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.
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)
- 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)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 35.1% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.081 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 22.4% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0842 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0842 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1132 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.198 (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.