Consumer prices according to the flash estimate in June 2024, compared with the corre-sponding month of the previous year, increased by 2,6% (price index 102,6) and as relat-ed to the previous month increased by 0,1% (price index 100,1).

Due to reported demand, Statistics Poland is launching regular release data on international trade in services by enterprise characteristics (STEC).

The year 2023 saw a marked increase in the extent of extreme poverty (by 2 p.p. to 6.6% of people in households). The extent of relative poverty remained at a similar level to the previous year (12.2% - a minimal increase of 0.5 p.p.). The year 2023 saw a marked increase in the extent of extreme poverty (by 2 p.p. to 6.6% of people in households). The extent of relative poverty remained at a similar level to the previous year (12.2% - a minimal increase of 0.5 p.p.). On the other hand, the extent of legal poverty decreased (by about 2 p.p. to 4.1%) with the same thresholds for this type of poverty as a year earlier. These changes followed a period of high inflation in 2022 and a period of gradual reduction in 2023.

At the end of 2022, most (78.7%) of the surveyed enterprises with 10 or morepersons employed performed business functions only internally and did not source them outside.

As at the last day of January 2024 in the national economy there were 15 064.8 thousand employed persons. The mean age was 42.7 years, the median age was 42.0 years.