Polish jobless rate among EU's lowest, at 2.9% in December: Eurostat

Unemployment in Poland was a modest 2.9 percent in December, down from 3 percent in November and one of the lowest rates in the 27-nation European Union, the bloc’s statistics agency reported on Wednesday.

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The Czech Republic boasted the lowest jobless rate in the bloc in December, at 2.3 percent, followed by Poland and Germany, each with 2.9 percent, according to the Eurostat agency.

ℹ️ Według danych @EU_Eurostat z grudnia 2022 r. Polska🇵🇱 ponownie znalazła się na drugim miejscu z najniższym bezrobociem w #UniaEuropejska, zaraz po Czechach.
Stopa bezrobocia w naszym kraju w grudniu ubiegłego roku osiągnęła poziom 2,9%, wobec 3% miesiąc wcześniej.⤵️ pic.twitter.com/nCfpYf9H7q

— Ministerstwo Rodziny i Polityki Społecznej (@MRiPS_GOV_PL) February 1, 2023

Meanwhile, Spain had the highest seasonally-adjusted jobless rate in the EU, at 13.1 percent, while Greek unemployment was the second-highest at 11.6 percent, the agency's data showed.

Eurostat reported that the EU average for December was 6.1 percent, stable compared with November.

Euro area (EA19) #unemployment at 6.6% in December 2022, EU at 6.1% https://t.co/OHBrDCF354 pic.twitter.com/OVFCf7MQtu

— EU_Eurostat (@EU_Eurostat) February 1, 2023

Poland's statistics office (GUS), which uses a different methodology, reported last week that the Polish jobless rate edged up to 5.2 percent in December, from 5.1 percent in November.

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Source: IAR, PAP, europa.eu/eurostat