CAVOK@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 22 hours agoPoland is nearly as rich as the UK. How has it caught up so fast?www.thetimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1175arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1171arrow-down1external-linkPoland is nearly as rich as the UK. How has it caught up so fast?www.thetimes.comCAVOK@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 22 hours agomessage-square36fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareEvil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-212 hours agoGDP PPP per capita: - European Union: 64,545 - United Kingdom: 63,661 - Poland: 55,186 wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)_per_capita The impressive thing from OPs article - Warsaw region exceeds UK regions (greater London): While this isn’t uncommon for fairly centralised countries (vs eg Germany with several industrialised cities), only a few regions are worse off than UK’s.
GDP PPP per capita:
- European Union: 64,545
- United Kingdom: 63,661
- Poland: 55,186
wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)_per_capita
The impressive thing from OPs article - Warsaw region exceeds UK regions (greater London):

While this isn’t uncommon for fairly centralised countries (vs eg Germany with several industrialised cities), only a few regions are worse off than UK’s.