dont think we are dooing good... pension system in here will collapse in next dacades. inflation is rising to f sky and like i was wishing to go abroad to escape this shit and finaly live in a first world country and pay... not only pay like in first world country but live like in 2nd or 3rd for some people... elder people cant already pay for thier medicaments. goverment is loundering money sending it from company to company in here its ,,SP Z OO,, or small but still hight few thousends magicly appear of politics accounts... it really feels like we live under zssr boot here but its only greed and stupidity left i think... we will see if next part will dig some connections if pis will leave eny traces... if they win this election this will be really bad hit for democracies in here... pis already have biggest tv and radio stations they have the prosecutor's office and the judiciary and even church support them... im really ashamed there is saying in here... to nie jest takie straszne ze zyjemy w gównie straszne jest to ze sie do tego przyzwyczajamy-It's not so scary that we live in shit, it's scary that we get used to it shit means more like in poverty, living as not free people post prl people still think its crime to judge govermen... russians can really brain wash people... sadly we was sold to them by our dear allies and left to rot...
I am Pole , and i hope that prediction will be real , but I have doubts that in 2030 Poles will earn as much as Brits , there is still a loot of time , and all willdepend if there will be change of goverment in this year election ,as PO/KO gov is lead by donald tusk a well known german kiss ass , and for years he is sabotage Polish economy as much he can , as germany dont want strong and rich Poland , germany want weak and obedient Poland with cheap labour force , so they need donald tusk in power in Poland , and if he would win election Polish people will never earn as much as Brits or germans .
Thank You ally and I know why You couldn't change fate of II WW. Honestly speaking GB and Poland were defeated in that war. about post-war order decided Roosevelt and Stalin and Roosevelt sold all middle Europe to Soviets. Both geopolitically and mentally we stay allies and despite a lot gaps we have got the same priority it means peace prosperity free trade and exchange, individual freedom human
Hard working you say ? ---- that's were the problem is in modern times -- we forgot that work is not being in vacation and as far as pretending to work hard thats a fallacy
rubbish. it has nothing to do with that. it's about leadership. the tories have destroyed the uk with austerity, breixt, a lack of vision and strategy, and corruption.
Good for the Poles! After being abandoned by their 'allies' to the Nazis and then the Soviets, they can finally enjoy the same standard of living we do. It's great to see our friends and family doing well.
@@j4cksincl4ir We did not honour our alliance with Poland. When the Nazis invaded in 1939 we declared war but made no actual attempt to stop the invasion. That was a tragic missed opportunity, as the troops Germany left to guard its western flank were weak reserve units. When Soviets refused to leave post-war we protested but again did nothing of any substance.
Britain and France declared war on Nazi Germany specifically because of their treaty commitment to Poand. I suggest you dust off a history book now and again.
@@j4cksincl4iron august 25th, 39 uk and Poland signed an agreement of Mutual assistance - so Yes. Beside, Polish airmen from squadron 303 had most confirmed kills out of 66 RAF squadrons (uk government seized Polish gold as a payment for planes that they used in battle of Britan). And finally, non of the Polish veterans was invited to the Victory parade and after that Poland was traded to Stalin at the Yalta conference which resulted in almost 50 years of poverty under soviet rule.
But they collaborated so well with the nazis specially on killing those 6 million jews. No other country handed over so well their jewish community to the germans and right after the war made sure the few left did not feel welcomed and should leave. And racism, intolerance and xenophobia are currently still really high
@@PanJapa12321 Zdaje sobie sprawę. Dodatkowo w UK jest teraz kryzys. Chodzi mi o to, że nic nie stoi na przeszkodzie, by oba państwa miały się dobrze. Z UK nie mamy historycznych zatargów jak z bliskimi sąsiadami, dlatego powinna być współpraca.
Im a British/Polish dual citizen. I haven't lived in the UK for years but I'm moving to Poland next month on a permanent basis. Definitely a better place to be right now in my opinion!
WHAT IS MORE INTERESTING [to me] is the "Quality of life index - Europe". No 1 Switzerland with about 285 points. No 15 in Europe is the UK with 163 points. Bulgaria [poorest country in the EU] is at 138 points. More interesting the UK is dropping and Bulgaria is climbing - in 2028 Bulgaria will overtake the UK for quality of life. I live in Bulgaria and there is no way I would move back to the UK - my quality of life would plummet. People here are happy optimistic people, tomorrow WILL be better than today, and today is pretty good.
@@piccalillipit9211assuming U.K. continues to decline and Bulgaria continues to grow which is very unlikely with Bulgarias massive demographic problem and dependence on Russia
@@Alex-fm5ke And what exactly is Bulgaria dependent on Russia for? [this is going to be good] "Massive demographic problem" well it only has 7 million people so by definition it can only ba a small demographic problem and its pretty much sorting itself out - all those kids who went to he UK for jobs in the 2000's and 2010's - they are coming home now and having lots of babies. "assuming U.K. continues to decline". Yeah we all know that is an assumption we can rely on.
@@Alex-fm5ke "Polands cost of living is still high for people on polish wages" well no they are not - not in the way a British person would think of it. A family can afford to live happily on 1.5 X salary as can people in Bulgaria.
If history taught me anything it's that one should never underestimate polish people. They did discover some great inventions. Even recently, during WW2, despite total destruction of their country they still had giga impact on the outcome of the war. Now they are completely free after over 200years of struggling. I bet we will see now what they are made of.
