In May 2024, the average paid employment in the enterprise sector compared with May 2023 was lower by 0.5% and amounted to 6 487.7 thousand full-time equivalent employees.

At the end of 2023, outpatient health care was carried out by 23.5 thousand outpatient departments and 3.2 thousand doctors and dentists practises providing services funded by public sources. During the year, 312.3 million doctors consultations and 34.9 million stomatological consultations were provided. Almost 9.5% of total doctors consultations in primary health care were provided via telephone.

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 June 2024, there was an improvement in the current consumer moods with a simultaneous deterioration in future consumer moods compared to the previous month. The current consumer confidence indicator, synthetically describing the current trends in individual consumption, was -12.0 which was by 1.8 p.p. higher in relation to last month.

According to the data of the European system of integrated social protection statistics (ESSPROS), in Poland in 2021 the expenditures for social protection benefits amounted to 591.9 billion PLN, which accounted for 98.4% of total sum of expenditures for social protection.

Poland's energy efficiency increased by 0.9% in 2022 compared to 2021. Between 2012 and 2022, the annual cumulative growth rate of energy efficiency amounted to 0.9%. Primary energy intensity of GDP decreased by an average of 2.6% per year during this period, while final energy intensity of GDP decreased by 2.4%. The fastest rate of energy efficiency improvement was observed in industry (by 1.9%).

As of 31 December 2023, there were 1,245.2 thousand people enrolled in higher education institutions in Poland, by 21.5 thousand more than in 2022.

In 2023 blood donors amounted to 640.2 thousand. They donated 1 501.4 thousand blood donations and its components which is 74.2 thousand more donations than in previous year.

Consumer prices in May 2024, compared with the corresponding month of the previous year, increased by 2,5% (with an increase of prices of services – by 6,2% and goods – by 1,2%).

Foreign trade turnover in January - April 2024 in exports at current prices amounted to PLN 505.6 bn, while in imports - PLN 487.2 bn.