Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Poland
Poland: Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) was 97.7% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Poland, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Poland recorded 97.7% for starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in 2019. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Poland peaked at 97.7% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 38.2%, in 2003.
Poland ranks 163rd of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Poland, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 38.2% | — |
| 2004 | 40.5% | +6.2% |
| 2005 | 45.0% | +11.0% |
| 2006 | 48.9% | +8.7% |
| 2007 | 50.8% | +3.9% |
| 2008 | 57.8% | +13.8% |
| 2009 | 96.2% | +66.4% |
| 2010 | 96.3% | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 96.5% | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 96.7% | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 96.8% | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 96.9% | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 97.2% | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 97.3% | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 97.3% | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 97.5% | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 97.7% | +0.2% |
Poland compared with similar countries
- Poland's 97.7% is below the median for high income countries, which is 100.0%, 98% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Poland's 97.7% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 100.0%, 98% of the median. (49 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Poland changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +66.4% | 57.8% | 96.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 53.9% | 38.2% | 96.2% | 7 |
| 2010s | 97.0% | 96.3% | 97.7% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Poland
More private sector data for Poland
- Merchandise trade 80.6% (2025)
- Food imports 9.7% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 76.6% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 420.91 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 14.9% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 78.1% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 413.89 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 11,360 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.3997 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 8.11 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Poland?
- Starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Poland was 97.7% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) recorded in Poland?
- The highest recorded value was 97.7% in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) recorded in Poland?
- The lowest recorded value was 38.2% in 2003.
- How does Poland rank for starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita)?
- Poland ranks 163rd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) rising or falling in Poland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Poland data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for the paid-in minimum capital requirement benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.