Over 1.06 million foreign workers in Poland: stats office

Around 1,063,700 foreign workers were employed in Poland at the end of October last year, accounting for 6.9 percent of the total workforce, according to the national statistics office.

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This number marked an increase from 1,052,700 the previous month, the Statistics Poland (GUS) agency reported on Monday.

These foreign workers hailed from more than 150 countries, with 67.2 percent coming from Ukraine, Statistics Poland said.

Of the 1,064 thous. foreigners performing work in Poland as at the end of October 2024, 415 thous. were performing only contacts of mandate and related contracts.https://t.co/iRlk3dsYmU#StatisticsPoland #statistics pic.twitter.com/YbNBk4icL9

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Belarusians accounted for 11.2 percent of the foreign workforce, followed by Georgians at 2.5 percent, and Indians at 2 percent.

Filipinos represented 1.4 percent of the total labour force, while Colombians made up 1.3 percent.

An estimated 2.5 million foreigners lived in Poland last year, according to a study by the Polish Economic Institute (PIE), a Warsaw-based think tank.

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Source: IAR, PAP, stat.gov.pl