Polish jobless rate among EU's lowest, at 3% in December: Eurostat

Unemployment in Poland stood at 3 percent in December, marking one of the lowest rates in the 27-nation European Union, the bloc’s statistics agency reported on Thursday.

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The Czech Republic boasted the lowest jobless rate in the bloc in December, at 2.6 percent, while Poland and Malta were in joint second place, each with 3 percent, according to the Eurostat agency.

ℹ️ Polska🇵🇱 wiceliderem wśród państw Unii Europejskiej🇪🇺 z najniższym bezrobociem 📉
👉 W grudniu 2024 r. stopa bezrobocia według metodologii @EU_Eurostat wyniosła w Polsce 3,0%. Niższy wskaźnik zanotowały jedynie Czechy - 2,6%, a taki sam - Malta ⤵️#Praca #RynekPracy… pic.twitter.com/FzttvTFsJd

— Ministerstwo Rodziny, Pracy i Polityki Społecznej (@MRPiPS_GOV__PL) January 30, 2025

Meanwhile, Spain had the highest seasonally-adjusted jobless rate in the EU, at 10.6 percent, and Greek unemployment was the second-highest at 9.4 percent, according to the latest available data.

Euro area #unemployment at 6.3% in December 2024, EU at 5.9% https://t.co/DvoQp5Wpcw pic.twitter.com/Lo4NNcDPUa

— EU_Eurostat (@EU_Eurostat) January 30, 2025

Eurostat reported that the EU average for December was 5.9 percent, up from 5.8 percent in November 2024 and down from 6 percent in December 2023.

Poland's statistics office GUS, which uses a different methodology, reported this week that the Polish jobless rate edged up to 5.1 percent in December, from 5 percent in November.

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Source: IAR, PAP, ec.europa.eu/eurostat