Assets (liabilities) of the surveyed cultural institutions as of 31 December 2023 amounted to PLN 26,117.0 million. Total revenues were higher by 17.3%. Also total costs increased – by 17.2% in comparison to 2022.

Strategic noise maps for 2021 were developed within the framework of environmental monitoring. They illustrate the acoustic condition in cities with over 100 thousand inhabitants. The maps provided the basis for the "Population exposure to noise in cities with over 100 thousand inhabitants" survey which allowed i.a. to estimate the number of people exposed to road traffic, railway, aircraft and industrial noise exceeding the permissible sound levels.

In the first quarter of 2024, the producer prices for business services increased compared to the previ-ous quarter by 2.4%. Compared to the first quar-ter of 2023 they increased by 5.5%.

Seasonally unadjusted gross domestic product (GDP) in the 1st quarter of 2023 was higher by 2.0% year-on-year comparision against the decrease of 0.4% in the corresponding quarter of 2023 (constant average prices of the previous year).

In 2023 the financial situation of households improved. Households achieved in nominal terms both higher income and expenditure. The level of average monthly available income per capita in 2023 rounded to 1 PLN, amounted to PLN 2678 and was higher by 13.7% in nominal terms, and by 2.1% in real terms than the income in 2022. The average monthly expenditure per capita in households in 2023 reached the value of PLN 1636 and was higher by 9.4% in nominal terms, and lower by 1.8% in real terms than expenditure in 2022. Expenditure on consumer goods and services amounted to PLN 1580 and was higher by 9.8% in nominal terms, and lower by 1.5% in real terms in comparison with 2022.[1] The share of expenditure in available income decreased from 63.5% in 2022 to 61.1% in 2023, and reached the lowest in the period since 2010 level.