Editing Economy of Poland (section)

==Potential of the Polish economy in the EU==
Poland, measured by the purchasing power parity index, is the sixth-largest economy in the European Union and the eighth-largest economy in Europe, slightly ahead of the Netherlands.

Poland recorded GDP growth even during the [[2008 financial crisis]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rogaliński |first1=Paweł |title=Świat, Polityka i my |date=2011 |publisher=Łódź |isbn=978-83-272-3154-3 |pages=101–102}}</ref> The unemployment rate in the country remains very low and amounted to 5% in September 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://stat.gov.pl/en/topics/labour-market/registered-unemployment |title=Unemployment rate 1990-2023 |website=stat.gov.pl |access-date=28 October 2023}}</ref>

Although the Polish economy is catching up with Western European countries, this has been a slow process. So far, taking into account the level of social development{{what|date=March 2025}}, Poland has managed to overtake [[Portugal]]. There is a great deal of variation between regions. [[Masovian Voivodeship]] is on a similar level to the richest regions of [[Spain]] and most regions of France (82% of the EU average). However, it should be remembered that the GDP of this voivodeship is mainly generated by Warsaw. [[Lower Silesian Voivodeship]] with a GDP of $16,000 is on par with Portugal and the regions of Spain and [[Greece]]. Subsequent voivodeships reached about 50% of the EU average, and the poorest voivodships of the eastern wall have GDP per capita comparable to [[Romania]] and [[Bulgaria]].

Polish capital has several large concerns in this region of Europe, i.e. PKN Orlen, which has its stations in Germany and [[Lithuania]], Polsat, which also invests in Lithuania, the ITI Group. Poland has a highly developed road network, most of the A1, A2, A4 highways and expressways, including S6 and S7, are fully completed. The next ones are to be ready by 2023. Their construction by private companies is financed in part by the EU. In the coming years, Poland is to receive approximately EUR 4.5 billion for the modernisation of railways.

Poland is one of the key immigration destinations in the EU, having attracted more non-EU immigrants, already in 2021 mostly from Ukraine, than any other EU country for a few consecutive years.<ref name="NotesfromPoland">{{cite web |date=12 October 2021 |title='Poland issues EU's most residence permits to immigrants for fourth year running |url=https://notesfrompoland.com/2021/10/12/poland-issues-eus-most-residence-permits-to-immigrants-for-fourth-year-running/ |accessdate=9 February 2022}}</ref>