| GDP : |
purchasing power parity - $427.1 billion (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Real Growth Rate : |
3.7% (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Per Capita : |
purchasing power parity - $11,100 (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Composition By Sector : |
agriculture: 3.1%
industry: 31%
services: 65.9% (2003 est.) |
| Population Below Poverty Line : |
18.4% (2000 est.) |
| Household Income or Consumption by Percentage : |
lowest 10%: 3.2%
highest 10%: 24.7% (1998) |
| Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices) : |
0.7% (2003 est.) |
| Labor Force : |
16.92 million (2003 est.) |
| Labor Force - By Occupation : |
agriculture 27.5%, industry 22.1%, services 50.4% (1999) |
| Budget : |
revenues: $39.13 billion
expenditures: $48.64 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003) |
| Industries : |
machine building, iron and steel, coal mining, chemicals, shipbuilding, food processing, glass, beverages, textiles |
| Industrial Production Growth Rate : |
8.6% (2003) |
| Electricity - Production : |
135 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Production by Source : |
fossil fuel: 98.1%
hydro: 1.5%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0.4% (2001) |
| Electricity - Consumption : |
118.8 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Exports : |
11.04 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Imports : |
4.306 billion kWh (2001) |
| Agriculture - Products : |
potatoes, fruits, vegetables, wheat; poultry, eggs, pork |
| Exports : |
$57.6 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Exports - Commodities : |
machinery and transport equipment 30.2%, intermediate manufactured goods 25.5%, miscellaneous manufactured goods 20.9%, food and live animals 8.5% (1999) |
| Exports - Partners : |
Germany 33.4%, Italy 5.8%, France 5%, UK 4.8%, Czech Republic 4.4% (2003 est.) |
| Imports : |
$63.65 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Imports - Commodities : |
machinery and transport equipment 38.2%, intermediate manufactured goods 20.8%, chemicals 14.3%, miscellaneous manufactured goods 9.5% (1999) |
| Imports - Partners : |
Germany 28.9%, Italy 8.1%, Russia 7.5%, France 7%, Netherlands 4.9% (2003 est.) |
| Debt - External : |
$86.82 billion (2003) |
| Economic Aid - Recipient : |
EU structural adjustment funds (2000) |
| Currency : |
zloty (PLN) |
| Currency Code : |
PLN |
| Exchange Rates : |
zlotych per US dollar - 3.8891 (2003), 4.08 (2002), 4.0939 (2001), 4.3461 (2000), 3.9671 (1999)
note: zlotych is the plural form of zloty |
| Fiscal Year : |
Calendar Year |
