Poles find employment easier than Eurozone citizens

Polish unemployment rate calculated by Eurostat went to 9.0 percent in July 2014 with 9.1 percent in the previous month. In July 2013 the figure was 10.4 percent. The number of unemployed in Poland was 1,551,000 in July. Previous month it was 1,576,000. Eurostat measures unemployment rate as a percentage of people in the age of 15-74 without workplace, that are able to be actively contributing to work in a time below two weeks, which were seeking job in the last weeks to the number of all people active on the work market. According to Central Statistical Office (GUS) results, unemployment rate at the end of July was 11.9 percent The unemployment rate measure for the Eurozone was 11.5 percent at the end of July and did not change from the previous month results. In July 2013, the rate was 11.9 percent. The market consensus predicted the rate to be 11.5 percent. In the whole European Union, the figure was 10.2 percent in July, making no change to June's results. In July 2013 the measure was 10.9 percent.