Poland Inflation Revised Slightly Down to 4%

2025-06-13 08:18 By Judith Sib-at 1 min. read

Poland’s annual inflation rate was revised slightly down to 4% in May 2025 from an initial estimate of 4.1%, compared to 4.3% in the previous month.

This marked the lowest level since June 2024, amid slower price increases for housing and utilities (10.6% vs 10.8% in April), health (4.9% vs 5.3%), communication (2.8% vs 3.5%), recreation and culture (3.4% vs 3.6%), restaurants and hotels (5.9% vs 6.1%), and miscellaneous goods and services (2% vs 2.2%).

At the same time, transport costs dropped further (-7.2% vs -5.6%).

Meanwhile, food prices increased (5.5% vs 5.3%).

On a monthly basis, consumer prices fell by 0.2% in May, confirming preliminary estimates and marking the first monthly decline since September 2023, following a 0.4% rise in April.



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