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Poland — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Poland, 1991–2025.
Latest value · 2025
2.98%
Unemployment Rate · % of total labor force · -78.2% since 1991
Unemployment for Poland was 2.98% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 20.21% in 2002. The lowest was 2.74% in 2023 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -4.38% per year.
Poland ranks 149 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 80%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 5.58%, so Poland sits below it. It peaked in 2002 and has fallen 85% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 60%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
2.98%
First (1991)
13.62%
Change
-78.2%
Highest
20.21%
in 2002
Lowest
2.74%
in 2023
Average
10.18%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-4.38%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of total labor force |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.98% |
| 2024 | 2.81% |
| 2023 | 2.74% |
| 2022 | 2.81% |
| 2021 | 3.27% |
| 2020 | 3.16% |
| 2019 | 3.27% |
| 2018 | 3.84% |
| 2017 | 4.87% |
| 2016 | 6.14% |
| 2015 | 7.48% |
| 2014 | 8.97% |
Reading this correctly. Share of the labor force without work but available for and seeking employment. National definitions differ, so cross-country comparison needs care. Figures are in % of total labor force. 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.UEM.TOTL.ZS — Unemployment 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.