Poland catching up to West in terms of wealth
Poland's GDP per capita is to reach 74 percent of the EU average by 2017, according to a plan prepared by the country's finance ministry and cited by the Polish Press Agency. In 2008, GDP per capita in Poland was 56 percent that of the EU average rising to 67 percent by 2012.
That figure is now meant to reach 74 percent within three years “thanks to dynamic GDP growth which in 2017 is estimated to be at 4.3 percent,” the report states.
Finance Minister Mateusz Szczurek forecasts 2014 GDP growth at 3.3 percent and 3.8 percent in 2015. Meanwhile, unemployment is expected to fall to 9.8 percent (from 13.6 percent in March) by the end of this year and stand at 7.9 percent by 2017.
