Average monthly gross wage and salary in enterprise sector in February 2021 was 5568.82 PLN

In February 2021, average paid employment in enterprise sector was lower by 1.7% y/y and amounted to 6334.0 thousand, while average wages and salaries were higher by 4.5% y/y and amounted to 5568.82 PLN (gross).

In March 2021, there was an improvement in both current and future consumer sentiment moods compared to the previous month. The current consumer confidence indicator, synthetically describing the current trends in individual consumption, was -23.0 which was by 2.2 p.p. higher in relation to last month.

Statistics Poland informs that, according to final data, the price index of consumer goods and services in January 2021 as related to December 2020 amounted to 101.3 (price increase of 1.3%).

Statistics Poland informs that the price index of consumer goods and services in February 2021 as related to January 2021 amounted to 100.5 (price increase of 0.5%).

Foreign trade turnover1 in January 2021 in exports at current prices amounted to PLN 86.6 bn, while in imports - PLN 82.9 bn. The positive balance reached the level of PLN 3.7 bn, while in the same period of 2020 year amounted to PLN 1.1 bn. In comparison to the corresponding period of 2020 exports increased by 1.0%, while imports decreased by 2.0%.

On March 9, we celebrate the Statistics Poland's Day, established by the Committee of Statistics and Econometrics of the Polish Academy of Sciences. This year also marks the centenary of the first general census in the reborn Republic of Poland on May 13, 1921. The Sejm of the Republic of Poland set the date of the first census in Poland on September 30, 1921.