Polish jobless rate second-lowest in EU, at 2.9% in August: Eurostat

Unemployment in Poland stood at 2.9 percent in August, marking the second-lowest rate in the 27-nation European Union, the bloc’s statistics agency has reported.

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The Czech Republic boasted the lowest jobless rate in the bloc in August, at 2.6 percent, while Malta trailed Poland in third place, with 3 percent, according to the Eurostat agency.

Meanwhile, Spain had the highest seasonally-adjusted jobless rate in the EU, at 11.3 percent, and Greek unemployment was the second-highest at 9.5 percent, according to the latest available data.

Eurostat reported that the EU average for August was 5.9 percent, down from 6 percent in July and stable compared with August 2023.

Poland’s statistics office (GUS), which uses a different methodology, reported last month that the Polish jobless rate held steady at 5 percent in August, unchanged from July.

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Source: IAR, PAP, europa.eu/eurostat

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