Polish jobless rate second-lowest in EU, at 2.8% in January: Eurostat

Unemployment in Poland was a modest 2.8 percent in January, down from 2.9 percent in December 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 January at 2.5 percent, while Germany and Malta trailed Poland in joint third place, each with 3 percent, according to the Eurostat agency.

ℹ️ Według danych @EU_Eurostat ze stycznia br. Polska🇵🇱 ponownie znalazła się na drugim miejscu z najniższym bezrobociem w Unii Europejskiej, zaraz po Czechach.
Stopa bezrobocia w naszym kraju w styczniu br. osiągnęła poziom 2,8%, wobec 2,9% miesiąc wcześniej. ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/SEZpfAKuhu

— Ministerstwo Rodziny i Polityki Społecznej (@MRiPS_GOV_PL) March 3, 2023

Meanwhile, Spain had the highest seasonally-adjusted jobless rate in the EU, at 13 percent, while Greek unemployment was the second-highest at 11.6 percent, according to the latest available data.

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

Euro area #unemployment at 6.7% in January 2023, EU at 6.1% https://t.co/PMLLvAbHzm pic.twitter.com/Ar690Po8wn

— EU_Eurostat (@EU_Eurostat) March 2, 2023

Poland's statistics office (GUS), which uses a different methodology, reported last week that the Polish jobless rate rose to 5.5 percent in January, from 5.2 percent in December.

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Source: IAR, PAP, europa.eu/eurostat