Eurostat data showed the Warsaw region employed 86.9% of people aged 20-64 last year, the highest rate in the EU and the region’s best reading since records began in 2013.
That put Warsaw more than 10 percentage points above the EU average of 76.1%, which remained below the bloc’s 78% employment target for 2030.
Only four EU regions topped 85%: Prague at 86.0%, Finland’s Åland Islands at 85.5% and Utrecht at 85.4% followed Warsaw, while 64 of 244 regions stayed below 74%.
Poland overall posted a 78.8% employment rate—13th in the EU—with Łódź at 80.8% and Subcarpathia at 73.2%; Warsaw also ranked third-best on youth unemployment at 3.9%.
The strong showing reflects years of growth and rising wages, but Poland’s ageing, shrinking population is tightening labor supply even as job creation slows in some industries.