Poland's jobless rate dropped to 11 percent in April from 11.2 percent the month before, according to government statistics released Friday. Labor Minister Jolanta Fedak said some 1.72 million people in the country of 38 million were without a job at the end of April-28,000 less than the previous month.
She said the drop was due to seasonal jobs opening in farming, forestry and tourism.
The jobless rate in Poland stood at 8.8 percent in October but has risen since as the global economic crisis has taken its toll.