photo of PixabayPoliticians praise Poland's entry into the prestigious G20 – 20 largest economies in the world. The figures confirm this, but do Poles feel the presence of their country in the elite of the richest countries in the world? The study "The Noble Package" indicates that a large part of the people surviving on the Vistula River has nothing to be happy about – as much as 5.2 percent of the population, or 2 million Poles surviving on the brink of poverty.
Since the political transformation in 1989, our country has made a immense economical leap. Poland is frequently referred to as a “European tiger” (from “Asian tigers”, leaders of economical growth in East Asia), due to the fact that the growth rate of the Gross National Product on the Vistula River has been beating in the planet since 1990... Only China. The standard of surviving in Poland has improved importantly over 35 years, but not all are beneficiaries of the Polish “economic wonder”. In fresh years, inequality has besides increased – the mediocre are mediocre and the rich are rich.
The Noble Package study shows that in the 20th planet economy all 20 citizens live on the border of poverty. What is “extreme poverty”? This is simply a condition where income is so low that it threatens wellness or even life. In 2024 specified an agreement border was a budget of PLN 972 per individual per month.
Too wealthy to get help, besides mediocre to live decently
That's not all. Not a fewer percent, but almost half (41.3 percent) of households in Poland are below the poorness line. By definition, it is the ability to full cover the basic costs of living, education, work and, what is increasingly crucial today, to keep social ties. Moreover, about 13 percent of Poles experience comparative poverty. They have a occupation and have a place to live, but their standard of surviving gets worse all year. A "gray poorness zone" is besides characteristic. It is about 1 million Poles who are besides wealthy to qualify for social assistance and at the same time besides mediocre to live decently.
One of the reasons for this is inflation and a mediocre wage increase. Only alleged "half poverty" if individual is able to work. The problem of low income, however, is almost half a million seniors who receive hungry pensions – even lower than the minimum pension of only PLN 1789. That's 18 times as many pensioners as in 2011. With specified low benefits seniors – and all Poles – cannot number on effective wellness protection. The average time to wait for wellness benefits increased 4.2 months, and the frightening 78 million out of 523 million of all prescriptions issued stay unrealised, among others, due to the deficiency of funds to buy out medicines.
Source: se.pl / Noble Package
