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

Unemployment in Poland stood at 3 percent in June, 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 June, at 2.7 percent, while Malta and Slovenia trailed Poland in joint third place, each with 3.1 percent, according to the Eurostat agency.

ℹ️ Kolejny miesiąc Polska🇵🇱 wśród liderów w Unii Europejskiej🇪🇺 z najniższym bezrobociem ❗️
👉 W czerwcu br. stopa bezrobocia wg metodologii @EU_Eurostat wyniosła w Polsce 3,0%. Niższy wskaźnik zanotowały jedynie Czechy - 2,7%. ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/0Q1GbRCpaB

— Ministerstwo Rodziny, Pracy i Polityki Społecznej (@MRPiPS_GOV__PL) August 1, 2024

Meanwhile, Spain had the highest seasonally-adjusted jobless rate in the EU, at 11.5 percent, and Greek unemployment was the second-highest at 9.6 percent, according to the latest available data.

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

Euro area #unemployment at 6.5% in June 2024, EU at 6.0% https://t.co/E6edZesYyq pic.twitter.com/zWoJgixQmh

— EU_Eurostat (@EU_Eurostat) August 1, 2024

Poland's statistics office (GUS), which uses a different methodology, reported last month that the Polish jobless rate dropped to 4.9 percent in June, from 5 percent in May.

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Source: IAR, PAP, europa.eu/eurostat