Unemployment up: Minimally, but still. Unemployment In February it increased slightly. Amounted to 5.5 percent – This is how the respect of MRPiPS. In January it was at the level of 5.4 percent. It is nothing new. For the last time, the increase in the unemployment rate in February in relation to January was recorded in 2023. At that time, it also amounted to 0.1 percentage points.
How many Poles have no job? Compared to January The number of unemployed increased by 10.4 thousand. people (by 1.2 percent), and year -on -year increased by 2.8 thousand. people (0.3 percent). In total, 848,000 were registered at the end of the month. unemployed. “The months starting and ending are usually those in which we record a slight increase in the level of unemployment” – emphasizes the ministry. Employers reported 79.3 thousand to labor offices. free jobs and professional activation.
EU leaders: Unemployment in Poland measured by Eurostat is even lower. According to the European Statistical Office Unemployment in January amounted to 2.6 percent. According to the calculations of this methodology, unemployment has dropped – by 0.1 percentage points compared to December previous year. Meanwhile, the average in the European Union was 5.8 percent, and in the zone euro 6.2 percent Poland With the Czech Republic she took the first place in terms of the lowest unemployment rate in the European Union.
Economists calm down: “According to preliminary MRPiPS data, the unemployment rate increased from 5.4 in January to 5.5 percent in February. It would be her The first increase in annual terms from 2021. It would be because we are at the junction 5.4 and 5.5 percent. And this time it is worth waiting for the final GUS data (more precisely, for the denominator of the unemployment rate) ” – note the analysts Pekao.
Sources: IAR, Ministry of Family, Labor and Social PolicyPekao analysis [X]