Public budgets

Poland: public budget

What Poland's government raised and what it spent it on, from the figures its own budget laws or a statistics office publish. Solon places every figure on the same international classification, so it can be compared with any other place.

General government, 2004

Outturn: what came in and was spent

General government: central, state and local government and social security funds together, consolidated so that money passed between them is counted once, as Eurostat's government finance statistics (ESA 2010) count it.

Amounts in USD, converted from EUR at 2004's average rate (Eurostat).

Revenue: $98.58B · 38.3% of GDP
Spending: $111.43B · 43.3% of GDP
Surplus (+) or deficit (−): -$12.85B · -5% of GDP

What the money is spent on

Poland, 2004: spending by function, as a share of all spending

Poland, 2004: spending by function, as a share of all spending
Row	Value (%)	Note
Social protection	40.5	$45.08B
General public services	14.4	$16.01B
Education	13	$14.49B
Health	9.7	$10.82B
Economic affairs	8.1	$9.02B
Public order and safety	4.7	$5.21B
Defence	3.7	$4.08B
Housing and community amenities	2.5	$2.78B
Recreation, culture and religion	2.2	$2.5B
Environmental protection	1.3	$1.43B

Social protection$45.08B

Social protection, in detail, as a share of it

Social protection, in detail, as a share of it
Row	Value (%)	Note
Old age	62.4	$28.13B
Sickness and disability	14.5	$6.55B
Survivors	9.4	$4.22B
Unemployment	5.7	$2.59B
Family and children	5.6	$2.54B
Social exclusion n.e.c.	1.1	$513.36M
Social protection n.e.c.	0.6	$273.41M
Housing	0.6	$271.54M
R&D Social protection	0	$497.56K

General public services$16.01B

General public services, in detail, as a share of it

General public services, in detail, as a share of it
Row	Value (%)	Note
Public debt transactions	45.8	$7.33B
Executive and legislative organs, financial and fiscal affairs, external affairs	43.8	$7.02B
Basic research	5	$800.45M
General services	2.9	$458.38M
General public services n.e.c.	1.8	$291.82M
R&D General public services	0.6	$92.92M
Foreign economic aid	0.1	$21.15M
Transfers of a general character between different levels of government	0	$0

Education$14.49B

Education, in detail, as a share of it

Education, in detail, as a share of it
Row	Value (%)	Note
Pre-primary and primary education	35.7	$5.17B
Secondary education	29.8	$4.32B
Tertiary education	24.9	$3.6B
Subsidiary services to education	4.4	$638M
Education not definable by level	3.7	$533.14M
Education n.e.c.	1.1	$155.24M
R&D Education	0.4	$56.35M
Post-secondary non-tertiary education	0	$3.61M

Health$10.82B

Health, in detail, as a share of it

Health, in detail, as a share of it
Row	Value (%)	Note
Hospital services	60.4	$6.53B
Outpatient services	32.4	$3.51B
Health n.e.c.	2.4	$264.58M
Public health services	2.4	$256.87M
Medical products, appliances and equipment	1.3	$138.45M
R&D Health	1.1	$121.4M

Economic affairs$9.02B

Economic affairs, in detail, as a share of it

Economic affairs, in detail, as a share of it
Row	Value (%)	Note
Transport	54.6	$4.93B
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting	14.9	$1.35B
General economic, commercial and labour affairs	14	$1.27B
Fuel and energy	4.7	$424.29M
R&D Economic affairs	4.5	$404.52M
Mining, manufacturing and construction	4.2	$376.78M
Other industries	1.8	$158.22M
Communication	1.3	$114.56M
Economic affairs n.e.c.	0	$1.37M

Public order and safety$5.21B

Public order and safety, in detail, as a share of it

Public order and safety, in detail, as a share of it
Row	Value (%)	Note
Police services	53	$2.76B
Law courts	24.3	$1.27B
Prisons	10.7	$559.13M
Fire-protection services	10.2	$530.27M
Public order and safety n.e.c.	1.7	$85.95M
R&D Public order and safety	0.1	$6.34M

