Over 1.1 million foreign workers in Poland: stats office

Around 1,106,300 foreign workers were employed in Poland at the end of July last year, accounting for 6.7 percent of the total workforce, according to the latest data from the national statistics office.

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That number was 6.2 percent higher than in July 2024 and marked an increase of 0.6 percent from the previous month, the Statistics Poland (GUS) agency reported last week.

These foreign workers hailed from more than 150 countries, with 67 percent coming from Ukraine, Statistics Poland said.

At the end of July 2025, the share of foreigners in the total number of persons performing work was 6.7%. Ukrainian citizens were the biggest group (67%).

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Belarusians accounted for 10.6 percent of the foreign workforce, followed by Georgians at 2.3 percent, and Indians at 2.1 percent.

Colombians represented 1.6 percent of the total labour force, while Filipinos made up 1.4 percent.

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Source: IAR, PAP, stat.gov.pl