There are the latest data on unemployment in Poland. Is there any cause for concern?

At the beginning of December, the Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Policy presented estimated data on the unemployment rate in November this year. It amounted to 5 percent, which means that the indicator remained at the level from November last year and was 0.1 percentage point higher than at the end of October this year. The data provided by the ministry showed that the lowest unemployment was recorded in Greater Poland (3%), and the highest in the Podkarpackie Voivodeship (8.5%). The Ministry also announced that the number of unemployed people registered in labor offices at the end of November, according to preliminary data, amounted to 776.2 thousand.

Unemployment in Poland. Little increase

The ministry’s estimates were confirmed today by the Central Statistical Office (GUS), which presented the final data on the unemployment rate for November. – The registered unemployment rate at the end of November 2024 was 5%. and was by 0.1 percentage point. higher than at the end of October 2024 – the Central Statistical Office reported on Monday.

In turn, the number of unemployed people registered in labor offices amounted to 774.5 thousand. compared to 765.5 thousand a month earlier.

Eurostat has been providing optimistic data on the situation on the labor market in Poland for many months. The information presented at the beginning of December shows that we remain a country with one of the lowest unemployment rates in the European Union.

According to the methodology of the EU statistical office, the unemployment rate in Poland was 3.1 percent in October, which is the same as the month before and 0.1 percentage point higher. more than a year ago. This gives us third place among EU countries. We are ahead of the Czech Republic and Malta, where the unemployment rate is 2.6 and 3 percent, respectively. Throughout the EU, the unemployment rate in October amounted to 5.9%.