The general level of unemployment in the EU lay at 6.2% in March, a decrease by 0.1% when compared to February.

In the eurozone the number was slightly higher at 6.8%. Data from the Czech Statistics Office indicates that unemployment lay at 3.4% in the Czech Republic in March.

The country has had one of the lowest unemployment rates in the EU for several years now.

In Hungary the unemployment rate stood at 3.6% in March.