International Rankings of Poland 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Poland, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Poland, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	67	20.30	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	24	7.784 million	N/A
Internet users - percent of population	70	77.54 %	2018
Internet users - total	29	29.791 million	N/A
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	87	17.80	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	25	6.825 million	N/A
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	65	126.20	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	31	48.393 million	N/A
Economy
Budget - expenditures	22	216.200 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	22	207.500 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	46	1.70 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	35	2.920 billion US Dollars	2019
Debt - external	33	351.770 billion US Dollars	2019
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	41	64	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	29	76	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	78	83	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	1	100	2020
Exports	22	394.848 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP (official exchange rate)	23	595.720 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	49	54.00 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	64	17.70 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	115	58.60 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	106	49.90 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	101	17.70 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	35	2.00 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	127	2.40 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	28	40.20 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	108	57.40 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	109	30 %	2017
Gross national saving	81	20	2019
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	90	23.90 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2015
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	21	3.00 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	N/A
Imports	20	364.993 billion US Dollars	2019
Industrial production growth rate	24	7.50 %	2017
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	65	2.10 %	2019
Labor force	52	9.561 million US Dollars	2020
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	88	12 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - industry	18	30 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - services	84	58 %	2015
Population below poverty line	113	15 %	2018
Public debt	87	50.60 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	20	1.261 trillion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP growth rate	41	4.55 %	2019
Real GDP per capita	60	33221 US Dollars	2019
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	22	113.300 billion US Dollars	2017
Taxes and other revenues	43	39.50 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	104	5.43 %	2019
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	19	359.000 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	66	4451	2017
Crude oil - imports	20	493100	2017
Crude oil - production	63	21000	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	60	126.000 million	2018
Electricity - consumption	25	149.400 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	18	12.020 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	20	79	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	67	2	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	22	19	2017
Electricity - imports	18	14.020 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	29	38.110 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	26	156.900 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	39	20.100 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	40	1.246 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	21	15.720 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	50	5.748 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	55	79.790 billion	2018
Refined petroleum products - consumption	31	649600	2017
Refined petroleum products - exports	43	104800 bbl/day	2017
Refined petroleum products - imports	33	222300 bbl/day	2017
Refined petroleum products - production	31	554200 bbl/day	2017
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	18	299 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	37	47 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	91	21 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	61	48	2018
Land use - arable land	20	36	2018
Land use - forest	97	31	2018
Land use - other	112	21	2018
Land use - permanent crops	72	1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	104	11	2018
Total renewable water resources	82	60.500 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	91	1.018 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	14	7.035 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	35	2.028 billion cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	168	0.16	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	97	60	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	29	10.863 million tons	2015
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	16	2.867 million tons	2015
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	25	26.40 %	2015
Geography
Area - land	71	304255 sq km	N/A
Area - total	71	312685 sq km	N/A
Area - water	51	8430 sq km	N/A
Coastline	109	440 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	74	2499 meters	N/A
Elevation - lowest point	33	2 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	126	173 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	93	970 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	65	2865 km	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	61	48	2018
Land use - arable land	20	36	2018
Land use - forest	97	31	2018
Land use - other	112	21	2018
Land use - permanent crops	72	1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	104	11	2018
Total renewable water resources	81	60.500 billion	2017
Population Density	86	125.51 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	31	2 % of GDP	2021
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	188	9.80	N/A
Age structure - 25-54 years	47	43.33	N/A
Age structure - 55-64 years	37	13.32	N/A
Birth rate	191	8.69 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	49	62.30 %	2014
Current Health Expenditure	48	6 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	25	10.68 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	24	28.40 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	110	3.50 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	102	51.40 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	150	23.00 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	N/A
Education expenditures	33	5 % of GDP	2017
Hospital bed density	13	6.60 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	173	3.78 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	176	4.64 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	176	4.22 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female	40	83 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	68	75 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	57	79 years	N/A
Maternal mortality rate	113	2.00	2017
Median age - female	30	44 years	2020
Median age - male	28	40 years	N/A
Median age - total	27	42 years	N/A
Mother's mean age at first birth	25	28	2019
Net migration rate	90	0.33 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	55	23.10 %	2016
Physicians density	64	2.38 physicians/1,000 population	2017
Population	36	38.186 million	2021
Population growth rate	153	0.23 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	4	100 % of population	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	5	17 years	2018
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	6	15 years	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	6	16 years	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	9	1.06 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	18	1.06	N/A
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	23	1.02	N/A
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	31	0.91	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	44	0.67 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.06 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	23	0.94 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	136	1.39 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	100	10	2019
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	94	10	N/A
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	102	10	N/A
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	169	0.16	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	97	60	2021
Transportation
Airports	45	126	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	19	36	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	13	30	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	34	10	2017
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	22	5	2017
Airports - with paved runways - total	27	87	2017
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	29	6	2017
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	29	1	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	41	17	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	59	39	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	47	21	2013
Heliports	20	6	2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	49	271.490 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	47	9.278 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	36	169.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	22	6	2020
Railways - total	11	19231 km	2016
Roadways - paved	10	291000 km	1559
Roadways - total	16	420000 km	2016
Waterways	26	3997 km	N/A

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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