Digital Government Outlook 2026: Poland
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This country note presents an overview of the digital government landscape in Poland drawing on the results of the 2025 OECD Digital Government Index (DGI) and the 2025 OECD OURdata Index. The note outlines key policy developments in the country observed during the assessment period. It aims to inform policy dialogue and support Poland in advancing a whole-of-government approach to digital transformation in the public sector.
In the 2025 edition of the OECD Digital Government Index, Poland attained a score of 0.56, below the OECD average of 0.70. This represents a 0.01 decrease since 2023 (Figure 1).
Poland scored below the OECD average across all six dimensions. The strongest performance was recorded in Digital by Design (0.64), reflecting some progress in integrating digital technologies, though it remains below OECD average of 0.75.
Lower scores were recorded in Proactiveness (0.46 vs 0.67) and Data-driven Public Sector (0.51 vs 0.74). This means that Poland has room for improvement in anticipating user needs through proactive service design and in leveraging data as a strategic asset for decision-making.
In the 2025 edition of the OECD OURdata Index, Poland attained a score of 0.82, above the OECD average of 0.53 (Figure 2). This represents a 0.04 increase since 2023.
Poland recorded higher scores across all three pillars: 0.75 in Data availability, 0.91 in Data accessibility and 0.81 in Government support for data re-use, compared with OECD averages of 0.53, 0.67 and 0.40, respectively. These results reflect Poland's consistently strong performance in open government data provision, accessibility, and support for re-use.
Poland scored above the OECD average across all three pillars, though Data availability (0.75) remains its comparatively lowest-scoring pillar. This suggests that Poland could further broaden the volume and scope of government datasets made available to the public.
Poland has established a digital government governance structure led by the Ministry of Digital Affairs under the National Roadmap for the Digital Decade Policy Programme 2030." Co-ordination is ensured through the Minister of Digital Affairs, who submits a report on the implementation of the measures outlined in the document to Committee for Digital Affairs twice a year.
Ethical use of AI in Poland’s public sector is guided by a structured policy framework. The Policy for the Development of Artificial Intelligence introduces mandatory ex-ante self-assessment for public institutions implementing AI, requiring identification of potential errors, corrective measures, and model explanations for decisions affecting citizens' rights. Looking ahead, a new Policy for the Development of Artificial Intelligence until 2030 is under development, aiming to create a co-ordinated ecosystem across science, business, society and administration.
GovTech innovation in Poland is driven by a comprehensive national programme through the GovTech Poland Department at the Ministry of Digital Affairs. The Department coordinates digital tool creation across the public sector, engaging entrepreneurs, officials, and citizens. It operates the GovTech Polska Program, which uses a modular pilot approach to minimise risk before scaling, and provides co-financing and substantive support for innovation across central and local institutions.
Poland's human-centred services framework presents significant opportunities for development. A service catalogue, service design standards, omni-channel delivery, digital impact consultations, performance metrics, and the Once-Only Principle remain limited. Establishing these capabilities could support more systematic and user-centred public services.
Further development of Poland’s digital talent framework could strengthen capacity across the public sector. Dedicated actions by the lead institution on workforce development, including formal training programmes covering core digital government skills, are not yet fully reported. Strengthening these areas could support more structured capability building across the public service.
The OECD Digital Government Outlook (DGO) provides a comprehensive assessment of digital government policies across OECD Members and accession candidate countries. It draws on the results of the 2025 OECD Digital Government Index (DGI) and the 2025 OECD Open, Useful and Re-usable Data (OURdata) Index to evaluate progress and identify persistent gaps in digital transformation across the public sector.
The DGI assesses the enabling foundations for digital transformation across six dimensions: Digital by Design, Data-driven Public Sector, Government as a Platform, Open by Default, User-Driven and Proactiveness. Rather than measuring the digitalisation of specific services, the DGI focuses on the strategies, policy levers, implementation practices and monitoring mechanisms that enable coherent, whole-of-government digital transformation.
The OURdata Index benchmarks the robustness of open government data policies across three pillars: data availability, data accessibility and government support for data re-use. It supports policymakers in monitoring the design and implementation of national open government data policies.
Both indices were developed with OECD Member countries through the OECD Working Party of Senior Digital Government Officials (E-Leaders) and approved by the OECD Public Governance Committee.
Figure 1: The 2025 DGI OECD average does not include Germany and the United States. 2025 data cover the period from 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2024. The 2023 OECD average does not include Germany, Greece, Slovakia, Switzerland and the United States. 2023 data cover the period from 1 January 2021 to 31 October 2022. The composite score is the unweighted average of the six-dimension scores.
Figure 2: The 2025 and 2023 OURdata Index OECD average does not include Denmark, Hungary and the United States. 2025 data cover the period from 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2024. 2023 data cover the period from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2021. The composite score is the unweighted average of the three-pillar scores.
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The full book is available in English: OECD (2026), Digital Government Outlook 2026: From Foundations to Transformational Impact, OECD Publishing, Paris, https://doi.org/10.1787/0496b2bc-en.
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