Latest reading: Retail sales fell 3.2% in annual terms in May, following a 3.7% fall in the prior month. Relative...
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
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail Sales (ann. var. %) | 8.0 | 5.7 | -3.2 | 3.1 | 4.0 |
Retail sales decelerate in April
Latest reading: Retail sales rose 1.2% in annual terms in April, following a 8.8% increase in the previous month. April's reading was the weakest since March 2025. Relative to the previous month's figures, readings in April worsened for motor vehicles, motorcycles and parts (+0.8% in annual terms vs +7.7% in March), textiles, clothing and footwear (-9.5% vs +13.6% in March), furniture, radio, TV and household appliances (+1.0% vs +7.9% in March) and food, beverages and tobacco (-5.8% vs +4.3% in March). In contrast, the reading for fuel improved in April (+25.6% vs +16.2% in March). On a seasonally adjusted month-on-month basis, retail sales declined 2.8% in April, following 3.3% growth in the prior 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 3 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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