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Not always. Czech Republic has a higher GDP per person than Poland. Poland is much bigger and has sea access. Both countries had a similar starting point after
by journey_16162 5y ago
Not always. Czech Republic has a higher GDP per person than Poland. Poland is much bigger and has sea access. Both countries had a similar starting point after USSR collapse.
- CountSessine 5y agoCzeckia is in the EU customs union and therefore for the purposes of land-locked or not land-locked, Czeckia has ports at its disposal. In fact Czeckia can use Gdańsk without penalty. The reason landlocked countries have lower GDP is that they have to negotiate trade agreements at a disadvantage with small numbers of neighbours rather than just shipping goods to the whole world over the seas.