@@pawesokolowski606 Ja bym raczej powiedział, że to nasz Duch Narodowy, a ostatnie 200 lat właśnie eksterminowało wyżyny naszej inteligencji niż je rozwijało... thanks @Patorc1 for your words, and I hope so too!
Thanks, and stay tuned. We are just rebuilding our elites after the last 3 centuries. If EU leader won’t impose stupidity on us or cut off the trade, and Russian won’t attack, we will be developing.
Last 200 years only showed incompetency of our nation unfortunately. Now we are doing pretty well only because Western Europe helped with our development. But still we are making stupid mistakes like for example voting for far-right autocratic party.
There is this smart saying: Hard times create strong people, strong people create good times, good times create weak people, and weak people create hard times. I wish prosperity and wealth to both Poland and UK countries.
I feel like this saying is such an oversimplification that it's not worth much. I was born after communism in Poland, so in the good times, I have my job and I try to do it well, blaming me for any future stumbles Poland might encounter feels arbitrary, especially when the hard times here have created a lot of scammers and corruption. I remember when I was young you couldn't safely post anything by mail in Poland, because it would get stolen.
@@jajajejehjune4301 Not right because of the language barrier. Step one: speak an internationally understandable way, that means you would need to learn the RP language on top of your dialect. Step two: learn Polish.
Plenty of UK based Poles now moving their business or skills (as doctors, engineers, electricians etc) back to Poland. Far easier to operate a business within the EU, great potential for growth and a hard working ambitious population hungry for training and learning. If free movement still existed I'm sure there would be plenty of Brits moving to Poland seeking new opportunities. UK isn't a complete disaster yet but worst OECD inflation, stagnant wages, poor productivity and shambolic public services compared to just a few years ago - it's not going well.
@@greycliffnative Indeed. People forget what an advantage speaking the International Language is. When talking about GDP, people often forget the other side of the equation - what you have to buy. One of the costs of not speaking English is spending time, effort and money learning a language (it takes years to become proficient enough to work using a foreign language). Having said that, I think we could make more of that advantage.
This is down to a few factors. The freedom from the USSR/Iron Curtain. The ability and work rate of the Polish people. The opportunities from being in the EU. Now Poland is becoming an excellent market. Pity that we are no longer in the Single Market.
Yeah, 17.4 million voters thought that being poorer would somehow improve Their lives. The reality of their self proclaimed sagacity is proving to be somewhat different.
Poland is such an awesome country, been there many times and every time I'm so impressed by how clean it is, also passing through driving to the Baltics just such an amazing roads...
They are hardworking and genuine people. Not cunning, ignorant and miserable - words that I would describe the people of the country they set to overtake.
wooooow thats an overstatement there. Jesus , i'm a brit and are you calling me what you said above?? No government truly represents a population so lets not have anymore of this UK shaming that your promoting. Polish people wouldn't have jobs if it weren't for other country around the world letting them and other European country's in theirs. watch what you say next time
It's mostly for one reason: Poland has a lot of economical potential that was held by by far-left communists for 50 years. Poland is a big country, almost 40 million inhabitants (fifth biggest in EU after Germany, France, Italy and Spain). Now we're just catching up on what our "normal" level should be if not for the communism.
If not for the communism??? The Soviet Union lost 600,000 soldiers plus 2 million wounded in order to free the Polish people from the nazis. Poland got huge German territories as a gift from the Soviet Union. Poland got cheap gas and petrol from the Soviet Union. Poland would be nothing without the Soviet Union.
OK... I can make a comparison, because I experienced two ethnicities and their economic environment. 1) Poles do not take everything easy. 2) Poles are more individuals but have a huge skill to rebuild and sense of criticism to improve their organisations. 3) Poles, if educated, do not isolate... and they value to be educated. 4) Poles just learn, as they do not have things given from god, colonies, royalty or taken for granted. 5) Poles are interested in other cultures but they insist others to learn their language, have capability and tools to participate in the society if you want to live between Poles, as they do not like ghettos. 6) Poles seem to be more straightforward and assertive but they also understand the difference between words and deeds. Enjoy studying Poland if you want to be more successful than you are or better than they are in their activities. There is no shame in competing with the most competitive country in Europe that did not let to impose foreign rules on them despite of the terrible power of stupidity of their militarism. However, if you want to compete you need to learn who is your competitor.
What most Brits don't know is that it was 3 Polish mathematicians who broke down the German coding machine Enigma and cracked the code first in December 1932 and then (after Germans invaded Poland on 01/09/1939) they handed it over to their British ally
Credit is also due to the French agents, who bribed a German officer and got one. Not knowing what to do, they passed it onto Polish services. The three mathematicians in question spike good German, so they were born to break it.
Thanks for this information. I was aware of Polish pilots playing a useful role and that is fairly common knowledge. It is bit more complicated than you've made out though, the earlier codes were much simpler than the war time codes and wouldn't have been broken without Turin and his machine, certainly not fast enough to make the information useful generally. The Polish should be given some credit though. The UK also suffers from this every time the USA makes a war movie so we feel your irritation 😊
@@Buckets1000 yep, cause taxes from google Amazon and Apple and couple others US corpirations that are place there. Withouth them economy would looks like in Bulgaria
@@Buckets1000Average earnings in Ireland are similar to the UK. Irish GDP per capita is so high because so many multinationals are domiciled in Ireland. All Apple smartphones sold in Europe count towards Irish GDP. It is absolutely ridiculous.
