EU 6.25
· European ranking
32 / 34
No change compared with previous year
Poland: Unemployment rate
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
3.10% of labour force
EU 6.25 · -3.1 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures unemployed people as a percentage of the labour force aged 15 to 74.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
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· 2025 · 16 regions
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Internal regions
Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.
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1+70.97
5.30
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2+38.71
4.30
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3+32.26
4.10
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3+32.26
4.10
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5+16.13
3.60
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6+12.90
3.50
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6+12.90
3.50
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8+9.68
3.40
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9+6.45
3.30
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10-6.45
2.90
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11-9.68
2.80
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11-9.68
2.80
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13-12.90
2.70
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14-16.13
2.60
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14-16.13
2.60
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16-32.26
2.10
More context on this indicator
At a glance
Poland performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Unemployment rate, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to recent stabilization. The wider topic context points to broader relative strength. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.
European comparison in Poland
In Poland, Unemployment rate is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 3.1% versus 6.3% in 2025, with a gap of 3.2 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Poland, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 3.20% in 2020 to 3.10% in 2025. The latest value also changes little from 2.90% in 2024, so the recent reading remains stable.
Regional differences in Poland
In Poland, regional differences in Unemployment rate are pronounced. Across 16 comparable regions, Lubelskie records the highest value (5.3%) and Warszawski stołeczny the lowest (2.1%), a gap of 3.2 percentage points.
Reading within the topic
In Poland, the evidence for Employment & Economic Security leans towards relatively favourable performance compared with Europe, without a clear pressure signal dominating the picture. No material recent change is detected among related indicators.