Surprising Eurostat ranking. Poland is second in the EU
The unemployment rate in Poland in July was 3.4%. – according to Eurostat data. We are still second in the EU in terms of the lowest unemployment.
According to the latest Eurostat data, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in Poland was 3.4% in July, which is the same result as a month earlier.
Unemployment in Poland. We are still the runner-up
Data from the EU statistical office indicate that we are still the second largest country in terms of the lowest unemployment rate in the European Union countries. Only the Czechs are ahead of us, where the unemployment rate was 3.3 percent in July. Malta and Slovenia are ex aequo at the bottom of the podium with a reading of 3.5%.
The EU average was 6.1 percent in July. The highest unemployment rate was recorded in Finland and Spain (10.5% and 10% respectively). These are the only countries in the EU with double-digit unemployment. Relatively high unemployment also occurs in Sweden and France (8.6% and 8.3%, respectively).
Eurostat also reported that the number of unemployed people in Poland amounted to 598,000 in July. against 608 thousand in June.
Within a few days we should know the preliminary data from the Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Policy regarding the unemployment rate in August. A month ago, the ministry announced that unemployment in July amounted to 5.9%. However, at the end of August, the Central Statistical Office (GUS) reported that the reading for July was 5.8%, which is the same as in June. Therefore, initial forecasts indicating a slight increase in the unemployment rate were not confirmed.
Data from the Central Statistical Office show that in July there were 906.4 thousand registered in labor offices. unemployed, compared to 901.5 thousand a month earlier.
Let us recall that the differences between the Central Statistical Office and Eurostat data result from methodology. Eurostat understands unemployment as people who are actively looking for a job but have problems finding it. Therefore, it excludes a large group of people who are registered with the office because they care about the unemployed status, which allows, among others, free health care.
