Consumer price index in Poland in November 2023
08.02.2024
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%).
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 |
||
|
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 |
||
|
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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