🏡Consumer price index in Poland in November 2023

Consumer price index in Poland in November 2023

2024-02-08 03:51:54

Consumer price index in Poland in November 2023

Prices for consumer goods and services in November 2023 increased by 6.6% compared to the same month last year (with an increase in prices for services by 8.6% and goods by 5.9%). Compared to the previous month, prices for goods and services increased by 0.7% (including for goods - by 1.0%, while prices for services decreased by 0.1%).

The consumer price index in November 2023 increased by November 2022 in all observed areas of life in Poland, except for transport (Table 1). Education services (by 10.4%) and restaurant and cafe services (10.3%) have increased in price the most. Alcoholic beverages and tobacco products became more expensive (by 9.9%).

Food products (in general) became more expensive by 6.9% over the year. Among the products that have become more expensive, vegetables, coffee, tea, cocoa, and juices have become more expensive. Flour, poultry meat, milk, butter, sugar have become cheaper. Such a set of products with lower prices can only be encouraging.

We are also interested in real estate. Apartments increased in price by 7.6%, rents increased even more - by 7.8%. Housing maintenance and energy became more expensive by 8.1%. Of the utility services, the prices that rose the most were electricity - by 19.5%, gas - by 15.3%, and thermal energy - by 20.6%. By the way, the increase in heat prices is the largest in Poland of all observed positions.

In November 2023, compared to October, the greatest impact on the price indicator for consumer goods and services was the increase in prices for transport (by 5.1%), healthcare (by 0.7%) and restaurants and hotels (by 0.4%). There was a decrease in prices for leisure and culture (by 0.7%) and communications (by 0.9%).

Food products (in general) rose in price by 0.9% over the month. Among the products that have become more expensive, oil, fruits, and vegetables have become more expensive. Rice, pork, poultry, milk, and eggs have become cheaper.

Now about real estate. The cost of apartments in November remained at the same level as in October. Rents increased by 0.5%. Housing maintenance and energy became more expensive by 0.1%. Among utilities, the prices that rose the most were sewerage – by 0.8%, water – by 0.3%, heat – by 0.2%. Electricity and gas remained at the same prices as a month ago.

You can trace price changes in the country in more detail in Table 2.

Table 1. Price indices for consumer goods and services in November 2023

DETAILS	11 2023			01-11 2023	IMPACT OF CHANGES
DETAILS	11 2022=100	12 2022=100	10 2023=100	01-11 2022=100	10 2023=100
TOTAL	106,6	106,1	100,7	111,9	x
Food and non-alcoholic beverages	107,3	105,7	100,9	116,0	0,24
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco products	109,9	109,5	100,3	111,2	0,02
Clothing and footwear	104,7	104,5	100,1	106,4	0,00
Use of an apartment or house and energy carriers	108,1	109,2	100,1	114,7	0,01
Apartment furnishing and household management	105,9	105,4	99,7	110,8	-0,02
Health	105,5	105,0	100,7	108,7	0,04
Transport	97,8	97,0	105,1	100,4	0,43
Communication	106,7	106,8	99,1	108,5	-0,04
Recreation and culture	106,5	105,2	99,3	112,2	-0,04
Education	110,4	110,2	100,1	112,9	0,00
Restaurants and hotels	110,3	109,3	100,4	114,2	0,02
Other goods and services	108,5	108,4	100,4	111,9	0,02

Table 2. Price indices for consumer goods and services in November 2023 (by type of goods and services)