@michaelkelly5898 Look at Irish HDI. Ireland has an issue where cities/big companies earn more than everyone else because of the tax loopholes. Localised propersity isn't seeing money trickle down into the rest of Ireland. Ireland seems richer but the population doesn't directly benefit from it.
It is hardly surprising that the UK is sliding down the GDP scale is it? The current government are determined to destroy small business, they are seen as interlopers, standing in the way of their nemesis - big corporate business! The amount of useless extra work being constantly dropped onto small business’s to distract them from the job of winning new business, while Big business picks up what they can from struggling small business is sickening! The level of corruption in Parliament has reached a new high!
I ran a small Convenience Store but Tesco opened down the road and I had to close (my prices were cheaper but 'every little helps' fooled the locals.) So I went to set up a Solar Farm but it would be unprofitable without FITs unless I owned my own energy company. So I went to buy a house to rent but it would be unprofitable because of new regulations and those corporate University towers. So I went to the Job Centre but I cannot live off the pittance they give me. Bankrupt Britain.
@@mysteryuser7062 Odd? Since we did vote to leave the odious deal you mention, the UK economy's actually been the FASTEST growing of the four 'big' states in Europe.
@@squirepraggerstope3591 The Pound has also been unstable, cost of living is significantly higher, and the population is still rapidly aging with few children. These are symptoms of fast growth? That doesn’t sound correct
@joso7228 So why would you want to be part of Europe if you oppose globalisation and big companies? You need to get your priorities right. Big contradictions in your philosophy.
We have no culture or identity outside war and conflict. We see the world only in terms of subordination and domination . We gonna go all Hitlery then disappear I imagine.
Looking in from Ireland I find it hard to believe my eyes at what has and is happening to my neighbours. Brexit was a huge mistake and will not be easily reversed. The EU won't let the UK back in anytime soon. There will have to be a complete change of mindset of the vast majority of voters in the UK. This could take three decades. Before the UK can even start talks about joining it will take three to four election cycles to get enough of the public on board.
Poland should be proud of its achievements, especially when they haven’t received any help from the European Union after the pandemic just because they didn’t allow human trafficking. It is good to see that they are doing well. Poles deserve better because they worked hard for all of it.
After listening intently to the presentation, and looking closely at the analysis and charts so presented, and after careful consideration, I've arrived at the inescapable conclusion that Brexit was a really dumb idea!
@@Lighthawk1986 Yes we had rubbish growth and Brexit has and will make it so much worse. You dunked yourselves and we’ll never, ever tire of pointing it out to you. The rest of the world think we’re the global village idiots and are taking full advantage of that idiocy. You
Poland is not eastern european. You have to remember that to the east Europe is separated from Asia by the watershed of the Ural Mountains. That makes Poland central european.
@@mrpiszczaka8249 Culture have nothing to do with geography but if would... then its eastern-most slavic country what would mean that its on middle of whatever non-slavic version east have. Meaning Central
And where is the geographical center of Europe if not in central Poland - Ech ignoranci - Poland is exactly in the center of Europe in many other respects
I came to the UK at age of 15, over this time I've seen UK economy crippling down and it's really sad. However, I'm happy for my mother country, it gives me hope to maybe come back one day. I love the UK, I love the freedom it gives me to express who I want to be, the freedom of religion, sexuality...at the same time, I miss the beauty of Poland, it's nature, the celebrations and solidarity of people when shit hits the fan. Either way I'm praying for both countries and the rest of the world ❤
I lived in Poland for four years, and I can tell you they are hungry for success. While the United Kingdom languishes in Brexit and self-pity, Poland is poised for economic success. I’d go so far as to say Poland’s economy will outstrip the UK’s economy well before 2035. The UK’s economy is on a death spiral 🤷♂️. I generally steer clear of hyperbole, but those who proposed, pushed and executed Brexit should be convicted of economic treason.
Yes, I agree. In today's world it's pretty difficult to be successful economically as a country if you are not part of some strong union, alliance. The problem is European countries are plagued by nationalism, just as many other countries, a nationalism that has transformed into xenophobia.
Poland is into software industry (including AI, gaming, IoT), white good (dishwasher, fridges, heat pump), food processing, car/train industry (Fiat/PESA/VW/MIchelin), various light manufacturing (cosmetic, packaging, furniture, rubber related good, paper), logistic, and even finance/Neobank.....I am impressed to see so many companies when driving through Polish towns......and so sad to see so many companies running away from western EUrope
Arrogance, laziness, lack of education, no effort, no will, constant moaning and complaining don't go hand in hand with freedom, prosperity, happiness, joy, security and good life. Poland fully deserves the success it's achieving now. We've been working hard, learning fast, tolerated the insults tossed at us. God has listened to our prayers and is rewarding us for it all now.
The UK economy has been mismanaged for nearly 13 years, the focus has been on short term thinking and increasing inequality whilst dividing communities. Why get people to work when you can make them dependent on handouts and thus, continue to vote for the party that will promise to tax the middle class to pay for the poor to sit at home
13 years? Maybe if your talking about London, but if your talking about outside of the South East the UK Economy has been poorly managed since the 80s.
@@Jac486 Well that is the truth, The Tories sold out manufacturing and made everyone a waiter, plumber, teleassistance, and takeaway staff! The schooling was poor, and it's embarrassing they made people addicted to benefits! Many people were just surviving on the backs of the very very few who were actually making money. It's telling the burden of tax increases has fallen on PAYE, because they are trapped, whereas the rich (inc Sunak family) have had loopholes opened up for them.
