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The OECD report "Growing Unequal? : Income Distribution and Poverty in OECD Countries" shows the discrepancies between rich and poor in various countries. In Poland, the rich earn on average 14 times more than the poor. And the income gap is growing.

The report earners supposedly counted the incomes of the top and bottom ten percent of earners, for some reason excluding the top earners. (The report states that, "The incomes of the super rich are not considered in this report, as they cannot be measured adequately through the usual data sources on income distribution." ) In this way they measured the income gap in different OECD countries, even without adding in the super-rich. Using this method, Poland came in 4th place, behind Mexico, Turkey and the US. Poland has the highest income gap in the European Union.

Using the statistics in a different way, by counting pre-tax earnings and by counting only the earnings of people in "productive working ages" (18-65) Poland actually comes in first place. By counting only 18-65 year olds, after taxes, Poland comes in third place.