
Registered unemployment rate in Poland 1990-2021
Unemployment in Poland
In 2020, more than 15.8 million people were working in Poland, and the employment rate has increased by 15.2 percentage points since 2001. As a result, Poland also registered one of the lowest unemployment rates in the European Union. The average level of unemployment in the EU in 2020 was seven percent. In Poland, it was 3.2 percent.Warmian-Masurian voivodeship (8.6 percent) registered the highest level of unemployment. On the contrary, the lowest rate was recorded in Wielkopolskie voivodeship (3.1 percent). The most significant difficulties in finding a job in 2020 were experienced by young people - aged 25 to 34 years and those with lower secondary and incomplete primary education. Women were also more likely to have unemployed status than men. Nevertheless, looking for a new job in Poland is relatively short and depends on age. People aged over 50 observed the longest period of searching for a new.