The estimated unemployment rate registered in April was 5.1 percent and, compared to March, it decreased by 0.2 percentage points, informed the Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Policy. At the end of April, there were 798.5 thousand unemployed people registered in labor offices.
In a statement sent on Wednesday, the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy emphasized that since 1991, a lower number of unemployed people or a lower registered unemployment rate have never been recorded in April. According to the ministry's estimates, the unemployment rate at the end of April this year was 5.1 percent – that's by 0.2 points. percent less than a month ago and in April 2023. The Ministry reported that in April 2024 the unemployment rate ranged from 3.1 percent. in the province Greater Poland Voivodeship to 8.5 percent in the province Podkarpackie.
Unemployment is falling both monthly and yearly
According to preliminary data, the number of unemployed people registered in labor offices dropped to 798.5 thousand. people – both on a monthly and yearly basis, the decline dynamics amounted to 2.9%. At the end of April 2024, there were 13.1 thousand registered unemployed people. Ukrainian citizens and they constituted 1.6 percent. total number of unemployed people. Ministry estimates show that in April this year employers reported 88.1 thousand to labor offices. vacancies and places of professional activation, similarly to the month before, and by 6.8 thousand (8.4%) more than in April 2023.
Unemployment rate according to Eurostat
In turn, according to the latest Eurostat data, the unemployment rate in Poland in March 2024 was 2.9 percent, and Poland took – together with the Czech Republic – the first place among the European Union countries with the lowest level of unemployment. For comparison, the EU average was 6 percent and in the euro zone – 6.5 percent. Second place in March this year. Slovenia took first place with unemployment at 3.1 percent, third was Germany and Malta with 3.2 percent.
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