ILO estimate of the unemployment rate in Poland
The ILO estimates the unemployment rate in Poland at 3.0% in 2025.
Poland, 2025
3.0%
Change from 2024
+0.2percentage points
World, 2025
4.9%
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025
5.6%
Position in 2025
143rd of 181
ILO estimate of the unemployment rate in Poland over time
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% of the labour force aged 15 and over. Source: ILO, ILOSTAT (ILO Modelled Estimates). Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years. Dashed lines are projections.
| Period | Poland | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.0% | 4.9% |
| 2024 | 2.8% | 4.9% |
| 2023 | 2.7% | 4.9% |
| 2022 | 2.8% | 5.3% |
| 2021 | 3.3% | 6.0% |
| 2020 | 3.2% | 6.6% |
| 2019 | 3.3% | 5.6% |
| 2018 | 3.8% | 5.8% |
| 2017 | 4.9% | 5.9% |
| 2016 | 6.1% | 6.0% |
Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 2.8% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 7.5%, the figure has changed by −4.5 percentage points.
- Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, Poland has the 143rd highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 4.9%.
More for Poland
All statistics for Poland
Unemployment rate, ages 15 to 74
3.1%
2025 · Eurostat
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
10.7%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Labour force participation
58.3%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Youth unemployment rate, ages 15 to 24
12.2%
2025 · Eurostat
Long-term unemployment rate
0.8%
2025 · Eurostat
Employment rate, ages 20 to 64
78.8%
2025 · Eurostat