Poland improves the employment rate the most from all EU countries

During the crisis caused by Covid-19, Poland recorded an improvement in the employment rate by 2.4 percentage points. This is the largest number of all European Union countries, according to the latest Eurostat data. The second place, just behind Poland, was taken by the Netherlands with an increase of 2.3 percentage points, Slovakia closes the podium (+2 percentage points). Unemployment in the EU returned to the pre-crisis level in the third quarter of 2021, and already 1 out of 4 unemployed found a job in the analyzed period.

The highest employment rate in the third quarter was recorded in the Netherlands (82.6 percent). Sweden, Germany, and the Czech Republic also recorded over 80 percent. Poland with a result of 75.7 percent was above the European average. On the other hand, the lowest employment rate was recorded in Italy (63.1 percent), and Greece (63.2 percent).

"Taking into account the indicators recorded in the fourth quarter of 2019, i.e. from the period before the pandemic, employment in Poland increased the most. Among all EU countries. our country has recorded a systematic improvement in this indicator since 2013. One exception was the second quarter of 2020 when the pandemic hit Poland. The Polish labor market has revived quickly and has recently broken new records in terms of employment or the number of jobs," Krzysztof Inglot, labor market expert, Personnel Service, noted.

(WBJ)