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Polish unemployment edges up to 5% in November: gov't

05.12.2024 13:15
Poland’s unemployment rate inched up to 5 percent in November, from 4.9 percent in October, the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy said on Thursday.
The Warsaw headquarters of the Polish Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy.
The Warsaw headquarters of the Polish Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy.Photo: Marcin Dławichowski/Polish Radio

There were around 776,200 people without jobs across the nation at the end of November, up by 1.4 percent from a month earlier, according to the government.

The state-run Statistics Poland agency (GUS) reported last month that the Polish jobless rate had dropped to 4.9 percent in October, from 5 percent in September.

Meanwhile, the European Unions Eurostat statistics agency, which uses a different methodology, estimated this month that unemployment in Poland stood at 3.1 percent in October, marking the third-lowest rate in the 27-nation bloc.

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Source: IAR, PAP