Number of long-term unemployed in Czechia drops

The number of long-term unemployed in the Czech Republic has continued to go down, according to data released by the Czech Statistical Office on Wednesday.

The number of Czechs who have been unemployed for more than a year has dropped over the past year by 7.8 percentage points to 31.4 percent (of the total number of unemployed). It is one of the lowest figures in the EU, with the exception of Scandinavia and the UK.

The number of unemployed between the ages of 15 to 24 stands at 6.3 percent, which puts the Czech Republic in second spot in Europe, right behind Germany.