CEE: volume of retail trade 2024

The most significant increase in the volume of retail trade among Central and Eastern European countries was recorded in Croatia, where sales (excluding motorization, fixed prices, and calendar-adjusted data) increased by 8.9 percent year-on-year in March 2024. In the European Union, retail sales increased by two percent during this period.

Change in the volume of retail trade in Central and Eastern Europe from January 2020 to March 2024

Characteristic	EU27	Bulgaria	Czechia	Estonia	Croatia	Latvia	Lithuania	Hungary	Poland	Romania	Slovenia	Slovakia	Montenegro	North Macedonia	Serbia
2024-03	2%	0.4%	6.2%	-2.3%	8.9%	3.5%	6.2%	4.2%	8.2%	5.6%	-0.5%	1.2%	1.6%	-0.4%	9%
2024-02	0%	3.1%	2.5%	-3.5%	9.1%	-0.2%	2.6%	1.7%	2.2%	7.4%	-4.4%	4.1%	10.4%	4.8%	6.6%
2024-01	-0.6%	-0.1%	3.3%	-6.7%	7.9%	-1.3%	-0.7%	0.6%	-1.6%	7.5%	-1.9%	1.7%	10.3%	-2.9%	4.1%
2023-12	-0.5%	0.8%	1.1%	-4.3%	8.5%	1.7%	3.3%	-0.3%	-2.7%	1.5%	-3.3%	-3.3%	6.2%	-4.6%	4.8%
2023-11	-0.4%	3.1%	0.2%	-8.5%	6.8%	-1.4%	0.3%	-5.3%	-1.1%	3.4%	-5.2%	-1.7%	0%	2.4%	3.1%
2023-10	-0.8%	3.4%	-1.6%	-5.1%	6%	-0.3%	-0.5%	-6.5%	0.8%	0.8%	-3.9%	-1.3%	2%	-3.9%	0.2%
2023-09	-3.1%	0.1%	-4.3%	-5.8%	4.4%	-2.9%	-2.3%	-7.4%	-0.7%	-0.6%	-6.2%	-7.5%	7.7%	-1.7%	-0.3%
2023-08	-2.1%	0.2%	-2.8%	-7.5%	2%	-2.7%	-1%	-7%	-2.1%	-0.2%	-6.2%	-3.9%	5.7%	-9%	-1.9%
2023-07	-1.3%	1.6%	-2.1%	-8.5%	2.1%	-2.6%	-2.2%	-7.6%	-3.1%	0.5%	-7.5%	-6.8%	10.6%	-3.8%	-2.7%
2023-06	-1.3%	2.5%	-3.9%	-8.8%	1.3%	-1%	-1.7%	-8.3%	-1.4%	1.2%	-9.1%	-6.6%	10.2%	3.7%	-6%
2023-05	-2.6%	1.9%	-6.3%	-9.6%	2.6%	-2.3%	-1.4%	-12.4%	-2%	2.8%	-6.7%	-9.4%	11.2%	-2%	-6%
2023-04	-3.3%	-2.5%	-8.4%	-9.9%	4.2%	-4.8%	-3%	-12.7%	-2.7%	-1.1%	-7.9%	-10.8%	8.9%	-4.5%	-5.1%
2023-03	-3.8%	1.3%	-9.5%	-13%	-1.9%	-6.7%	-5.5%	-13.1%	-4.1%	6.8%	-12.2%	-8.9%	7.4%	10.6%	-8.8%
2023-02	-2.9%	4.2%	-6.8%	-6.5%	-0.4%	1.6%	-2.5%	-9.9%	0.6%	2.5%	-4%	-3.3%	11.5%	-3.3%	-3%
2023-01	-1.7%	5.5%	-6.8%	-7.5%	1%	0.8%	0%	-4.5%	5.5%	4.6%	3.4%	-1.5%	14.7%	3.6%	2.4%
2022-12	-2.8%	3.8%	-8.1%	-5.9%	-1.6%	-0.1%	-6.3%	-4.2%	2.3%	5.2%	-1.2%	1%	9.6%	2.4%	-0.3%
2022-11	-2.2%	5.6%	-9.2%	-2.5%	1.8%	7.8%	-1.8%	1.2%	5.9%	4.2%	3%	-2.2%	13%	1.7%	0.9%
2022-10	-2.2%	1.1%	-10.4%	-4%	0.4%	2.5%	-2.9%	0.7%	5%	4.3%	3.4%	-4.5%	12.7%	-1.6%	4.8%
2022-09	0.4%	3%	-6%	-5.8%	0%	-0.8%	-1.6%	2.5%	6.8%	2.5%	7.4%	1.6%	8.1%	-1.8%	5.7%
2022-08	-0.6%	2.6%	-8.3%	2.1%	0.9%	-2%	-2.2%	1.8%	6.5%	4.7%	6.4%	0.7%	8.6%	3.6%	3.9%
2022-07	-0.4%	-0.1%	-8.1%	1.1%	2.8%	-0.8%	-4%	3.7%	4.4%	3.8%	1.7%	1.9%	5.2%	-3.2%	6%
2022-06	-1.8%	0.6%	-6.8%	-0.7%	4.9%	-4%	-3.6%	3.9%	6.7%	3.5%	3.2%	1.4%	17.8%	-3.8%	4.2%
2022-05	2.1%	5.1%	-6.2%	1.6%	4.1%	-0.3%	-1%	11.2%	10.7%	7.2%	5.6%	7.1%	19.7%	1.5%	6.9%
2022-04	6.8%	6%	5.2%	13.2%	4.3%	3.3%	2.4%	15.3%	29.9%	5.6%	13.6%	9.2%	18.9%	7%	7.5%
2022-03	3.4%	9.7%	5.8%	18.7%	4.7%	9.9%	7.6%	17.1%	9.2%	4.9%	10.1%	16.9%	27.1%	3.9%	17.8%
