Poland Jobless Rate Eases in April

2026-05-26 07:48 By Jereli Escobar 1 min. read

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.



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