Polish jobless rate lowest in EU, at 3.2% in February: Eurostat

Unemployment in Poland stood at 3.2 percent in February, marking the lowest rate in the 27-nation European Union, the bloc’s statistics agency reported on Wednesday.

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Poland topped the list while tying for first place with the Czech Republic and Bulgaria, each with 3.2 percent, according to the Eurostat agency.

ℹ️ Polska🇵🇱 pozostaje liderem wśród państw Unii Europejskiej🇪🇺 z najniższym bezrobociem 📉
👉 W lutym br. stopa bezrobocia według metodologii @EU_Eurostat wyniosła w Polsce 3,2% 📊 Taki sam wskaźnik zanotowały jeszcze Bułgaria i Czechy. #RynekPracy #Eurostat #MRPiPS pic.twitter.com/GFb8wVOrNs

— Ministerstwo Rodziny, Pracy i Polityki Społecznej (@MRPiPS_GOV__PL) April 1, 2026

Meanwhile, Finland had the highest seasonally-adjusted jobless rate in the EU, at 10.4 percent, and Finnish unemployment was the second-highest at 9.8 percent, according to the latest available data.

Eurostat reported that the EU average for February was 5.9 percent, stable compared with January and down from 6 percent in February 2025.

Euro area #unemployment at 6.2% in February 2026, EU at 5.9% https://t.co/ZT0ZlRX2gY pic.twitter.com/sCAu5jjlQb

— EU_Eurostat (@EU_Eurostat) April 1, 2026

Poland's statistics office (GUS), which uses a different methodology, reported last month that the Polish jobless rate inched up to 6.1 percent in February, from 6 percent in January.

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Source: IAR, PAP, europa.eu/eurostat