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Long-term unemployment

Long-term unemployment lasting 12 months or longer as a percentage of the labour force from Eurostat. Tracks persistent unemployment within the headline rate Unemployment.

0.8%Poland · 2025

EurostatPublished by source: 2026-09-10
labour market
Saved data version: retrieved 2026-09-15, ID ea73398a0821Warehouse version at build: v45
Data coverage
  • Poland: 2009–2025; observations: 17; missing years: 0

Missing years are counted between the first and last observations. A missing value is not zero.

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17 rows for Poland

Time range:
0.01.02.03.04.05.020102015202020250.8
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Poland

Period statistics

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Poland

2.6→0.8

Total change
−1.8 pp
Period
2009–2025

Poland: 2.6 (2009) → 0.8 (2025). Difference: −1.8 pp. Peak value of 4.5 in 2013; lowest value of 0.6 in 2020.

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Long-term unemployment — Poland
YearCountryValue
2025Poland0.8%
2024Poland0.8%
2023Poland0.8%
2022Poland0.9%
2021Poland0.9%
2020Poland0.6%
2019Poland0.7%
2018Poland1%
2017Poland1.5%
2016Poland2.2%
2015Poland3%
2014Poland3.9%
2013Poland4.5%
2012Poland4.2%
2011Poland3.7%
2010Poland3.1%
2009Poland2.6%
Source
Eurostat
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy
Published by source
2026-09-10
Retrieved
2026-09-15
Indicator code in source
une_ltu_a
Unit of measure
percent
Data version
v45

Cite

Longseries, “Long-term unemployment”. Eurostat (une_ltu_a), 2003–2025, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Switzerland, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Estonia, European Union, Finland, France, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Türkiye. Retrieved 2026-09-15. Eurostat reuse policy. Data version v45. Data SHA-256: ea73398a08216eaf20e42b6aa95938c35b96bcac6bd5705ed4623155986d5bc2. https://longseries.com/en/d/eu-long-term-unemployment/

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Latest values

Extremes among countries with the same observation year: for 2025: highest — Greece; lowest — Netherlands

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32 places — sorted by value, highest first
Country
Highest value in the comparable yearGreece20255%5%
Slovakia20253.4%3.4%
Spain20253.4%3.4%
Italy20253.1%3.1%
Lithuania20252.5%2.5%
Finland20252.4%2.4%
Latvia20252.3%2.3%
Portugal20252.2%2.2%
Remaining locations (24)

About this series

Share of the labour force unemployed 12 months or more. LFS, Eurostat.

Indicator definition

Long-term unemployment rate from Eurostat: individuals unemployed for 12 months or longer as a percentage of the active labour force. See also: Unemployment.

How to read the data

The sticky tail of joblessness. Pair: Unemployment. Different bases stay in the citation.

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