The number of foreign workers in the country reached 823,945 in December of last year, according to data published by the Czech labor office, which is 30,700 higher than in 2022, according to EU Helpers.
Furthermore, according to Expats.cz, the figure recorded at the end of the previous year was 2.5 times higher than in 2015, with immigrants from Ukraine primarily responsible for the rise.
Regarding the total number of workers in the nation—both foreign and Czech nationals—the Statistical Office of Czechia revealed that, during the first three quarters of 2023, there were about 4.23 million individuals working.
Data indicates that the number of foreign workers has been rising over the past few years. Data show that 409,800 of the 823,945 foreign workers registered in Czechia by the end of 2023 were from other EU member states.
Furthermore, the largest group of foreign workers in the nation at the end of the previous year was made up of 285,545 individuals from Ukraine. 149,000 of the total Ukrainian workers in Czechia in the previous year were women, while the remainder were men.
The newest wave of EU nationals employed in Czechia were Slovaks. At the end of the previous year, there were 216,000 Slovakian nationals working in the nation, according to data from the Czech Statistical Office.
Speaking about the data, Marian Jurečka, the Czech Republic's Minister of Labor, noted that as the population ages, there would likely be an increasing need for foreign labor each year.
The Minister continued by saying that shortages are expected to arise across the nation in a number of different industries.
To address existing shortages, Czechia intends to draw in laborers from Spain and Portugal. Minister Jurečka had stated earlier in January of this year that the nation will seek skilled laborers from these two nations.
He emphasized once more the desire to increase the number of talented professionals in the nation, particularly those employed in research and information technology.