Czech Republic: Industrial Sector Most Important

Central- & Eastern Europe › Czech Rep. ♦ Published: October 6, 2012; 17:42 ♦ (Vindobona)

Among the EU members, the Czech Republic shows the highest percentage of people working in the industrial sector.

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38.4% of the Czech workforce is employed in the industrial sector. This is the highest percentage in the EU, Eurostat said. The Czech Republic is followed by Slovakia (37%). Regarding the weekly labor time, the Czech Republic (41.0 hours) is slightly above the EU average of 40.4 hours.

The Czech service sector employs 58.6% of the domestic workforce, which is substantially below…

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