POLAND

Capital Warsaw
Area (km2) 312 685
Total population (thousands, 2021) 37 747
Population density (per km2) 121
National currency Polish zloty (PLN)
National statistical office www.stat.gov.pl
Statistics Poland
Women in the labour force, 2021
   percentage of total for both sexes 45%
Gender pay gap
   monthly earnings, 2018 17%
   hourly wage, 2021 5%
Women in part-time employment, 2021
   percentage of employed women 9%
Female tertiary students, 2020
   percentage of total for both sexes 59%
Female victims of homicide
   percentage of total for both sexes ..
Women researchers, 2020
   percentage of total for both sexes 37%
Life expectancy at birth, 2021
   females, years 79.6
   males, years 71.6
Life expectancy at 65, 2021
   females, years 18.4
   males, years 14.0
Total fertility rate, 2021
   average number of children per woman 1.3
Adolescent fertility rate, 2021
   number of live births per 1000 women aged 15-19 6.8
Mean age of women at birth of first child, 2021
   age in years 28.1
 
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
Employment
 (% change over previous year)
1.3
0.5
0.0
0.0
2.5
0.4
Unemployment rate
 (%)
5.0
3.9
3.3
3.2
3.4
2.9
Youth unemployment rate
 (%)
14.8
11.7
9.9
10.8
11.9
..
GDP
   current prices, millions of US dollars, PPP, 2021 1 432 235
GDP, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2021 37 530
Exports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2022 62.2
Imports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2022 60.7
Final consumption expenditure, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2021 28 123
Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
   PLN per USD, US=1, 2021 1.837
Forest resources
   Area of forest
 (percentage of land area, 2015)
 31
   Wood volume
 (m3 per inhabitant, 2015)
 67

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Transport infrastructure, road accidents and traffic
   Railways
      total length in kilometres, 2021 19 287
   Motorways
      total length in kilometres, 2021 1 761
   Persons injured in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2021 692
   Persons killed in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2021 59
   Traffic, railways
      million passenger-kilometres, 2021 15 844
      million tonne-kilometres, 2021 54 387
   Traffic, roads
      million passenger-kilometres, 2016 254 262
      million tonne-kilometres, 2021 379 820