@@harlyslamm2888Yes and labour did almost nothing to help either. Mass immigration was great for suppressing the wages of the poors. The future of the country isn’t a football game where you cheer on your team.
I admire the Polish determination to get things done. Polish workers are very popular in Denmark. I hope the “rule of law” issue Will be Solved so the disputes with EU ends. I am sure that they will overtake the UK very soon.
Problem is that currently these right wing parties are popular in Poland and we have a lot of religious conservatives that vote for them. We have election in about two months, so according to some pools, our current right wing party is going to get 30%+ votes, so support for it dropped from 40%+, but what is even worse, our far right party might get 15% of votes. I don't like it, because atmosphere here changed to hostile in last decade. Public services and infrastructure are deteriorating. They create messy law and they use their blatant propaganda in state media and in education. They put their propaganda into school books, where they comment on recent political events and praise the ruling party, while always blaming opposition. They want to convert us into some theocratic autocracy. I don't want to hear that women are inferior and can't decide about abortion, that POC are worse, that transexuals are not people, that democracy is bad. I don't want to see how they defend pedophilia in church. I don't want to hear that I don't have worker laws and that unions are useless. I don't want to hear that coal and pollution are good. I don't like to hear that public transport is useless and everyone should use car. I would like some rationality and tolerance in politics, because I'm tired with current situation. Poland can become great country to live, but it requires massive cultural shift. People have to become more open here and caring about others. I currently work in company with Swedish culture, which is relaxed and humane and it's superior to Polish culture, which is based on abuse and fear. I also heard about work culture from my father that works in UK, so he says that he lives there on easy mode in comparison to Poland, because state there actually supports you and wants you to succeed, but in Poland they're against you. I wish that our society will become more cooperative some day.
@@marcinjpopowski6843 Actually not - to avoid a destiny like Russia and Hungary. A free Press and Independent judges are part a keeping “checks and balances”.
@@bjrnhjjakobsen2174 my German friend one told me - we like democracy onlyif its done the way we want it :-) Its not about the rule of law at all its about German and French influence on Poland. If it was completely tyrannical but according to german standards there would be no problem at all.
*WHAT IS MORE INTERESTING* is the "Quality of life index - Europe". No 1 Switzerland with about 285 points. No 15 in Europe is the UK with 163 points. Bulgaria [poorest country in the EU] is at 138 points. More interesting the UK is dropping and Bulgaria is climbing - in 2028 Bulgaria will overtake the UK for quality of life. I live in Bulgaria and there is no way I would move back to the UK - my quality of life would plummet. People here are happy optimistic people, tomorrow WILL be better than today, and today is pretty good.
While living in London, every time I called the cleaning service... a bulgarian lady showed up. But you are right about uk standard of living plumetting... I left uk for Dubai and am extremely happy now.
@@kth6736 - Yeah but when was that...? My point is they are now returning home cos they can have a better quality of life in Bulgaria now. When I moved here in 2009/10 the average wage was 400 leva a month - its now 2,000 leva a month.
@@piccalillipit9211 As a Bulgarian born in the UK, I've heard all the pessimistic talk about the corruption, communism and stagnation of Bulgaria from my parents but when I visited it this summer I thought I had moved to another first world country. It's astonishing the amount of growth that the Eastern Bloc is able to achieve when trading in the single market, granted we are receiving tons of EU funding for many infrastructure programmes alas I believe it's aiding our logistical sector massively and prepared us for Schengen accession. Cost of living in Bulgaria is the lowest in the EU and quality of life as you said is exponentially on the rise as are the real wages when taking into account not only the GDP PPP ($32000) but the attractive house prices and other assets combining it with a flat 10% tax rate is the ideal destination for ventures and retirement. If we are to take the current economic projections of doubling it's GDP by 2030 and wage growth it will undoubtedly become one of the most attractive countries to live and many foreigners will consider migrating, surpassing even western living standards such as the UK like you mentioned above, and I'm not even taking into account the food, cultural, social and political benefits you get in the country which are a mess in the West
1. Poland has both lower taxes than the UK and remains inside the EU. 2. When Poland catches up with France and the UK then their economy may slow down. 3, The UK government refuse to invest in the Midlands and the North Of England, causing a "London centric economy."
Correction: Poland has not received any EU funds (most graphs show what was budgeted for 2021-22) for the last two years due to being sanctioned, which makes Poland a net payer to the EU. Also, Poland has been refused the COVID recovery funds (loans taken by the EU), which Poland is entitled to and, which Poland is paying the interests for. Recently, when the dispute between Poland and the EU was getting close to be resolved, it turned out that the EU has run out of the loaned funds, and Poland would not get it anyway. 🙃
The struggle of polish government when arguing with EU elites is senseless. Instead of arguing Poles should take over and become leaders. And start making their own rules.
