{"version":1,"asset_type":"statistical_series","data_type":"time_series","slug":"pl-median-income","url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/pl-median-income","html_url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/pl-median-income/","title":"Median Equivalised Net Income in Poland (2025)","description":"Poland's Median Equivalised Net Income: 14,394 EUR per person in 2025, +20.7% YoY, roughly 63% of the EU-27 average. 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Equivalised income adjusts household disposable income for household size and composition using the modified OECD scale, so the figure represents typical per-person purchasing power rather than a raw household total."},{"question":"How does Poland's median income compare with the EU-27 average?","answer":"In 2025, Poland's median equivalised net income of roughly 14,394 EUR was about 63% of the EU-27 average of approximately 22,939 EUR, leaving an absolute gap of around 8,545 EUR. That gap has likely narrowed both proportionally and in absolute terms compared with 2010, when Poland's 4,405 EUR was only around 30% of the EU-27's 14,521 EUR."},{"question":"How much has Poland's median income grown since 2010?","answer":"Poland's median equivalised net income rose from about 4,405 EUR in 2010 to approximately 14,394 EUR in 2025 — more than a threefold increase (around +227%) over 15 years. The EU-27 average grew far more slowly over the same period, from roughly 14,521 EUR to about 22,939 EUR (+58%), which is the main reason Poland's income has been converging toward the EU average rather than merely growing in isolation."},{"question":"Why did Poland's median income accelerate so sharply in 2024 and 2025?","answer":"The two most recent years in the series show Poland's largest annual gains: +18.6% in 2024 (to 11,921 EUR) and +20.7% in 2025 (to 14,394 EUR). Because EU-SILC converts local-currency incomes into euros at prevailing exchange rates, part of this acceleration likely reflects zloty appreciation against the euro on top of strong nominal wage growth and successive increases to Poland's statutory minimum wage — meaning the EUR-denominated jump probably overstates the improvement in domestic purchasing power somewhat."},{"question":"Has Poland been consistently closing the income gap with the EU average, or were there setbacks?","answer":"The convergence has not been perfectly linear. Growth was comparatively muted between 2012 and 2017 — annual gains typically ran between 0.7% and 5.9%, including a near-flat +0.7% in 2012 — before accelerating markedly from 2018 onward, with several years posting gains above 10% (2018: +10.6%, 2020: +12.6%, 2023: +12.3%, 2024: +18.6%, 2025: +20.7%). The result is that most of Poland's convergence toward the EU-27 average has likely occurred since 2018 rather than being spread evenly across the full 2010–2025 window."}]}