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Polish jobless rate second-lowest in EU, at 2.6% in September: Eurostat

04.11.2022 06:30
Unemployment in Poland was a modest 2.6 percent in September, unchanged from August and 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 September, at 2.2 percent, while Germany and Malta were tied in third place behind Poland, each with 3 percent, according to the Eurostat agency.

Meanwhile, Spain had the highest seasonally-adjusted jobless rate in the EU, at 12.7 percent, while Greek unemployment was the second-highest at 11.8 percent, the agency's data showed.

Eurostat reported that the EU average for September was 6 percent, stable compared with August.

Poland’s statistics office (GUS), which uses a different methodology, reported last week that the Polish jobless rate dropped to 5.1 percent in September, from 5.2 percent in August.

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Source: IAR, PAP, europa.eu/eurostat