The average per capita purchasing power in Poland in 2020 is €7,143, just under 49 percent below the European average, as ”GfK Purchasing Power Europe 2020” shows.
This puts Poland in twenty-eighth place in the European rankings.
There is an especially large gap between rich and poor in Poland with respect to the distribution of purchasing power in the country’s 380 districts. Only 17 districts have a per capita purchasing power that is at least 20 percent higher than the national average.
By contrast, 106 districts are at least 20 percent below the national average.
Warsaw district has the biggest purchasing power
With a per capita purchasing power of €12,120, the capital city district of Warsaw takes first place. Inhabitants of the capital district have almost 70 percent more money for consumer purchases and saving than the national average.
In Szydlowiecki district purchasing power is just €4,721
At the other end of the district rankings is Szydlowiecki, where the per capita purchasing power is just €4,721. This corresponds to almost 66 percent of the Polish average and 34 percent of the European average.
Inhabitants of Warsaw have almost 2.6 times more money available than the inhabitants of the least affluent district of Szydlowiecki.
There has been little change in the top places of the purchasing power rankings this year. The districts of Krakow and Bielsko-Biala switch eighth and ninth places. Gliwice makes it into the top ten with a per capita purchasing power of €9,111, putting it in tenth place and ousting the district of Tychi.
