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Topic 17 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Poland: Digital & Technology
How ready is a country to use, make and trade technology?
Poland is placed joint 28th of 198 countries on digital & technology in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: GovTech Maturity Index 0.67 (2025); Government AI Readiness Index 69.14 (2025).
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Digital & Technology
joint28th
of 198 countries placed
Placed from 4 of 4 key statistics
- 0.67GovTech Maturity Index, 2025GTMI score (0–1)
- 69.14Government AI Readiness Index, 2025AI readiness score (0–100)
- 2.563Government Cyber Security Capacity, 2025Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity
- 47.9Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports, 2024Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports)
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Poland on digital & technology — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
0.67
GTMI score (0–1)
Higher is better
Poland: 0.67. Across the 196 countries in this edition, values run from 0.01 (North Korea) to 0.997 (South Korea); the world median is 0.63.
- World median
- 0.63
- Best in Eastern Europe
- 0.96 Russia
- Land neighbours
- Belarus 0.797 · Czechia 0.863 · Germany 0.763 · Lithuania 0.889 · Russia 0.96 · Slovakia 0.661 · Ukraine 0.866
69.14
AI readiness score (0–100)
Higher is better
Ranked 24th of 195 by Oxford Insights
Poland: 69.14. Across the 195 countries in this edition, values run from 12.12 (Guinea-Bissau) to 88.36 (United States); the world median is 40.19.
- World median
- 40.19
- Best in Eastern Europe
- 69.14 Poland
- Land neighbours
- Belarus 32.47 · Czechia 64.56 · Germany 76.78 · Lithuania 65.31 · Russia 59.57 · Slovakia 48.55 · Ukraine 60.84
Key 3 of 4
Government Cyber Security Capacity
V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY-SA 4.0
2.563
Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity
Higher is better
Poland: 2.563. Across the 176 countries in this edition, values run from -2.66 (Liberia) to 3.715 (Estonia); the world median is 0.196.
- World median
- 0.196
- Best in Eastern Europe
- 2.563 Poland
- Land neighbours
- Belarus 1.173 · Czechia 1.604 · Germany 1.937 · Lithuania 2.163 · Russia 2.107 · Slovakia -0.799 · Ukraine 1.158
Key 4 of 4
Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
47.9
Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports)
Higher is better
Poland: 47.9. Across the 170 countries in this edition, values run from 0.377 (Gambia) to 87.15 (Ireland); the world median is 25.42.
- World median
- 25.42
- Best in Eastern Europe
- 57.72 Ukraine
- Land neighbours
- Belarus 35.32 · Czechia 46.12 · Germany 60.3 · Lithuania 34.62 · Russia 24.25 · Slovakia 44.99 · Ukraine 57.72
02Over time
Which way Poland is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Government AI Readiness Index
AI readiness score (0–100) · higher is better
PolandWorld median
Poland rose from 62.42 in 2020 to 69.14 in 2025; the world median went from 39.58 to 40.19.
Every year’s figures
Year Poland World median 2025 69.1 40.2 2024 67.5 43.3 2023 63.1 41.4 2022 62.7 40.3 2021 62.5 44.1 2020 62.4 39.6 Government Cyber Security Capacity
Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity · higher is better
PolandWorld median
Poland rose from 0.885 in 2000 to 2.563 in 2025; the world median went from -0.514 to 0.196.
Every year’s figures
Year Poland World median 2025 2.563 0.20 2024 2.022 0.11 2023 1.386 0.14 2022 1.127 0.16 2021 0.366 0.12 2020 0.366 0.12 2019 0.768 0.10 2018 0.768 -0.05 2017 0.902 -0.08 2016 0.902 -0.10 2015 0.902 -0.17 2014 1.033 -0.21 2013 1.033 -0.21 2012 1.033 -0.25 2011 0.886 -0.32 2010 0.886 -0.31 2009 1.237 -0.50 2008 1.237 -0.51 2007 1.237 -0.51 2006 0.885 -0.55 2005 0.885 -0.55 2004 0.885 -0.55 2003 0.885 -0.55 2002 0.885 -0.51 2001 0.885 -0.51 2000 0.885 -0.51 Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports
Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports) · higher is better
PolandWorld median
Poland rose from 34.82 in 2010 to 47.9 in 2024; the world median went from 19.88 to 25.42.
Every year’s figures
Year Poland World median 2024 47.90 25.42 2023 45.60 26.03 2022 42.27 26.04 2021 45.01 29.80 2020 45.47 29.47 2019 39.29 18.36 2018 38.13 20.09 2017 36.70 18.32 2016 36.41 18.15 2015 35.66 19.57 2014 34.25 21.00 2013 33.11 20.50 2012 33.07 19.56 2011 32.08 19.21 2010 34.82 19.88
03In context
Poland beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 198 countries on digital & technology, never a place within the region.
