According to the report, at the end of 2015 (the latest official data for a full calendar year), 464,670 foreigners lived in the Czech Republic. Of these, 407,000 were economically active. As reported by the website Vinegret.cz, this is the highest figure in the country's history.
Officially employed were 323,000 migrants, while 84,000 foreign nationals were engaged in private entrepreneurship (osoby s platným živnostenským oprávněním). While the number of employees has almost doubled since 2006, the number of entrepreneurs has conversely decreased.
Among all employed foreigners, 76% were EU citizens. The main role in this was played by Slovaks – 46% of all migrants working in the Czech Republic. The share of Ukrainians was 13%, Poles 8%, and Russians 2%.
The opposite situation was observed among private entrepreneurs. There, the majority were citizens of non-EU countries. The most numerous were Ukrainians (27% of all entrepreneurs) and Vietnamese (also 27%). They were followed by Slovaks – 17%, Germans, Poles, and Russians (all at 3%).
As for fields of activity, most foreigners were employed in manufacturing.
The Czech Statistical Office also compared the average monthly salaries (before tax) of foreign and Czech employees working in the Czech Republic in 2015. From the published table, it follows that in the public sector, Slovaks earned the most – 35,604 crowns. Russians earned 32,067 crowns per month, and Ukrainians 23,198 crowns.
Among all migrants in the Czech Republic, the largest group was Ukrainians – 23% of the total. They were followed by Slovaks (22%), Vietnamese (12%), Russians (8%), Germans (5%), and Poles (4%). Together, they accounted for about 75% of all foreigners living in the country.
In 2015, the largest number of migrants lived in Prague. There, they made up 13.5% of the city's total population. The lowest concentration of foreign citizens was in the Opava district (town and surroundings) – 0.9%.
As for 2016, by the end of November (the latest available data), more than 493,000 foreign citizens lived in the Czech Republic. This means that 2016 broke the record of its predecessor in this indicator even without taking one month into account.