2022-02	6.7%	6.4%	4.4%	4.2%	0%	8.9%	11.8%	9.9%	12.6%	5.8%	5.7%	16.1%	17.3%	6.9%	8.6%
2022-01	9.8%	11%	9.4%	8%	0.5%	15.7%	17.1%	3.7%	15.8%	6.1%	12.8%	18.5%	12.1%	6%	3.7%
2021-12	3.5%	8.4%	0.1%	12.7%	5.9%	1.8%	15.7%	7%	13.3%	6.5%	5.2%	3.3%	14.2%	1.2%	11.5%
2021-11	9.2%	5.4%	11.8%	13.8%	3.5%	-8.8%	10.3%	4.8%	13.5%	4.8%	6.4%	5.7%	15.3%	7.2%	11%
2021-10	2.6%	6%	7.6%	11.1%	7.6%	-8%	9.5%	5.6%	9.3%	4.7%	-5.6%	3.7%	10.8%	7.5%	6.1%
2021-09	3.3%	7.2%	3.4%	17%	14.1%	-2.9%	11.2%	6%	9.3%	8.5%	-9.5%	6.4%	18.1%	9%	4.6%
2021-08	2.3%	10.3%	4.6%	9%	16.8%	-1.9%	9.6%	4.4%	7.8%	10%	-11%	2.6%	52.4%	15.7%	8.6%
2021-07	4%	18.2%	3.6%	11.4%	13.3%	-1.7%	12.7%	2.8%	9%	9.2%	-7.9%	2.9%	50.7%	11%	11.1%
2021-06	6.1%	21%	6.8%	12.7%	10.3%	0.9%	15.6%	5.6%	9.1%	11.7%	-4.4%	7.2%	19.9%	10.4%	6.4%
2021-05	9.4%	22.4%	7.7%	17.5%	15.3%	1.3%	19%	5.7%	12.1%	17.3%	-3.6%	12.1%	11.5%	20.9%	12%
2021-04	22.4%	23.7%	7.3%	22.8%	32.9%	9%	35.1%	11.6%	15.3%	42.7%	4.6%	12.4%	28.2%	23.2%	42.3%
2021-03	13.4%	15%	7.8%	3.6%	12.1%	-2%	19.1%	-3.7%	10.9%	9.5%	6.9%	1%	-6.1%	5.1%	5.7%
2021-02	-1.5%	-2%	-1.6%	3.8%	4.2%	-14.2%	1.4%	-5.5%	2.2%	4.2%	-12.5%	-13.2%	-9.4%	-3.9%	5.9%
2021-01	-4.7%	-6%	-6.6%	8.2%	1.6%	-14.9%	-3%	-1%	-2.4%	1.8%	-27.8%	-17.6%	-6%	2.6%	5.7%
2020-12	1.3%	1.9%	-0.6%	5.9%	-1%	-4.6%	0%	-2.5%	4.3%	2.7%	-13.3%	1.1%	18.1%	-11.3%	-0.2%
2020-11	-0.9%	7.6%	-4.7%	6.2%	0.6%	1.4%	6.7%	-0.5%	1.7%	4.2%	-15.5%	2%	10.5%	-14.1%	2.8%
2020-10	4.2%	8.4%	-0.8%	6.6%	-1.6%	6.4%	8.3%	-1.9%	3.5%	4.8%	-10.8%	5.4%	9.9%	-10.4%	6.2%
2020-09	2.6%	7%	0.6%	4.8%	-6.8%	6%	6.3%	-2.3%	5.4%	3.9%	-8.5%	8.7%	0.4%	-11%	7.6%
2020-08	4.2%	0.4%	1.2%	4.2%	-6.9%	4.4%	7.8%	-1.4%	6.3%	1.7%	-7.2%	6.6%	-16.2%	-16.1%	6.1%
2020-07	0.8%	-5.9%	2.2%	3.5%	-6.1%	3.1%	6.7%	1.7%	6%	5%	-4.6%	3.9%	-10.3%	-11.2%	4.3%
2020-06	1.6%	-5.8%	-0.1%	6.1%	-5.7%	4.1%	5.6%	0.2%	2.6%	2.1%	-4.5%	0.2%	3.2%	-10%	11.4%
2020-05	-2.3%	-9.2%	1%	2.4%	-6.3%	-0.6%	1.1%	-2.2%	0.9%	-3.9%	-8.8%	-6.2%	4.4%	-17.9%	5.8%
2020-04	-17.9%	-8.5%	-9.8%	-12.9%	-23.7%	-8.9%	-17.2%	-12.3%	-11.8%	-19.5%	-22.7%	-12.4%	-4.5%	-21.3%	-17.7%
2020-03	-7%	-2.3%	-7.2%	3.1%	-5.5%	-0.6%	-4.5%	3.1%	-0.3%	3.3%	-14.5%	-1.6%	26.4%	-5.9%	6.1%
2020-02	3.4%	20.3%	3.9%	8.5%	5.2%	5.8%	6.2%	11.4%	7.1%	11.2%	-4.7%	5.5%	26%	4.8%	10.5%
2020-01	2.7%	17.6%	4.4%	3.6%	6.2%	1.4%	5%	7.3%	8.5%	11.2%	-1.2%	4.3%	12.9%	2%	12.5%

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2024

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CEE

Survey time period

January 2020 to March 2024

Supplementary notes

The index of the volume of retail trade measures the evolution of the turnover in retail trade, adjusted for price changes (deflated), i.e. the evolution of the total amount of goods sold, based on data adjusted for calendar and seasonal effects.

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