DETAILS	11 2023			01-11 2023
DETAILS	11 2022=100	12 2022=100	10 2023=100	01-11 2022=100
TOTAL	106,6	106,1	100,7	111,9
Goods	105,9	105,7	101,0	112,0
Services	108,6	107,3	99,9	111,5
Food, non-alcoholic and alcoholic beverages and tobacco products	107,7	106,4	100,8	115,1
FOOD AND NON-ALCOHOLIC DRINKS	107,3	105,7	100,9	116,0
Food	106,9	105,3	100,9	116,0
including:
Rice	100,3	99,0	98,8	114,7
Flour	97,1	97,7	100,0	110,9
Bread	106,8	105,7	100,1	115,7
Pasta and pasta products	106,9	105,8	100,1	116,7
Meat	105,2	104,6	99,7	113,7
including:
Beef meat	102,1	101,8	101,0	107,3
Veal meat	104,9	104,3	100,7	107,4
Pork meat	108,8	106,8	99,5	118,0
Poultry meat	91,6	94,5	98,7	102,5
Meats	108,6	107,2	100,1	116,1
Fishes and seafood	107,6	104,8	100,3	116,7
Milk, cheese and eggs	102,6	101,1	99,9	117,6
including:
Milk	98,4	97,1	99,1	118,7
Yogurt, cream, dairy drinks and desserts	106,2	105,3	100,5	118,9
Cheese and cottage cheese	101,3	99,8	100,1	114,6
Eggs	103,9	101,3	99,1	122,4
Oils and fats	88,8	88,9	101,6	103,0
Vegetable fats	88,9	89,2	100,1	107,9
Animal fats	88,7	88,7	102,9	99,0
including butter	87,2	87,4	103,3	96,9
Fruit	108,4	103,9	103,0	111,6
Vegetables	112,7	109,0	105,2	119,6
Sugar	94,2	94,1	100,1	135,3
Alkohol free drinks	111,7	110,7	100,3	115,6
including:
Coffee	110,8	109,5	100,3	116,6
Tea	116,4	115,3	100,3	114,6
Cocoa and chocolate powder	113,5	113,1	99,8	118,9
Mineral or spring waters	109,1	108,3	100,6	113,4
Fruit and vegetable juices	114,0	113,8	100,2	115,8
ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS	109,9	109,5	100,3	111,2
Alcoholic drinks	110,3	109,9	100,2	112,6
Tobacco products	108,6	108,2	100,5	107,2
CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR	104,7	104,5	100,1	106,4
including:
Clothes	105,2	104,3	100,0	106,6
Footwear	102,4	105,0	100,5	105,4
APARTMENT	107,6	108,4	100,0	113,9
USE OF APARTMENT OR HOUSE AND ENERGY CARRIERS	108,1	109,2	100,1	114,7
including:
Fees to owners	107,8	106,6	100,5	112,0
Water supply	108,4	108,3	100,3	106,6
Garbage collection	106,7	106,7	100,1	108,0
Sewage services	109,2	108,7	100,8	109,4
Energy carriers	107,9	110,1	99,8	118,2
Electricity	119,5	119,5	100,0	121,6
Gas	115,3	115,6	100,0	115,9
Opal	74,7	81,9	98,8	99,7
Thermal energy	120,6	119,2	100,2	134,8
APARTMENT EQUIPMENT AND HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT	105,9	105,4	99,7	110,8
including:
Furniture, decorative items, lighting equipment	99,8	99,9	99,4	107,4
Household appliances	101,4	101,3	99,4	105,0
Cleaning and preservatives	114,0	113,2	99,2	117,3
Household services	113,6	112,4	100,5	117,5
HEALTH	105,5	105,0	100,7	108,7
including:
Pharmaceutical products	102,4	101,9	100,8	106,2
Therapeutic devices and equipment	105,4	104,4	100,2	107,1
Medical services	111,3	110,5	100,6	113,6
Dental services	111,8	111,3	100,5	114,4
Hospital and sanatorium services	115,4	114,8	100,2	114,3
TRANSPORT	97,8	97,0	105,1	100,4
including:
Means of transport	101,4	100,8	99,5	104,0
including passenger cars	101,3	100,6	99,5	103,8
Fuel for private means of transport	94,3	95,8	108,8	96,2
Diesel	85,2	87,3	110,7	93,2
Gas	99,0	100,0	108,7	98,7
Liquid gas and other fuels for private means of transport	101,3	103,7	102,4	90,3
Transportation services	105,6	84,0	94,2	114,9
COMMUNICATION	106,7	106,8	99,1	108,5
including:
Telecommunications equipment	96,8	93,0	99,3	98,6
Telecommunication services	107,0	107,3	99,1	108,8
RECREATION AND CULTURE	106,5	105,2	99,3	112,2
including:
Audiovisual, photographic and IT equipment	97,7	98,2	99,4	99,4
Recreation and cultural services	103,7	103,4	99,8	109,9
including:
Recreation and sports services	109,7	109,0	100,5	112,4
Cultural services	100,5	100,3	99,4	108,7
including radio and television fees	97,7	97,7	99,1	108,2
Books	108,8	107,1	101,4	107,9
Newspapers and magazines	105,2	103,5	95,7	112,8
Stationery, painting and drawing supplies	105,1	104,9	100,2	111,5
Organized tourism	107,6	105,2	96,8	114,0
Organized tourism in the country	112,3	109,6	98,9	114,6
Tourism organized abroad	104,3	102,0	95,4	113,5
EDUCATION	110,4	110,2	100,1	112,9
RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS	110,3	109,3	100,4	114,2
OTHER GOODS AND SERVICES	108,5	108,4	100,4	111,9
including:
Personal hygiene	110,2	110,4	100,2	114,6
including:
Hairdressing, beauty and care services	110,0	108,7	100,3	112,1
Personal hygiene items and cosmetics	110,6	111,4	100,3	115,7
Social care	113,9	113,6	100,2	118,6
Insurance	106,5	105,5	101,7	107,5
Financial services provided by banks and other institutions	108,8	108,8	100,1	106,5

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