In the first half of 2024, the financial results of cultural institutions increased compared to those obtained in the corresponding period of the previous year. Total revenues increased by 17.1% in this period, total costs increased by 16.8% and investment outlays decreased by 13.0% during this period.

In Poland, at the end of the second quarter of 2024, there were 1.0% fewer job vacancies than at the end of the first quarter of 2024. The job vacancy rate remained the same compared with the first quarter of 2024, at 0.89%.

Summaries of weekly deaths, which include age, sex as well as subregion of residence of the deceased (Weekly deaths).

In-depth questions about the current economic issues – assessment and expectations

Indicators released in July show overall stabilisation of the economic situation. The assessments of both seasonally and non-seasonally adjusted general business climate indicator for most of presented kinds of activities are in fact at a similar or slightly higher level as compared to the ones presented in June. The situation positively stands out in information and communication section as well as wholesale trade, where business tendency is assessed better than in the previous month, however in transportation and storage section it is evaluated more negatively. In majority of studied areas, month-to-month level of "diagnostic" as well as "forecasting" components does not change or improves.

In 2023, there were 69 sports associations in Poland. Compared to 2022, the number of competitors, coaches and instructors holding licences from the Polish sports associa-tions increased, whereas the number of Polish representatives and judges decreased.

In-depth questions about the current economic issues – assessment and expectations

As of the end of 2023, 7,570 public libraries were operating in Poland, with 871 branches for children and youth and 751 library service points. Public libraries had 124.3 million volumes of collection. 5.3 million library users were recorded.

In the first quarter of 2024, the financial results of cultural institutions increased compared to those obtained in the corresponding period of the previous year. Both total revenues and total costs increased by 18.6% and investment outlays by 19.0% during this period.

There were 15.3% more job vacancies in Poland at the end of the first quarter of 2024 than at the end of the fourth quarter of 2023. The job vacancy rate increased by 0.11 percentage points (0.89%) compared with the fourth quarter of 2023.