Polish GDP grew 2.9% in 2024: stats office

The Polish economy grew 2.9 percent last year, the country’s statistics office said on Thursday in a preliminary estimate.

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The reading was in line with a consensus forecast by analysts, public broadcaster Polish Radio’s IAR news agency reported.

In 2023, Poland’s gross domestic product expanded by 0.1 percent, according to the state-run Statistics Poland (GUS) agency.

Według wstępnego szacunku produkt krajowy brutto (#PKB) w Polsce w 2024 r. był realnie wyższy o 2,9 % r/r. (w 2023 r. PKB wzrósł nieznacznie – o 0,1%).https://t.co/fqKTZTUBdc#GUS #RachunkiNarodowe #statystyki #społeczeństwo #gospodarka pic.twitter.com/aeoOq8LGov

— GUS (@GUS_STAT) January 30, 2025

The Polish central bank in November predicted that the country's GDP would grow 2.7 percent in 2024, followed by 3.4 percent in 2025 and 2.8 percent in 2026.

Poland’s president this month signed the country's budget for 2025, which expects the economy to grow 3.9 percent this year.

The Polish statistics office is expected to report full 2024 GDP data on February 27.

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Source: PAP, IAR