Work1975–2025index (2015 = 100)

Unit labour cost

Name: Unit labour cost
Creator: Eurostat
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Nominal unit labour cost (compensation per employee relative to productivity), index 2015 = 100, from Eurostat.

165.6Poland · 2025

EurostatPublished by source: 2026-10-22

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Saved data version: retrieved 2026-11-05, ID f7fb489a391cWarehouse version at build: v45

Data coverage

Poland: 1995–2025; observations: 31; missing years: 0

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

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Poland

50.0→165.6

Total change: +231.2 %
Annual growth (CAGR): +4.1 %
Period: 1995–2025

Poland: 50.0 (1995) → 165.6 (2025). Change of +231.2 % over 30 years. Compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +4.1 % per year.

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Unit labour cost — Poland
Year	Country	Value
2025	Poland	165.6
2024	Poland	159.2
2023	Poland	146.4
2022	Poland	128.2
2021	Poland	118.8
2020	Poland	117.9
2019	Poland	109.9
2018	Poland	106.3
2017	Poland	104.3
2016	Poland	102.5
2015	Poland	100
2014	Poland	100.5
2013	Poland	100.4
2012	Poland	99.6
2011	Poland	97.8
2010	Poland	96.9
2009	Poland	93.9
2008	Poland	92.9
2007	Poland	86.2
2006	Poland	83.5

Source: Eurostat
Licence: Eurostat reuse policy
Published by source: 2026-10-22
Retrieved: 2026-11-05
Indicator code in source: nama_10_lp_ulc
Unit of measure: index (2015 = 100)
Data version: v45

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Longseries, “Unit labour cost”. Eurostat (nama_10_lp_ulc), 1975–2025, Czechia, Germany, Spain, European Union, France, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden. Retrieved 2026-11-05. Eurostat reuse policy. Data version v45. Data SHA-256: f7fb489a391cdb90492a143153353ba5cc3863ce00e3b7571245b465161e3782. https://longseries.com/en/d/eu-unit-labour-cost/

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Extremes among countries with the same observation year: for 2025: highest — Poland; lowest — Italy

9 places — sorted by value, highest first
Country
Highest value in the comparable yearPoland	2025	165.6165.6
Czechia	2025	163163
Netherlands	2025	139.5139.5
Germany	2025	138.9138.9
Spain	2025	133.6133.6
European Union	2025	131131
Sweden	2025	130.5130.5
France	2025	120.8120.8
Lowest value in the comparable yearItaly	2025	118118

About this series

Nominal unit labour cost based on persons, 2015 = 100. Eurostat, national accounts.

Indicator definition

Compensation per employee divided by real GDP per person employed; it rises when pay outpaces productivity.

How to read the data

Faster growth than trading partners erodes cost competitiveness; compare with Hourly labour cost.