Unemployment in September to be lower than last month
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The registered unemployment rate in September this year, according to estimates – amounted to 5.6 percent. That's less than a month ago. During this time, the number of registered unemployed also decreased by almost 25,000. The registered unemployment rate estimated by the Ministry of Family and Social Policy in September this year was 0.2 percentage points less than in August this year and by 0.5 percentage points less than in September 2020.
"The best result was recorded in the Wielkopolskie voivodeship, where the unemployment rate in September this year was 3.3 percent. This is an excellent result. The unemployment did not exceed 9 percent in any voivodeship and this is very good news," Marlena Maląg, Minister of Family and Social Policy, said.
According to preliminary data, at the end of September 2021, there were 936,000 people registered in employment offices. Compared to the end of August this year this number decreased by 24,800 people, i.e. by 2.6 percent. This means that the rate of decline was almost twice as strong as a month earlier and more than 6 times stronger as in September 2020. In the unemployment registers at the end of September, there were 87,700 (i.e. 8.6 percent) less unemployed than at the end of September 2020.
In September this year – according to preliminary data – employers reported 121,900 vacancies and job activation places.
