Polish unemployment at 5.2% in December: stats office

Unemployment in Poland stood at 5.2 percent in December, up from 5.1 percent in November, the country’s Central Statistical Office (GUS) said on Monday.

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The figure was in line with an earlier estimate by the country’s labour ministry.

There were around 866,400 people without jobs at the end of December, up from 849,600 a month earlier, according to the government-run statistics agency.

Registered #unemployment rate in #Poland in December 2019 amounted to 5.2% and was higher than in November 2019 (5.1%).

More information in recent #StatisticsPoland's Statistical Bulletin 12/2019: https://t.co/iA0P1chylI#RegisteredUnemployment #LabourMarket #labour #statistics pic.twitter.com/ieNTzVEXvH

— Statistics Poland (@StatPoland) January 27, 2020

The European Union's Eurostat statistics agency, which uses a different methodology, said this month that unemployment in Poland was a modest 3.2 percent in November, the third-lowest rate in the 28-nation European Union.

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Source: PAP