Industrial production rebounds in December

Latest reading: Industrial production was up 7.3% in annual terms in December, following a 1.1% fall in the previous month. December’s growth was above market expectations, and was led by machinery repair, waste management and the manufacture of metal products. Relative to the previous month's figures, readings in December improved for mining and quarrying (+8.7% on a year-on-year basis vs +4.5% in November), manufacturing (+7.8% vs -1.4% in November) and electricity, gas and utilities (-2.1% vs -2.7% in November). On a seasonally adjusted month-on-month basis, industrial production was up 2.1% in December, following a 0.5% decline in the prior month. Lastly, in 2025 as a whole, industrial production increased by 2.1% on a year-on-year basis (2024: +1.2%), marking a three-year high.

How should you choose a forecaster if some are too optimistic while others are too pessimistic? FocusEconomics collects Polish industry projections for the next ten years from a panel of 16 analysts at the leading national, regional and global forecast institutions. These projections are then validated by our in-house team of economists and data analysts and averaged to provide one Consensus Forecast you can rely on for each indicator. By averaging all forecasts, upside and downside forecasting errors tend to cancel each other out, leading to the most reliable industry forecast available for Polish industry.

Download one of our sample reports to visualize what a Consensus Forecast is and see our Polish industry projections.

Want to get access to the full dataset of Polish industry forecasts? Send an email to info@focus-economics.com.