The EU statistical agency Eurostat published unemployment data in September.
The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in Poland was 2.8%. in September 2023, the same as a month earlier, Eurostat reported. Poland and Malta recorded the second lowest unemployment rate, after the Czech Republic (2.7%). The number of unemployed people in Poland amounted to 477 thousand. in September unchanged from the previous month.
Across the EU, the unemployment rate in this regard was 6 percent in August.
Eurostat measures the harmonized unemployment rate as the percentage of people aged 15 to 74 who are unemployed, able to go to work in the next two weeks, and who have actively looked for work in recent weeks, for all economically active people in a given country.
According to data from the Central Bureau of Statistics (GUS), the registered unemployment rate was 5%. end of September this year. compared to 5 percent a month earlier.
Unemployment in the Eurozone
The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in the eurozone was 6.5%. in September 2023compared to 6.4 percent a month earlier – reported the EU statistical agency Eurostat.
The market consensus was 6.4%. Across the European Union (EU) as a whole, this percentage was 6%. in September compared to 6 percent a month earlier.
Commentary from the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy
“Stable situation on the labor market in Poland. Eurostat data published on Friday showed Poland’s unemployment rate was 2.8 percent in September. This result places us among the countries with the lowest level of unemployment in the Community. According to data from the European Bureau of Statistics, the Czech Republic recorded the lowest unemployment level in September (2.7%). The podium is completed by Malta and Poland, where unemployment was at the level of 2.8%. This is much lower than the EU average (6%) and the average for Eurozone countries (6.5 percent),” the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy said in its commentary.
– Eurostat data confirm the stable situation on the labor market in Poland. September is the fourth month in which unemployment in our country remains at the same level. The latest data shows that the number of unemployed people in Poland has decreased by 33,000 year-on-year, says Marlena Maląg, Minister of Family Affairs and Social Policy.
Source: Do Rzeczy
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