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Notes from Poland is run by a small editorial team<\/a> and is published by an independent, non-profit foundation that is funded through donations from our readers. We cannot do what we do without your support.<\/p>\n

The Warsaw region, which includes Poland\u2019s capital and its suburbs, had the highest employment rate in the European Union last year, according to new Eurostat data.<\/p>\n

The employment rate among people aged 20-64 in the region stood at 86.9%, more than 10 percentage points above the figure for the EU as a whole. It was also the highest recorded for Warsaw since data began to be collected in 2013.<\/p>\n

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Last year, only four EU regions had employment rates of at least 85%. Warsaw was followed by Prague in the Czech Republic at 86%, Finland\u2019s \u00c5land Islands at 85.5%, and Utrecht in the Netherlands at 85.4%.<\/p>\n

The EU average stood at 76.1%, slightly below the target of 78% the bloc set for itself for 2030.<\/p>\n

At the other end of the scale, 64 of the EU\u2019s 244 regions had employment rates below 74% last year. The lowest was recorded in France\u2019s overseas departments of Mayotte (36.9%) and French Guiana (50%), followed by Italy\u2019s Calabria (50.3%), Campania (50.8%) and Sicily (51.4%).<\/p>\n

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After Warsaw, the second-highest employment rate in Poland was recorded in the central \u0141\u00f3d\u017a province (80.8%) while the lowest was in the southeastern Subcarpathian province (73.2%). The figure for the country as a whole was 78.8%, which was only the 13th highest in the EU.<\/p>\n

In addition to topping the overall employment rate ranking, Warsaw also had the third lowest rate of youth employment (for people aged 15-29) at 3.9%, higher only than Yugozapaden in Bulgaria (3.8%) and Zeeland in the Netherlands (3.6%).<\/p>\n

And it had the third-highest rate of employment among people with tertiary education (93.5%), behind only Portugal\u2019s Regi\u00e3o Aut\u00f3noma dos A\u00e7ores (94.6%) and Yugozapaden (93.6%).<\/p>\n

Poland’s unemployment rate of 2.6% in January is the lowest ever recorded in the country by @EU_Eurostat<\/a> and was the joint-lowest that month among all EU member states<\/p>\n

For more, read our full report here: https:\/\/t.co\/eP5A9JT4eg<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/A9oHu2zLZ6<\/a><\/p>\n

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The most recent Eurostat figures, from August, show that Poland\u2019s unemployment rate (3.3%) was the second-lowest among all member states and well below the EU-wide figure of 6.2%.<\/p>\n

The strong labour market reflects years of economic growth<\/a>, rising wages<\/a>\u00a0and increased employment.<\/a> However, Poland\u2019s ageing and shrinking population<\/a> is creating labour shortages and encouraging companies to invest more heavily in automation.<\/p>\n

At the same time, job creation is slowing, while some industries \u2013 including manufacturing, automotive, furniture and construction materials \u2013 are coming under pressure, according to experts<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Main image credit: Maciej Cisowski<\/a>\/Unsplash<\/a><\/p>\n

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Alicja Ptak is deputy editor-in-chief of Notes from Poland and a multimedia journalist. She has written for Clean Energy Wire and The Times, and she hosts her own podcast, The Warsaw Wire, on Poland\u2019s economy and energy sector. She previously worked\u00a0for\u00a0Reuters.<\/p>\n

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