Employment — national citizens

In 2025, Poland's employment decreased by 1.0% compared to 2024, reaching 16,251k.

Poland accounts for 9.0% of the EU-27 total of 181,552k.

Poland ranks 5th out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 1.2% (from 16,453k in 2020).

Source: Eurostat dataset lfsa_egan, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.