Poland
Government debt in Poland
Government debt in Poland: 48.6% of GDP in 1995 and 59.7% of GDP in 2025, by IMF estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 59.7% of GDP
- Since 1995
- +11.1 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 57 of 149
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2031
- 82% of GDP
- IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)
% of GDP · IMF
What the numbers say
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 82% of GDP in 2031.
- The highest was 59.7% of GDP in 2025, the lowest 36.3% of GDP in 2000.
Every year
% of GDP · IMF
| Year | Poland |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 59.7 |
| 2024 | 54.9 |
| 2023 | 49.5 |
| 2022 | 48.8 |
| 2021 | 53 |
| 2020 | 56.6 |
| 2019 | 45.2 |
| 2018 | 48.2 |
| 2017 | 50.4 |
| 2016 | 54.1 |
| 2015 | 51.1 |
| 2014 | 51.1 |
| 2013 | 56.9 |
| 2012 | 54.5 |
| 2011 | 54.8 |
| 2010 | 53.8 |
| 2009 | 49.7 |
| 2008 | 46.6 |
| 2007 | 44.4 |
| 2006 | 47.1 |
| 2005 | 46.5 |
| 2004 | 45 |
| 2003 | 46.2 |
| 2002 | 41.4 |
| 2001 | 37 |
| 2000 | 36.3 |
| 1999 | 39.2 |
| 1998 | 38.6 |
| 1997 | 42.6 |
| 1996 | 43 |
| 1995 | 48.6 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Poland |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 66.6 |
| 2027 | 70.7 |
| 2028 | 73.7 |
| 2029 | 77 |
| 2030 | 79.8 |
| 2031 | 82 |
Good to know
- What the government owes, as a share of the economy’s yearly output.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 149 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending4.5% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$42.5B in 2025
- Military spending per person$1,219 in 2025
- Military share of state spending9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel189,000 people in 2020
- National power0.52% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.04% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports2.17 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exports59 million TIV in 2025