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===Poland===
[[File:Warsaw skyline Świętokrzyski Bridge.jpg|300px|right|thumb|[[Warsaw]], Poland]]
Poland has the region's largest economy ([[List of countries by GDP (PPP)|GDP PPP]] total of US$1.353 trillion,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2018/01/weodata/weorept.aspx?sy=2017&ey=2020&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=country&ds=.&br=1&pr1.x=48&pr1.y=12&c=964&s=NGDP_RPCH%2CNGDPD%2CPPPGDP%2CNGDPDPC%2CPPPPC&grp=0&a= |title=Report for Selected Countries and Subjects |access-date=28 April 2018}}</ref> ranked 22nd in the world). According to the [[United Nations]] and the [[World Bank]], it is a high-income country<ref name="worldbank8">{{cite web|url=http://data.worldbank.org/about/country-classifications/country-and-lending-groups#High_income|title=Country and Lending Groups &#124; Data|publisher=World Bank|access-date=9 November 2010}}</ref> with a high quality of life and a very high standard of living.<ref>{{cite web|title=SPI PROGRESS INDEX 2015|url=http://www.socialprogressimperative.org/data/spi|access-date=16 December 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151217230131/http://www.socialprogressimperative.org/data/spi|archive-date=17 December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.numbeo.com/quality-of-life/rankings_by_country.jsp|title=Quality of Life Index by Country 2017 Mid-Year|website=Numbeo.com|access-date=1 October 2017}}</ref> The Polish economy is the fifth-largest in the EU and one of the fastest-growing economies in Europe, with a yearly growth rate of over 3.0% between 1991 and 2019.

Poland was the only European Union member to have avoided a decline in GDP during the late-2000s recession, and in 2009 created the most GDP growth of all countries in the EU. The Polish economy had not entered recession nor contracted. According to Poland's Central Statistical Office, in 2011 the Polish economic growth rate was 4.3%, the best result in the entire EU. The largest component of its economy is the service sector (67.3%), followed by industry (28.1%) and agriculture (4.6%). Since increased private investment and EU funding assistance, Poland's infrastructure has developed rapidly.

Poland's main industries are [[mining]], machinery ([[car]]s, [[bus]]es, [[ship]]s), [[metallurgy]], chemicals, electrical goods, [[textile industry|textiles]], and [[food processing]]. The high-technology and IT sectors are also growing with the help of investors such as [[Google]], [[Toshiba]], [[Dell]], [[GE]], [[LG]], and [[Sharp Corporation|Sharp]]. Poland is a producer of many electronic devices and components.<ref>[http://www.ecoustics.com/electronics/products/new/277485.html Toshiba Invests in a Subsidiary of LG. Philips LCD in Poland]. eCoustics.com (10 October 2006). Retrieved 19 July 2013.</ref>