Estimates from the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy show that the registered unemployment rate at the end of October 2025 was 5.6 per cent – the same as the month before and 0.7 percentage points higher than in October 2024.

The registered unemployment rate at the end of October 2025 ranged from 3.5 % in the Wielkopolskie Voivodship to 9 % in the Podkarpackie Voivodship.

Upward trend is slowing down

At the end of October 2025, there were 868.3 thousand unemployed people registered in labour offices – 2.2 thousand more than at the end of the previous month and 102.8 thousand more than at the end of October 2024. The slight increase in the number of unemployed compared to September 2025 indicates that, as expected, the upward trend is slowing down.

Due to the need for labour offices to adapt to the new rules for providing support to clients, still slightly fewer unemployed people than a year ago started to participate in training, internships, public works or other active forms of support. Since September, however, we have seen an increase in the number of those activated compared to previous months.

Poland amongst the EU countries with the lowest unemployment

Poland remains among the countries with the lowest unemployment rate in the European Union. In September 2025, the unemployment rate in Poland calculated according to the Eurostat definition was 3.2 per cent, the same as the month before and 0.2 percentage points higher than in September 2024.

Malta and the Czech Republic ranked first for the lowest unemployment rate in the EU with 3 per cent, followed by Slovenia (3.1 per cent) and Poland (3.2 per cent). The average in the European Union was 6 per cent and in the Eurozone 6.3 per cent. The highest unemployment was recorded in Spain (10.5 %).