Latest reading: Retail sales increased 3.3% on a year-on-year basis in January, following a 5.0% rise in the prior month....
Retail Sales in Poland
The Polish economy recorded an average growth rate of 12.5% in retail sales over the decade to 2024, below Central & Eastern Europe's average of 7.8%. In 2024, Poland's retail sales growth was 3.1%.
Poland Retail Chart
Note: This chart displays Retail Sales (ann. var. %) for Poland from 2014 to 2025.
Source: Macrobond.
Poland Retail Data
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail Sales (ann. var. %) | -2.9 | 8.0 | 5.7 | -3.2 | 3.1 |
Retail sales lose momentum in January
Latest reading: Retail sales increased 4.4% on a year-on-year basis in January, following 5.3% growth in the previous month. Relative to the prior month's figures, readings in January softened for motor vehicles, motorcycles and parts (-4.5% in annual terms vs +13.1% in December), furniture, radio, TV and household appliances (+10.5% vs +19.8% in December) and fuel (+4.6% vs +8.3% in December). In contrast, readings picked up for textiles, clothing and footwear (+17.6% vs +6.0% in December) and food, beverages and tobacco (+4.2% vs +1.9% in December). On a seasonally adjusted month-on-month basis, retail sales rose 0.5% in January, following a 0.4% rise in the previous month.
Consensus Forecasts and Projections for the next ten years
How should you choose a forecaster if some are too optimistic while others are too pessimistic? FocusEconomics collects Polish retail projections for the next ten years from a panel of 4 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 retail forecast available for Polish retail.
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