January 2026 brought a clear weakening of activity in Poland’s transport sector. According to preliminary statistical data, the total volume of freight transported amounted to 36.4 million tonnes, representing a 9.3% decline compared with the same period of the previous year. Although the result remains weaker than a year earlier, the scale of the drop…
In the Polish poultry sector, the packaging of eggs produced in cage systems continues to dominate. Although alternative production systems – such as barn housing, free-range farming, and organic production – are gaining importance, their market share still remains lower than that of intensive methods. These trends are confirmed by the latest statistical data on…
Poland: GDP grows by 4.0% year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2025 – consumption drives Poland’s economy, investment stable, net exports under pressure. The preliminary estimate of Poland’s gross domestic product for the fourth quarter of 2025 indicates that the Polish economy maintained a solid growth rate. Non-seasonally adjusted GDP increased in real terms by…
The maritime economy in Poland in 2023–2024 underwent one of the most significant stages of transformation in decades – seaports recorded dynamic growth in the general cargo and container segments, while traditional Baltic fisheries shrank to historically low levels. The latest data from Statistics Poland (GUS) show a sector full of contrasts: ports are growing…
GUS data for October 2025 and for the entire period from January to October show a clear transformation of Polish industry. On the one hand, we observe a recession in clothing, automotive and agricultural machinery. On the other hand, infrastructure, chemical and telecommunications sectors are developing dynamically. Polish production is shifting towards higher value added,…
November 2025 presents an economy that is in a state of equilibrium, but without clear growth impulses. Data from Statistics Poland (GUS) clearly indicate a stabilisation of most business climate indicators, yet this stabilisation is taking place at a relatively low level. In many sectors, caution prevails, along with a limited appetite for risk and…
The satellite health account is one of the most important analytical tools used to measure the economic impact of the healthcare sector on the national economy. Its structure makes it possible to isolate those production processes and financial flows that are not fully visible in the traditional system of national accounts, yet play a strategic…
The Polish investment fund market entered 2025 with strong momentum, as confirmed by official GUS data for the first half of the year. Assets accumulated by the funds reached PLN 441.8 billion, representing a year-on-year increase of 8.7% – one of the highest results observed in recent years amid rising macroeconomic volatility and growing interest…
Healthy Life Years (HLY) is one of the most important indicators used in socio-economic analyses at the level of the European Union. Unlike the classic life expectancy indicator, HLY shows how many years the average citizen can live without limitations in everyday functioning. This has enormous significance for the labour market, the healthcare system and…
The Polish credit market in 2025 is facing the biggest structural and macroeconomic changes in years. Data presented in the Infokredyt 2025 report by the Polish Bank Association (ZBP) show that interest rate cuts, high excess liquidity in the banking sector and rising household incomes are creating conditions for dynamic growth in lending. At the…
The summer holidays of 2025 brought a clear revival on the Polish Baltic coast. According to the latest data from Statistics Poland (Główny Urząd Statystyczny), in July and August 2025 the coastal areas welcomed 2.1 million tourists, who in total used 9.0 million overnight stays. Compared with the previous year, this represents solid growth –…
Rynek muzyki dla firm to pod wieloma względami specyficzna gałąź polskiego biznesu. Istnieje duża trudność w określeniu jego wartości i przedstawieniu spójnych danych ekonomicznych. Pozostaje zatem scharakteryzować go przeglądowo w obrębie trzech kluczowych obszarów, które pozwolą dostrzec jego specyfikę.
