At the end of 2019, there were operating 12.3 thousand pharmacies (generally available and dispensaries) and 1.2 thousand pharmaceutical outlets in which 59.5 thousand pharmacists and pharmaceutical technicians were employed.

Consumer prices according to the flash estimate in May 2020, compared with the corresponding month of the previous year, increased by 2,9% (price index 102,9), and as related to the previous month decreased by 0,2% (price index 99,8).

In 2019 the financial situation of households in Poland improved. Housheholds reached higher income and in comparison with 2018 spent slightly more. The average monthly available income per capita in 2019 rounded up to 1 PLN, amounted to PLN 1819 and in real terms it was 5.0% higher than the income in 2018. The average monthly expenditure per capita in households in 2019 amounted to PLN 1252 and in real terms it was 3.1% higher than in 2018. Expenditure on consumer goods and services amounted to PLN 1201 and in comparision with 2018, in real terms, was 3.3% higher.1

Gross domestic product (GDP) in the 1st quarter of 2020 was higher by 2.0% year-on-year comparison against 4.8% in the correspording quarter of 2019 (constant average prices of the previous year)

In 2019 the number of institutional care facilities for children up to age of 3 increased by 15.4% compared to the previous year. There were 4.4 thousand nurseries, children’s clubs and nursery wards, which had 159.9 thousand places. The indicator of the number of children per 1 thousand population aged up to 3 increased from 105 in 2018 to 124 in 2019.

Price index of investment goods for the first quarter of 2020 (related to the fourth quarter of 2019) was 100.3 (the prices increased by 0.3%).