Tax revenue in Poland

Central government tax revenue in Poland was equal to 17.4% of GDP in 2024.

Measure: Tax revenue as a share of GDP (central government) Unit: % of GDP Data: 1994 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Poland, 2024 17.4% % of GDP
Change from 2023 −0.6percentage points 2023: 18.0%
European Union, 2024 19.8% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2024 22.7% Middle value of 26 countries

Tax revenue in Poland over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Tax revenue as a share of GDP (central government) (% of GDP), 2000 to 2024
Period PolandEuropean Union
2024 17.4% 19.8%
2023 18.0% 19.6%
2022 17.1% 19.9%
2021 19.0% 19.9%
2020 17.3% 19.6%
2019 17.1% 20.0%
2018 17.2% 19.9%
2017 16.7% 19.8%
2016 16.2% 19.7%
2015 15.6% 19.7%
2014 15.6% 19.9%
2013 15.7% 19.7%
2012 16.0% 19.3%
2011 16.7% 18.9%
2010 16.5% 18.7%
2009 16.0% 18.4%
2008 18.2% 19.2%
2007 18.1% 19.6%
2006 17.1% 19.3%
2005 16.4% 19.0%
2004 15.6% 18.7%
2003 16.7% 18.9%
2002 16.8% 19.1%
2001 16.0% 19.4%
2000 16.9% 19.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.6 percentage points from 18.0% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 15.6%, the figure has changed by +1.8 percentage points.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 19.8%.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
GC.TAX.TOTL.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1994 to 2024 for Poland
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics