Polish jobless rate among EU's lowest, at 3.4% in August: Eurostat

Unemployment in Poland was a modest 3.4 percent in August, unchanged from July and one of the lowest rates in the 27-nation European Union, the bloc’s statistics agency has reported.

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The Czech Republic boasted the lowest jobless rate in the bloc in August, at 2.9 percent, followed by the Netherlands and Malta tying for second place, each with 3.2 percent, according to the Eurostat agency.

Poland had the fourth-lowest rate among member states in August, the agency's data showed.

Meanwhile, Spain had the highest seasonally-adjusted jobless rate in the EU, at 14 percent, while Greek unemployment was the second-highest at 13.2 percent.

Eurostat reported that the EU average for August was 6.8 percent, down from 6.9 percent in July.

Euro area #unemployment at 7.5% in August, EU at 6.8% https://t.co/JPAo5gx6gX pic.twitter.com/AURzceVQjh

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Poland’s Central Statistical Office (GUS), which uses a different methodology, reported last week that the Polish jobless rate held steady at 5.8 percent in August, unchanged from July.

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Source: PAP, europa.eu/eurostat