Nearly 1.1 million foreign workers in Poland: stats office

Around 1,099,500 foreign workers were employed in Poland at the end of June, accounting for 6.6 percent of the total workforce, according to the national statistics office.

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That number was 6.5 percent higher than in June last year and marked an increase of 2.9 percent from the previous month, the Statistics Poland (GUS) agency reported on Tuesday.

These foreign workers hailed from more than 150 countries, with 66.9 percent coming from Ukraine, Statistics Poland said.

At the end of June 2025, the share of foreigners in the total number of persons performing work was 6.6%. Ukrainian citizens were the biggest group (66.9%).

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Belarusians accounted for 10.8 percent of the foreign workforce, followed by Georgians at 2.3 percent, and Indians at 2 percent.

Colombians represented 1.6 percent of the total labour force, while Filipinos made up 1.4 percent.

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Source: IAR, PAP, stat.gov.pl