Poland’s jobless rate declined as expected in March, after remaining stable in the previous month, figures from the statistical office showed Friday.

The registered jobless rate fell to 11.7 percent in March from 12.0 percent in February. The figure was also matched with economists’s expectations.

In the same month of the previous year, the unemployment rate was 13.5 percent.

The number of unemployed people decreased to 1.86 million in March from 1.92 million in the preceding month. A year earlier, the jobless figure totaled 2.18 million.

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