Polish jobless rate second-lowest in EU, at 3% in February: Eurostat

Unemployment in Poland was a modest 3 percent in February, the second-lowest rate 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 February, at 2.4 percent, while Germany and Malta trailed Poland in joint third place, each with 3.1 percent, according to the Eurostat agency.

📊 Z danych @EU_Eurostat wynika, że w lutym br. poziom bezrobocia w Polsce wyniósł 3 proc. i był jednym z najniższych w UE. #RynekPracy

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— Ministerstwo Rodziny i Polityki Społecznej (@MRiPS_GOV_PL) April 4, 2022

Meanwhile, Spain had the highest seasonally-adjusted jobless rate in the EU, at 12.6 percent, while Greek unemployment was the second-highest at 11.9 percent, the agency's data showed.

Eurostat reported that the EU average for February was 6.2 percent, down from 6.3 percent in January.

Euro area #unemployment at 6.8% in February, EU at 6.2% https://t.co/R4cH14Ec4b pic.twitter.com/PnMMe5sk6O

— EU_Eurostat (@EU_Eurostat) March 31, 2022

Poland’s Central Statistical Office (GUS), which uses a different methodology, reported last month that the Polish jobless rate held steady at 5.5 percent in February, unchanged from January.

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Source: PAP, europa.eu/eurostat, gov.pl