Polish jobless rate lowest in EU, at 2.6% in January: Eurostat

Unemployment in Poland stood at 2.6 percent in January, marking the lowest rate in the 27-nation European Union, the bloc’s statistics agency reported on Tuesday.

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Poland and the Czech Republic tied for the lowest jobless rate in the bloc in January, each with 2.6 percent, according to the Eurostat agency.

Meanwhile, Spain had the highest seasonally-adjusted jobless rate in the EU, at 10.4 percent, and Swedish unemployment was the second-highest at 8.7 percent, according to the latest available data.

ℹ️ Polska🇵🇱 liderem wśród państw #UniaEuropejska🇪🇺 z najniższym bezrobociem 🤝
📉 W styczniu br. stopa bezrobocia według metodologii @EU_Eurostat wyniosła w Polsce 2,6%. Taki sam wynik odnotowano także w Czechach ⤵️#Praca #RynekPracy #StopaBezrobocia #Bezrobocie #Eurostat #UE pic.twitter.com/N83e06DR6F

— Ministerstwo Rodziny, Pracy i Polityki Społecznej (@MRPiPS_GOV__PL) March 4, 2025

Eurostat reported that the EU average for January was 5.8 percent, stable compared with December and down from 6.1 percent in January 2024.

Euro area #unemployment at 6.2% in January 2025, EU at 5.8% https://t.co/Gy8FM6wGPv pic.twitter.com/XmBamKHx7h

— EU_Eurostat (@EU_Eurostat) March 4, 2025

Poland's statistics office (GUS), which uses a different methodology, reported last month that the Polish jobless rate rose to 5.4 percent in January, from 5.1 percent in December.

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Source: IAR, PAP, europa.eu/eurostat