Poland Unemployment Rate

The unemployment rate in Poland decreased to 5.4 percent in May of 2019 from 6.1 percent in the corresponding month of the previous year and matching market expectations.It was the lowest jobless rate since October 1990, as the number of registered unemployed fell by 96.2 thousand from a year ago to 906 thousand. In April 2019, the jobless rate was higher at 5.6 percent. Unemployment Rate in Poland averaged 12.75 percent from 1990 until 2019, 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.

Unemployment Rate in Poland is expected to be 5.40 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Unemployment Rate in Poland to stand at 5.50 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the Poland Unemployment Rate is projected to trend around 6.20 percent in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	Consensus	TEForecast
2019-03-25	09:00 AM	Unemployment Rate Feb	6.1%	6.1%	6.1%	6.1%
2019-04-24	08:00 AM	Unemployment Rate Mar	5.9%	6.1%	5.9%	6%
2019-05-27	08:00 AM	Unemployment Rate Apr	5.6%	5.9%	5.6%	5.6%
2019-06-26	08:00 AM	Unemployment Rate May	5.4%	5.6%	5.4%	5.4%
2019-07-23	08:00 AM	Unemployment Rate Jun		5.4%	5.3%	5.3%
2019-08-26	08:00 AM	Unemployment Rate Jul				5.3%
2019-09-24	08:00 AM	Unemployment Rate Aug				5.2%

Poland Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	5.40	5.60	20.70	0.30	percent	[+]
Employed Persons	16274.00	16409.00	16617.00	15177.00	Thousand	[+]
Unemployed Persons	878.40	906.00	3344.20	56.00	Thousand	[+]
Long Term Unemployment Rate	0.90	1.00	11.60	0.90	percent	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	10.70	10.60	44.20	10.60	percent	[+]
Labour Costs	111.40	104.70	115.00	82.50	Index Points	[+]
Productivity	123.30	145.90	145.90	66.20	Index Points	[+]
Job Vacancies	98.40	88.80	120.30	5.30	Thousand	[+]
Wages	5014.94	4863.74	5014.94	1008.03	PLN/Month	[+]
Wages in Manufacturing	4905.02	4956.85	4956.85	2722.47	PLN/Month	[+]
Wage Growth	5.30	7.70	13.16	0.38	percent	[+]
Minimum Wages	523.09	480.20	523.09	158.94	EUR/Month	[+]
Population	37.98	37.97	38.67	29.48	Million	[+]
Retirement Age Women	60.00	60.00	60.58	60.00		[+]
Retirement Age Men	65.00	65.00	65.58	65.00		[+]
Part Time Employment	1011.50	1005.50	1396.00	991.80	Thousand	[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	56.10	56.80	57.10	53.20	percent	[+]
Employment Change	2.80	2.70	5.80	-2.40	percent	[+]
Employment Rate	67.20	67.30	68.00	50.40	percent	[+]
Full Time Employment	14914.60	15040.30	15230.90	11844.00	Thousand	[+]

In Poland, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force. 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 - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on July of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	5.40	5.60	20.70	0.30	1990 - 2019	percent	Monthly

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
South Africa	27.60	Mar/19	27.1	31.2 : 21.5	%
Spain	14.70	Mar/19	14.45	26.94 : 4.41	%
Turkey	13.00	Apr/19	14.1	14.8 : 7.3	%
Brazil	12.30	May/19	12.5	13.7 : 6.2	%
Argentina	10.10	Mar/19	9.1	20.8 : 5.9	%
Italy	9.90	May/19	10.1	13.1 : 5.8	%
France	8.70	Mar/19	8.8	10.7 : 7.2	%
Euro Area	7.50	May/19	7.6	12.1 : 7.3	%
India	6.00	Dec/18	5	8.3 : 3.53	%
Saudi Arabia	5.70	Mar/19	6	6.3 : 4.35	%
Canada	5.50	Jun/19	5.4	13.1 : 2.9	%
Australia	5.20	Jun/19	5.2	11.2 : 4	%
Indonesia	5.01	Mar/19	5.34	11.24 : 2	%
Russia	4.40	Jun/19	4.5	14.1 : 4.4	%
South Korea	4.00	Jun/19	4	7.1 : 3	%
United Kingdom	3.80	May/19	3.8	12 : 3.4	%
United States	3.70	Jun/19	3.6	10.8 : 2.5	%
China	3.67	Mar/19	3.8	4.3 : 3.67	%
Mexico	3.50	May/19	3.5	6.42 : 2.22	%
Netherlands	3.40	Jun/19	3.3	7.9 : 3.3	%
Germany	3.10	May/19	3.1	11.5 : 0.4	%
Japan	2.40	May/19	2.4	5.5 : 1	%
Singapore	2.20	Mar/19	2.2	6 : 1.4	%
Switzerland	2.10	Jun/19	2.3	5.7 : 1.5	%