Poland now 6th-largest EU economy, ahead of Switzerland and Belgium

lapkaaaa

How much money did they get from EU in last 5 years? Combine that with a lot of ukrainian migrants that actually work and open businesses you get this

dmitrygr

Not surprising at all. Sane government that’s been focusing on what Poland needs above what anyone else demands.

ramino

Lol Switzerland isn’t in the EU.

petcat

I saw an interesting stat recently that the poorest USA state, Mississippi, has a larger economy and GDP than 1/3rd of all EU members. It just seems like the EU is too top-heavy and I wonder if that's where a lot of the discontent comes from. It seems like there a lot of micro-nations in eastern Europe that have outsized influence over the union as a whole.

dzonga

Poland has made a lot of good moves lately. for techies in the UK/US they might not care that much - but there's also an effect on you. in the U.K - a polish skilled workers are choosing to remaining in Poland instead of moving to the uk. for the US - a lot of firms are setting up polish offices - hence when you hear 'a.i' efficiency most of those jobs have moved to Poland or India. Whether it's big tech, big banks and small funded VC startups. What remains in the US are just senior+, staff software engineers.

penchant

I don't get the hype around nominal GDP at all – looks great, but tells you little to none about the actual living conditions. Living in Poland, I don't feel richer than an average Belgian person (and I've had contact with many of them across the years).

cynicalsecurity

Great news, but could we have a higher GDP per capita, please? That's the most important part, isn't it?

cbeach

They deserve it. I'm in the UK. The smartest developers I worked with in my ~20 year career were all Polish. The hardest-working and most skilled tradespeople that worked on my houses were Polish.

rmason

I spent some time in Poland three years ago and have not stopped talking about it ever since. It stood out from the other Eastern European countries that I visited on that trip. Had a lunch in Warsaw with a German friend who had relocated there. He said it was more Conservative than Germany and there was more freedom of expression. Over forty years of Communist rule and they were never able to pull them away from their commitment to the Catholic church. Also lots of excellent museums and large parks.

moritzwarhier

Poland has earned this. Reputation of Poland is amazing. And the people I've had the luck of meeting at a very early age during a student exchange lived up to that. Poland is an indispensable pillar of the EU, and integrates countries such as UK, Italy, Germany, Greece, Austria, Romania, and many more countries in the east (I just don't want to list all of them here, because it's a slippery slope). And Poland as a society has gone through a hard struggle to earn their very own power, stance and leverage.

cloudie78

GDP is a scam and a shit metric. Natural disasters increase GDP and so does pollution because of the money spent cleaning it up. Poland also has 4x the population of Switzerland. Normalise the GDP and then let’s start having a conversation. Look at the PPP.

woodpanel

Heise.de, German IT and developer news portal, recently posted a story for German software devs about how to become an expat in Poland. What a shift in tonality for German media: From Polish handymen continuosly voting in right-wing "democracy-abandoning" parties to … somehow … doing better than Germany, economically (in terms of growth and outlook).

comrade1234

I live in Switzerland and have worked in projects in Poland. It's obvious which country is wealthier.

jswelker

Truly Poland stronk.

vivzkestrel

- i came expecting to read something about how taking no immigrants has helped or something along those lines - has there been any studies conducted on how 10% immigration affects a country's economic outcomes?