Polish jobless among EU's lowest, at 3.5% in June: Eurostat

Poland's unemployment rate stood at 3.5 percent in June, one of the lowest in the 27-nation European Union, the bloc’s statistics agency has reported.

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Malta recorded the lowest jobless rate in the EU in June, at 2.5 percent, followed by the Czech Republic, with 3 percent, and Poland in third place, according to the Eurostat agency.

📊 Polska🇵🇱 w pierwszej trójce państw #UniaEuropejska🇪🇺 z najniższym bezrobociem 🤝
ℹ️ W czerwcu br. stopa bezrobocia wg metodologii @EU_Eurostat wyniosła w Polsce 3,5%.
👉 Niższe wskaźniki zanotowały jedynie Malta - 2,5% i Czechy - 3,0% ⤵️#Praca #RynekPracy #StopaBezrobocia… pic.twitter.com/yPcyyaQyzK

— Ministerstwo Rodziny, Pracy i Polityki Społecznej (@MRPiPS_GOV__PL) July 31, 2025

Meanwhile, Spain had the highest seasonally-adjusted jobless rate in the EU, at 10.4 percent, and Finnish unemployment was the second-highest at 9.3 percent, according to the latest available data.

Eurostat reported on Thursday that the EU average for May was 5.9 percent, stable compared with April and down from 6 percent in May 2024.

Euro area #unemployment at 6.2% in June 2025, EU at 5.9% https://t.co/Nr2f8Y1qPq pic.twitter.com/qHuZJExML7

— EU_Eurostat (@EU_Eurostat) July 31, 2025

Poland's statistics office GUS, which uses a different methodology, reported last month that the Polish jobless rate rose to 5.2 percent in June, from 5 percent in May.

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Source: IAR, PAP, europa.eu/eurostat