Polish jobless rate among EU's lowest, at 3.2% in December: Eurostat

Poland's unemployment rate stood at 3.2 percent in December and was among the lowest in the 27-nation European Union, the bloc’s statistics agency has reported.

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The Czech Republic had the lowest jobless rate in the EU in December, at 3.1 percent, followed by Poland and Malta tied in second place, each with 3.2 percent, according to the Eurostat agency.

Meanwhile, Finland had the highest seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate in the EU, at 10.2 percent, and Spanish unemployment was the second-highest at 10 percent, according to the latest available data.

ℹ️ Polska🇵🇱 wiceliderem wśród państw Unii Europejskiej🇪🇺 z najniższym bezrobociem 📉
👉 W grudniu 2025 r. stopa bezrobocia według metodologii @EU_Eurostat wyniosła w Polsce 3,2% 📊 Taki sam wskaźnik zanotowała jeszcze Malta, a niższy jedynie Czechy - 3,1%.#RynekPracy… pic.twitter.com/RQtVgEZiCd

— Ministerstwo Rodziny, Pracy i Polityki Społecznej (@MRPiPS_GOV__PL) February 2, 2026

Eurostat reported that the EU average for December was 5.9 percent, unchanged from November.

Euro area #unemployment at 6.2% in December 2025, EU at 5.9% https://t.co/N9C5539ctW pic.twitter.com/lU9P9F4lOO

— EU_Eurostat (@EU_Eurostat) January 30, 2026

Poland's statistics office GUS, which uses a different methodology, reported last month that the Polish jobless rate inched up to 5.7 percent in December, from 5.6 percent in November.

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Source: IAR, PAP, europa.eu/eurostat