Poland is now among the fastest-indebting countries in the European Union. According to the latest Eurostat data, only Finland and Bulgaria recorded a larger increase in their public debt-to-GDP ratios in the first quarter of 2026.
At the same time, Poland’s Ministry of Finance reported that State Treasury debt exceeded 2.13 trillion zloty (€492 billion) at the end of May, an increase of almost 184 billion zloty (€42.5 billion) since the beginning of the year.
