Polish jobless rate second-lowest in EU, at 2.9% in January: Eurostat

Unemployment in Poland was a modest 2.9 percent in January, the second-lowest rate in the 27-nation European Union, the bloc’s statistics agency has reported.

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Malta boasted the lowest jobless rate in the bloc in January, at 2.6 percent, while the Czech Republic trailed Poland in third place, with 3 percent, according to the Eurostat agency.

ℹ️ Polska🇵🇱 pozostaje w czołówce państw europejskich z najniższym bezrobociem.
➡️ Stopa bezrobocia wg metodologii @EU_Eurostat w styczniu 2024 r. wyniosła w Polsce 2,9%. Niższy wskaźnik zanotowała jedynie Malta - 2,6%. ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/6W9RG6gqTd

— Ministerstwo Rodziny, Pracy i Polityki Społecznej (@MRPiPS_GOV__PL) March 7, 2024

Meanwhile, Spain had the highest seasonally-adjusted jobless rate in the EU, at 11.6 percent, and Greek unemployment was the second-highest at 10.4 percent, according to the latest available data.

Eurostat reported last week that the EU average for January was 6 percent, stable compared with December.

Euro area #unemployment stable at 6.4% in January 2024, EU at 6.0% https://t.co/Y6GGRS2oId pic.twitter.com/AK7pYzjiV4

— EU_Eurostat (@EU_Eurostat) March 1, 2024

Poland's statistics office (GUS), which uses a different methodology, reported last month that the Polish jobless rate rose to 5.4 percent in January, from 5.1 percent in December.

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Source: IAR, PAP, europa.eu/eurostat