BASIC DATA ON UNEMPLOYED PERSONS REGISTERED IN LABOUR OFFICES AND ENTITLED TO PRE-RETIREMENT BENEFITS IN THE 1990-2011
As of the end of year /month
 
Specification 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 February 2011
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
Unemployment rate1) in % 6,1 11,4 13,6 16,4 16 14,9 13,2 10,3 10,4 13,1 15,1 17,5 200 200 190 17,6 14,8 11,4 9,5 11,9 12,3 13,2
In persons: 
Unemployed persons - total 1126140 2155573 2509342 2889601 2838038 2628808 2359489 1826413 1831351 2349805 2702576 3115056 3216958 3175674 2999601 2773000 2309410 1 746 573 1 473 752 1 892 680 1 954 706 2 150 233
 
Previously employed x x 1965154 2245615 2186169 2075288 1967668 1478091 1416785 1792935 2059304 2375666 2449654 2411483 2291360 2116376 1764110 1 341 788 1 144 847 1 493 927 1 549 568 1 713 507
Previously not employed x x 544188 643986 651869 553520 391821 348322 414566 556870 643272 739390 767304 764191 708241 656624 545300 404785 328905 398753 405138 436 726
Entitled to benefit  891651 1702972 1311625 1394314 1422756 1548956 1224017 556504 420239 554079 548622 624213 538671 478105 425755 374342 310828 250633 271269 380007 326582 361 142
Women 573686 1134124 1338809 1507283 1495044 1448586 1375619 1103168 1071319 1307309 1491613 1642109 1645750 1634689 1568536 1486441 1305704 1017348 833435 926259 1 014 792 1 097 853
Rural residents x x x x 1157879 1126451 1037154 843692 835704 1055518 1180242 1328652 1341258 1325807 1261596 1180390 1004584 785719 670434 832914 856432 941 777
School-leavers2)  164254 222446 185263 204995 210524 217831 86006 85426 110678 149846 167880 180696 166849 157936 x 139691 102365 72249 77891 120348 122594 143 074
Terminated for company reasons3)  183113 498047 603593 562443 398257 256936 199983 124406 125378 174370 185838 243096 213056 189858 146035 110588 83259 55272 41047 67710 61196 62 545
Unemployed persons by age 
15-17 years x 38630 14144 5517 2363 2622 1307 794 520 563 470 256 162 104 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 x 
18-24 x 717221 853583 989447 979118 906381 733210 561085 566163 728978 823019 917706 895629 825355 728205 626108 476701 332669 304553 425869 428296 x 
25-34 x 645401 746125 824700 777678 708147 645344 508554 496376 623366 713210 836679 881578 889853 844654 778523 641554 485159 418740 547837 570883 x 
35-44  x 529603 620325 729142 718299 660499 608572 481285 472115 588019 656452 724427 721162 690375 628473 567035 460186 336904 273866 345393 358777 x 
45-54  x 186409 231600 284166 302444 297995 313467 242997 263936 367743 461882 572405 639326 674325 681835 660180 576827 443736 347923 404377 397186 x 
55-59  x 38309 43565 56629 48121 44225 47531 25725 26018 33043 38299 52608 66936 82363 101346 123440 132671 124584 109065 141448 162611 x 
60 years and more x 10015 8939 10058 5973 6223 8093 9244 10975 12165 13299 15085 17714 21471 23521 19605 27756 36953 x 
Unemployed persons educational level  
tertiary x 64410 56563 52131 47609 38886 31439 25108 30152 47734 69380 100463 126640 140242 149416 152350 140718 120232 124848 178328 204679 x 
post-secondary and vocational secondary x 482548 527858 581505 570188 531649 470997 364175 369276 482979 561902 666019 683593 673626 655806 606729 508762 386232 328485 418381 429867 x 
general secondary x 155466 177944 193189 194424 188227 151719 115168 111160 142028 168738 192095 199000 206073 209396 211520 194866 158977 150106 203800 213148 x 
basic vocational x 805561 964615 1131244 1118357 1025015 907749 700677 697999 898191 998761 1142462 1163611 1127421 1014420 903609 713917 516563 422057 547725 556193 x 
lower secondary, primary and incomplete primary x 647588 782362 931532 907460 845031 797585 621285 622764 778873 903795 1014017 1044114 1028312 970563 898792 751147 564569 448256 544446 550819 x 
Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment 
1 month and less x 163,8 tys 118057 138294 159627 170740 189097 144903 185527 194554 177215 198015 201717 210938 205542 196965 164139 160562 183866 197347 219612 x 
40546 x 403,1 tys 312945 368786 354453 382652 332991 249296 313188 362653 416558 425119 395612 409846 396029 410081 361665 313505 344777 452396 448744 x 
40608 x 1588,6 tys 393214 454114 428301 451219 365043 219433 287755 382018 417612 437098 420138 394503 366847 369289 308575 244182 233784 373881 357507 x 
40706 x 551033 633746 640435 642023 503705 404545 305256 502259 483999 548762 553615 493516 465887 405031 335585 241081 209986 380158 360156 x 
40901 x 1134093 1294661 687703 516592 520065 423036 311171 429777 598219 661435 655363 596269 510132 429525 356316 243125 180656 243246 335073 x 
more than 24 months x 567519 465582 448588 385200 428454 478544 608973 844627 990513 1070602 1055164 962109 783130 544118 320683 245652 233614 x 
Unemployed persons by work seniority 
up to 1 year  x x x x 259218 302838 378104 290059 271231 359322 470274 526955 508442 469346 438432 398907 335873 258951 223401 282106 295410 x 
40548 x x x x 460574 449407 427957 321721 313275 405572 493254 571419 596044 591274 568689 531264 434189 331939 302377 415506 435471 x 
40673 x x x x 425473 377437 324854 273896 263287 319657 345304 402455 426070 432247 411786 377491 312723 233982 194274 248710 259244 x 
40836 x x x x 676131 604874 522280 395339 375598 451284 465313 526937 536193 528618 495461 452331 376346 281983 229605 284268 288822 x 
20-30 x x x x 300862 273874 242632 182205 179481 238577 267091 325177 350063 351934 336037 309898 259692 194727 158773 204885 207521 x 
above 30 years x x x x 63911 66858 71841 14871 13913 18523 18068 22723 32842 38064 40955 46485 45287 40206 36417 58452 63100 x 
without practice x x x x 651869 553520 391821 348322 414566 556870 643272 739390 767304 764191 708241 656624 545300 404785 328905 398753 405138 x 
Acquirement of the right to pre-retirement benefit 4)  x x x x x x x 103766 136382 228771 343568 479093 497140 547231 x x x x x x x x
 
1)As a result of verification of the number of employed in agricultural sector (and the number of active population) prepared on the basis of results of the National Census on Population and Dwellings 2002, Central Statistical Office has converted the unemployment rate from 2002
2) There is no concept of "school-leaver" in Act regarding Promotion of Employment and Labour Market Institutions.
3) Since January 1, 2001 the definition of terminated for company reasons has been extended.
4) Since the 1st August 2004 the data about persons with right to pre-retirement benefit are not available.
Ostatnia aktualizacja 2008-09-22