Polish jobless rate among EU's lowest, at 3% in April: Eurostat

Unemployment in Poland was a modest 3 percent in April, unchanged from March 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 April, at 2.4 percent, followed by Poland and Germany, each with 3 percent, according to the Eurostat agency.

Polska w czołówce państw europejskich z najniższym bezrobociem❗

➡️ Stopa bezrobocia wg @EU_Eurostat w kwietniu 2022 r. wyniosła w Polsce 3%. pic.twitter.com/o3mZ2ARcdz

— Ministerstwo Rodziny i Polityki Społecznej (@MRiPS_GOV_PL) June 1, 2022

Meanwhile, Spain had the highest seasonally-adjusted jobless rate in the EU, at 13.3 percent, while Greek unemployment was the second-highest at 12.7 percent, the agency's data showed.

Eurostat reported on Wednesday that the EU average for April was 6.2 percent, stable compared with March.

Euro area #unemployment stable at 6.8% in April, EU at 6.2% https://t.co/k3KZvjBlMW pic.twitter.com/M27fNDK6Jq

— EU_Eurostat (@EU_Eurostat) June 1, 2022

Poland’s Central Statistical Office (GUS), which uses a different methodology, reported last month that the Polish jobless rate dropped to 5.2 percent in April, from 5.4 percent in March.

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Source: PAP, europa.eu/eurostat