Poland is developing very fast, something is being built in every city and town, many new roads are under construction or planned, including the Via Carpathia road route, as well as huge railway projects that are part of the Central Communication Port in Baranów near Warsaw, there is also a new Rail Baltica railway line is under construction, which will connect Warsaw with the capitals of the Baltic states, there are more and more skyscrapers in Warsaw, Warsaw already has a lot of skyscrapers that meet European standards, several new skyscrapers are currently under construction, The Bridge, Upper One, Skyliner II and Towarowa 22 and there are about 10 new plans in advanced plans and some of them already have a building permit, if this continues, maybe in some time Warsaw will take over the role of Frankfurt am Main as the main business center in Central and Eastern Europe
@@Speedkam Only partially dependant, and only because of the geographical proximity and the size of the German economy. But what does that have to do with the praising words of the original comment? All of the mentioned things are true
@@Speedkamas much as Germany was funded post war and was made NATO centre in Europe. It kind of tells me that they could be dependant on the US. I bet US would love to strengthen their strategic position that is closer to the Moscow. That fight has been going for yeeeaaaaaarsssssss.
I'm crossing my fingers for Poland's and UK's growth however the current growth rate of the Polish economy is unsustainable, mainly due to the problems with demography (lately fixed up with Ukrainian migration). There are social programs to encourage young people to have more kids but with mixed results. Greetings from PL :)
The main accomplishment of those social programs is that they keep mums out of the job market. Those benefits are not balanced and are less helpful for city based families. With higher cost of living those will cover only small amount of expenses (which is always welcome), but having more that a single child is a greater commitment compared to the countryside.
@@pony999 urban centers were always population sinks, Poland needs better public transport so people can move out of the cities, where housing is cheaper and commute to their jobs
Most Western and developing countries have this population problem. The big issue is demographic aging in these countries because worldwide the population is set to increase, so it's a local problem, not an international one. There are ways to combat this. For example, my country, Romania, also has this problem because in the past 20 years many young people have immigrated to Western Europe. But what I see now are 2 things: 1. we have had an influx of immigrants from underdeveloped countries such as China or the Philippines in the past aprox. 5 years coming here to fill the work labor gaps; 2. some retired people have started working either because they need the money or because they are bored. Some countries have even legalized assisted euthanasia so in the future many older people will decide to die if they become to ill to survive/ be productive, I guaranty this. These issues will sort themselves out, believe me. The population worldwide is growing and migration will solve the population problem in these countries. Just imagine that 120 years ago the population worldwide was around 1 billion and now it's around 7 billion and growing. There is not enough space on this planet for us, but we keep complaining about there not being enough of us.
Growth is easier when productivity gap is present. The closer Poland gets to level of German productivity, the harder it gets to make next step. So historic data may be great, but rising above 60k could be much harder.
I'm Polish and I agree. Closing the gap is not that easy. Catching up while still far behind is easier. I guess we'll see in the near future but Poland has its own problems too. A major one is its demographics, unless all the UK population comes over and works with us in Poland this time :-)
Poland's per capita GDP PPP will not exceed that of the UK. The growth rate of Poland's per capita GDP purchasing power parity has dropped to about 3% in the same steady state as that of the United Kingdom. The PPP ratio of GDP per capita in Poland and the UK has reached a steady state of 70%. In the future, Poland's per capita GDP purchasing power parity will be stable at 70% of that of the United Kingdom.
@@武陵山下洞庭湖畔 Who cares when the cost of living is unbearable in the UK, GDP PPP does not take assets and rate hikes of liabilities into account so your purchasing power is meaningless
@@武陵山下洞庭湖畔 you should have posted this alone. I don't think Poland will equal to Britain that easy. Would be the easiest way to avoid confusion. But why do you think PPP will be stable? Do you have any example of a stable PPP?
@@juliane__ If the per capita GDP purchasing power parity growth rate is similar to that of advanced economies, it can be said that its per capita GDP purchasing power has reached a steady state. In fact, the nominal dollar per capita GDP is the same, but the purchasing power parity is used in the video, so I also. Over the past 20 years, it was 3.2% in advanced economies and 5% in emerging market and developing economies. Emerging market and developing economies as a whole have not been steady-state in per capita GDP PPP over the past 20 years. But some of them have reached a steady state, and this 2% is pulled up by China, Southeast Asia, South Asia, Central Asia, Caucasus, and Eastern Europe. Steady-state regions: 3% in Latin America, 1.4% in the Middle East (possibly due to conflict and blockades), and 3.2% in Sub-Saharan Africa. Unsteady regions: 4.8% in Central Asia and the Caucasus, 9.3% in China, 5% in Southeast Asia, 6% in South Asia, and 5.45% in Eastern Europe. These non-steady regions will enter a steady state in this 20 years except China, and China will enter a steady state in the next 20 years.
Poland has accepted (and still does) many emigrants, this improves our GDP we also took in millions of war refugees from Ukraine. - we don't want emigrants who have been accepted by other EU countries - most of them are freeloaders who just want to take social benefits. Poles owe their success to themselves. Poles often complain and say, "it can't get any worse" - it's a form of self-consolation (it helps). professionalism, determination and diligence are the main advantages of Poles and that is why we are moving forward
Problem of Poland is that its dependable on Germany and its growing only because Germans are one of most richest countries on the world. In order to break free and try to beat Germany and become powerhouse by yourself Poland would need buisnesses that are owned by Polish people what basically dont exist at this moment - Żabka, Biedronka... and even Orlen sold exclusive rights to Arabs. Privatization was a good choice in the past... but now its time to adapt once again and change buisness patterns or growth will stop. Germans will not allow Poles to easily get richer without saying YOU CANT whenever they can.
Poland's success is explained by the fact that in order to survive hundreds of years between the most virulent and bloodthirsty tyrannies in history and then recreate their country, they need to be even more efficient and better .... badass.
