Polish jobless rate second-lowest in EU, at 3% in May: Eurostat

Unemployment in Poland stood at 3 percent in May, marking 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 May, at 2.7 percent, while Malta trailed Poland in third place, with 3.2 percent, according to the Eurostat agency.

ℹ️ Polska🇵🇱 pozostaje jednym z liderów wśród państw Unii Europejskiej🇪🇺 z najniższym bezrobociem ❗️
👉 Zgodnie z danymi @EU_Eurostat w maju 2024 r. stopa bezrobocia rejestrowanego w Polsce wyniosła 3,0%. Niższy wskaźnik zanotowały jedynie Czechy - 2,7%. ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/qs4FHnoZMJ

— Ministerstwo Rodziny, Pracy i Polityki Społecznej (@MRPiPS_GOV__PL) July 2, 2024

Meanwhile, Spain had the highest seasonally-adjusted jobless rate in the EU, at 11.7 percent, and Greek unemployment was the second-highest at 10.6 percent, according to the latest available data.

Eurostat reported that the EU average for May was 6 percent, unchanged from April and stable compared with May 2023.

Euro area #unemployment at 6.4% in May 2024, EU at 6.0% https://t.co/lhHkgrupia pic.twitter.com/BdRHBPeS3O

— EU_Eurostat (@EU_Eurostat) July 2, 2024

Poland's statistics office (GUS), which uses a different methodology, reported last month that the Polish jobless rate dropped to 5 percent in May, from 5.1 percent in April.

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Source: IAR, PAP, europa.eu/eurostat