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Poland: Income quintile share ratio S80/S20

An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.

Country: Poland Indicator: Income quintile share ratio S80/S20 Year: 2025

Country overview

Poland

Current reading for Income quintile share ratio S80/S20 in a European context.

Eurostat indicator: Income quintile share ratio S80/S20

Latest value

3.60 Ratio

European ranking

25 / 30

Improved by 3 positions since the previous year

Compared with Europe

-0.9 puntos

Poland is 0.9 points below the European average.

EU: 4.53

Affected population

36.5M

Year: 2025

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Recent trend

Open trend

Latest: 3.63 Ratio Europe benchmark: 4.73 Ratio

Internal regions

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Indicator: Income quintile share ratio S80/S20

Granularity: Regions

  1. 1

    Warszawski stołeczny

    +16.70

    4.20

  2. 2

    Podlaskie

    +8.30

    3.90

  3. 3

    Kujawsko-Pomorskie

    +8.30

    3.90

  4. 4

    Pomorskie

    +5.60

    3.80

  5. 5

    Małopolskie

    +2.80

    3.70

  6. 6

    Lubelskie

    +2.80

    3.70

  7. 7

    Łódzkie

    —

    3.60

  8. 8

    Dolnośląskie

    -2.80

    3.50

  9. 9

    Warmińsko-Mazurskie

    -5.60

    3.40

  10. 10

    Zachodniopomorskie

    -8.30

    3.30

  11. 11

    Wielkopolskie

    -8.30

    3.30

  12. 12

    Lubuskie

    -8.30

    3.30

  13. 13

    Świętokrzyskie

    -13.90

    3.10

  14. 14

    Śląskie

    -13.90

    3.10

  15. 15

    Mazowiecki regionalny

    -13.90

    3.10

  16. 16

    Podkarpackie

    -13.90

    3.10

  17. 17

    Opolskie

    -19.40

    2.90

More context on this indicator

At a glance

Poland performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Income quintile share ratio S80/S20, with a large gap. The trend context points to confirmed improvement. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.

European comparison in Poland

In Poland, S80/S20 ratio stands clearly better than the European benchmark: 3.63 versus 4.73 in 2025, a large gap of 1.1 in the ratio.

Recent trend

In Poland, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 4.07 in 2020 to 3.63 in 2025. The latest step, from 3.85 in 2024 to 3.63 in 2025, confirms the improvement. The recent signal is stronger than the primary one.

Regional differences in Poland

In Poland, regional values for S80/S20 ratio are relatively close. Across 17 comparable regions, Warszawski stołeczny records the highest value (4.2) and Opolskie the lowest (2.9), a gap of 1.3 in the ratio.

Reading within the topic

In Poland, Income & Purchasing Power shows a mixed picture: pressure signals and relative strengths coexist across this indicator and its related indicators compared with Europe. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards improvement.