In the 2025/26 school year, 6.7 million children, youth and adults were enrolled in pre-primary establishments, primary schools, post-primary and post-secondary schools (0.5% fewer than in the previous year), accounting for 17.9% of Poland’s population. In the Polish education system, pre-primary education is provided in nursery schools, pre-primary sections in primary schools, pre-primary education units and pre-primary centres. In the 2025/26 school year, there were 21.9 thousand pre-primary establishments (1.8% fewer than a year earlier), attended by 1362.1 thousand children (6.2% fewer).

In January 2026, the median monthly gross wage and salary decreased by 5.8% in nominal terms compared with December 2025, whilst it increased by 8.2% compared with January 2025.

Forest land area, as of 31 December 2024, comprised 9488.8 thousand ha, with forest area amounting to 9289.0 thousand ha, i.e. 29.6% of the area of the country. In 2024, forest renewals covered 60.7 thousand ha and afforestation – 0.9 thousand ha. In 2024, in comparison with the previous year, a recorded decrease in total removals (by 1.1%) amounted to 41222.9 thousand m3 and timber removals, a drop by 1.0%, equalled 39447.4 thousand m3.