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, 2014

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 2014's average rate (Eurostat).

Revenue: $211.87B · 39% of GDP
Spending: $231.76B · 42.7% of GDP
Surplus (+) or deficit (−): -$19.88B · -3.7% of GDP

What the money is spent on

Poland, 2014: spending by function, as a share of all spending

Poland, 2014: spending by function, as a share of all spending
Row	Value (%)	Note
Social protection	37.5	$87.01B
Economic affairs	12.5	$28.93B
Education	12.4	$28.7B
General public services	11.9	$27.58B
Health	10.9	$25.33B
Public order and safety	5.3	$12.21B
Defence	3.5	$8.03B
Recreation, culture and religion	2.9	$6.68B
Housing and community amenities	1.7	$3.91B
Environmental protection	1.5	$3.38B

Social protection$87.01B

Social protection, in detail, as a share of it

Social protection, in detail, as a share of it
Row	Value (%)	Note
Old age	58	$50.46B
Sickness and disability	15.6	$13.59B
Survivors	11.4	$9.91B
Family and children	8	$6.92B
Unemployment	3.3	$2.87B
Social exclusion n.e.c.	2.4	$2.09B
Social protection n.e.c.	1	$850.64M
Housing	0.4	$314.06M
R&D Social protection	0	$0

Economic affairs$28.93B

Economic affairs, in detail, as a share of it

Economic affairs, in detail, as a share of it
Row	Value (%)	Note
Transport	67.2	$19.43B
General economic, commercial and labour affairs	12.5	$3.62B
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting	7.5	$2.17B
R&D Economic affairs	4.1	$1.18B
Fuel and energy	4	$1.14B
Other industries	1.8	$508.02M
Mining, manufacturing and construction	1.7	$481.05M
Economic affairs n.e.c.	0.7	$200.07M
Communication	0.7	$198.35M

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	34.1	$9.77B
Tertiary education	27.9	$8.01B
Secondary education	26.5	$7.6B
Subsidiary services to education	5.3	$1.52B
Education not definable by level	4.3	$1.22B
Education n.e.c.	1.5	$437.61M
R&D Education	0.5	$132.58M
Post-secondary non-tertiary education	0	$7.31M

General public services$27.58B

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

General public services, in detail, as a share of it
Row	Value (%)	Note
Executive and legislative organs, financial and fiscal affairs, external affairs	50.4	$13.9B
Public debt transactions	40.2	$11.1B
Basic research	5	$1.38B
General services	2.6	$707.96M
General public services n.e.c.	1.3	$363.48M
Foreign economic aid	0.3	$87.95M
R&D General public services	0.2	$41.85M
Transfers of a general character between different levels of government	0	$0

Health$25.33B

Health, in detail, as a share of it

Health, in detail, as a share of it
Row	Value (%)	Note
Hospital services	61.4	$15.56B
Outpatient services	31.3	$7.94B
Health n.e.c.	2.6	$668.37M
R&D Health	1.8	$454.35M
Public health services	1.6	$405.06M
Medical products, appliances and equipment	1.2	$299.98M

Public order and safety$12.21B

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	54.9	$6.7B
Law courts	23.2	$2.83B
Prisons	11.3	$1.38B
Fire-protection services	8.8	$1.07B
Public order and safety n.e.c.	1.6	$191.7M
R&D Public order and safety	0.2	$22.19M

Defence$8.03B

Defence, in detail, as a share of it

Defence, in detail, as a share of it
Row	Value (%)	Note
Military defence	97.1	$7.8B
R&D Defence	1.7	$135.37M
Foreign military aid	0.6	$49.82M
Defence n.e.c.	0.4	$33.61M
Civil defence	0.2	$14.61M

Recreation, culture and religion$6.68B

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	55.1	$3.68B
Recreational and sporting services	35.8	$2.39B
Broadcasting and publishing services	4.6	$308.08M
Religious and other community services	1.8	$121.56M
R&D Recreation, culture and religion	1.5	$102.43M
Recreation, culture and religion n.e.c.	1.1	$76.26M

Housing and community amenities$3.91B

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	55.2	$2.16B
Water supply	16.7	$654.02M
Street lighting	12.4	$485.83M
Housing and community amenities n.e.c.	8.7	$338.5M
Community development	7	$273.94M
R&D Housing and community amenities	0	$0

Environmental protection$3.38B

Environmental protection, in detail, as a share of it

Environmental protection, in detail, as a share of it
Row	Value (%)	Note
Waste water management	44.5	$1.5B
Environmental protection n.e.c.	18.8	$634.09M
Waste management	15.2	$513.33M
Pollution abatement	12.3	$416.48M
R&D Environmental protection	5.9	$199.41M
Protection of biodiversity and landscape	3.2	$109.73M

Where the money comes from

Poland, 2014: revenue by kind, as a share of all revenue

Poland, 2014: revenue by kind, as a share of all revenue
Row	Value (%)	Note
Social contributions	34	$72.14B
Taxes on sales, production and imports	33.2	$70.32B
Taxes on income and wealth	17.5	$37.03B
Sales, fees and charges	6.6	$14.03B
Other transfers received	3.7	$7.77B
Capital transfers and taxes received	3	$6.35B
Income from property (interest, dividends, rent)	2	$4.23B
Subsidies received	0	$0

Taxes on sales, production and imports$70.32B

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	55.4		$38.95B
Not broken down, or fitting no category	44.6		$31.37B

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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