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Unemployment rate in Poland

How hard is it to have a job there?

Poland's unemployment rate is 2.98 % — #23 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

2.98%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt)

Unemployment rate in Poland over time

20.21 %11.48 %2.74 %20.21 % · 20022.74 % · 20232000: 14.93 %2001: 18.43 %2002: 20.21 %2003: 19.90 %2004: 18.82 %2005: 17.59 %2006: 13.79 %2007: 9.55 %2008: 7.07 %2009: 8.13 %2010: 9.58 %2011: 9.58 %2012: 10.03 %2013: 10.29 %2014: 8.97 %2015: 7.47 %2016: 6.14 %2017: 4.87 %2018: 3.83 %2019: 3.27 %2020: 3.15 %2021: 3.27 %2022: 2.81 %2023: 2.74 %2024: 2.81 %2025: 2.98 %2000201220252.98 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#23 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
81 %
101 of 124 countries
Latest move
▲ 0.17 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
17.23 pp
peak 20.21 % in 2002
Full series
▼ 11.95 pp
since 2000

In Europe: #5 of 36vs median 5.25 %: −2.28 pp (better)

Among 124 countries

6 of 124 countries between 0.78 % and 1.53 %6 of 124 countries between 1.53 % and 2.28 %12 of 124 countries between 2.28 % and 3.03 %16 of 124 countries between 3.03 % and 3.78 %7 of 124 countries between 3.78 % and 4.53 %15 of 124 countries between 4.53 % and 5.28 %14 of 124 countries between 5.28 % and 6.02 %7 of 124 countries between 6.02 % and 6.77 %6 of 124 countries between 6.77 % and 7.52 %2 of 124 countries between 7.52 % and 8.27 %10 of 124 countries between 8.27 % and 9.02 %3 of 124 countries between 9.02 % and 9.77 %3 of 124 countries between 9.77 % and 10.52 %2 of 124 countries between 10.52 % and 11.27 %3 of 124 countries between 11.27 % and 12.02 %1 of 124 countries between 12.02 % and 12.77 %1 of 124 countries between 12.77 % and 13.51 %2 of 124 countries between 13.51 % and 14.26 %1 of 124 countries between 14.26 % and 15.01 %2 of 124 countries between 15.01 % and 15.76 %1 of 124 countries between 16.51 % and 17.26 %4 of 124 countries between 18.01 % and 18.76 %median 5.23 %Poland: ahead of 81 % of the 124 countries with a published unemploymentPoland 2.98 %0.78 %18.76 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 3.30 % and 8.30 %. Poland is ahead of 81 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryUnemploymentvs Poland
21 Malta2.90 %−0.08 pp
22 Bolivia2.97 %−0.01 pp
23 Poland2.98 %—
24 Ghana2.98 %+0.00 pp
25 Saudi Arabia3.04 %+0.06 pp

Unemployment, share of the labour force (World Bank / ILO estimate).

How to read this figure

Share of the labour force without work but actively seeking it (World Bank / ILO harmonised estimate). People outside the labour force — students, carers, the discouraged — are not counted.

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