Poland's unemployment rate at 6.1 percent m/m in August - stats office

Poland's unemployment rate at 6.1 percent m/m in August - stats office Tytus Żmijewski/PAP

Poland's unemployment remained flat at 6.1 percent m/m in August 2020, the Central Statistical Office (GUS) said on Wednesday.

The number of registered unemployed people decreased to 1,028,000 in August from 1,029,500 in July, GUS said.

The Family and Labour Ministry predicted earlier that August's unemployment rate would remain at the 6.1 percent level.

Analysts surveyed by PAP in late August also estimated the unemployment rate to remain at 6.1 percent.