The Lublin region had the lowest per capita GDP in the European Union until
Bulgaria and Romania joined in 2007 (it was 32% of EU average in 2002). It is a
part of eastern Poland, which has benefited less from the economic
transformation after 1989 than regions of Poland located closer to Western
Europe. While the standard of living in the city of Lublin is considerably
higher than in the surrounding countryside, the city's relatively poor economic
performance is tied to the poverty of its region.
Lublin is a regional centre of IT companies. Thanks to near 100,000
university students each year and five universities
