Statistics Poland, thanks to the use of administrative data sources, has broadened the scope and increased the frequency of information on employed persons in the national economy.

As at the last day of February 2023, there were 15 097.1 thousand employed persons in the national economy. The average age and median age of employed persons in the national economy were similar. The average age was 42.5 years and the median age was 42.0 years.

According to preliminary estimates, current expenditure on healthcare in 2022 amounted to PLN 205.6 billion (representing 6.7% of GDP) and was higher than in 2021 by about PLN 36.1 billion (in relation to preliminary data4 for 2021, which amounted to PLN 169.4 billion). The increase in expenditure has been observed for both public, as well as private expenditure

In 2022, fire brigades intervened in 608.8 thousand events. Interventions concerned 136.0 thousand fire events, 425.0 thousand local threats, and 47.9 thousand false alarms. 447 drowning accidents, of which 422 people died, including 47 women, were reported to the Police. Water life rescue services carried out 1 813 rescue actions.

Brochure presenting in a concise and transparent form a cross-sectional collection of information illustrating living standard and economy of Poland as compared to other European Union members. The publication in the form of charts, maps, tables and infographics covers key data from various thematic areas.