2.1.6.1. Average recorded number of employees in natural persons (in thous.)

	1995	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003²⁾
Total¹⁾	3 239,3	3 309,3	3 222,3	3 217,0	3 184,5	3 224,9
of which:
Business sphere	2 311,2	2 589,1	2 512,3	2 501,5	2 472,3	2 488,9
Non-business sphere	928,1	720,2	710,0	715,5	712,2	736,0
Sections and NACE selected divisions
A+B Agriculture, forestry and fishing	210,4	178,0	161,3	151,4	146,6	138,6
C+D+E Industry total	1 205,9	1 236,7	1 192,4	1 201,5	1 172,1	1 153,8
F Construction	236,4	208,2	187,0	174,6	166,3	162,1
G Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and personal and household goods	134,7	231,9	230,9	236,7	242,7	266,6
H Hotels and restaurants	27,1	43,0	41,9	41,6	42,1	46,3
I Transport, storage and communication	288,2	271,3	264,8	263,8	263,1	265,3
of which:
Land transport, transport via pipelines	181,2	168,5	161,3	161,2	159,8	160,4
Water transport	3,3	1,4	1,3	1,0	0,8	0,6
Air transport	4,9	4,5	4,6	5,0	5,0	5,2
Supporting and auxiliary transport activities	19,3	26,7	27,9	28,5	28,3	32,1
Post and telecommunications	79,5	70,2	69,7	68,1	69,2	67,0

J Financial intermediation	80,3	75,8	72,8	69,1	66,3	65,5
K Real estate, renting and business activities	143,5	180,8	184,0	182,1	184,0	198,3
L Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	277,1	283,3	289,2	295,2	296,1	300,7
M Education	308,9	287,0	282,9	281,3	282,5	293,8
N Health and social work	220,3	212,8	213,7	216,6	221,1	225,9
O Other community, soc. and pers. service act.	106,5	100,5	101,4	103,1	101,6	108,0
						Source: ČSÚ
1) Data include are enterprises of the business sphere - with 25 employees or more in 1995 (in industry, trade, hotels and restaurants with 100 employees or more) - with 20 employees or more since 1999 irrespective of the number of employees in financial intermediation and all organizations of the non-business sphere, incl. part of the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Interior. The figures only refer to employees under employment contract with reporting unit.

2) preliminary data