Poland, year by year

Every index this site holds for Poland, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 1990

Human development rose from 0.722 in 1990 to 0.906 in 2023.

UNDP Human Development Report, 2025 edition. 34 annual values, none interpolated.

Twenty years here

The world report

Life expectancy at birth: 78.4 years2024at birthUp 3.4 years from 75 years in 2005
Internet users: 89%2024of people onlineUp 44 points from 45% in 2006
Urban population: 60%2025of people in towns and citiesDown 1 point from 61% in 2006
Births per woman: 1.142024births per womanDown 0.10 from 1.24 in 2005
Renewable share of energy: 15%2021of energy usedUp 8 points from 7% in 2004
Access to electricity: 100%2024of people with electricityLevel with 2005
Infant mortality: 42024deaths before age one, per 1,000 birthsDown 3 from 7 in 2005
CO2 emissions per person: 7.5 t2024of CO2 per person a yearDown 0.8 t from 8.3 t in 2005
Forest area: 31%2023of land under forestUp 1 point from 30% in 2004

World Bank, from the first to the last observed year of each indicator; each has its own window.

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	0.722	70.9	—	—	2.06	2.5	100	15	9.8	29.0	—	—
1991	0.720	70.6	0.0	61.4	2.07	2.1	100	15	9.7	29.1	—	—
1992	0.724	71.1	0.1	61.4	1.95	2.3	100	14	9.4	29.1	—	—
1993	0.737	71.6	0.1	61.5	1.87	6.1	100	14	9.4	29.2	—	—
1994	0.747	71.7	0.4	61.5	1.81	6.2	100	13	9.2	29.2	—	—
1995	0.754	71.9	0.7	61.6	1.62	6.3	100	13	9.2	29.3	—	—
1996	0.763	72.3	1.3	61.6	1.59	5.9	100	12	9.6	29.4	—	—
1997	0.775	72.7	2.1	61.7	1.51	6.0	100	10	9.4	29.4	—	—
1998	0.784	73.0	4.1	61.7	1.44	6.5	100	9	8.6	29.5	—	—
1999	0.793	73.0	5.5	61.7	1.37	6.4	100	9	8.4	29.5	—	—
2000	0.801	73.8	7.3	61.8	1.37	6.9	100	8	8.2	29.6	—	—
2001	0.809	74.2	9.9	61.8	1.31	7.3	100	8	8.1	29.7	—	—
2002	0.816	74.5	21.1	61.8	1.25	7.5	100	7	7.9	29.8	—	—
2003	0.822	74.6	24.9	61.7	1.22	7.3	100	7	8.3	29.9	—	—
2004	0.820	74.8	32.5	61.7	1.23	7.3	100	7	8.3	29.9	—	—
2005	0.826	75.0	38.8	61.5	1.24	7.2	100	7	8.3	30.0	—	—
2006	0.831	75.1	44.6	61.4	1.27	7.2	100	6	8.7	30.1	9069	15205
2007	0.836	75.2	48.6	61.3	1.31	7.3	100	6	8.7	30.2	11273	16833
2008	0.841	75.5	53.1	61.1	1.39	8.0	100	6	8.5	30.3	14049	18372
2009	0.846	75.7	59.0	61.0	1.40	8.8	100	5	8.2	30.4	11556	19300
2010	0.852	76.3	62.3	60.9	1.41	9.5	100	5	8.7	30.5	12568	20991
2011	0.858	76.7	62.0	60.7	1.33	10.4	100	5	8.6	30.5	13868	22809
2012	0.863	76.8	62.3	60.6	1.33	10.9	100	5	8.4	30.6	13087	23728
2013	0.873	77.0	62.9	60.5	1.29	11.4	100	5	8.3	30.6	13622	24434
2014	0.873	77.6	66.6	60.4	1.32	11.6	100	4	8.0	30.7	14262	25460
2015	0.879	77.5	68.0	60.3	1.32	11.9	100	4	8.1	30.8	12638	26988
2016	0.884	77.8	73.3	60.2	1.39	11.3	100	4	8.3	30.8	12464	28360
2017	0.882	77.8	76.0	60.1	1.48	11.1	100	4	8.7	30.9	13913	30170
2018	0.884	77.6	77.5	60.0	1.46	15.1	100	4	8.7	30.9	15658	32345
2019	0.887	77.9	80.4	60.0	1.44	15.6	100	4	8.2	30.9	15875	35882
2020	0.880	76.4	83.2	59.9	1.39	16.1	100	4	7.9	31.0	16151	37089
2021	0.884	75.3	85.4	59.8	1.33	15.2	100	4	8.8	31.0	18636	41060
2022	0.902	77.2	86.9	59.8	1.29	—	100	4	8.4	31.1	18891	46778
2023	0.906	78.3	86.4	59.9	1.20	—	100	4	7.7	31.1	22145	48473
2024	—	78.4	88.6	60.0	1.14	—	100	4	7.5	—	25104	51263
2025	—	—	—	60.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	28420	54262
On the profile	0.906	78.4	88.6	60.1	1.14	15.2	—	—	7.5	31.1	28420	54262

Sources: HDI: UNDP HDR 2025; Life expectancy at birth: World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users: World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population: World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman: World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy: World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity: World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality: World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person: World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area: World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-10-04. Observed years only.

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