Polish jobless rate third-lowest in EU, at 2.8% in July: Eurostat

Unemployment in Poland was a modest 2.8 percent in July, unchanged from the previous three months and the third-lowest rate in the 27-nation European Union, the bloc’s statistics agency has reported.

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Malta boasted the lowest jobless rate in the bloc in July, at 2.5 percent, followed by the Czech Republic with 2.7 percent, according to the Eurostat agency.

Meanwhile, Spain had the highest seasonally-adjusted jobless rate in the EU, at 11.6 percent, and Greek unemployment was the second-highest at 10.8 percent, according to the latest available data.

Eurostat reported on Thursday that the EU average for July was 5.9 percent, stable compared with June.

Euro area #unemployment at 6.4% in July 2023, EU at 5.9% https://t.co/vwgIDm3cmj pic.twitter.com/MKga5muJIs

— EU_Eurostat (@EU_Eurostat) August 31, 2023

Poland's statistics office (GUS), which uses a different methodology, reported last week that the Polish jobless rate held steady at 5 percent in July, unchanged from June.

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Source: IAR, PAP, europa.eu/eurostat