Polish unemployment up to 5.9% in August: gov’t

Poland’s unemployment rate rose slightly to 5.9 percent in August, up from 5.8 percent in July, according to a preliminary estimate from the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy.

The Warsaw headquarters of the Polish Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy.Marcin Dławichowski/Polish Radio

The picture varied across the country.

Wielkopolskie recorded the lowest rate at 3.8 percent, while Warmińsko-Mazurskie had the highest at 9.3 percent.

Compared with July, the rate held steady in 11 regions, while five saw a 0.1 percentage point rise.

By the end of August, 911,000 people were registered as unemployed at labour offices – nearly 5,000 more than in July.

The ministry also noted that under Eurostat methodology, Poland’s unemployment rate stood at 3.4 percent in July – the second-lowest in the EU after the Czech Republic, at 3.3 percent.

(ał)

Source: IAR, PAP