Economy of Poland - Other Statistics

Other Statistics

Retail sales in Poland

Investment (gross fixed): 18.4% of GDP (2004 est.)

Household income or consumption by percentage share:

• lowest 10%: 3.2%
• highest 10%: 24.7% (1998)

Distribution of family income – Gini index: 30.6 (2004)

Agriculture – products: potatoes, fruits, vegetables, wheat, poultry, eggs, pork

Industrial production growth rate: 17.8% (2006)

Electricity:

• production: 150.8 TWh (2004)
• consumption: 121.3 TWh (2004)
• exports: 15.2 TWh (2004)
• imports: 5.0 TWh (2004)

Electricity – production by source:

• fossil fuel: 95.1%
• hydro: 4.5%
• other: 0.4% (2001)
• nuclear: 0%

Oil:

• production: 17,180 barrels per day (2,731 m3/d) (2001 est.)
• consumption: 424,100 barrels per day (67,430 m3/d) (2001 est.)
• exports: 53,000 barrels per day (8,400 m3/d) (2001)
• imports: 413,700 barrels per day (65,770 m3/d) (2001)
• proved reserves: 116,400,000 barrels (18,510,000 m3) (1 January 2002)

Natural gas:

• production: 5.471 billion m³ (2001 est.)
• consumption: 13.85 billion m³ (2001 est.)
• exports: 41 million m³ (2001 est.)
• imports: 8.782 billion m³ (2001 est.)
• proved reserves: 154.4 billion m³ (1 January 2002)

Households with access to fixed and mobile telephone access

• landline telephone – 52% (2009)
• mobile telephone – 85% (2009)

Broadband penetration rate

• fixed broadband- 13.5% (2010)
• mobile broadband- 4.3% (2010)

Individuals using computer and internet

• computer – 63% (2009)
• internet – 59% (2009)

Exports – commodities: machinery and transport equipment 37.8%, intermediate manufactured goods 23.7%, miscellaneous manufactured goods 17.1%, food and live animals 7.6% (2003)

Imports – commodities: machinery and transport equipment 38%, intermediate manufactured goods 21%, chemicals 14.8%, minerals, fuels, lubricants, and related materials 9.1% (2003)

Currency exchange rates:

• Złoty per US Dollar – 2.96 (Dec 2010), 2.92 (Sep 2010), 2.94 (Apr 2010), 3.25 (Apr 2009), 2.17 (Apr 2008), 2.51 (Nov 2007), 2.66 (Oct 2006) 3.15 (Jun 2006) 3.7 (2004), 3.8891 (2003), 4.08 (2002), 4.0939 (2001), 4.3461 (2000).
• Złoty per Euro – 3.96 (Dec 2010), 3.44 (Apr 2008), 3.64 (Nov 2007), 3.96 (Aug 2006), 4.77 (Jun 2004).

Unemployment:

• July 2008 – 7.3%
• November 2010 – 11.7%

Average gross monthly pay: 3403.07 PLN (~830 EUR) (~1202 USD) December 2009