Unemployment up to 14 percent

January's figures represented the worst since April 2013, although in February last year, during the typical winter rise in unemployment, the level was as high as 14.2 percent.

According to GUS, the highest rate of unemployment is in the Warmia-Masuria region of north-east Poland, where 22.4 percent of non-pensioned adults were registered as unemployed.

The lowest level of unemployment is in the west-central Wielkopolska province, where 10 percent were listed as without work. Mazovia, which includes Warsaw, was second best at 11.4 percent.

In total, over 2.26 Poles were registered as unemployed at the close of January 2014. (nh)

Source: PAP/money.pl