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

Unemployment in Poland was a modest 2.9 percent in February, the second-lowest rate 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 February, at 2.6 percent, while Slovenia trailed Poland in third place, with 3.1 percent, according to the Eurostat agency.

ℹ️ Polska🇵🇱 pozostaje krajem o jednym z najniższych wskaźników bezrobocia w Unii Europejskiej.
➡️ W lutym 2024 r. stopa bezrobocia według metodologii @EU_Eurostat wyniosła w Polsce 2,9%. Niższy wskaźnik zanotowały jedynie Czechy - 2,6%. ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/ldBiNpnACv

— Ministerstwo Rodziny, Pracy i Polityki Społecznej (@MRPiPS_GOV__PL) April 3, 2024

Meanwhile, Spain had the highest seasonally-adjusted jobless rate in the EU, at 11.5 percent, and Greek unemployment was the second-highest at 11 percent, according to the latest available data.

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

Euro area #unemployment stable at 6.5% in February 2024, EU at 6.0% https://t.co/yu5wKay3Fj pic.twitter.com/3wUrsKaYXO

— EU_Eurostat (@EU_Eurostat) April 3, 2024

Poland's statistics office (GUS), which uses a different methodology, reported last week that the Polish jobless rate held steady at 5.4 percent in February, unchanged from January.

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Source: IAR, PAP, europa.eu/eurostat