Total Population: 38.5 million

Source: CIA World Factbook, July 2009

Gross Domestic Product: 526.9 billion US dollars
Source: World Bank, 2009

Gross Domestic Product (PPP): 671.9 billion international dollars
Source: World Bank, 2009

Gross National Income Per Capita (Atlas Method): 11,880 US dollars
Source: World Bank, 2009

Gross National Income Per Capita (PPP): 17,310 international dollars
Source: World Bank, 2009

Software Engineer / Web Developer: 22.2 percent of US
Source: PayScale, SourcingLine, February 2010

Senior Software Engineer / Web Developer: 37.4 percent of US
Source: PayScale, SourcingLine, March 2010

IT Project Manager: 52 percent of US
Source: PayScale, SourcingLine, March 2010

Junior BPO Resource: 23.1 percent of US
Source: PayScale, SourcingLine, March 2010

Skilled BPO Resource: 44.1 percent of US
Source: PayScale, SourcingLine, March 2010

Operations Manager: 82 percent of US
Source: Payscale, SourcingLine, March 2010

Office Occupancy Cost (CBD): 51.1 US$/sf/yr
Source: CB Richard Ellis, Colliers International, SourcingLine, March 2010

Note: Office occupancy costs are for Warsaw.

Corporate Tax Rates: 19 percent
Source: KPMG, October 2009

Indirect Tax Rates: 22 percent
Source: KPMG, October 2009

SMB Effective Tax Rate: 42.5 percent
Source: Doing Business (World Bank), 2010

Total Workforce: 17 million
Source: CIA World Factbook, 2009

Exports of Computer & Information Services: 938 million US dollars
Source: IMF, 2008

Exports of Misc. Business Services: 7,032 million US dollars
Rank: 7 of 24
Source: IMF, 2008

Adult Literacy: 99 percent of population
Source: UNESCO, 2009

Expenditures on Education: 5.9 percent of GDP
Source: UNESCO, 2009

Reading Achievement: 508 PISA literacy scale
Source: OECD PISA, 2006

Math Achievement: 495 PISA mathematics scale
Source: OECD PISA, 2006

Science Achievement: 498 PISA science scale
Source: OECD PISA, 2006

Annual University Graduates: 533 thousands
Source: UNESCO, 2009

Annual Science & Technology Graduates: 17 percent of total
Source: UNESCO, 2009

Note: No data in UNESCO Global Education Digest 2008.

English Speaking Population: 29 percent
Source: Eurobarometer, 2006

Internet Access: 49 users per 100 inhabitants
Source: International Telecommunications Union, 2009

Broadband Internet Access: 8.9 subscribers per 100 inhabitants
Rank: 8 of 26
Source: International Telecommunications Union, 2009

Economic Competitiveness: 4.3 GCI score
Source: The Global Competitiveness Report, 2009

Macroeconomic Stability: 4.5 GCI Score
Source: The Global Competitiveness Report, 2009

Quality of Roads: 2.1 index (1-7)
Source: The Global Competitiveness Report, 2009

Quality of Electric Supply: 5.3 index (1-7)
Source: The Global Competitiveness Report, 2009

Mobile Phone Penetration: 115.5 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants
Source: International Telecommunications Union, 2009

Rigidity of Employment: 25 index (0-100)
Source: Doing Business (World Bank), 2010

Cost of Firing Employees: 13 weeks of salary
Source: Doing Business (World Bank), 2010

Overall Ease of Doing Business: 72 rank (1-183)
Source: Doing Business (World Bank), 2010

Complexity of Starting a Business: 32 days to register a start-up
Source: Doing Business (World Bank), 2010

Complexity of Paying Taxes: 395 hours per year
Source: Doing Business (World Bank), 2010

Corruption Perceptions: 5 CPI index
Source: Transparency International, 2009

Procedures to Enforce Contracts: 38 number
Source: Doing Business (World Bank), 2010

Time to Enforce Contracts: 830 days
Source: Doing Business (World bank), 2010

Cost to Enforce Contracts: 12 percent of claim
Source: Doing Business (World Bank), 2010

Intellectual Property Protection: 3.6 index (1-7)
Source: The Global Competitiveness Report, 2009

Software Piracy: 56 percent
Source: BSA-IDC Global Software Piracy Study, 2009