Polish jobless rate third-lowest in EU, at 3.3% in March: Eurostat

Unemployment in Poland stood at 3.3 percent in March, marking the third-lowest rate in the 27-nation European Union, the bloc’s statistics agency has reported.

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The Czech Republic boasted the lowest jobless rate in the bloc in March, at 3.1 percent, while Malta was in second place, with 3.2 percent, according to the Eurostat agency.

ℹ️ Polska🇵🇱 niezmiennie w czołówce państw Unii Europejskiej🇪🇺 z najniższym bezrobociem 📉
👉 W marcu br. stopa bezrobocia według metodologii @EU_Eurostat wyniosła w Polsce 3,3% 📊 Niższe wskaźniki zanotowały jedynie Czechy - 3,1% i Bułgaria - 3,2% ⤵️#RynekPracy #Eurostat #MRPiPS pic.twitter.com/1uY3jdCrqG

— Ministerstwo Rodziny, Pracy i Polityki Społecznej (@MRPiPS_GOV__PL) May 4, 2026

Meanwhile, Finland had the highest seasonally-adjusted jobless rate in the EU, at 10.4 percent, and Spanish unemployment was the second-highest at 10.3 percent, according to the latest available data.

Eurostat reported that the EU average for March was 6 percent, unchanged from February and stable compared with March 2025.

Euro area #unemployment at 6.2% in March 2026, EU at 6.0% https://t.co/kbc99WkbaN pic.twitter.com/KyMyg4BILo

— EU_Eurostat (@EU_Eurostat) April 30, 2026

Poland's statistics office (GUS), which uses a different methodology, reported last month that the Polish jobless rate held steady at 6.1 percent in March, unchanged from February.

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Source: IAR, PAP, europa.eu/eurostat