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EU economic statistics · Eurostat unemployment rate

Unemployment in Poland was 3.4% in July 2026, Eurostat reports

Eurostat reports a seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 3.4% for Poland in July 2026.

What this record does not establish →

Unemployment rate in Poland: two monthly observations 2026-06: 3.4 %. 2026-07: 3.4 %. The difference is 0 percentage points, not 0 per cent. 3.4% 3.4% 2026-06 2026-07 0 pp
Unemployment rate in Poland was 3.4% in July 2026, against 3.4% the month before — a difference of 0 percentage points. Both months are rates already measured in per cent, so the difference between them is counted in percentage points, not per cent: 0 percentage points is not 0 per cent. These are two observations, not a trend, and nothing joins them.
Why this is measured in percentage points, not per cent

A percentage point is the gap between two rates. Per cent is a gap measured against the starting rate. They are different units and they give different numbers for the same change.

Worked example: a rate moving from 4.0% to 5.0% A rate that moves from 4.0 per cent to 5.0 per cent has risen by 1.0 percentage point, which is the same change expressed as a rise of 25 per cent. Both describe the same movement. 4.0% 5.0% before after the gap
As percentage points
+1.0 pp — five minus four. This is the unit this site uses.
As per cent
+25% — one against a starting rate of four. This site does not publish this figure.

Both sentences describe the same movement. Reading one as the other is the most common mistake made with figures like these, which is why every difference on this site is stated in percentage points and labelled “pp”.

Eurostat reports a seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 3.4% for Poland in July 2026, for the total population aged 15 to 74.

That is unchanged from the 3.4% Eurostat reports for June 2026.

The rate is the number of unemployed people as a percentage of the labour force aged 15 to 74, harmonised across countries and adjusted for seasonal variation but not for calendar effects.

This brief reports the figure Eurostat published and its comparison with the preceding month. It does not explain why the figure moved, and it does not attribute the movement to any policy, event or decision.

Times

These are different things and are not interchangeable.

Reporting period
2026-07
Source last revised
21 October 2026, 09:00 UTC
Published here
12 September 2026, 01:35 UTC

Evidence

Record identifier
une_rt_m:PL:2026-07
Retrieved
21 October 2026, 09:13 UTC
Snapshot checksum
0ed1829e8839806f3d8df98442a211c58c4b6a21e102c280a9abb48b3acd6949
Attribution
Source: Eurostat, dataset une_rt_m. — Eurostat copyright and reuse notice
Where each figure above comes from (5 values)
ValueAs publishedOriginSource field or calculation
Unemployment rate, Poland, 2026-07 3.4 % field value[offset(geo=PL, time=2026-07, s_adj=SA, age=TOTAL, sex=T, unit=PC_ACT)]
Harmonised unemployment as a percentage of the labour force aged 15 to 74, seasonally adjusted and not calendar adjusted.
Observation flag (none) field status[offset(geo=PL, time=2026-07)]
Eurostat flag preserved verbatim; absent means unflagged.
Reporting period 2026-07 field dimension.time.category.index
Previous month (2026-06) 3.4 % field value[offset(geo=PL, time=2026-06)]
Same dataset, same filters, immediately preceding month.
Change on the previous month 0.0 percentage points calculation round(value - previous_value, 1)
Both figures are rates expressed in percent, so their difference is in percentage points, not percent.

Wording template eurostat_unemployment version 1.0.

Revision history

  • 12 September 2026, 00:58 UTC — First publication

    Assembled from the source record listed under evidence. This record predates the start of this service's coverage and was added when the source was first read.

What this record does not establish

Harmonised, seasonally adjusted unemployment for the total population aged 15 to 74, as a percentage of the labour force. A filter that does not match the approved definition causes the record to be held rather than quietly substituted. Two geography labels are shortened so that a headline is readable — Eurostat's own label is shown on the brief itself in every case. Month-on-month differences are given in percentage points. This measures unemployment as the Labour Force Survey defines it, which is not the same as the number of people registered as unemployed.

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