Latest reading: Retail sales fell 0.3% month-on-month in seasonally adjusted terms in April (March: +0.2% mom). April’s figure was largely...
Retail Sales in Poland
In the year 2024, the retail sales in Poland was 3.09%, compared to 3.13% in 2014 and -3.23% in 2023. It averaged 12.52% over the last decade.
Poland Retail Chart
Note: This chart displays Retail Sales (ann. var. %) for Poland from 2014 to 2024.
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 post quickest growth since May 2022 in April
Latest reading: Retail sales increased 7.6% compared to the same month a year earlier in April, which contrasted March's 0.1% decrease. April's figure marked the best reading since May 2022. Looking at the details of the release, sales of fuel, food, beverages and tobacco, and textiles, clothing and footwear rose at a stronger pace. That said, motor vehicles, motorcycles and parts sales expanded at a slower rate in April. On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, retail sales rose at a faster rate of 3.5% in April (March: +1.9% mom s.a.), the best result since May 2021. Meanwhile, the trend improved, with the annual average growth of retail sales coming in at 3.3%, up from March's 3.0%.
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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