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Unemployment in Poland. New data for April 2025
The unemployment rate in April 2025 was estimated at 5.2 percent, as reported by the Family Ministry. The ministry noted that this figure represents a decline of 0.1 percentage points from the previous month.
According to the Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Policy (MRPiPS), preliminary data indicates that unemployment has decreased across all voivodeships, including regions affected by flooding last year.
Unemployment in Poland
„In April 2025, the unemployment rate saw a decrease compared to March 2025 in all 16 voivodeships and 85% of poviats in Poland, including over 88% of poviats impacted by last year’s floods,” the ministry stated.
It was also noted that compared to April 2024, the unemployment rate in April 2025 experienced a slight uptick (by 0.1 percentage points).
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The ministry further reported that, based on preliminary figures, there were 804.5 thousand registered unemployed individuals at labor offices by the end of April 2025. This indicates a reduction of over 25 thousand compared to the prior month, while there was an increase of more than 7 thousand people year-on-year.
„As per the latest Eurostat statistics, Poland stood in 2nd place among EU nations for unemployment rate in March 2025, recorded at 2.7%. This marks a minor rise from February 2025’s rate of 2.6%. In March of this year, the number of unemployed was 473 thousand, up from 469 thousand the previous month. Only the Czech Republic had a lower unemployment rate at 2.6%,” MRPiPS highlighted.
The ministry also clarified that the disparities in unemployment figures reported by the Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Policy and Eurostat arise from differences in methodologies.