Quite a few years ago a German business man came to the UK and gave his opinion of the situation here. "The British are an ignorant, uneducated, lumpen proletariat". I don't know if that applies today. But, we still have the same establishment clique running the country.
It is nice to see the polish people work their way up in the world when gains are deserved. Comparing Poland to the UK doesn't really make sense as the UK decided to go their own way leaving the European Common Market. The point of the UK becoming a less attractive place to do business/trade is of course valid from a UK perspective.
@@ankadusatish9449 It is not so certain that the UK's nominal GDP will be higher, i.e. without taking into account ppp (which factor, i.e. ppp, is, by the way, an indicator of wealth). Thus, without this ppp factor, the exchange rate of the country's currency is heavily involved. And two things can happen: 1. The Polish currency (zloty) will become more expensive, e.g. by 20-30% (it used to be like that). If only as a result of the end of the war in Ukraine and Poland's participation in its reconstruction. And then Poland's GDP and its nominal GDP per capita will immediately skyrocket (the exchange rate of the zloty to the euro and the dollar will change, and thus by the amounts of nominal GDP converted to the dollar or euro). 2. Poland can switch to the euro - and again - given its solid foundations, its GDP and nominal GDP per capita will skyrocket just because of the currency change.
@@andypandy9931 by leaving the EU the UK decided to become a third country in EU terms as maany people pointed out before the Brexit vote. The EU has moved on, I haven't heard anyone missing the UK within the EU.
Thanks Tejvan - cannot really see where the benefits from UK productivity and the deindustrialisation from the 1980s went. Incomes grew for the wealthy from increased wealth not growth. 1. The peace dividend from the end of the cold war didn't seem to result in significantly lower taxes. 2. The North Sea oil revenues hid the lack of investment in other areas of the deindustrialised UK 3. The deregulation of financial services created instability due to the principal agent problem and transfer payments from foreign investors benefitting from lax UK tax policies and ultimately led to the UK being over-exposed to the financial crisis which we have arguably not recovered from. Generally a lack of far-sighted economic planning since the 1980s where wealth creating from speculating and transferring assets has been more important than growth from innovation and investment - the Poles had a clean slate post Communism with an opportunity to re-new crumbling out-dated infrastructure - good luck to them! Can see UK plumbers going to Warsaw for the extra money soon.
I cannot believe that now we are not Locked in to the 27 , that we are not doing better than Poland,? I was told by/ farage/ tice / Dorris that we would prosper outside the 27 Did they lie? Surly not, possibly mistaken , or perhaps I don’t realise how well off I am after all I have a blue passport,
And they are welcome to come. Scottish people have been in Poland for 600 years, Krakow used to have a Jewish quarter and right beside it a Scottish quarter
Poland is destined for success for one reason, the USA. USA have shifted their focus from Germany to Poland who you could argue is their most loyal and important ally in Europe. The US will never let Poland fail, I suppose they’re like the Israel of Europe to them.
Lovely to see Poland succeeding. Strong stance against Russian aggression, strong national pride but still active member of the EU. I only visited Cracow but it was stunning. I'm reading The Witcher books right now and I love them. Poland is quickly becoming my favorite nation. Love from 🇮🇹
2:30 Poland isn't "struggling to make a transition" away from Russian gas, because the issue of energy dependence was under public discussion since 1996. Was, as Poland - cooperating with Denmark - built a pipeline from Norway. It opened in August 2023.
Good video but you say Uk labour participation rate has fallen more than the compared countries since covid which is true but its still pretty high which makes the point that people in the UK are working hard but not getting much for it.
Absolutely. Financiisation means that more money is being diverted away from the Productive Economy (Manufacturing and non-financial Services and Products) into the Speculative Economy (Financial Services and Products). More people are employed in the Productive Economy than in the Speculative Economy, so real wage growth in the former has been stagnant for years, as well as investment from investors, who can make more money at a lower risk by seeking passive income from assets like Debt and property, than investing in businesses. This shift known as Financialisation is choking UK Economic growth, as productivity issues are a symptom of inherent weakness that is s slowing of economic capacity and activity. Wages won't grow in such an environment, and so GDP figures belie an ugly truth. If you drew a graph tracking GDP Growth as a percentage, and Real Wage Growth as a percentage over the last 30 years, you would see that whilst GDP has steadily increased, real wage growth trends downwards. So, workers are getting less of the wealth they create over time, year on year.
Thanks for this interesting content. I’d very grateful and also curious to understand what drives productivity and possibly an analysis of UK historical data compared to other countries. If you decide to make this sort of content.
the EU has preformed dreadfully against the USA over the last 20 years. It is a failed organisation drowning in bureaucracy and taxes. That's why the people of the USA get 50% higher salaries than the EU and pay much lower taxes. It is also why most Countries in the EU are voting for the Right and common sense because the Left has failed. The Euro will come unstuck because of the enormous debts EU Countries have especially now that Germany is struggling.
one thing you got wrong - Poland is no longer dependant on Russian oil or gas, in fact this was planned to move away from Russian energy long before Ukraine war, so when it started they were the best prepared in Europe to cut off energy import from Russia.
Poland is just catching up with Western Europe. Two decades earlier Spain and Portugal were doing the same. Unfortunatelly both failed to overtake the UK. What I can tell about the economy of Poland is that PL can attract foreign investments because of cheap, very skilled and well educated workforce, and also UE common market, but PL lacks national companies that can stimulate productivity growth by technology and innovations. But maybe it's a step that is just beginning in the Polish economy?
