Poland — GDP per capita
GDP per Capita (Nominal) for Poland, 1990–2025.
GDP per capita for Poland was 28,420 in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 1,731 in 1990 (about 16.4× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 8.32% per year.
Poland ranks 60 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 28%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 32,959, so Poland sits below it. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 125%. Within Europe & Central Asia it ranks 32 of 57 economies; Croatia (27,104) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 29% in 1991. That is 56% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1990 level: doubled by 1995; grown tenfold by 2021. Doubling roughly every 8.7 years at that pace.
World ranking. Climbed: 93rd of 192 in 1990 → 73rd of 204 in 2000 → 73rd of 212 in 2010 → 68th of 210 in 2020 → 44th of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1990 to 2025
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28,419.58 | +13.2% |
| 2024 | 25,103.57 | +13.4% |
| 2023 | 22,145.27 | +17.2% |
| 2022 | 18,891.21 | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 18,635.51 | +15.4% |
| 2020 | 16,150.93 | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 15,874.52 | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 15,658.21 | +12.5% |
| 2017 | 13,913.34 | +11.6% |
| 2016 | 12,464.01 | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 12,637.52 | -11.4% |
| 2014 | 14,262.28 | +4.7% |
| 2013 | 13,621.9 | +4.1% |
| 2012 | 13,087.42 | -5.6% |
| 2011 | 13,867.67 | +10.3% |
| 2010 | 12,567.73 | +8.8% |
| 2009 | 11,556.3 | -17.7% |
| 2008 | 14,048.56 | +24.6% |
| 2007 | 11,272.53 | +24.3% |
| 2006 | 9,068.86 | +12.7% |
| 2005 | 8,043.92 | +19.8% |
| 2004 | 6,711.73 | +17.3% |
| 2003 | 5,720.81 | +9.5% |
| 2002 | 5,223.45 | +4.2% |
| 2001 | 5,015.24 | +10.9% |
| 2000 | 4,520.64 | +2.4% |
| 1999 | 4,415.5 | -2.6% |
| 1998 | 4,533.54 | +9.6% |
| 1997 | 4,137.01 | -0.6% |
| 1996 | 4,163.51 | +12.5% |
| 1995 | 3,700.96 | +28.7% |
| 1994 | 2,874.83 | +15.1% |
| 1993 | 2,497.13 | +1.5% |
| 1992 | 2,459.02 | +10.0% |
| 1991 | 2,235.54 | +29.1% |
| 1990 | 1,731.21 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Poland’s GDP per capita in 1991?
2,235.54 (1991). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Poland’s GDP per capita figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — current US$ — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Poland’s GDP per capita growing or shrinking?
Between 1990 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +1541.6% in total — about 8.3% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.CD. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 28,419.58; 2024: 25,103.57; 2023: 22,145.27; 2022: 18,891.21; 2021: 18,635.51. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.PCAP.CD — GDP per Capita (Nominal). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.