Poland and the countries it borders
Standing among all 198; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | GovTech Maturity IndexGTMI score (0–1) | Government AI Readiness IndexAI readiness score (0–100) | Government Cyber Security CapacityOriginal latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.7); higher = more capacity | Digitally-Deliverable Services ExportsDigitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Germanycompare | 14th | 0.763 | 76.78 | 1.937 | 60.3 |
 Lithuania | =18th | 0.889 | 65.31 | 2.163 | 34.62 |
 Czechia | 22nd | 0.863 | 64.56 | 1.604 | 46.12 |
 Ukraine | =23rd | 0.866 | 60.84 | 1.158 | 57.72 |
| Poland | =28th | 0.67 | 69.14 | 2.563 | 47.9 |
 Russiacompare | =34th | 0.96 | 59.57 | 2.107 | 24.25 |
 Belarus | 65th | 0.797 | 32.47 | 1.173 | 35.32 |
 Slovakia | 86th | 0.661 | 48.55 | -0.799 | 44.99 |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Eastern Europe
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 198.
Placed either side on digital & technology
The countries immediately above and below Poland in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Poland is ahead of the world, and behind
20 more statistics filed under digital & technology, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Ahead of the world median12
Statistics on which Poland does better than the middle country measured.
Firms Experiencing Internet DisruptionsWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 32.353.77732.35No earlier reading
Poland: 3.777 · world median 32.35 · Firms that experienced internet outages or slow-downs (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0.735 to 82.39; lower is better.
Position 157th of 163 · derived, 1st = worst.
Government Social Media CensorshipV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 0.5052.0810.505No real change since 2015
Poland: 2.081 · world median 0.505 · Original latent estimate (≈ −4.5 to +2.4); higher = less censorship. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.721 to 2.295; higher is better.
Position 12th of 176 · derived.
Made or Received a Digital PaymentWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 51.6582.0951.65▲ Improved since 2014
Poland: 82.09 · world median 51.65 · Adults who made or received a digital payment in the past year (% of population aged 15+). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 12.26 to 94.91; higher is better.
Position 9th of 98 · derived.
Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic)V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median -0.1141.949-0.114▲ Improved since 2015
Poland: 1.949 · world median -0.114 · Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +3.2); higher = less disinformation. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.392 to 2.93; higher is better.
Position 18th of 176 · derived.
Frontier Technology Readiness IndexUNCTAD · 2023 · world median 0.4850.7830.485▲ Improved since 2013
Poland: 0.783 · world median 0.485 · Frontier Technology Readiness Index (0–1). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 1; higher is better.
Position 27th of 170 · derived.
AI User Share of the Working-Age PopulationMicrosoft AI Economy Institute · 2026 · world median 15.4532.315.45No real change since 2025
Poland: 32.3 · world median 15.45 · Generative-AI users (% of population aged 15–64). Microsoft AI Economy Institute, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 6.1 to 73.3; higher is better.
ICT Goods ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 0.9755.660.975▼ Worsened since 2014
Poland: 5.66 · world median 0.975 · ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 61.45; higher is better.
Position 25th of 119 · derived.
ICT Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 7.47415.727.474▲ Improved since 2014
Poland: 15.72 · world median 7.474 · ICT services exports (% of services exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 56.25; higher is better.
Position 27th of 118 · derived.
Share of Firms' Payments Made ElectronicallyWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 64.2286.7664.22No earlier reading
Poland: 86.76 · world median 64.22 · Payments made electronically in a typical month, excluding payroll and payments to government (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 2.172 to 99.91; higher is better.
Mobile Phone OwnershipWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 91.6894.6591.68No earlier reading
Poland: 94.65 · world median 91.68 · Adults who own a mobile phone (% of population aged 15+). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 45.83 to 100; higher is better.
Position 48th of 140 · derived.
Smartphone OwnershipWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 78.7880.978.78No earlier reading
Poland: 80.9 · world median 78.78 · Adults whose main mobile phone is a smartphone (% of population aged 15+). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 8.663 to 97.36; higher is better.
Position 64th of 140 · derived.
Government Internet ShutdownsV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 1.0231.1221.023▼ Worsened since 2015
Poland: 1.122 · world median 1.023 · Original latent estimate (≈ −4 to +2); higher = fewer shutdowns. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.547 to 2.081; higher is better.
Position 82nd of 176 · derived.
Behind the world median3
Statistics on which Poland does worse than the middle country measured.
Internet Use Among AdultsWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 83.0580.9183.05No earlier reading
Poland: 80.91 · world median 83.05 · Adults who used the internet in the past three months (% of population aged 15+). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 11.06 to 99.12; higher is better.
Position 76th of 140 · derived.
Firms with Their Own WebsiteWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 62.3957.2862.39No earlier reading
Poland: 57.28 · world median 62.39 · Firms with their own website (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 1.824 to 97.88; higher is better.
Position 108th of 181 · derived.
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness IndexOECD · 2025 · world median 0.2060.2420.206▼ Worsened since 2015
Poland: 0.242 · world median 0.206 · Digital STRI (0 = open, 1 = closed). OECD, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.021 to 0.649; lower is better.
Position 52nd of 125 · derived, 1st = worst.
No better end5
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
GitHub Git PushesGitHub · 2025 · world median 148,7143,942,661148,714No real change since 2020
Poland: 3,942,661 · world median 148,714 · Git pushes during the quarter. GitHub, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1,967 to 40,768,192.
