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.
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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%
0%2.5%5%7.5%10%12.5%15%17.5%
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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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Picodi. (January 16, 2024). Cost of food as a share of minimum wage in Poland from January 2021 to January 2024 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 29, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1445858/food-spending-to-minimum-wage-poland/
Picodi. "Cost of food as a share of minimum wage in Poland from January 2021 to January 2024." Chart. January 16, 2024. Statista. Accessed June 29, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1445858/food-spending-to-minimum-wage-poland/
Picodi. (2024). Cost of food as a share of minimum wage in Poland from January 2021 to January 2024. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 29, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1445858/food-spending-to-minimum-wage-poland/
Picodi. "Cost of Food as a Share of Minimum Wage in Poland from January 2021 to January 2024." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 Jan 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1445858/food-spending-to-minimum-wage-poland/
Picodi, Cost of food as a share of minimum wage in Poland from January 2021 to January 2024 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1445858/food-spending-to-minimum-wage-poland/ (last visited June 29, 2025)
Cost of food as a share of minimum wage in Poland from January 2021 to January 2024 [Graph], Picodi, January 16, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1445858/food-spending-to-minimum-wage-poland/
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