38 millionth Poland remains one of the poorest countries inthe European Union, uniting today twenty-seven countries of the European continent.
According to the chief European Union statistical agency Eurostat, last year came five years ago in the EU Poland has taken 24 place in terms of GDP per capita.
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rate was only 3.5 million in Latvia (which, together with Poland joined the EU in May 2004) and joined the union in 2007, Romania and Bulgaria with a population of about 20 and 8 million respectively.
In the past year, according to preliminary estimates, the Polish GDP per capita stood at 57% average, taking into account the purchasing power of domestic money.

Latvia, trying to prevent the economic crisis the country's default, the rate was 56%, and the «new» EU of Romania and Bulgaria, 46% and 40%, respectively.

the richest country in the European Union last year was the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, which is less than five hundred thousand population, with 250% of the EU average.
Eurostat noted that this high figure is explained by the fact that many people come to work in Luxembourg. On the one hand it increases the GDP, while another of their number does not account for the distribution of GDP per inhabitant in Luxembourg.

In second place was Ireland with a 140% rate.
100% or more was recorded in 13 EU countries in Western and Central Europe.
Less than average, except for 8 Eastern European countries, Malta and Cyprus entered the EU in 2004 were Greece (95%) and Portugal (75%).
Most rich countries have come five years ago were Cyprus (95%), Slovenia (90%) and Czech Republic (80%).

According to TVN24, in 2004, Polish GDP per capita stood at 50.6% average.

Help. In 2008, Poland, according to the IMF, with a nominal GDP 525 billion won 18 seats in the world and sixth in the European Union.

minimum wage in the country established in 2009 is about $ 400 on average in the first quarter of this year amounted to about one thousand dollars (at current rate of 3.2 zlotys to the dollar).