According to the ministry, according to preliminary data, unemployment fell in all voivodships, also in areas that suffered from a flood last year.
“The unemployment rate in April 2025, compared to March 2025, fell in all 16 voivodships and in 85 % of poviats in Poland, including over 88 percent of poviats, which suffered last year due to floods,” the resort said.
Compared to April 2024, the unemployment rate in April this year increased slightly (by 0.1 percentage points).
The ministry also reported that, according to preliminary data, at the end of April 2025 804.5 thousand were registered in the labor offices. unemployed. This means that compared to the previous month, the number of unemployed fell by over 25,000, and year -on -year increased by over 7,000. people.
“The latest Eurostat data shows that in March 2025 Poland took the 2nd place among EU countries in terms of unemployment rate (2.7 percent). This is a slight increase compared to February 2025 (2.6 percent). The number of unemployed in March this year was 473,000 compared to 473,000 a month earlier 469 thousand unemployment was noted only by the Czech MRPiPS. It added that the differences in unemployment according to MRPiPS and Eurostat result from methodological differences.
