For the first time, more Ukrainian men than women arrived in the Czech Republic
In 2025, for the first time since the start of the full-scale war, more Ukrainian male refugees arrived in the Czech Republic than female refugees. This shift in the migration pattern was the first of its kind since the start of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine.
This trend continues, and a comparison of data from last year and this year shows, for example, that the number of Ukrainian men of working age in the Czech Republic has increased by more than twenty thousand over the past year.
“This is a very important boost that will help the economy in the construction, engineering, and logistics sectors,” said Tomáš Prouza, president of the Trade and Tourism Association and vice president of the Chamber of Commerce, commenting on the arrival of Ukrainian men.
“They are important to us because they are hardworking, and we don’t face a language barrier when communicating with them,” noted Václav Stareček, president of the Hotel and Restaurant Association. According to him, Ukrainians are more willing to work in the service sector—for example, as waiters in restaurants—while Czechs are gradually losing interest in such positions.
Prouza noted that during the first wave after the war, it was mainly women who came, but they were often unable to perform heavy physical labor. Now, on the contrary, it is often men of working age who are coming.
“Last year, women accounted for 48.3%. For the first time in a year, men outnumbered women in terms of the number of temporary protection statuses granted,” according to the July report on migration trends, which is published annually by the Ministry of the Interior and analyzes the previous year.
In 2024, women accounted for 56.3% of arrivals.
The Czech Republic has long been the European country that accepts the largest number of Ukrainian refugees per capita. More than 394,000 such individuals currently reside here, compared to 380,000 a year ago. The Ministry of the Interior distinguishes between separate categories based on age and gender.
As for women aged 18 to 65, their numbers have remained virtually unchanged over the past twelve months. Today, more than 160,280 such women live in the Czech Republic, which is about 500 fewer than a year ago. However, the number of men in this same age group has increased significantly—by more than 21,200, to the current 132,000.
This was reported by Novinky.
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