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 country’s statistics office said on Monday.

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The reading was in line with an earlier estimate by the government.

Stopa bezrobocia rejestrowanego w maju 2023 r. wyniosła 5,1% i była niższa niż w kwietniu 2023 r. (5,2%).

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— GUS (@GUS_STAT) June 26, 2023

There were around 802,300 people without jobs across the nation at the end of May, compared with 821,900 a month earlier, according to the state-run Statistics Poland (GUS) office.

Stopa bezrobocia w maju wyniosła 5,1 proc. To najniższy wskaźnik w tym roku https://t.co/AvjWqS2C5W

— Gospodarka - Polskie Radio (@Gospodarka_PRSA) June 26, 2023

The state-run statistics agency reported earlier this month that employment in Polish companies rose 0.4 percent in May on average in year-on-year terms.

According to the European Union’s Eurostat statistics agency, which uses a different methodology, unemployment in Poland was a modest 2.7 percent in April, marking the lowest rate in the 27-nation bloc.

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Source: PAP