Polish jobless rate among EU's lowest, at 3.1% in July: Eurostat

Poland's unemployment rate stood at 3.1 percent in July, one of the lowest in the 27-nation European Union, the bloc’s statistics agency has reported.

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Malta recorded the lowest jobless rate in the EU in July, at 2.6 percent, followed by the Czech Republic with 2.8 percent, and Slovenia in third place, with 2.9 percent, according to the Eurostat agency.

Polish unemployment was fourth-lowest, data showed.

Meanwhile, Spain had the highest seasonally-adjusted jobless rate in the EU, at 10.4 percent, and Finnish unemployment was the second-highest at 9.5 percent, according to the latest available data.

Eurostat reported last week that the EU average for July was 5.9 percent, down from 6 percent in June.

Euro area #unemployment at 6.2% in July 2025, EU at 5.9% https://t.co/OWi5DWL3U3 pic.twitter.com/8ywZSPbw4i

— EU_Eurostat (@EU_Eurostat) September 1, 2025

Poland's statistics office GUS, which uses a different methodology, reported last month that the Polish jobless rate rose to 5.4 percent in July, from 5.2 percent in June.

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Source: IAR, PAP, europa.eu/eurostat