From what I have seen in my country the Polish are very handy craft people and work in any sector, whether it is cleaning, agriculture or industry and are not afraid even to work in week ends. For the moment about 1,3 Ukrainians fled to Poland and got shelter but it is a win win operation as hundreds of thousands Polish work abroad whilst Ukrainians work in Poland. Poland is quickly levering up and if Ukraine will be free and become a member of the EU this may result in a very powerfull economic block east of Europe with massive growth and Poland will be 1 in line to help rebuild, hopefully the UK will also benefit for the endless help they provided to UA as well , and the UK grasp all opportunities then too , boost up their trading relations and own economy !
Rolnictwo, sprzątanie? Śmieszny jesteś. A nie słyszałeś o polskich lekarzach, pielęgniarkach, polskich inżynierach, biochemikach, biologach molekularnych, architektach, fizykach jądrowych, unikatowych naukowcach, wybitnych elektronikach, cybernetykach, programistach, grafikach, itd. Mało wiesz o Polsce i Polakach.
@@KarTr1000 Can't you translate in English otherwise I have to ask my Polish friends to translate, but I get it ... Polish are very versatile and keen, that's why they have Chopin and Mary Cury, did she not get the Nobelprize also ?
I am Pole and cooperating with European agencies to provide Polish workforce in Europe. Yes, Polish workers are well skilled, productive, hard working and sharp, we sent in last 8 years 2000 Polish workers to European agencies. Now in Poland there are a lot of opportunities! I even helped Danish employers to buy Harley Davidsons and tons of milk to icecreams!! Poland is now good place to check.
Big love from Poland, in a lot of countries they don't teach about Polish history well because it could put their country at bad sight or the history is simply hating us, we just want to leave peacefuly and rational where our views are respected. Its imbossible to avoid those new times, new generations but even If 80% of the world will for example do everything they want in the future, without any rules, traditons, religion etc. or if everybody will know nothing bout a Poland history, its ok for me, just let us live and do our thing because of that people maybe will see in us something more than just poor alcoholics or some "noname" not important country without history. It all started in 966c.a. so it was a long yourney. Im worrying about my country, we have a lot of bad people but that is like something inevitable everywhere. Im sad because of the direction which the world goes, I feel like our nation is living endless fighting life. Maybe not with other people now but fighting inside ourselves, we have a really strong mentality and a lot of wisdom from elder parents, grandparents, great history, tradition, families. The "modern" side of Poland and most of other countries in the world are ruining it with new order. I think everything will be good, remember this words when the world will come to the limit of madness, there will be a lot of Polish people which was mamy times insulted and ridiculed just exploding with truth and will be able to give their lives for it. Anyways, keep it up bro! Really good work I love this content and sorry for my shitty English
Its not started in 966. Christianity start on Polish land yes but not the history of Poles. That's because in school they teaching like that it doesn't mean that its accurate to whole history.
@@marcinbazucki6919 The symbolic date of Poland's founding is 966 when Poland was baptized, therefore I give this date as the beginning, time has to be counted from something, otherwise it is known that there was also a history of the people earlier
@@peeeep766 nobody talks about geography, it's mostly political/economical term. The west is west side of former Iron Curtain, East is eastern bloc of Iron Curtain
Well done poland very pleased they are doing well. It's a place i have visted for both leisure and work. The polish are very hard working and some of the work ethics or lack of them in western Europe haven't made there way to Poland yet. I will say it is always extremely poor economics to just draw a straight line on current growth rates and say if this continues this will happen. Predictions like this have proved to be wrong so many times. Poland have a couple of huge things going for them you named a few but missed a big one. They kept control of there own currency and didn’t join the Euro. The UK have some problems but nothing that couldn't be overcome if the government had the political will. For example the massive built up demand for housing. With an adjustment to building regulation and planning the construction sector could grow rapidly to meet this need. Creating lots of well paid jobs. The UK as a lot going for it to and is likely to rmain world leaders in some important growing industries. Example aerospace, biotechnology, finance and media and sports. Also the UK as the top two universities in Europe attracting and creating some of the best and brightest in the world.
Poland was NOT heavily reliant on Russian gas and is NOT struggling to make a transition. Poland already towards last year was free from Russian gas as it had a deal with Norway and thus Poland is now getting majority of gas from that.
I would however argue that the UKs covid response is a more significant effect then Brexit in the recent term. Although admit since it happened at the same time it is very difficult to disentangle them. There are now it seems, not developed and developing nations, but rather declining and emerging countries. We have been declining for at least 25 years - Bar weapons, banking and big pharma.
Nominally or rather "paperwise" (I mean taking into consideration skyrocketing inflation in Poland)? Quite likely. Seriously, rather South Korea will do it. Poland's economy is shrinking for the second quarter of the year (despite government's propaganda). Really, it is a joke
The easiest issue to point out is education. In Central Europe it is unheard of "leaving school at 16", and "on the job" training. 99% of young people stay at school till 19, many also working - because the vocational education system relies on roughly half school, half work.
How completely incompetent can a country be particularly when the issues are so important. Why do we insist on the suicide option when selecting the alternative when we had recognized years previously that to escape an imminent disaster we overwhelmingly required international assistance? Eventually, we may get around to accepting that our worldwide political position is based on where others see us rather than our own representation of self awarding greatness
One can only hope. Reality is a harsh mistress, but honest. It's a scary thought that one's livelihood depends so much on the ideas, ma beliefs and attitudes that some people have in their heads. It's shocking how adrift they are from facts.
