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Poland’s Defense Sector Faces Worker Shortage by 2035

By 2035, Poland will have to employ 250,000 more people in its defense industry to meet the increasing military and industrial pace. This projection consists of 70,000 in the armed corps, 90,000 defense specialists, and 77,000 supply chain jobs.
 

By Oskar Malec | Last Updated: 26 Jun 2025
Falling Roster Is a Huge Task
Meanwhile, Poland’s pool of working-age people will fall by 800,000, seriously affecting who can be recruited. Indeed, more than 40% of companies are already having trouble hiring, making the defense expansion plans more challenging.

And the country’s military modernization could slow if not stall without trained troops and requisite infrastructure, experts said.

Reform and Investment Calls
To address the dearth, experts advocate policy changes to nudge labor into high-need industries, expand vocational training, and tap underutilized groups like students, seniors, and people with disabilities.

They also point out the necessity of sustainable investment in defense, especially in the context of public debt and the constitutional debt level of 60% of GDP looming. The one real hope is that, in the longer run, a combination of automation, firm production, and good examples of public-private collaboration can take root to ensure the growth of the defense industries.
 

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