Economy of Poland

Economy of Poland
Warsaw, central business district
CurrencyZłoty (PLN, zł)
Calendar year
Trade organisations
EU, WTO and OECD
Country group
Statistics
PopulationDecrease 38,179,800 (31 March 2021)[3]
GDP
  • Increase $845 billion (nominal, 2024)[4]
  • Increase $1.801 trillion (PPP, 2024)[4]
GDP rank
GDP growth
  • +0.2% (2023)
  • +3.1% (2024)
  • +3.5% (2025)[4]
GDP per capita
  • Increase $23,014 (nominal, 2024)[4]
  • Increase $49,060 (PPP, 2024)[4]
GDP per capita rank
GDP by sector
  • 11.4% (2023)
  • 5.0% (2024)
  • 5.0% (2025)[4]
Population below poverty line
  • Positive decrease 11.8% (2022)[6]
  • Negative increase 16.3% at risk of poverty or social exclusion (2023)[7]
Negative increase 27.0 low (2023)[8]
Decrease 54 out of 100 points (2023, 47th rank)
Labour force
  • Increase 18,387,400 (2023)[11]
  • Increase 77.9% employment rate (2023)[12]
Labour force by occupation
Unemployment
  • Positive decrease 2.7% (May 2022)[14]
  • Positive decrease 9.5% youth unemployment (15 to 24 year-olds; July 2020)[15]
Average gross salary
7,767 zł / €1,783 monthly
5,625 zł / €1,291 monthly
Main industries
  • machine building
  • iron and steel
  • mining coal
  • chemicals
  • ship building
  • food processing
  • furniture
  • glass
  • beverages
  • video games
  • textiles
External
ExportsIncrease $469.3 billion (2023 est.)[5]
Export goods
vehicle parts/accessories, plastic products, garments, electric batteries, computers (2022)[5]
Main export partners
ImportsIncrease $419.701 billion (2023 est.)[5]
Import goods
garments, crude petroleum, cars, vehicle parts/accessories, plastic products (2022)[5]
Main import partners
FDI stock
  • Increase $282.6 billion (31 December 2017 est.)[5]
  • Increase Abroad: $72.87 billion (31 December 2017 est.)[5]
Increase $1.584 billion (2017 est.)[5]
Positive decrease $241 billion (31 December 2017 est.)[5]
Public finances
  • 49.6% of GDP (2023)[17]
  • PLN 1.7 trillion (2023)[17]
  • PLN 174 billion deficit (2023)[17]
  • −5.1% of GDP (2023)[17]
Revenues41.6% of GDP (2023)[17]
Expenses46.7% of GDP (2023)[17]
Economic aid
Increase $193.783 billion (2023 est.)[5]
All values, unless otherwise stated, are in US dollars.

The economy of Poland is an emerging and developing,[1] high-income,[24] industrialized, mixed economy that serves as the sixth-largest in the European Union by nominal GDP and fifth-largest by GDP (PPP).[25] Poland boasts the extensive public services characteristic of most developed economies and is one of few countries in Europe to provide no tuition fees for undergraduate and postgraduate education[26] and with universal public healthcare that is free at a point of use. Since 1988, Poland has pursued a policy of economic liberalisation[27] but retained an advanced public welfare system.[28] It ranks 20th worldwide in terms of GDP (PPP), 21st in terms of GDP (nominal), and 21st in the 2023 Economic Complexity Index.[29] Among OECD nations, Poland has a highly efficient and strong social security system; social expenditure stood at roughly 22.7% of GDP.[30][31][32]

The largest component of Poland's economy is the service sector (62.3%), followed by industry (34.2%) and agriculture (3.5%). Following the economic reform of 1989, Poland's external debt has increased from $42.2 billion in 1989 to $365.2 billion in 2014. Poland shipped US$224.6 billion worth of goods around the globe in 2017, while exports increased to US$221.4 billion. The country's top export goods include machinery, electronic equipment, vehicles, furniture, and plastics. Poland was the only economy in the EU to avoid a recession through the 2007–08 economic downturn.[33]

As of 2019, the Polish economy had been growing steadily for 28 years, a record high in the EU. This record was only surpassed by Australia in the world economy.[34] GDP per capita at purchasing power parity has grown on average by 6% p.a. over the last 20 years, the highest in Central Europe. Poland's GDP has increased seven-fold since 1990.[35][36][37]

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