Defence$4.08B

Defence, in detail, as a share of it

Defence, in detail, as a share of it
Row	Value (%)	Note
Military defence	91.6	$3.74B
Civil defence	4.2	$172.53M
Foreign military aid	2.2	$90.43M
R&D Defence	2	$80.73M
Defence n.e.c.	0	$0

Housing and community amenities$2.78B

Housing and community amenities, in detail, as a share of it

Housing and community amenities, in detail, as a share of it
Row	Value (%)	Note
Housing development	54.5	$1.52B
Water supply	16.8	$467.71M
Housing and community amenities n.e.c.	11.7	$325.03M
Street lighting	10.9	$304.13M
Community development	6.1	$170.66M
R&D Housing and community amenities	0	$0

Recreation, culture and religion$2.5B

Recreation, culture and religion, in detail, as a share of it

Recreation, culture and religion, in detail, as a share of it
Row	Value (%)	Note
Cultural services	64	$1.6B
Recreational and sporting services	24.9	$624.56M
Broadcasting and publishing services	5.3	$133.22M
Religious and other community services	2.7	$66.8M
R&D Recreation, culture and religion	2.1	$53.36M
Recreation, culture and religion n.e.c.	0.9	$22.51M

Environmental protection$1.43B

Environmental protection, in detail, as a share of it

Environmental protection, in detail, as a share of it
Row	Value (%)	Note
Waste water management	53.1	$761.76M
Environmental protection n.e.c.	19.3	$276.15M
Waste management	18.6	$267.07M
R&D Environmental protection	3.6	$51.37M
Pollution abatement	3.1	$45.03M
Protection of biodiversity and landscape	2.3	$32.71M

Where the money comes from

Poland, 2004: revenue by kind, as a share of all revenue

Poland, 2004: revenue by kind, as a share of all revenue
Row	Value (%)	Note
Taxes on sales, production and imports	35.1	$34.56B
Social contributions	34.4	$33.89B
Taxes on income and wealth	16.3	$16.09B
Sales, fees and charges	9.9	$9.77B
Income from property (interest, dividends, rent)	2.4	$2.41B
Other transfers received	1.7	$1.69B
Capital transfers and taxes received	0.2	$184.35M
Subsidies received	0	$0

Taxes on sales, production and imports$34.56B

Taxes on sales, production and imports, in detail, as a share of it

Taxes on sales, production and imports, in detail, as a share of it
Row	Value (%)	Share	Note
Value added tax	52.7		$18.2B
Not broken down, or fitting no category	47.3		$16.35B

Over the years

Poland: revenue and spending, 1995–2025

Poland: revenue and spending, 1995–2025
Period	Revenue (% of GDP)	Spending (% of GDP)
1,995	43.5	47.7
1,996	46.3	50.9
1,997	42.4	46.9
1,998	40.7	44.9
1,999	41	43.2
2,000	38.9	42.9
2,001	39.9	44.6
2,002	40.3	45.1
2,003	39.5	45.5
2,004	38.3	43.3
2,005	40.2	44.1
2,006	40.8	44.3
2,007	40.9	42.8
2,008	40.4	44
2,009	37.7	44.9
2,010	38.6	46
2,011	39.1	44.1
2,012	39.4	43.2
2,013	39	43.2
2,014	39	42.7
2,015	38.9	41.5
2,016	38.7	41.1
2,017	39.6	41.1
2,018	40.8	41
2,019	40.7	41.4
2,020	40.9	47.7
2,021	41.9	43.6
2,022	39.8	43.2
2,023	41.7	46.9
2,024	42.9	49.4
2,025	43.6

Where these figures come from

Series read from Eurostat, government finance statistics (gov_10a_main, gov_10a_exp) on 2026-11-11.

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