Polish jobless rate among EU's lowest, at 3.2% in August: Eurostat

Poland's unemployment rate stood at 3.2 percent in August, one of the lowest in the 27-nation European Union, the bloc’s statistics agency has reported.

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Malta and Slovenia tied for the lowest jobless rate in the EU in August, each with 2.9 percent, followed by Poland and the Czech Republic, each with 3.2 percent, according to the Eurostat agency.

ℹ️ Polska🇵🇱 niezmiennie w czołówce państw Unii Europejskiej🇪🇺 z najniższym bezrobociem 📉
👉 W sierpniu 2025 r. stopa bezrobocia według metodologii @EU_Eurostat wyniosła w Polsce 3,2%. Niższe wskaźniki zanotowały jedynie Malta i Słowenia - 2,9%, a taki sam - Czechy ⤵️#Praca… pic.twitter.com/Pwo7ZLW9jw

— Ministerstwo Rodziny, Pracy i Polityki Społecznej (@MRPiPS_GOV__PL) October 2, 2025

Meanwhile, Spain had the highest seasonally-adjusted jobless rate in the EU, at 10.3 percent, and Finnish unemployment was the second-highest at 9.8 percent, according to the latest available data.

Eurostat reported last week that the EU average for August was 5.9 percent, unchanged from July.

Euro area unemployment at 6.3%, EU at 5.9% 💼

In August 2025, the euro area seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 6.3%, up from 6.2% in July 2025. The EU unemployment rate was 5.9% in August 2025, stable compared with July 2025.

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— EU_Eurostat (@EU_Eurostat) October 2, 2025

Poland's statistics office GUS, which uses a different methodology, reported last month that the Polish jobless rate rose to 5.5 percent in August, from 5.4 percent in July.

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Source: IAR, PAP, europa.eu/eurostat