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Labor Force Participation Rate for Poland, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
58.31%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · -4.6% since 1990
Labor participation for Poland was 58.31% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 61.34% in 1991. The lowest was 54.01% in 2007 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.14% per year.
Poland ranks 116 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 62%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 60.12%, so Poland sits below it. It peaked in 1991 and has fallen 5% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 2%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
58.31%
First (1990)
61.14%
Change
-4.6%
Highest
61.34%
in 1991
Lowest
54.01%
in 2007
Average
57.26%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.14%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 58.31% |
| 2024 | 58.66% |
| 2023 | 59.23% |
| 2022 | 58.95% |
| 2021 | 58.7% |
| 2020 | 57.4% |
| 2019 | 57.47% |
| 2018 | 57.53% |
| 2017 | 57.56% |
| 2016 | 57.31% |
| 2015 | 57.08% |
| 2014 | 57.07% |
Reading this correctly. Proportion of the population aged 15 and above that is economically active: supplying labor for the production of goods and services. Figures are in % of population ages 15+. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.TLF.CACT.ZS — Labor Force Participation Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.