The unemployment rate in Poland in November was 5.6%. compared to 5.6 percent recorded in October. This means maintaining the elevated level we have been experiencing since May. Then the indicator was exactly 5%. This result was also in November 2024.
Current unemployment rate statistics are at their highest levels this year.
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Central Statistical Office
How do the new Central Statistical Office data compare to economists' forecasts? The expectations after the preliminary estimate of the Ministry of Labor were that unemployment would increase to 5.7 percent, so there is a slight positive surprise, but mainly statistical.
How many unemployed people in Poland? Where is there no work?
At the end of November 2025, there were 873.6 thousand registered in labor offices. unemployedi.e. by 0.7 percent more than in October and by 12.8 percent more than in November last year.
The unemployment rate in the voivodeships ranged from 3.5%. in the Greater Poland Voivodeship up to 9 percent in the Podkarpackie Voivodeship. Compared to October, the unemployment rate increased in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship and the West Pomeranian Voivodeship (0.1 percentage point each), while it decreased in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian, Masovian and Podlaskie voivodeships (0.1 percentage point each). In the remaining voivodeships the unemployment rate did not change.
Unemployment rate in voivodeships in November 2025.
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Central Statistical Office
Throughout the year, the unemployment rate increased in all voivodeshipsincluding the most in the Lubuskie Voivodeship (by 1.1 percentage points) and the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship (by 1 percentage point).
In the Łódź and West Pomeranian Voivodeships the unemployment rate increased by 0.9 percentage points each, in the Silesian Voivodeship – by 0.8 percentage points, in the Lubelskie, Pomeranian and Świętokrzyskie Voivodeships – by 0.7 percentage points, in the Lower Silesian, Podkarpackie and Greater Poland Voivodeships – by 0.6 percentage points, and in the Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Małopolskie and Opole Voivodeships ‒ 0.5 percentage points each, in the Podlaskie voivodeship – by 0.4 percentage points, and in the Masovian voivodeship – by 0.3 percentage points.
Why is unemployment rising? The resort translates
“November is usually the month when the number of unemployed people increases” – emphasizes the Ministry of Labor. It also points out that, according to Eurostat numbers, Poland is still among the leading European Union countries with the lowest level of unemployment.
The increase in unemployment at the end of the year is a typical phenomenon and results from the so-called seasonality of the labor market. The main reason for this trend is expiration of seasonal work in agriculture, horticulture and constructionwhere due to the deteriorating weather conditions and the approaching winter, the demand for employees is rapidly decreasing.
Additionally, during this period, fixed-term employment contracts in the tourism and outdoor services sector expire, and some professional activation programs implemented by labor offices expire, which results in the re-registration of unemployed people in the system.
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