Statistical data is provided by the Analyses and Dissemination Department of Statistics Poland as part of:

• handling written inquiries regarding Statistics Poland information resources;
• on-site service at the Statistics Poland (Statistics Poland building, block A, ground floor - entrance at Trasa Łazienkowska

Working days:

Monday from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Tuesday-Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Telephone information is provided by the Statistical Hotline at + 48 22 279 99 99 (channel 6 Informatorium).

(fee according to the operator's tariff)

Consultants are available on working days:

Monday-Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Information is provided on the resources of the Statistics Poland Information Portal, including:

• databases;
• Statistics Poland publications;
• methodology of research conducted by official statistics;
• communications and announcements by the President of Statistics Poland. 

Official statistics provides:

• equal;
• simultaneous;
• equivalent

access to statistical information.

The scope of statistical information compiled on the basis of collected data, its form and the dates of its sharing  are specified in the Public Statistics Research Program (PBSSP), which is established annually by a Regulation of the Council of Ministers. The information is announced, made available, and disseminated free of charge, in the manner specified in Articles 36 and 37 of the Act of June 29, 1995, on public statistics (Journal of Laws of 2024, item 1799, as amended).

All other data aggregations, except those listed in the PBSSP, may be processed for a fee (while under statistical confidentiality) as part of additional studies and analyses pursuant to paragraph 2, point 2, of the Act on Official Statistics of the Act on Public Statistics.

Individual unit data collected in public statistical surveys, i.e.:

• personal data relating to a specific person,
• individual data relating to a specific economic entity, other legal persons and organizational units without legal personality and their activities  is confidential and subject to special protection.

These data may only be used for statistical studies, compilations, and analyses, and for the creation by public statistics services of a survey for statistical research conducted by these services.

The disclosure or use of individual data for purposes other than those specified above is prohibited (statistical confidentiality) under penalty of imprisonment for up to 3 years.

Aggregated data may not be published or made available if it could be used to identify specific individuals or economic entities. This means that data characterising the economic performance of economic entities cannot be made available if the set consists of fewer than three entities, or if one entity accounts for more than three-quarters of the total.

The fee for additional studies and analyses is determined.

1. The data request is forwarded to a team of experts for review. The team issues an opinion in order to determine the possibility of preparing the data and specifies the time necessary to complete the order and the expected completion date.
2. The fee depends on the scope of the data, the complexity of the order, and the technical requirements necessary for its execution. The labour intensity of the order is determined by the number of hours and multiplied by an hourly rate ranging from PLN 100 to PLN 400, depending on the order's difficulty. 23% VAT is added to the gross amount.
3. The order will be forwarded for execution once the customer has accepted the terms and conditions and payment has been made to the account of Statistics Poland (GUS) or the relevant subordinate unit.

If the order exceeds PLN 10,000 net, the GUS or its subordinate public statistics unit will conclude a civil law contract with the ordering party.

Rules of executing orders for unidentifiable individual data for scientific purposes

Unidentifiable individual data sets are disseminated by Statistics Poland for a payment for scientific purposes to universities and other higher education establishments and to scientific institutes conducting research.

Dissemination covers data on social statistics and censuses. In accordance with Law of 29th June 1995 on public statistics, statistical data obtained in statistical surveys that can be linked and identified as data concerning a specific natural person, as well as information and statistical data characterising economic and financial results of national economy entities conducting economic activity, may not be published nor made available if the given aggregation consists of fewer than three entities or the share of one entity in a given compilation is greater than three-fourths of the whole.

In Statistics Poland, Programming, Coordination of Statistical Surveys and Registers Department is responsible for dissemination of unidentifiable individual data for scientific purposes.

Applications for dissemination of data should be sent on the official letterhead of the applicant institution to:

• e-mail address of secretariat of the department:
• or by ordinary mail to the address: Statistics Poland (GUS), Programming, Coordination of Statistical Surveys and Registers Department,
  al. Niepodległości 208, 00-925 Warsaw, Poland.

The application must contain specification of statistical datasets from which data will be disseminated for scientific purposes and determination of the research purposes for which the use of unidentifiable individual data is necessary. Additionally, the condition for data dissemination is commitment of the applicant research centre to use the obtained unidentifiable individual data solely for implementation of the tasks resulting from research purposes, as stipulated in the application and not to share them in the form of unidentifiable individual data with any third party. When publishing analyses, articles or studies, the applicant is obligated to state the source of the data used for scientific purposes.

The application made by an institution is subject to examination of feasibility by author entities conducting research. Then, the research centre will be notified on the purchase cost of the data ordered. In the case of accepting the cost by the applicant, a contract will be signed by and between Statistics Poland and the research unit, which shall state the terms and conditions for dissemination, obligation of scientists using the data and measures for ensuring statistical data confidentiality.

Finalisation of the order shall be conducted following signing of the contract and making the payment to GUS bank account. The datasets prepared for the ordering party shall be verified for disclosure of any confidential data. The reviewed sets are transferred to the ordering party on an electronic storage device (CD) or through the TransGUS platform – a safe communication and information channel designed to transmit data in electronic form.

Social statistics and census data are made available on the Scientist Workstand, an IT environment dedicated to in-depth, specialised analyses conducted by scientific and research institutions or universities. The Scientist Workstand is located in the building of Statistics Poland or a regional statistical office (currently the Statistical Office in Łódź). The possibility of using the Scientist Workstand is specified in a contract concluded by a research/scientific entity with a given unit of official statistics. Once the contract is concluded, the institution using the Scientist Workstand is supplied with all necessary technical instructions and provided with any substantive and IT-related support.