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Polish unemployment edges up to 5.1% in December: gov't

08.01.2025 15:15
Poland’s unemployment rate inched up to 5.1 percent in December, from 5 percent in November, the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy said on Wednesday.
The Warsaw headquarters of the Polish Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy.
The Warsaw headquarters of the Polish Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy.Photo: Marcin Dławichowski/Polish Radio

There were around 787,000 people without jobs across the nation at the end of December, up by 12,600 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 5 percent in November, from 4.9 percent in October.

Meanwhile, the European Unions Eurostat statistics agency, which uses a different methodology, estimated this month that unemployment in Poland stood at 3 percent in November, marking one of the lowest rates in the 27-nation bloc.

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Source: IAR, PAP