Unemployment at 12% - GUS

The registered unemployment rate in Poland stood at 12 percent in January,  up from 11.5 percent in December, according to data published on Tuesday by the Central Statistical Office (GUS). The figure is better than an estimate by the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy. According to the ministry, the unemployment stood at 12.1 percent. The total number of unemployed persons was 1.92 million at the end of last month. This is an increase of 94,000 month-on-month, and a decline of 341,000 compared with January 2014.