I doubt we’re gonna hire someone who’s shit when we already have skilled workers so hopefully there’s nothing to complain about because that’s not how you keep a job in Poland ;)
Like a Polish, i don't think so. In Poland communism back again, older peoples voting for PiS because they give them money like 13, 14 retirement. Young peoples start leaving this country because older peoples ruin our future.
As a strategist and descendant of Harold II, King of England I can tell you that it will be better for both European Union and UK if you will come back to EU. The economic growth in current times demand investitions in following branches of industry such as: robotics, biotechnology, construction industry, medical industry, artificial intelligence, transport, drones, solar technology, IT, space technologies, military industry and of course food industry (because everyone must eat) and sewing clothes industry (everyone need to wear clothes). In current times single state or single country cannot compete with unions. So in current time it is time of competition between unions not between countries. If 2 or more countries cooperate with eachother then they are in most of the times stronger than single country. They are stronger if they cooperate with eachother than if they compete or if they try to fight with eachother (as Russia do right now). So the key to succes is to work optimally hard (not too hard) and smart, find opportunities, have a good plan and go with straight line to success with support of your neighbours. Rivalization between countries should be replaced with trade and support. It is easier for ten people to lift one fat guy than if the one person even really strong tried to lift him up. Your biggest adventages in UK are the resources of iron ore, coal and oil. That means that you can produce a mechanical parts from it of robots, cars, planes, ships, agricultural machinery or military equipement. But to produce them you must first have qualified staff of engineers. So the biggest threat is to qualify them and to provide them all basic life needs. To do this you must start from bases. To qualify drivers, bakers, locksmiths, bricklayers, plasterers, doctors, plumbers, electricians, construction engineers etc. So the starting point of your country is to revise the education system and set a short term and long term goals. Qualifying people should solve your problem with basic needs. To be in most optimal way to wealth and respect you must join to EU and make this union as strong as possible.
Very interesting. Could you produce a 101 video on productivity as this seems to be so misunderstood by Gov ministers,broadcast media and the general public.
Listen, high growing countries do not always keep it up for a prolonged period meaning they slow down like Poland, Soo since UK economy is doing bad doesn't mean it is forever
The Polish people pull together as a team. Success is all about teamwork and every member of the team being properly positioned and doing their utmost to fulfil the responsibilities and applying their skills to the best of their abilities. Here in the U.K., we're a fractured up nation of squabbling self-serving narcissists with Unions trying to destroy the established ''free-market'' system of capitalism with everyone out for themselves and to heck with the overall performance of the team. Unless we waken up and start to work together as a team with a common goal we will continue, ''full speed ahead'' on our journey to the bottom of the league of advanced nations.
Prosperity of Poland is just the result of their membership of EU. they just applied EU standards and recieved Fund and investments specially from Germany because of polish low prices. without EU there's no prosperity.
Your disingenuous characterisation of the Polish nation is nothing more that spiteful rhetoric. The enrichment of all member states is one of the cornerstones of the E.U.,'s main objectives and one which has seen an increase in the prosperity of such countries such as the Republic of Ireland, Luxemburg and Hungry. Along with others the aforementioned nations embraced the ideologies of the European brotherhood and used its structure to maximise the prosperity in offered to their respective nations. Not so the strike happy, whinging Brits. We huffed and puffed at every E.U., decision which we deemed not to be in our own specific interests and if it superseded our own parochial national laws. We didn't move with the changing face of the world so here we are up the proverbial creek without a paddle. @@alwantamalus3709
So many times, we have mentioned countries overtaking others because they are rapidly increasing but all the time they just stop at some point.. Also you cannot compare the GDP per capita of a country that has almost 2 times the population of another one. It i slike Luxembourg, if they were even 10 millions, this country would not be that rich.. Only the USA manages to have both.
I agree with the first part (just thiink of Japan in the 90s), but not so much with the second. It is true for Tax paradises like Luxemburg or Ireland, that have very distorted GDP per capita figures. In most cases, however, yes comparisons between the GDP per capita of countries with different populations are accurate. There is no correlation between the size of the population and this variable. Comparisons between the total GDP would be absurd, of course, but not this one.
@@liqiz1755 Well, you misunderstood my comment, i was just saying that Poland so my country is last friend of British in mainland EU, and i wish them to get back on track and keep developing. With this "trolling" i thought you're calling me a troll
Poland has already almost caught up with the west. Now, further development depends on how the transition from an economy based on cheap labor for the west to an economy based on high technologies will take place. Extensive investments in technology transmission from Intel, Microsoft and Google bode well. The same with Korean weapons purchased together with the transfer of production technology. Poland has slowly and timely implemented mass technical studies, thanks to which 42% of people between the ages of 25 and 35 has an engineering degree or higher. This makes it an attractive place for companies looking for a cheap place with highly specialized employees. In my personal opinion, economy transition going well :)
North sea oil, then financial services, then residential housing has spurred the economy. There's no investment in people, the labour force, nor ingenuity or creativity in industries emerging and inequality getting worse. Manufacturing is all abroad, English based low complexity services like call centres are all abroad. It's a matter of time till higher skilled services move abroad too. Hard to look forward about the UK optimistically.