Around 1.05 million foreign workers in Poland: stats office

Around 1,045,000 foreign workers were employed in Poland at the end of January, accounting for 6.4 percent of the total workforce, according to the national statistics office.

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That number was 4.5 percent higher than in January last year but marked a drop of 1.8 percent from the previous month, the Statistics Poland (GUS) agency reported.

These foreign workers hailed from more than 150 countries, with 67.2 percent coming from Ukraine, Statistics Poland said earlier this month.

At the end of January 2025, foreigners accounted for 6.4% of the total number of persons in employment. The largest group were citizens of Ukraine, making up 67.2% of all employed foreigners.https://t.co/TtHCyjxDHT#StatisticsPoland #statistics #LabourMarket #foreigners pic.twitter.com/xNH6iQnB4w

— Statistics Poland (@StatPoland) July 8, 2025

Belarusians accounted for 10.9 percent of the foreign workforce, followed by Georgians at 2.2 percent, and Indians at 2 percent.

Colombians represented 1.5 percent of the total labour force, while Filipinos made up 1.4 percent.

An estimated 2.5 million foreigners lived in Poland last year, according to a study by the Polish Economic Institute (PIE), a Warsaw-based think tank.

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Source: IAR, PAP, stat.gov.pl