In 2023, Poland's public debt to GDP ratio amounted to 39 percent. State Treasury debt reached nearly 40 percent. In all other cases, the debt increased compared to the previous year.
Public debt, general government debt and State Treasury debt to GDP ratios in Poland from 2001 to 2023
Characteristic
Public debt
EDP debt*
ST debt
Amount Article 38a(3) of the PFA**
2023
39.1%
49.8%
39.6%
36.6%
2022
39.4%
49.3%
40.4%
35.5%
2021
43.8%
53.8%
43.4%
40.1%
2020
47.6%
57.2%
46.9%
44.2%
2019
43.3%
45.7%
42.5%
41.8%
2018
46.3%
48.7%
44.5%
44.5%
2017
48.5%
50.8%
46.8%
47.5%
2016
52.1%
54.5%
50.1%
49.3%
2015
48.8%
51.3%
46.4%
47%
2014
48.6%
50.8%
45.9%
45.4%
2013
54.1%
56%
51.4%
52.5%
2012
52.1%
54.1%
49.2%
50.4%
2011
52.5%
54.5%
49.6%
-
2010
52.1%
53.5%
48.9%
-
2009
48.8%
49.8%
46%
-
2008
46.5%
46.7%
44.3%
-
2007
44.4%
44.5%
42.2%
-
2006
47.3%
47.3%
44.7%
-
2005
47.1%
46.6%
44.4%
-
2004
46.2%
45.1%
43.2%
-
2003
48.3%
46.6%
44.8%
-
2002
43.5%
41.8%
40.5%
-
2001
38.7%
37.3%
36.4%
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* Data on general government debt (EDP debt, part of the government finance Maastricht criterion) of Poland since Q1 2010 have been adjusted due to the reclassification of funds for the protection of guaranteed assets.
** Correction mechanism of the stabilising expenditure rule. The amount specified in article 38a point 3 of the Public Finance Act (the amount of public debt recalculated using the yearly average of foreign currency exchange rates for the year concerned and reduced by the value of State budget liquid funds raised to finance the borrowing requirements for the following budget year) exceeds in year x-2 GDP 48%.
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Ministry of Finance (Poland). (April 5, 2024). Public debt, general government debt and State Treasury debt to GDP ratios in Poland from 2001 to 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1062399/poland-public-general-government-and-state-treasury-debt/
Ministry of Finance (Poland). "Public debt, general government debt and State Treasury debt to GDP ratios in Poland from 2001 to 2023." Chart. April 5, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1062399/poland-public-general-government-and-state-treasury-debt/
Ministry of Finance (Poland). (2024). Public debt, general government debt and State Treasury debt to GDP ratios in Poland from 2001 to 2023. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1062399/poland-public-general-government-and-state-treasury-debt/
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