New figures show 3.04 million unemployed

Poland's unemployment ratewskaźnik bezrobocia in July was 18.8%-sadly the highest among all 25 EU member states, according to a report by the Eurostat statistics office.

The rate was the same as in June and it was down only 0.1 % from May.

Next in line were Slovakia (15.9%), Lithuania (11,3%) and Spain (11.0%). The lowest figures for the month were reported in Austria (4.2%), Luxembourg (4.3%), as well as in Ireland and Cyprus (4.5% each), Eurostat reported.

The average rate for all 25 countries was 9.0%, down from 9.1% in June. Among the euro-zone countries, the figure remained fixed atto fix: zatrzymać się, ustalić 9.0%.

According to Poland's Central Statistics Office (GUS), the unemployment ratewskaźnik bezrobocia decreased to 19.3% at the end of July from 19.5% at the end of June, translating into 3.04 million Poles out of work.

Eurostat compilesto compile: zbierać i porządkować 'harmonized' unemployment rates for member states by calculating the number of unemployed people aged 15 to 74 who could be available for work within two weeks of the pollsondaż, ankieta and have actively soughtposzukiwać employment at some time in the previous four weeks and indexesto index: wskazywać, wykazywać this total as a percentage of the entire labor forcesiła robocza. There are no indicationsindication: objawy, znaki to suggest that Poland's position in the employment league is likely to change soon.

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