Polish unemployment down to 5.1% in May: stats office

Unemployment in Poland dropped to 5.1 percent in May, from 5.2 percent in April, the state-run Central Statistical Office (GUS) reported on Friday.

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The reading was in line with an earlier estimate by the country's labour ministry.

Registered #unemployment rate in #Poland in May 2022 amounted to 5.1 % and was lower than in April 2022 (5.2%).

More information in recent #StatisticsPoland's Statistical Bulletin 5/2022: https://t.co/Xtj9A6r2iI#RegisteredUnemployment #LabourMarket #labour #statistics pic.twitter.com/AsByw5DyZL

— Statistics Poland (@StatPoland) June 24, 2022

There were around 850,200 people without jobs across the nation at the end of May, compared with 878,000 a month earlier, according to the Central Statistical Office.

According to the European Union’s Eurostat statistics agency, which uses a different methodology, unemployment in Poland was a modest 3 percent in April, unchanged from March and one of the lowest rates in the 27-nation bloc.

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Source: PAP