GitHub RepositoriesGitHub · 2026 · world median 141,4544,757,525141,454No real change since 2020
Poland: 4,757,525 · world median 141,454 · Public repositories located in the economy (as of quarter end). GitHub, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 142 to 77,284,974.
GitHub DevelopersGitHub · 2026 · world median 84,6702,074,72884,670No real change since 2020
Poland: 2,074,728 · world median 84,670 · Developer accounts located in the economy (as of quarter end). GitHub, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 110 to 32,410,529.
Anthropic AI Usage IndexAnthropic · 2026 · world median 0.961.330.96No earlier reading
Poland: 1.33 · world median 0.96 · Claude usage index (1 = in proportion to working-age population). Anthropic, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0.07 to 6.4.
Share of Graduates from ICT ProgrammesUIS · 2023 · world median 5.6014.8165.601Moved since 2014
Poland: 4.816 · world median 5.601 · Tertiary graduates from ICT programmes (% of all graduates). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 17.19.
No current reading for Poland
Primary Schools with Internet for Teaching (last 2021). Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Digital & Technology among Poland’s 16 topics
Digital & Technology is Poland’s 6th best-placed topic of 16. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Education & Knowledge3rd of 1983/4 keys
- Gender & Equalityjoint 12th of 1834/4 keys
- Food & Agriculture15th of 1844/4 keys
- Health & Wellbeing20th of 2003/4 keys
- Development & Human Capital21st of 1963/3 keys
- Digital & Technologyjoint 28th of 1984/4 keys
- Poverty & Inequality24th of 1593/3 keys
- Governance & Institutions37th of 1944/4 keys
- Mobility & Trade36th of 1774/4 keys
- Democracy & Civil Liberties45th of 1984/4 keys
- Risk & Resiliencejoint 48th of 1934/4 keys
- Economy & Innovation45th of 1764/4 keys
- Work & Labour47th of 1824/4 keys
- Peace & Security64th of 1774/4 keys
- Energy82nd of 1653/3 keys
- Environment & Sustainability151st of 1864/4 keys
06The top of the list
Who leads on digital & technology
The three countries placed highest of 198, and the leaders Poland can most readily be measured against.
=1
EstoniaNorthern Europe
Joint 1st of 198 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Andrus Uuetalu derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0 ee, greyscale
=1
South KoreaEastern Asia
Joint 1st of 198 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Unknown author · CC BY-SA 2.0, greyscale
3
SingaporeSouth-eastern Asia
3rd of 198 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Khairul Nizam . · CC BY 2.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest in Europe
Estonia=1st4/4 keysHighest in Eastern Europe
Czechia22nd4/4 keysThis page
Poland=28th4/4 keys
Positions out of 198 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Questions
Poland on digital & technology: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does Poland rank on digital & technology?
Poland is placed joint 28th of 198 countries on Digital & Technology in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics (GovTech Maturity Index, Government AI Readiness Index, Government Cyber Security Capacity and Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest GovTech Maturity Index figure for Poland?
0.67 in 2025 (gTMI score (0–1)), according to World Bank Group. The world median in the same edition was 0.63.
What is the latest Government AI Readiness Index figure for Poland?
69.14 in 2025 (aI readiness score (0–100)), according to Oxford Insights. The world median in the same edition was 40.19.
How does Poland compare with Russia on digital & technology?
Russia is placed joint 34th of 198, and Poland joint 28th. GovTech Maturity Index: Russia 0.96, Poland 0.67; Government AI Readiness Index: Russia 59.57, Poland 69.14; Government Cyber Security Capacity: Russia 2.107, Poland 2.563; Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports: Russia 24.25, Poland 47.9.
How have Poland’s digital & technology figures changed?
Government AI Readiness Index rose from 62.42 in 2020 to 69.14 in 2025; Government Cyber Security Capacity rose from 0.885 in 2000 to 2.563 in 2025; Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports rose from 34.82 in 2010 to 47.9 in 2024.
Which digital & technology statistics are missing for Poland?
No current reading is published for Poland on Primary Schools with Internet for Teaching. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
08Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
Broadband and mobile subscriptions, connection speeds and the cost of getting online are absent, for the licence reason above; internet use and phone ownership, from the World Bank’s own household survey, and firms’ websites and internet disruptions, from its Enterprise Surveys, are published here as context. The ICT share of goods exports votes under Mobility & Trade. Digital public services and data-protection law are not held yet. Research and development spending is filed under Education & Knowledge, and what an economy knows how to make is under Economy & Innovation.
How the Digital & Technology standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 4 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 4 keys to be placed.
The digital & technology method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- GovTech Maturity Index — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- Government AI Readiness Index — Oxford Insights, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Government Cyber Security Capacity — V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports — UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), CC BY 3.0 IGO
The other 20 statistics on this page come from 8 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Poland’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Poland (banner) — Ralf Lotys (Sicherlich), CC BY 3.0
- Estonia — Andrus Uuetalu derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0 ee
- South Korea — Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Singapore — Khairul Nizam ., CC BY 2.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Poland: Digital & Technology — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/poland/digital