ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of in Poland
Poland: ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of was 26.1 % in 2024. ▼ Falling
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of in Poland, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of in Poland is 26.1 %, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.1% on the previous year and down 19.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of in Poland peaked at 49.6 % in 2001 and was at its lowest, 2.9 %, in 2000.
That places Poland 36th out of 72 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of in Poland, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2.9 % | — |
| 2001 | 49.6 % | +1610.3% |
| 2002 | 48.9 % | -1.4% |
| 2003 | 47.4 % | -3.1% |
| 2004 | 46.1 % | -2.7% |
| 2005 | 44.1 % | -4.3% |
| 2006 | 40.9 % | -7.3% |
| 2007 | 39.2 % | -4.2% |
| 2008 | 37.8 % | -3.6% |
| 2009 | 36.6 % | -3.2% |
| 2010 | 36 % | -1.6% |
| 2011 | 35.5 % | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 34.6 % | -2.5% |
| 2013 | 33.4 % | -3.5% |
| 2014 | 32.4 % | -3.0% |
| 2015 | 32.8 % | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 30.5 % | -7.0% |
| 2017 | 29.4 % | -3.6% |
| 2018 | 28.8 % | -2.0% |
| 2019 | 28 % | -2.8% |
| 2020 | 29.1 % | +3.9% |
| 2021 | 29 % | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 28.8 % | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 28.4 % | -1.4% |
| 2024 | 26.1 % | -8.1% |
Poland compared with similar countries
- Poland's 26.1 % is above the median for high income countries, which is 16 %, 1.6× the median. (34 countries reporting)
- Poland's 26.1 % is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 15.9 %, 1.6× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of in Poland changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +1610.3% | 2.9 % | 49.6 % |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 39.35 % | 2.9 % | 49.6 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 32.14 % | 28 % | 36 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 28.28 % | 26.1 % | 29.1 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Poland
More economy & growth data for Poland
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 8.38 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0081 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 229.86 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled 20.03 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual -2.81 % change on previous year (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0193 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 549.65 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), annual growth rate 21.82 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2625 includes gold, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), per capita 7,460 includes gold, current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of in Poland?
- Ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of in Poland was 26.1 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of recorded in Poland?
- The highest recorded value was 49.6 % in 2001.
- What is the lowest ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of recorded in Poland?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.9 % in 2000.
- How does Poland rank for ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of?
- Poland ranks 36th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of rising or falling in Poland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Poland data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of employment, self-employed, rural areas — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Employment indicators domain focuses on indicators related to employment in agrifood systems and rural areas. The update is performed yearly, using data from the International Labour Organization (ILO) database that contains a rich set of indicators from a wide range of topics related to labour statistics. The indicators published in FAOSTAT are derived from the labour force statistics (LFS) and rural and urban labour markets (RURURB) databases of the ILOSTAT database.