Polish jobless rate among EU's lowest, at 3% in March: Eurostat

Unemployment in Poland was a modest 3 percent in March, unchanged from February and one of the lowest rates in the 27-nation European Union, the bloc’s statistics agency reported on Wednesday.

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The Czech Republic boasted the lowest jobless rate in the bloc in March, at 2.3 percent, followed by Germany with 2.9 percent, according to the Eurostat agency.

Poland and Malta tied for the third-lowest rate among member states in March, each with 3 percent, the agency's data showed.

🟢🟢🟢 Polska w czołówce państw europejskich z najniższym bezrobociem❗

📊 Stopa bezrobocia wg @EU_Eurostat w marcu 2022 roku wyniosła w Polsce 3%.

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— Ministerstwo Rodziny i Polityki Społecznej (@MRiPS_GOV_PL) May 4, 2022

Meanwhile, Spain had the highest seasonally-adjusted jobless rate in the EU, at 13.5 percent, while Greek unemployment was the second-highest at 12.9 percent.

Eurostat reported that the EU average for March was 6.2 percent, down from 6.3 percent in February.

Euro area #unemployment at 6.8% in March, EU at 6.2% https://t.co/sRhulsg5FW pic.twitter.com/5cKK4NCur2

— EU_Eurostat (@EU_Eurostat) May 3, 2022

Poland’s Central Statistical Office (GUS), which uses a different methodology, reported last month that the Polish jobless rate dropped to 5.4 percent in March, from 5.5 percent in February.

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Source: PAP, europa.eu/eurostat