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…
