# Nominal unit labour cost, annual growth in Poland

Nominal unit labour cost, annual growth in Poland was 4% in 2025 (provisional). Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

- Indicator id: `nominal_unit_labour_cost_growth`
- Place id: `pl`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Percentage change from the previous year in the nominal unit labour cost based on persons: compensation per employee divided by real labour productivity per person employed (GDP in chain-linked volumes per person employed).
- Note: Rises when pay grows faster than productivity. From the national accounts (ESA 2010). Ireland's GDP, and with it its productivity, is inflated and made volatile by the activities of multinational companies, notably the move of intellectual property to Ireland in 2015.
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, Labour productivity and unit labour costs, nominal unit labour cost based on persons, percentage change on previous period (nama_10_lp_ulc) (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/nama_10_lp_ulc/default/table)
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- Retrieved: 2026-10-18
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- Citation: Eurostat. Labour productivity and unit labour costs, nominal unit labour cost based on persons, percentage change on previous period (nama_10_lp_ulc). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/nama_10_lp_ulc/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-18.
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| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 4 (provisional) |
| 2024 | 8.7 |
| 2023 | 14.2 |
| 2022 | 7.9 |
| 2021 | 0.8 |
| 2020 | 7.3 |
| 2019 | 3.4 (break) |
| 2018 | 1.9 |
| 2017 | 1.7 |
| 2016 | 2.5 |
| 2015 | -0.5 |
| 2014 | 0.1 |
| 2013 | 0.8 |
| 2012 | 1.9 |
| 2011 | 0.9 |
| 2010 | 3.2 (break) |
| 2009 | 1.1 |
| 2008 | 7.7 |
| 2007 | 3.2 |
| 2006 | -0.5 |
| 2005 | 1.1 |
| 2004 | -1.3 |