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, 2011

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 2011's average rate (Eurostat).

Revenue: $206.8B · 39.1% of GDP
Spending: $233.08B · 44.1% of GDP
Surplus (+) or deficit (−): -$26.28B · -5% of GDP

What the money is spent on

Poland, 2011: spending by function, as a share of all spending

Poland, 2011: spending by function, as a share of all spending
Row	Value (%)	Note
Social protection	35.2	$82.08B
Economic affairs	14	$32.62B
General public services	12.7	$29.56B
Education	12.3	$28.7B
Health	10.6	$24.72B
Public order and safety	5.2	$12.1B
Defence	3.6	$8.36B
Recreation, culture and religion	2.9	$6.87B
Housing and community amenities	1.9	$4.44B
Environmental protection	1.6	$3.65B

Social protection$82.08B

Social protection, in detail, as a share of it

Social protection, in detail, as a share of it
Row	Value (%)	Note
Old age	59.2	$48.63B
Sickness and disability	16.3	$13.4B
Survivors	10.3	$8.47B
Family and children	6.7	$5.54B
Unemployment	3.7	$3.03B
Social exclusion n.e.c.	2.3	$1.91B
Social protection n.e.c.	1	$807.08M
Housing	0.4	$300.67M
R&D Social protection	0	$0

Economic affairs$32.62B

Economic affairs, in detail, as a share of it

Economic affairs, in detail, as a share of it
Row	Value (%)	Note
Transport	70.6	$23.04B
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting	9.9	$3.22B
General economic, commercial and labour affairs	8.5	$2.76B
R&D Economic affairs	3.8	$1.23B
Fuel and energy	3.7	$1.22B
Other industries	1.4	$465.48M
Mining, manufacturing and construction	1.4	$440.43M
Economic affairs n.e.c.	0.6	$185.14M
Communication	0.2	$50.39M

General public services$29.56B

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	46.7	$13.79B
Executive and legislative organs, financial and fiscal affairs, external affairs	45.3	$13.38B
Basic research	4.4	$1.31B
General services	2.6	$760.03M
General public services n.e.c.	0.8	$237.75M
Foreign economic aid	0.2	$72.66M
R&D General public services	0	$10.16M
Transfers of a general character between different levels of government	0	$0

Education$28.7B

Education, in detail, as a share of it

Education, in detail, as a share of it
Row	Value (%)	Note
Pre-primary and primary education	32.9	$9.45B
Tertiary education	28	$8.03B
Secondary education	27.8	$7.99B
Subsidiary services to education	5	$1.43B
Education not definable by level	4.3	$1.24B
Education n.e.c.	1.4	$389.48M
R&D Education	0.6	$161.19M
Post-secondary non-tertiary education	0	$9.47M

Health$24.72B

Health, in detail, as a share of it

Health, in detail, as a share of it
Row	Value (%)	Note
Hospital services	60.5	$14.94B
Outpatient services	32.7	$8.09B
Health n.e.c.	2.4	$595.22M
Public health services	1.7	$416.21M
R&D Health	1.7	$413.42M
Medical products, appliances and equipment	1.1	$261.42M

Public order and safety$12.1B

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	56.2	$6.8B
Law courts	22.1	$2.68B
Prisons	10.4	$1.26B
Fire-protection services	8.8	$1.06B
Public order and safety n.e.c.	2.4	$292.6M
R&D Public order and safety	0.1	$14.48M

Defence$8.36B

Defence, in detail, as a share of it

Defence, in detail, as a share of it
Row	Value (%)	Note
Military defence	93.7	$7.83B
Foreign military aid	3.3	$272.97M
R&D Defence	2.1	$174.28M
Defence n.e.c.	0.8	$65.56M
Civil defence	0.2	$14.89M

Recreation, culture and religion$6.87B

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	49.6	$3.41B
Recreational and sporting services	43.7	$3B
Broadcasting and publishing services	3.3	$225.78M
Religious and other community services	1.4	$98.28M
R&D Recreation, culture and religion	1.3	$92.29M
Recreation, culture and religion n.e.c.	0.7	$45.66M

Housing and community amenities$4.44B

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	56.7	$2.51B
Water supply	16.1	$715.49M
Street lighting	11.7	$518.24M
Housing and community amenities n.e.c.	9.4	$416.21M
Community development	6.1	$272.55M
R&D Housing and community amenities	0	$0

Environmental protection$3.65B

Environmental protection, in detail, as a share of it

Environmental protection, in detail, as a share of it
Row	Value (%)	Note
Waste water management	50.6	$1.85B
Environmental protection n.e.c.	16.9	$615.54M
Waste management	14.3	$520.61M
Pollution abatement	7.7	$281.74M
Protection of biodiversity and landscape	5.9	$215.9M
R&D Environmental protection	4.6	$167.88M

Where the money comes from

Poland, 2011: revenue by kind, as a share of all revenue

Poland, 2011: revenue by kind, as a share of all revenue
Row	Value (%)	Note
Taxes on sales, production and imports	35.4	$73.11B
Social contributions	31.1	$64.36B
Taxes on income and wealth	17.2	$35.6B
Sales, fees and charges	6.3	$13.12B
Capital transfers and taxes received	4.3	$8.92B
Other transfers received	3.2	$6.56B
Income from property (interest, dividends, rent)	2.5	$5.14B
Subsidies received	0	$0

Taxes on sales, production and imports$73.11B

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	56.7		$41.43B
Not broken down, or fitting no category	43.3		$31.68B

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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