Rates of employment, unemployment and economic activity - June 2021

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, reached 73.7% in June 2021 and decreased by 0.4 percentage point (p.p.) compared to that in June 2020. The male employment rate was 80.9%; the female employment rate was 66.2%, both seasonally adjusted. The employment rate of persons aged 15–29 years, seasonally adjusted, was 44.5%, in the age group 30–49 years it attained 86.9%, and in the age group 50–64 years it got to 76.5%.

The general unemployment rate of the aged 15–64 years (the share of the unemployed in the labour force, that is in the total number of the employed and the unemployed (that means economically active persons), as percentage), seasonally adjusted, reached 2.9% in June 2021 and increased by 0.1 p.p., year-on-year. The male unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted, attained 2.4%; the female unemployment rate reached 3.6%.

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 75.9% and declined by 0.4 p.p. compared to that in June 2020. Following the seasonal adjustment, the male economic activity rate (82.9%) exceeded the female economic activity rate by 14.2 p.p.

“Even after the end of the coronavirus crisis and despite a slight improvement of the situation we can see significantly worse indicators as for female unemployment. Compared to the beginning of 2020, it increased several times more than the male unemployment. It is also owing to the fact that females worked more in economic activities of services affected by anti-infection measures,” Dalibor Holý, Director of Labour Market and Equal Opportunities Statistics Department of the Czech Statistical Office, comments on the results.

Eurostat, in its press release, publishes the monthly unemployment rate, identical in terms of the methodology applied, but for the age group 15–74 years. In the Czech Republic, the general unemployment rate for the aged 15–74 years in June 2021 was 2.8%, while the data are based on the Labour Force Sample Survey results for the corresponding month.

Tables 1 and 2 enclosed contain methodologically consistent time series of basic indicators of the labour market, and seasonally adjusted absolute numbers of the employed persons and of the unemployed ones, respectively, starting in 1993. Table 3 has been added, with average numbers of hours actually worked, broken down by employees and the self-employed. This special table is not seasonally adjusted – the data can be compared only year-on-year (having in mind different numbers of working days).

__________________
Notes:
Responsible head at the CZSO: Dalibor Holý, Director of Labour Market and Equal Opportunities Statistics Department, phone: +420 274052694, e-mail: dalibor.holy@csu.gov.cz
Contact person: Ilona Mendlová, Labour Market and Equal Opportunities Statistics Department, phone: +420 274054380, e-mail: ilona.mendlova@csu.gov.cz
Data source: CZSO, Labour Force Sample Survey (LFSS), which is conducted in selected private households; collective accommodation establishments are not included in the survey. The LFSS results have been grossed up to the total population of the Czech Republic using data of the population statistics as at 1 January 2021 and the prediction of the population development in the following six months.
Time series are updated in the course of seasonal adjustment as the whole series except for Table 3.
End of data collection /
End of preliminary data processing: 21 July 2021 / 26 July 2021
Next News Release shall be published on: 1 September 2021