Inflation in Poland
Inflation in Poland was 4.0% in September 2026, according to Statistics Poland.
So far this year (January–September 2026), prices are 2.9% higher than in the same months of 2025. For 2025 as a whole, inflation was 3.6%.
Over the ten years from 2015 to 2025, prices rose by 56.6% in total, an average of 4.6% a year.
Inflation in Poland by year
Annual inflation is the change in the average price level from the year before. The last column shows what PLN 100 in each year is worth in 2025.
| Year | Inflation | PLN 100 is worth in 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Sept) | 2.9% | – |
| 2025 | 3.6% | PLN 100 |
| 2024 | 3.6% | PLN 104 |
| 2023 | 11.4% | PLN 107 |
| 2022 | 14.4% | PLN 120 |
| 2021 | 5.1% | PLN 137 |
| 2020 | 3.4% | PLN 144 |
| 2019 | 2.3% | PLN 149 |
| 2018 | 1.6% | PLN 152 |
| 2017 | 2.0% | PLN 154 |
| 2016 | -0.6% | PLN 158 |
| 2015 | -0.9% | PLN 157 |
| 2014 | 0.0% | PLN 155 |
| 2013 | 0.9% | PLN 155 |
| 2012 | 3.7% | PLN 157 |
| 2011 | 4.3% | PLN 162 |
| 2010 | 2.6% | PLN 169 |
| 2009 | 3.5% | PLN 174 |
| 2008 | 4.2% | PLN 180 |
| 2007 | 2.5% | PLN 187 |
| 2006 | 1.0% | PLN 192 |
Show every year back to 1996
| 2005 | 2.1% | PLN 194 |
| 2004 | 3.5% | PLN 198 |
| 2003 | 0.8% | PLN 205 |
| 2002 | 1.9% | PLN 207 |
| 2001 | 5.5% | PLN 211 |
| 2000 | 10.1% | PLN 222 |
| 1999 | 7.3% | PLN 245 |
| 1998 | 11.8% | PLN 263 |
| 1997 | 14.9% | PLN 294 |
| 1996 | 19.9% | PLN 337 |
Highest and lowest inflation
The highest annual inflation since 1996 was 19.9% in 1996. The largest fall in prices was 0.9% in 2015. Prices last fell in 2016, by 0.6%.
About the figures
Statistics Poland's consumer price index. The series starts in 1995, after the hyperinflation of 1989–91 and the redenomination in which 10,000 old złoty became 1 new złoty. The figures are annual averages of the consumer price index from Statistics Poland, and are updated automatically when new figures are published.
Source: Statistics Poland
Inflation in other countries
| Country | Latest month | This year so far | Latest year | 10-year average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.6% (Sept 2026) | 3.1% | 3.5% (2025) | 3.3% | |
| 5.3% (Oct 2026) | 3.3% | 2.5% (2025) | 3.0% | |
| 2.2% (Sept 2026) | 1.5% | 1.9% (2025) | 1.9% | |
| 3.8% (Sept 2026) | 2.8% | 2.1% (2025) | 2.6% | |
| 3.4% (Oct 2026) | 2.0% | 0.9% (2025) | 1.9% | |
| 3.3% (Sept 2026) | 2.6% | 2.2% (2025) | 2.6% | |
| 4.1% (Sept 2026) | 3.4% | 2.2% (2025) | 2.2% | |
| 5.4% (Oct 2026) | 2.9% | 1.5% (2025) | 2.1% | |
| 3.4% (Sept 2026) | 3.0% | 3.3% (2025) | 3.0% | |
| 3.4% (Sept 2026) | 3.2% | 3.0% (2025) | 3.3% | |
| 4.9% (Sept 2026) | 3.4% | 2.7% (2025) | 2.4% | |
| 1.1% (Sept 2026) | 0.5% | 0.7% (2025) | 2.9% | |
| 3.4% (Sept 2026) | 3.0% | 3.4% (2025) | 3.3% | |
| 3.7% (Sept 2026) | 3.4% | 2.6% (2025) | 3.1% |