Polish unemployment down to 4.9% in June: stats office

Unemployment in Poland dropped to 4.9 percent in June, from 5.1 percent in May, the state-run Central Statistical Office (GUS) reported on Monday.

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The reading was in line with an earlier estimate by the country's labour ministry.

📉 Potwierdziły się szacunki @MRiPS_GOV_PL dot. bezrobocia.

➡️ Stopa bezrobocia w czerwcu spadła do 4,9 proc. z 5,1 proc. w maju.#Praca #RynekPracy pic.twitter.com/EPli3GsRk6

— Ministerstwo Rodziny i Polityki Społecznej (@MRiPS_GOV_PL) July 25, 2022

It marked the lowest jobless rate in the country in 32 years, according to Family and Social Policy Minister Marlena Maląg.

💬 Minister @MarlenaMalag dla @PAPinformacje: stopa bezrobocia w Polsce najniższa od 32 lat. #RynekPracy pic.twitter.com/0X709r9uqJ

— Ministerstwo Rodziny i Polityki Społecznej (@MRiPS_GOV_PL) July 25, 2022

Marlena Maląg: Polish unemployment lowest in 32 years. Photo: Wojciech Kusiński/Polish Radio

There were around 818,000 people without jobs across the nation at the end of June, compared with 850,200 a month earlier, according to the Central Statistical Office.

Ile wyniosła liczba zarejestrowanych bezrobotnych w czerwcu? 👇https://t.co/GVd9XfRreD

— Polskie Radio (@polskieradiopl) July 25, 2022

According to the European Union’s Eurostat statistics agency, which uses a different methodology, unemployment in Poland was a modest 2.7 percent in May, the second-lowest rate in the 27-nation European Union.

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Source: IAR, PAP