9 great facts about polands economy and society
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9 GREAT FACTS ABOUTPOLAND’S ECONOMYAND SOCIETYTHAT WILL CHANGE THE WAYYOU THINK ABOUT THIS COUNTRY
POLAND IS EXPERIENCINGA RENAISSANCE.
NUMBERS DON’T LIE – POLES HAVEREASONS TO BE PROUD!
SO HERE YOU GO, THE MOST SURPRISING FACTSABOUT POLAND!
EDUCATION
In 2014, Pearsons gave Poland 10thplace in education level rating ReportThe Learning Curve. It’s 5th rank inEurope! High standard of Polisheducation gets confirmed in otherstudies, like OECD’s in which Polandgot 11th position.
FACT #1
10
5
10th rankworldwide
5th rankin Europe
DEVELOPERS
There is no match for aces like ŁukaszSentkiewicz (Sky_) or PrzemysławDębiak (Psyho)!
Also, Polish students conquerworldwide Olympiads in Informatics.
FACT #2
TopCoder
Google Code Jam
Facebook Hacker Cup
Capture the Flag
STARTUPS
Polish startups gain foreign observers’attention for a long time, and theyappreciate those startups’ innovation.
FACT #3
Brainly
DocPlanner
Kontakt.io
Atsora
VoicePin
Husarion
MCOMMERCE
Mobile commerce grows fast in ourcountry and, according to forecast,Poland will become European leaderin mobile retail by the end of 2018when counting per capita valuePolishstartups gain foreign observers’attention for a long time, and theyappreciate those startups’ innovation.
FACT #4
Polish consumer
wants
to try novelties.
ECOMMERCEGROWTH
Poland is one of the fastestdeveloping ecommerce markets in EU,with the constant growth of 25% peryear. When other EU countries grewby 16% in 2014, Polish ecommerceincreased by 20%.
FACT #5
Growth of Polishecommerce per year
BUSINESSGROWTH
As McKinsey’s research claims, Polandhas a great potential as a business ofthe future leader, i.e., in a servicesector for companies. In Poland itgrows twice as fast as in India.
It’s also the fastest growing branch ofthe Polish economy.
FACT #6
Service sector companiesin Poland grow twice as
fast as in India
NO CRISIS
Poland became a sanctuary forinvestors.
Frank Holmes indicates permanentcontinuity of Polish development inBusiness Insider article: post-communist country becomes one ofthe wealthiest in Europe, next to UK,France, Germany and Spain.
FACT #7
The only European countrythat escaped the crisis
FASTESTECONOMICS
IMPROVEMENT IN EULet’s take a look at some facts: in thelast 10 years, Polish economy grewconstantly, and never reachednegative value. It outrun allparticipating countries every time –says Frank Holmes.
FACT #8
Source: Business Insider
INTERESTINGPLACE TO VISIT
Tourists love Poland! Cracow wasnamed one of the prettiest cities ofthe world by CNN. In turn, LonelyPlanet reveals, that attractive cities’ budget destroying crisis didn’t affectPoland.
FACT #9
Poland becomes a more-and-more desirable
destination for farawaytravelers!
