Polish jobless rate second-lowest in EU, at 2.7% in May: Eurostat

Unemployment in Poland was a modest 2.7 percent in May, the second-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 May, at 2.5 percent, while Germany trailed Poland in third place, with 2.8 percent, according to the Eurostat agency.

📊 Bezrobocie w Polsce w maju wyniosło 2,7 proc. – podał w czwartek @EU_Eurostat. To jeden z najniższych poziomów w Unii Europejskiej❗️ Lepsza sytuacja jest tylko w Czechach. #RynekPracy

Czytaj więcej ➡️ https://t.co/Lu4GMp2hWh pic.twitter.com/ccFgbwFQ4j

— Ministerstwo Rodziny i Polityki Społecznej (@MRiPS_GOV_PL) June 30, 2022

Meanwhile, Spain had the highest seasonally-adjusted jobless rate in the EU, at 13.1 percent, while Italian unemployment was the second-highest at 8.1 percent, the agency's data showed.

Eurostat reported on Thursday that the EU average for May was 6.1 percent, stable compared with April.

Euro area #unemployment at 6.6% in May, EU at 6.1% https://t.co/OTca5hNM65 pic.twitter.com/OpQeGrzL2a

— EU_Eurostat (@EU_Eurostat) June 30, 2022

Poland’s Central Statistical Office (GUS), which uses a different methodology, reported last month that the Polish jobless rate dropped to 5.1 percent in May, from 5.2 percent in April.

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Source: PAP, europa.eu/eurostat