Over 1.03 million foreign workers in Poland: stats office

Around 1,032,600 foreign workers were employed in Poland at the end of June, accounting for 6.7 percent of the total workforce, according to the national statistics office.

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This number marked an increase from 1,024,200 the previous month, the Statistics Poland (GUS) agency reported.

These foreign workers hailed from more than 150 countries, with 67.6 percent coming from Ukraine, Statistics Poland said this week.

As of the end of June 2024, 1,032.6 thousand foreigners were working in Poland.https://t.co/uRzBJQLQc0#StatisticsPoland #statistics #labourmarket #foreigners pic.twitter.com/Xhv5x3kbvI

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Belarusians account for 11.5 percent of the foreign workforce, followed by Georgians at 2.6 percent, Indians at 1.9 percent, Moldovans at 1.3 percent, and Filipinos at 1.2 percent.

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

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Source: IAR, PAP, stat.gov.pl