Individual Wealth Up in Poland

GDP per capita in Poland will be 74 percent of the EU average by 2017, according to a plan prepared by the country's finance ministry and cited by the Polish Press Agency. In 2008, GDP per capita in Poland was 56 percent of the EU average and rose to 67 percent in 2012.

Finance Minister Mateusz Szczurek forecasts 2014 GDP growth at 3.3 percent and 3.8 percent in 2015. Meanwhile, unemployment is expected to fall to 9.8 percent (from 13.6 percent in March) by the end of this year and stand at 7.9 percent by 2017.