, 46.5% of those with recorded economic activity were included, of which almost half were not working pensioners and just under a third were students.

in 2001 by permanent residence, in 2011 and 2021 by usual residence

Czech Republic

Year of Census

Total population

 by labour force status

 

labour force

 labour force

outside labour
force

 outside labour force not identified

employed

 of which

unemployed

not working pensioners

persons on parental leave

students

working pensioners

persons on
maternity leave1)
1991 10 302 215 5 421 102 5 298 288 297 634 319 038 122 814 4 881 113 1 985 604 . . -

2001

 10 230 060 5 253 400 4 766 463 180 146 81 666 486 937 4 894 465 2 244 482 . 1 770 062 82 195

2011

 10 436 560 5 080 573 4 580 714 227 956 95 709 499 859 4 784 923 2 308 294 . 1 446 138 571 064

2021

 10 524 167 5 563 258 5 290 071 565 811 40 097 273 187 4 830 885 2 281 067 218 485 1 465 320 130 024

1) in 1991 includes persons on so called regular and further maternal (parental) leave

The inter-regional comparison of the population by economic activity is led by the Capital City of Prague, which recorded both the highest representation of persons included in the labour force (59.9%) and the highest share of employed persons (57.4%) among the population with recorded economic activity. On the other hand, the Moravskoslezský Region with relatively the smallest labour force (51.5%), had the highest proportion of not working pensioners (24.3%) of all regions. The representation of working pensioners in the population with recorded economic activity was highest in the Capital City of Prague and the Královéhradecký Region (6.0%), but the difference with the national average (5.4%) was not significant.

State, Cohesion Region, Region, District, Administrative district of municipality with extended powers, Administrative district of the capital city of Praha, Municipality, City part

 
ULK ZLK VYS STČ PHA PLK PAK OLK MSK LBK HKK KVK JHM JHČ Počet mužů na 100 žen (index maskulinity) 94,0 97,7 99,0
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