The tense political situation in the planet makes many countries put more emphasis on defence, even if they are not straight active in the conflict. This besides applies to Poland. Deloitte so conducted an in-depth analysis of the challenges of modernization and improvement of the Polish army from the side of economical efficiency, and its results were presented in March 2025 in the study "defensive investments in Poland: search for the efficiency of achieving goals in the age of arms". What are his most crucial conclusions?
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As we learn from Deloitte's "Investments for Defence" report, 1 of the most crucial elements of the modernization of the Polish army is to increase the number of armed forces. The Polish army is expected to have 300,000 soldiers by 2033. In comparison, in early May of this year, the deputy chief of the MON Cezary Tomczyk informed in the Sejm that we now have about 208 1000 soldiers, as reported by Bankier.pl portal. This means that over 90 000 people would should be recruited in 8 years. However, experts from Deloitte note that this may be difficult, for example due to the demographic context.
In the next 5 years only the number of people in Poland aged 18-44 will decrease by as much as a million. From the military perspective, this situation is aggravated by low unemployment and rising salaries in the civilian sector. The suggested solutions to this problem are further investments in military service incentive schemes, as well as providing competitive salaries and additions to soldiers. This, of course, means more spending, but these are going to increase importantly anyway. Including the acquisition of equipment for the military. What amounts precisely are we talking about?
How much does Poland spend on defence? There's going to be large changes in the coming years.
According to Deloitte's estimates, defence spending in the years 2025-2035 will amount to PLN 1.9 trillion. This represents a immense increase, as between 2014 and 2024 PLN 825 billion were allocated for this purpose. The summit is expected to be 2025, erstwhile military spending will scope 4.7% of GDP. In the following years, they are expected to stabilise at 4% of GDP, which means that in the next decade we will not return to the situation before 2022. The study notes that these funds are initially raised by the issuance of public debt, but that later it will be essential to find more unchangeable sources of funding. For example, reducing another public expenditure or introducing fresh taxes.
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The full study "Polish defence investments" is available for download at this link.
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