Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Poland
Poland: Income inequality vs. GDP per capita was 0.2847 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Poland, 1985–2023
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Poland recorded 0.2847 for income inequality vs. gdp per capita in 2023.
The figure is down 1.4% on the previous year and down 14.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Poland peaked at 0.3802 in 2004 and was at its lowest, 0.2508, in 1985.
Poland ranks 103rd of 120 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Poland, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 0.2508 | — |
| 1986 | 0.2799 | +11.6% |
| 1987 | 0.2553 | -8.8% |
| 1989 | 0.2679 | +5.0% |
| 1992 | 0.293 | +9.4% |
| 1995 | 0.346 | +18.1% |
| 1999 | 0.3226 | -6.8% |
| 2004 | 0.3802 | +17.9% |
| 2005 | 0.3581 | -5.8% |
| 2006 | 0.3467 | -3.2% |
| 2007 | 0.34 | -1.9% |
| 2008 | 0.3349 | -1.5% |
| 2009 | 0.3336 | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 0.3321 | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 0.3318 | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 0.3302 | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 0.3314 | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 0.3282 | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 0.3175 | -3.3% |
| 2016 | 0.3119 | -1.8% |
| 2017 | 0.2969 | -4.8% |
| 2018 | 0.3021 | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 0.2876 | -4.8% |
| 2020 | 0.2846 | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 0.2848 | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 0.2886 | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 0.2847 | -1.4% |
Poland compared with similar countries
- Poland's 0.2847 is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.3209, 89% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Poland's 0.2847 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.3058, 93% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.2635 | 0.2508 | 0.2799 | 4 |
| 1990s | 0.3205 | 0.293 | 0.346 | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.3489 | 0.3336 | 0.3802 | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.317 | 0.2876 | 0.3321 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2857 | 0.2846 | 0.2886 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Poland
More poverty & inequality data for Poland
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.3 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 4,895 kg per hectare (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 0.6829 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 35.13 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 35.1% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Poland?
- Income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Poland was 0.2847 in 2023, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Poland?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3802 in 2004.
- What is the lowest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Poland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2508 in 1985.
- How does Poland rank for income inequality vs. gdp per capita?
- Poland ranks 103rd out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is income inequality vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Poland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Poland data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality.