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Registered unemployment rate in Poland from 1990 to 2025

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April 2026

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Region

Poland

Survey time period

December 1990 to December 2025

Supplementary notes

The registered unemployment rate is calculated as the ratio of the number of registered unemployed persons to the economically active civilian population, i.e., excluding employees of budgetary entities conducting activity within the scope of national defence and public safety. The unemployment rate is given including persons working on private farms in agriculture (comprising a part of the economically active civilian population) estimated on the basis of the results of censuses. The data on unemployment and employment used for calculation of the unemployment rate come from the sources varied in respect to the method of data collection, which may lead to some inaccuracies, particularly in case of unemployment rates by powiats. The unemployed are localized according to their place of residence or stay, while the employed — according to the address of their place of work.

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The unemployment rate in Poland decreased from *** percent in 2008 to *** percent by December 2025. The highest registered unemployment rate was recorded in 2012 and 2013 at **** ��Գ�.��

Unemployment in Poland

In 2022, more than **** million people were working in Poland, and the employment rate has increased by **** percentage points since 2010. As a result, Poland also registered one of the lowest unemployment rates in the European Union. The average level of unemployment in the EU in 2023 was six percent. In Poland, it was *** percent.
**voivodeship (8.6 percent) registered the highest level of unemployment. On the contrary, the lowest rate was recorded in *** voivodeship (three percent). The most significant difficulties in finding a job in 2022 were experienced by young people — aged*** years and those with ***education. Women were also more likely to have unemployed status than men. Nevertheless, looking for a new job in Poland is relatively short and depends on age. People aged over ** observed the longest period of searching for a new job.

Economic emigration

Poland has struggled with a high emigration rate since the labor transition period. However, since 2016, the migration balance has been improving, and the number of people emigrating from Poland is slowly stabilizing. Despite low unemployment, increasing job offers, and a strengthening labor market, **** percent of Poles were considering economic emigration in February 2023. The people who most often go abroad to work are manual workers. *** out of 10 people had elementary, vocational, or secondary education. The prevailing reason for leaving was higher wages than those offered at home. Germany and the Netherlands were the most popular countries for working abroad in 2023.