Polish jobless rate among EU's lowest, at 3.1% in June: Eurostat

Poland's unemployment rate stood at 3.1 percent in June, marking one of the lowest rates in the 27-nation European Union, the bloc’s statistics agency has reported.

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Bulgaria and Cyprus tied for the lowest jobless rate in the bloc in June, each with 3 percent, while Poland came next, according to the Eurostat agency.

Euro area #unemployment at 6.3% in June 2026, EU at 6.0% https://t.co/a5lLSltpIt pic.twitter.com/n0eOYo4WCl

— EU_Eurostat (@EU_Eurostat) July 30, 2026

Meanwhile, Finland had the highest seasonally-adjusted jobless rate in the EU, at 10.5 percent, and Spanish unemployment was the second-highest at 10.1 percent, according to the latest available data.

Eurostat reported last week that the EU average for June was 6 percent, unchanged from May and also stable compared with June 2025.

Poland's statistics office GUS, which uses a different methodology, reported last month that the Polish jobless rate fell to 5.8 percent in June, from 5.9 percent in May.

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Source: IAR, PAP, europa.eu/eurostat