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

0.715 → 0.881 (+0.166)

UNDP Human Development Report, 2023-24 edition. 33 annual values, none interpolated; hover any point for its year.

Twenty years here

The world report →

Life expectancy at birth75 → 78.4 (+3.4)

Internet users45 → 89 (+44)

Urban population61 → 60 (-1)

Births per woman1.24 → 1.14 (-0.10)

Renewable share of energy7 → 15 (+8)

Access to electricity100 → 100 (+0)

Infant mortality7 → 4 (-3)

CO2 emissions per person8.3 → 7.5 (-0.8)

Forest area30 → 31 (+1)

World Bank observations, first to last available year per indicator (roughly 2005–2024; each series 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	0.715	70.9	—	—	2.06	3	100	15	9.8	29.0	—	—
1991	0.711	70.6	0	61	2.07	2	100	15	9.7	29.1	—	—
1992	0.716	71.1	0	61	1.95	2	100	14	9.4	29.1	—	—
1993	0.730	71.6	0	62	1.87	6	100	14	9.4	29.2	—	—
1994	0.740	71.7	0	62	1.81	6	100	13	9.2	29.2	—	—
1995	0.747	71.9	1	62	1.62	6	100	13	9.2	29.3	—	—
1996	0.756	72.3	1	62	1.59	6	100	12	9.6	29.4	—	—
1997	0.767	72.7	2	62	1.51	6	100	10	9.4	29.4	—	—
1998	0.777	73.0	4	62	1.44	7	100	9	8.6	29.5	—	—
1999	0.784	73.0	5	62	1.37	6	100	9	8.4	29.5	—	—
2000	0.794	73.8	7	62	1.37	7	100	8	8.2	29.6	—	—
2001	0.802	74.2	10	62	1.31	7	100	8	8.1	29.7	—	—
2002	0.809	74.5	21	62	1.25	8	100	7	7.9	29.8	—	—
2003	0.814	74.6	25	62	1.22	7	100	7	8.3	29.9	—	—
2004	0.812	74.8	33	62	1.23	7	100	7	8.3	29.9	—	—
2005	0.819	75.0	39	62	1.24	7	100	7	8.3	30.0	—	—
2006	0.824	75.1	45	61	1.27	7	100	6	8.7	30.1	9069	15205
2007	0.828	75.2	49	61	1.31	7	100	6	8.7	30.2	11273	16833
2008	0.834	75.5	53	61	1.39	8	100	6	8.5	30.3	14049	18372
2009	0.838	75.7	59	61	1.40	9	100	5	8.2	30.4	11556	19300
2010	0.845	76.3	62	61	1.41	10	100	5	8.7	30.5	12568	20991
2011	0.851	76.7	62	61	1.33	10	100	5	8.6	30.5	13868	22809
2012	0.855	76.8	62	61	1.33	11	100	5	8.4	30.6	13087	23728
2013	0.865	77.0	63	61	1.29	11	100	5	8.3	30.6	13622	24434
2014	0.867	77.6	67	60	1.32	12	100	4	8.0	30.7	14262	25460
2015	0.869	77.5	68	60	1.32	12	100	4	8.1	30.8	12638	26988
2016	0.872	77.8	73	60	1.39	11	100	4	8.3	30.8	12464	28360
2017	0.874	77.8	76	60	1.48	11	100	4	8.7	30.9	13913	30170
2018	0.876	77.6	78	60	1.46	15	100	4	8.7	30.9	15658	32345
2019	0.880	77.9	80	60	1.44	16	100	4	8.2	30.9	15875	35882
2020	0.874	76.4	83	60	1.39	16	100	4	7.9	31.0	16151	37089
2021	0.876	75.3	85	60	1.33	15	100	4	8.8	31.0	18636	41060
2022	0.881	77.2	87	60	1.29	—	100	4	8.4	31.1	18891	46778
2023	—	78.3	86	60	1.20	—	100	4	7.7	31.1	22145	48473
2024	—	78.4	89	60	1.14	—	100	4	7.5	—	25104	51263
2025	—	—	—	60	—	—	—	—	—	—	28420	54262
Profile shows	0.881	78.4	89	60	1.14	15	—	—	7.5	31.1	28420	54262

Sources: HDI — UNDP HDR 2023-24; 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 2026-09-01. Observed years only; IMF projections are excluded.

A dotted value moved sharply against the previous observed value in its series, which is the usual signature of a series break or a source revision; it is a prompt to check, not a judgement. In the last row, ≠ means the profile’s current figure differs from the latest value here by more than 2%: none do on this page.

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