Warsaw region is first in the EU for employment rate

According to Eurostat data for 2025, 86.9% of residents aged 20–64 in the capital region were in work, the best result among all EU regions. Next come the Czech Prague (86%), the Finnish Åland Islands (85.5%), the Dutch Utrecht (85.4%) and the German Upper Bavaria (85.1%).

The statistical region includes, besides Warsaw, 70 gminas and nine neighbouring powiats, including the Piaseczno, Pruszków, Otwock and Wołomin ones.

Across the EU as a whole, employment was at a record since observations began in 2009, but is still 1.9 pp below the 2030 target of 78%. 115 of 244 regions have already reached it. Employment is lowest in the French Mayotte (36.9%) and the Italian Calabria (50.3%).