Consumer price indices in March 2026
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Consumer pirces in March 2026 increased by 3.0% compared with the corresponding month of the previous year (with an increase of prices of ser-vices by 5.0% and goods by 2.2%). As related to the previous month consumer prices increased by 1.1% (of which goods by 1.4% and services by 0.2%).
In March of the current year, compared with the previous month, the highest contribution to the total consumer price index came from higher prices related to: Transport (by 8.2%), Clothing and footwear (by 4.7%), Alcoholic beverages and tobacco (by 0.7%), as well as Personal care, social protection and miscellaneous goods and services (by 0.8%), which increased the index by: 0.79 pp, 0.16 pp, 0.04 pp and 0.03 pp, respectively. Lower prices related to, among others, Information and communication as well as Furnishings, household equipment and routine household maintenance (by 0.3% each) decreased the index by 0.02 pp each.
NOTE: Starting with data for 2026, the CPI is calculated according to the international COICOP 2018 classification.
More information on the changes in the consumer price survey was published on the Statistics Poland website: Current information on inflation.
