Environment

Since 1989, the environmental situation of Poland has improved, due to decline in heavy industry and a new political will. However, air and water pollution remain serious problems.

Health

With regard to health, Poland is equipped with a rather developped hospital system, with beds and doctors in sufficient number, but the medical sector functions at two speeds. The private clinics, which apply prohibitive tariffs for the majority of the population are much more efficient than the publicly-owned establishments, constrained by budgetary restrictions. A similar situation is found in the education sector.

Health expenditures (2011): 6.7% of GDP

Physicians density (2010): 2.07 physicians/1,000 population

Hospital bed density (2010): 6.6 beds/1,000 population

 

Global Health Observatory Data Repository - Poland Statistics (2002 to present)

Other useful sections of the website

 

Practical life and expatriation in Poland

Tourism in Poland

 

To go further

who.int/countries/pol/ - World Health Organization - comprehensive data for Lithuania

wwwnc.cdc.gov... - Health information for Travelers to Poland, from the Center for Disease Controls and Preventions