Polish unemployment at 6.1% in March: gov't

Poland's unemployment rate stood at 6.1 percent in March 2026, unchanged from the previous month, the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy said on Monday

The Warsaw headquarters of the Polish Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy.

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There were around 950,900 people without jobs across the nation at the end of March, down by 4,100 from a month earlier, according to the government.

The state-run Statistics Poland agency (GUS) reported last month that the Polish jobless rate had risen to 6.1 percent in February, from 6.0 percent in January.

Meanwhile, the European Union's Eurostat statistics agency, which uses a different methodology, estimated this month that unemployment in Poland had stood at 3.2 percent in February, marking the lowest rate in the 27-nation bloc, alongside Bulgaria and Czechia.

In February 2026, the euro area seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 6.2%, up from 6.1% in January 2026. 💼

🔹The EU unemployment rate was 5.9% in February 2026, stable compared with January 2026.

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Source: PAP