Unemployment
Within the whole Czech Republic, South Moravia is a region with a long-term above-average level of unemployment. This is a trend that has been apparent since late ninties when traditional pillars of the region’s economy – especially textile and many engineering companies started to go bankrupt. Also, the leather and shoe-making industries faced substantial job-losses, as well as the brown-coal mining and metal working branches. Since then, the negative tendency of unemployment growth has been partly offset by the foreign direct investment that has been flowing mainly to the electronics, engineering and automotive sectors. After its peaks in early 2004 (unemployment rate of 12.1 %) and 2010 (reaching 11.4 % due to a worldwide crisis) the unemployment rate is constantly decreasing and nowadays is the lowest since 1996.1 The unemployment tends to fluctuate during the year. In absolute figures it means between 33,000 (June 2020) and 31,000 (January 2020) jobless, of which little less than a half are usually women (48.3 % in winter, but up to 50.6 % in summer months). The share of unemployed is 4.1 % and it is generally regarded as higher than national average (3.7 %, 2020).
Unemployment rate trend 1994–2020
Source: Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, Regional Development Agency of South Moravia
From the regional point of view the most affected areas are Hodonín district and Znojmo district with average year unemployment about 5.0 % in 2020 (some 5,000 unemployed in Hodonín, 4,000 unemployed in Znojmo). The unemployment rate in the City of Brno during the crisis rose up from 5.5 % (2008) to 9.0 % in the first half of 2014. Current rate is steadily around 4.0 % (with some 11,000 unemployed) thereby has become the third highest in the region. Among the unemployed in Brno there is also the highest share of university graduates (almost 12 per cent in summer months in opposite to the regional 8.0 % and national 6.0 % average; 07/2020).
Average annual unemployment rate in the South Moravian Region (share of the unemployment rate in the population aged 15–64)
Source: Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, Regional Development Agency of South Moravia
Tab. 8: Unemployment rate in individual districts of South Moravia
District |
2005 |
2008 |
2010 |
2012 |
2014 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020* |
Blansko |
8.4 |
5.5 |
10.2 |
8.8 |
6.9 |
4.9 |
3.5 |
2.8 |
2.4 |
3.1 |
Brno-city |
9.5 |
5.5 |
8.5 |
8.5 |
8.9 |
7.2 |
5.8 |
4.6 |
4.1 |
4.5 |
Brno-district |
6.9 |
4.2 |
8.3 |
7.6 |
6.7 |
4.7 |
3.7 |
2.8 |
2.5 |
2.9 |
Břeclav |
10.6 |
6.0 |
11.1 |
10.1 |
7.7 |
5.3 |
4.1 |
3.4 |
3.0 |
3.6 |
Hodonín |
14.3 |
9.9 |
15.0 |
13.9 |
10.4 |
7.8 |
6.4 |
5.2 |
4.5 |
4.9 |
Vyškov |
9.1 |
4.4 |
8.9 |
8.3 |
6.3 |
3.9 |
3.0 |
2.3 |
2.0 |
2.5 |
Znojmo |
13.1 |
9.5 |
13.2 |
13.4 |
10.3 |
8.1 |
6.7 |
5.6 |
5.0 |
5.6 |
South Moravia |
10.1 |
6.2 |
10.2 |
9.7 |
8.3 |
6.3 |
5.0 |
4.0 |
3.5 |
4.0 |
Czech Republic |
8.9 |
5.4 |
9.0 |
8.6 |
7.7 |
5.5 |
4.2 |
3.3 |
2.9 |
3.5 |
Source: Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, Average annual data (* January–September average, 2020)
Tab. 9: Job opportunities
District |
2005 |
2008 |
2010 |
2012 |
2014 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
Blansko |
586 |
831 |
205 |
194 |
385 |
828 |
1,081 |
1,131 |
960 |
798 |
Brno-city |
2,548 |
6,950 |
1,370 |
965 |
1,422 |
4,091 |
5,803 |
8,044 |
10,134 |
12,321 |
Brno-district |
602 |
3,059 |
536 |
557 |
800 |
2,519 |
4,051 |
7,375 |
7,564 |
7,062 |
Břeclav |
419 |
705 |
237 |
227 |
611 |
1,268 |
1,297 |
1,751 |
1,974 |
155 |
Hodonín |
537 |
827 |
339 |
343 |
432 |
1,041 |
1,355 |
2,179 |
2,132 |
2,075 |
Vyškov |
280 |
552 |
159 |
195 |
255 |
770 |
1,103 |
1,524 |
1,784 |
1,853 |
Znojmo |
642 |
1,267 |
417 |
360 |
418 |
761 |
1,052 |
1,413 |
1,496 |
1,669 |
South Moravia |
5,613 |
14,190 |
3,262 |
2,839 |
4,322 |
11,277 |
15,741 |
23,416 |
26,042 |
27,328 |
Czech Republic |
54,677 |
133,485 |
32,992 |
39,597 |
51,396 |
131,191 |
189,282 |
298,895 |
340,921 |
339,001 |
Source: Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, Average annual data (* 1Q – 2Q 2020 average)
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