Economy

Key facts
*  Currency: the złoty.
*  GDP per capita: $29,600 (2017 estimate)
*  Unemployment: 6.1% (Sept 2020)
*  Inflation: 3.0% (Oct 2020)
 
Some important industries
*  Agriculture, electronics, transport machinery including cars, buses, helicopters, locomotives, planes, ships and military transport including tanks.
*  Multinationals such as IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Google, Glaxosmithkline have set up Research & Development centres in Poland.
*  Leading export markets: Germany 27.4%, UK 6.4%, Czech Republic 6.4%, France 5.6% (2017 data)