Information regarding the labour market in the third quarter of 2021 (preliminary data) | Publications | GUS - Portal Informacyjny

The results of the labour force survey (LFS) presenting the average data for the quarter indicate that in the third quarter of 2021, economically active persons accounted for 58.2% of the population aged 15-89 years. The indicator increased as compared with the second quarter of 2021 by 0.6 percentage point.

In the third quarter of 2021, the number of economically active persons aged 15–89 years comprised 17342 thousand persons, of which: 16814 thousand constituted employed persons, while 528 thousand – the unemployed. The population of economically inactive persons at the same age group amounted to 12475 thousand persons.

Compared to the second quarter of 2021, the number of economically active persons increased by 139 thousand, i.e. by 0.8%, while the number of economically inactive persons decreased by 176 thousand, i.e. by 1.4%.