Rates of employment, unemployment and economic activity - November 2019
Unemployment Rate Was Again 2.2% in November
Publication Date: 09. 01. 2020
Product Code: 250146-19
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 75.2% in November 2019 and decreased by 0.2 percentage point (p.p.) compared to that in November 2018. The male employment rate was 82.0%; the female employment rate was 68.2%, both seasonally adjusted. The employment rate of persons aged 15–29 years, seasonally adjusted, was 47.5%, in the age group 30–49 years it attained 88.1%, 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 2.2% in November 2019 and increased by 0.2 p.p., year-on-year. The male unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted, attained 2.0%; the female unemployment rate reached 2.5%.
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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 2019 and the prediction of the population development in the following eleven months.
Time series are updated in the course of seasonal adjustment as the whole series.
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