The beginning of 2026 brought a moderate improvement in economic sentiment in Poland, yet the picture emerging from the latest survey remains far from unequivocal optimism. On the one hand, business sentiment improved across all analyzed sectors in February, and the regional indicator of the general business climate increased in many voivodeships both year-on-year and…
The beginning of 2026 brought a mixed economic picture in Lublin, where signs of weakening are intertwined with indications of ongoing economic activity. In January, the city recorded a year-on-year decline in average employment and an increase in the number of unemployed people. At the same time, both retail and wholesale sales were higher than…
Prices of services supporting business activity in Poland continued to increase in the fourth quarter of 2025, although the pace of growth remained relatively moderate. According to the latest statistical data, producer prices of business services rose by 0.3% compared with the previous quarter and by 3.4% compared with the fourth quarter of 2024. This…
The latest data on wages in Poland shows that although salaries continue to rise on a yearly basis, short-term fluctuations are still visible. According to the newest study “Distribution of Wages in the National Economy in September 2025”, both the median and the average wage were slightly lower than a month earlier. At the same…
In December 2025, Poland’s tourism sector recorded a significant rebound, confirming the upward trend observed throughout the year. According to the latest statistical data, more than 3.15 million tourists used tourist accommodation establishments with 10 or more beds during this period. This result was noticeably higher than in the corresponding month of the previous year,…
Poland: GDP grows by 4.0% year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2025 – consumption drives Poland’s economy, investment stable, net exports under pressure. The preliminary estimate of Poland’s gross domestic product for the fourth quarter of 2025 indicates that the Polish economy maintained a solid growth rate. Non-seasonally adjusted GDP increased in real terms by…
January 2026 in Wrocław brought a deterioration in labour market conditions on a year-on-year basis, alongside signs of recovery in parts of the construction sector and a marked increase in the number of dwellings completed. Economic data showed a decline in sold industrial output, an increase in retail sales, and weaker wholesale performance compared with…
January 2026 in Kielce brought a predominance of signals pointing to a slowdown in the real economy and the labour market, despite the fact that wages continued to grow year on year. The most consistently negative picture comes from employment data: average employment in the enterprise sector amounted to 29.9 thousand full-time positions and was…
Gdańsk in January 2026: More Jobs and Higher Wages, but Unemployment Rises; Industry Up, Construction Down, Trade Strong January 2026 brought a mixed set of signals in Gdańsk. In the enterprise sector, “hard” indicators such as wages and employment improved – both were higher than a year earlier. At the same time, registered labour market…
January 2026 in Katowice brought a mixed set of signals that reflects the ambiguity of the start of the year in the city’s economy. On a year-on-year basis, average employment declined, while the average gross wage in the enterprise sector increased. The situation in registered unemployment clearly deteriorated, as the number of unemployed was much…
January 2026 in Warsaw brought a picture of moderate cooling in the labour market, while growth in industry was maintained. Average employment in the enterprise sector was slightly lower than a year earlier, and the number of registered unemployed increased year on year. At the same time, sold industrial production in constant prices was higher…
An analysis of the statistical data released by Statistics Poland (GUS) for January 2026 points to a complex and ambiguous state of Kraków’s economy, where positive signals from the production sector clash with a progressing cooling in the labour market. The key phenomenon recorded in this period is a clear dissonance between companies’ operating performance…
Poland’s Central Statistical Office (GUS) released data on the distribution of wages in the national economy for August 2025. The figures show that the median gross monthly wage was PLN 7,280, while the average (mean) gross monthly wage reached PLN 8,827.87. In other words, the median was 17.4% lower than the mean — a clear…
Poland in the European Union in 2024/2025 – Demographics, Economy, Labour Market and Modernisation Challenges The latest publication from Statistics Poland, “Poland in the European Union 2025”, presents a comprehensive picture of Poland’s position within the socio-economic structure of the EU. The Eurostat data included in the report make it possible to assess both the…
The latest data from the Labour Force Survey (LFS), conducted by the Central Statistical Office since 1992, show that the Polish labour market remains in good condition, with employment and unemployment indicators among the best in the European Union. The second quarter of 2025 brought both an increase in labour activity and confirmation of the…
Poland’s foreign trade in January–September 2025 – stable exports, rising imports and a shift in key partners Data from Statistics Poland (Główny Urząd Statystyczny) for the period January–September 2025 show clear changes in the structure and dynamics of Poland’s foreign trade. Rising imports, moderate export growth and the re-emergence of a negative goods trade balance…
Data from the Central Statistical Office (GUS) for the third quarter of 2025 show that the Polish economy has entered a phase of relative equilibrium. A total of 85,368 new enterprises were registered — just 27 more than a year earlier — and 101 bankruptcies were recorded, three fewer than in the same quarter of…
At the end of May 2025, 1,068.9 thousand foreign workers were active in Poland, according to the latest data from Statistics Poland (GUS). This represents a 4.4% increase year-on-year, although it also marks a slight decrease of 0.8% compared to April this year. Foreign nationals accounted for 6.5% of all individuals performing work in Poland,…
The food industry enters 2022 under the conditions of high inflation and record-breaking production costs. To the already existing challenges—rising energy, fuel, and agricultural commodity prices—a new and critical threat has emerged: the escalation of the conflict in Ukraine. According to analysts at Enter Poland, food producers and distributors are now facing their greatest challenges…
