Amid the coronavirus pandemic, the Czech Republic boasted the lowest unemployment in the European Union in July, at 2.7 percent, while Malta trailed Poland in third place, with 4.1 percent, according to the Eurostat agency.
Meanwhile, Greece had the highest jobless rate in the EU, at 17 percent, while Spanish unemployment was the second-highest at 15.8 percent, the agency said on Tuesday.
It reported that the EU average for July was 7.2 percent, up from 7.1 percent in June and 6.7 percent in July 2019.
Poland’s Central Statistical Office (GUS), which uses a different methodology, reported last week that the Polish jobless rate stood at 6.1 percent in July, unchanged from June.
Labour Minister Marlena Maląg said last month that the Polish labour market seemed to be stabilizing after a period of lockdown and restrictions affecting the economy.
Maląg has previously said that some 5 million jobs have been saved throughout the country thanks to measures including a massive relief and stimulus package that aimed to shield the economy from the coronavirus.
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Source: IAR, TVP Info, europa.eu/eurostat