Wednesday, 29 October 2025
The number of foreigners performing work in Poland exceeded one million at the end of March 2025, according to new data published by Statistics Poland. The report shows that 1.067 million foreigners were active in the labour market, representing a 5.5 percent increase year-on-year and a 0.9 percent rise compared with February 2025. Foreigners accounted for 6.5 percent of all persons performing work in Poland.
Men continued to make up the majority of the foreign workforce at 59.9 percent, a slight increase from the previous year. Both male and female employment grew, with the number of men up 6.0 percent and women up 4.7 percent compared to March 2024.
Contracts of mandate and related agreements remain a significant form of employment. As of March 2025, 405,100 foreigners worked exclusively under such contracts, up 5.6 percent year-on-year.
Ukrainian citizens were by far the largest group, numbering 714,900 and accounting for 67 percent of all foreign workers. Their share decreased slightly compared with March 2024, although their absolute numbers increased by 3.6 percent year-on-year.
In terms of geography, almost one-fifth of all foreigners working in Poland resided in the Warszawski stołeczny region (19.9%), while the Świętokrzyskie region continued to host the smallest number, less than one percent of the total.
Statistics Poland notes that, starting in 2025, the data also includes foreign owners, co-owners, and leaseholders of private agricultural holdings together with contributing family workers. The results are based on administrative sources, covering both employed persons in the national economy and those working under mandate contracts subject to social or health insurance contributions.
The report confirms that foreigners performing work in Poland come from more than 150 countries, with Ukraine remaining the dominant source of labour migration.
Source: Statistics Poland
