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In 2023, volume of wheat grown per capita amounted to 1,551 kg, which is by 32 kg less than in 2022.

In April 2024, the consumer confidence indicator stood at 4 and, against March 2024, remained stable.
Over the year (April 2024, against April 2024), the consumer confidence indicator increased by 4 percentage points. Consumer confidence varied widely between age groups, with 16 for 16–29 year olds and minus 2 for those 65 and older.
In April, the proportion of population expecting improvement in the country’s economic situation in the coming 12 months stood at 29 per cent, 22 per cent stated deterioration.
Compared to March, the population’s expectations for the changes in the household’s financial situation remained similar: 27 per cent of population expected improvement in the household’s financial situation in the coming 12 months, 8 per cent expected deterioration (in March, 27 and 9 per cent respectively).
55 per cent of the population expected to make at least some savings in the coming 12 months, 15 per cent – did not expect to make any savings (in March, 54 and 14 per cent respectively).

In March 2024, compared to February 2024, construction input prices increased by 1 per cent.
Over the year (March 2024, against March 2023), construction input prices increased by 4.3 per cent.

At the end of 2023, there were 4.5 thousand incarcerated persons in imprisonment institutions, of them 4 thousand – convicts, 0.5 thousand – persons taken into custody.
In 2023, 4 thousand convicted persons were released from imprisonment institutions.

In 2023, the average number of the recipients of state social insurance old-age pension amounted to 601.9 thousand, which is by 4.4 thousand (0.7 per cent) more than in 2021.
In 2023, average state social insurance old-age pension amounted to EUR 539.07, and compared to 2022, increased by EUR 66 (14 per cent).

In 2022, against 2021, domestic material consumption decreased by 2 per cent and amounted to 56,929 thousand tonnes.
In 2022, direct material input amounted to 86,047 thousand tonnes, which is by 3 per cent less than in 2021.

In 2022, net social protection expenditure totalled EUR 10.9 billion and, compared to 2021, grew by 7.1 per cent. In 2022, relative share of net social protection expenditure made up 15.9 per cent of GDP (in 2021, 17.6 per cent).

In February 2024, against the same period of 2023, resources of electricity increased by 11.5, motor gasoline – 7.1, road transport diesel – 2.7 per cent. Resources of liquefied petroleum gases and crude petroleum decreased by 19.7 and 0.3 per cent respectively. Resources of natural gas grew by 68.4 per cent.