Median Equivalised Net Income in Poland (2025)
Poland's Median Equivalised Net Income: 14,394 EUR per person in 2025, +20.7% YoY, roughly 63% of the EU-27 average. Eurostat (ILC_DI03), 2010–2025.
Data
| Year | EUR per person | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14,394 | +20.7% |
| 2024 | 11,921 | +18.6% |
| 2023 | 10,048 | +12.3% |
| 2022 | 8,946 | +7.8% |
| 2021 | 8,297 | +3.4% |
| 2020 | 8,022 | +12.6% |
| 2019 | 7,124 | +8.4% |
| 2018 | 6,574 | +10.6% |
| 2017 | 5,945 | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 5,884 | +5.9% |
| 2015 | 5,556 | +4.1% |
| 2014 | 5,336 | +3.3% |
| 2013 | 5,164 | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 5,060 | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 5,025 | +14.1% |
| 2010 | 4,405 | n/a |
About this Dataset
Poland's median equivalised net income — the typical per-person disposable income after adjusting household income for household size — reached approximately 14,394 EUR in 2025, according to Eurostat's EU-SILC series (ILC_DI03). That marks a 20.7% increase from 11,921 EUR in 2024, the largest year-on-year gain in the 2010–2025 series and the second consecutive year of growth above 18%.
The more consequential trend for analysts benchmarking purchasing power across European markets is convergence: Poland's median income has likely grown from around 30% of the EU-27 average in 2010 to roughly 63% in 2025. Over the same 15 years, Poland's income more than tripled (+227%) while the EU-27 average rose by a comparatively modest 58% (from about 14,521 EUR to approximately 22,939 EUR). The absolute gap has also narrowed, from close to 10,116 EUR in 2010 to around 8,545 EUR in 2025, though it remains substantial in nominal terms.
Convergence has not been steady throughout the period. Annual gains were typically modest between 2012 and 2017 — often in the low single digits, including a near-flat +0.7% in 2012 — before accelerating from 2018 onward, with five of the last seven years posting double-digit growth (2018: +10.6%, 2020: +12.6%, 2023: +12.3%, 2024: +18.6%, 2025: +20.7%). Part of the recent acceleration likely reflects euro-denominated conversion effects from zloty appreciation on top of genuine wage growth, so the pace of purchasing-power improvement for Polish households is probably somewhat more moderate than the headline EUR figures suggest.
Coverage and methodology: Eurostat compiles median equivalised net income annually from EU-SILC (Statistics on Income and Living Conditions) microdata, adjusting household disposable income for household size and composition using the modified OECD equivalence scale (first adult = 1, each additional adult 14+ = 0.5, each child under 14 = 0.3). Figures are denominated in current-year euros and are not adjusted for inflation, so cross-year comparisons reflect nominal rather than real purchasing-power changes. The EU-27 aggregate used for comparison is Eurostat's EU27_2020 composition. Poland's national statistical office (GUS) provides the underlying survey data feeding into this series.