Czech Republic had lowest unemployment rate in EU in 2016

The Czech Republic had the lowest unemployment rate in the EU in 2016, according to the Statistical Yearbook, released by the Czech Statistical Office on Wednesday.

In 2017 the Czech Republic had an average four percent unemployment rate, compared with EU average of 6.8 percent. The Czech Republic was followed by Germany with 4.1 percent, while Greece was placed at the other end of the scale with 23.6 percent.