Poland’s jobless rate down to 5.1% in May: gov’t

Unemployment in Poland totalled 5.1 percent at the end of May, 0.1 of a percentage point less than in April, the Ministry of Family and Social Policy announced on Monday.  

Unemployment in Poland totalled 5.1 percent in May, 0.1 of a percentage point less than in April, the Ministry of Family and Social Policy announced on Monday.

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May’s result also represents a drop of 1 percentage point on the corresponding period of 2021, Polish state news agency PAP reported.

In terms of regions, unemployment varied from 2.8 percent in the western Wielkopolskie region to 7.9 percent in the northern Warmińsko-Mazurskie province.

📉 Szacowana przez #MRiPS stopa bezrobocia rejestrowanego w końcu maja 2022 r. wyniosła 5,1% i była o 1 p.p. niższa niż w maju ubiegłego roku. #Praca #RynekPracy pic.twitter.com/KuxYUte3UH

— Ministerstwo Rodziny i Polityki Społecznej (@MRiPS_GOV_PL) June 6, 2022

'Second-best result since 1990' 

Assessing the nationwide figure for May, Family and Social Policy Minister Marlena Maląg said: “It’s an absolutely fantastic result because since 1990, only in October 2019 was the rate lower, at 5 percent - we have reasons to be satisfied.”

Ministry officials stressed that Poland had one of the lowest jobless rates in the European Union. 

Poland’s unemployment at 3 percent in April: Eurostat

Last week, the bloc’s statistics agency, Eurostat, which uses a different methodology, said that Poland’s jobless rate had been a modest 3 percent in April.

The average rate for the whole EU was 6.2 percent.

Only the Czech Republic performed better than Poland, with an unemployment rate of 2.4 percent, while Poland and Germany came joint-second on 3 percent.   

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Source: IAR, PAP