Food spending to minimum wage Poland 2024

The ratio of basic food spending to the minimum wage in Poland shows a steady decline, reaching, over 13 percent as of January 2024. In other words, the monthly expenses on the basic food basket occupied approximately one-seventh percent of the official minimum wage in the country. One year prior, the ratio was 0.8 percentage points higher.

Cost of food as a share of minimum wage in Poland from January 2021 to January 2024

Characteristic	Basic food spending to minimum wage ratio
Jan 2024	13.2%
Jan 2023	14%
Jan 2022	14.6%
Jan 2021	14.9%

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Release date

January 2024

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Poland

Survey time period

January 2021 to January 2024

Supplementary notes

The basic food spending was calculated by the source as the total price of a consumer basket with the following products: 10 bread loafs, 10 liters of milk, 20 eggs, 1.5 kilograms of rice, 1 kilogram of cheese, 6 kilograms of meat, 6 kilograms of fruit, and 8 kilograms of vegetables.

The statistic has been compiled from several reports by the source.

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