Unemployment rate in Poland 2023, by cities

As of December 2023, the unemployment rate in Przemysl was 10 percent, the highest unemployment rate among Polish cities. Radom followed it at 9.4 percent. The lowest unemployment was in Poznań and Katowice. The total unemployment rate in Poland amounted to 5.1 percent in 2023.

Job interviews in Poland

According to data from 2021, for more than half of the respondents, the most challenging question during a job interview in Poland was about a former boss’s opinion of a candidate, followed by where respondents see themselves in the future. On the other hand, in the same year, more than one out of three job candidates heard a recruiter ask them to say a few words about themselves. However, in 2021, 66 percent of job applicants found job interviews stressful, which might impact their work-related success.

Level of unemployment in Poland

In the fourth quarter of 2022, the number of unemployed was higher for women (436 thousand) than for men (376 thousand persons); these numbers have dropped compared to the previous year. In the fourth quarter of 2022, Poland's highest number of unemployed persons was between 25 to 34 years old, which was nearly 208 thousand. However, the average period of active job search by unemployed Poles was more than eight months in the same period.