Polish economy in numbers

being robust and resilient to external shocks, mainly due to the country’s significant internal market and diversified export structure;
offering safe environment for economic activity and long-term planning (due to stable prices and constant GDP growth);
having very low risk of a financial crisis (public sector debt amounts to 57.0 % GDP while the EU 27 average equals 84.9% GDP);
offering broad range of investment possibilities resulting from modernization of infrastructure and implementing modern technologies in corporations;
being driven by a large number of agile small and medium enterprises (over 3 000 000 registered entities).

Category	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
GDP (PLN bn)	843	925	983	1 060	1 177	1 275	1 344	1 415	1 528	1 595
Real GDP growth (%)	3.9	5.3	3.6	6.2	6.8	5.1	1.8	3.9	4.5	2.0
FDI inflow (EUR mn)	4 067	10 237	8 330	15 741	17 242	10 128	9 343	10 507	13 646	2 664
Unemployment rate (%)	20.0	19.0	17.6	14.8	11.2	9.5	12.1	12.3	12.5	13.4
Exports (EUR mn)	47 526	59 698	71 424	87 926	101 839	116 244	98 218	120 373	136 694	141 942
Imports (EUR mn)	60 354	71 354	81 170	100 784	120 390	142 448	107 529	134 188	152 568	151 684
External trade turnover (EUR mn)	107 880	131 052	152 593	188 710	222 228	258 692	205 747	254 562	289 262	293 626
External trade balance (EUR mn)	-12 827	-11 656	-9 746	-12 858	-18 551	-26 204	-9 310	-13 815	-15 875	-9 742
CPI (previous year = 100)	100.8	103.5	102.1	101.0	102.5	104.2	103.5	102.6	104.3	103.7

Source: FDI inflow: National Bank of Poland, other data: Central Statistical Office

Area	312 679 km²
Population	38 533 299 (Central Statistical Office as of 31.12.2012)
Capital	Warsaw, population: 1.716 mn
Administrative division	16 Voivodships, 314 Poviats, 2479 Municipalities
Legislative Branch	Parliament: Sejm (460 representatives), Senat (100 representatives)
Executive Branch	President (5 years term), Council of Ministers (4 years term)
Judicial Branch	Supreme Court, common courts, administrative courts, military courts
Time zone	GMT +1
Currency	Złoty (PLN) = 100 groszy (gr.)
Life expectancy	females 81.0, males 72.7

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