Poland’s registered unemployment rate eased to 6.0% in April 2026 from 6.1% in March, matching market expectations and marking the lowest level since January. The number of unemployed people declined by 15.5 thousand from the previous month to 934.3 thousand, of whom women accounted for 49.1%. Most unemployed individuals were not eligible for unemployment benefits, representing 86.9% of the total. Meanwhile, 4.4% were out of work due to company-related terminations, while fresh graduates made up 2.4% of all unemployed persons. Moreover, 363.4 thousand people had been unemployed for more than one year. Compared with a year earlier, however, the unemployment rate was 0.8 percentage points higher than the 5.2% recorded in April 2025. At the same time, reported job vacancies at the end of the month fell by 1 thousand to 40.9 thousand. source: Central Statistical Office of Poland (GUS)
Unemployment Rate in Poland decreased to 6 percent in April from 6.10 percent in March of 2026. Unemployment Rate in Poland averaged 11.39 percent from 1990 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 20.70 percent in February of 2003 and a record low of 0.30 percent in January of 1990. This page provides the latest reported value for - Poland Unemployment Rate - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Poland Unemployment Rate - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on May of 2026.
Unemployment Rate in Poland decreased to 6 percent in April from 6.10 percent in March of 2026. Unemployment Rate in Poland is expected to be 5.20 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Poland Unemployment Rate is projected to trend around 5.50 percent in 2027 and 5.40 percent in 2028, according to our econometric models.