This is the twenty-second publication in the ‘Foreigners in the Czech Republic’ series published by the Czech Statistical Office. The publication compiles extensive, updated statistics on foreigners who have chosen the Czech Republic as their place of permanent or long-term residence, or who have found jobs or conduct business there, and/or who have come to the Czech Republic to escape political persecution or severe economic conditions in their native countries. The publication focuses on statistical data for the year 2021, supplemented with time series data for previous years.

The report shares data in the following areas:

• Demographic information (including age, sex, national origin, civil status)
• International protection and asylum (including applications, proceedings, decisions)
• Economic activity (including employment, wages, trade licences)
• Education
• Crime
• Healthcare
• Illegal entry and stay of persons on the territory of the Czech Republic

Image source: Czech Statistical Office (2022)

Read the publication online - in both Czech and English - here.