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Archive:Europe 2020 indicators - Poland

Data extracted in August 2019.

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Figure 1: Change since 2008 in relation to national targets
Source: Eurostat (see dedicated web section: Europe 2020 headline indicators)
Explanations on this radar chart are available here.

This article is part of a set of statistical articles on Europe 2020 strategy, focusing on the situation in Poland.


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Overview

Poland has reduced the number of people living at risk of poverty or social exclusion continuously since 2008 and in 2018 exceeded its target for the sixth consecutive year. In addition, Poland exceeded its employment target in 2018 for the first time. In the same year, the country continued to meet its tertiary education target. Only 4.8 % of the Polish population aged 18 to 24 left school early in 2018, which is one of the best results in the EU but still above the national target of 4.5 %. The country performed slightly better than the EU in terms of R&D expenditure with a distance of 0.7 percentage points to its 2020 target. An increase in primary energy consumption in 2017 left a gap of 2.7 Mtoe that will need to be closed for Poland to meet its 2020 target. Despite the improvements since 2008, in 2017 Poland was still some distance from its renewable energy target. Although by 2017 Poland had increased its GHG emissions in ESD sectors by 13.8 % compared with the ESD base year, it remained within its target of limiting the rise to 14 % by 2020.

Table 1: National Europe 2020 indicators: most recent data and targets
Source: Eurostat (see dedicated web section: Europe 2020 headline indicators)

Data sources

More information about the origin of the data and the calculation of indicators can be obtained via the Europe 2020 indicators dedicated website.

Under 'Main tables', click on the icons next to the indicators:

  • 'Explanatory texts (metadata)' for a detailed overview of the collection and compilation methods;
  • 'Information on the leaf' for data availability per country.

A more general overview of quality procedures can be found in Implementation of standard reference metadata for indicators - the ESMS Indicator Profile (ESMS-IP) (PDF file).

Context

Europe 2020 is the EU’s agenda for jobs and growth for the current decade. It emphasises smart, sustainable and inclusive growth as a way to strengthen the EU economy and prepare its structure for the challenges of the next decade. As a main objective, the strategy strives to deliver high levels of employment, productivity and social cohesion in the Member States, while reducing the impact on the natural environment.

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