Raising one child costs PLN 200,000 - 225,000 - report

The cost of raising one child up to the age of majority in Poland is PLN 200,000 - 225,000, Adam Smith Centre estimated. According to it, the expenses on child maintenance range from 15 to 30 percent of the family budget. The costs of raising two children reach PLN 370,000 - PLN 400,000.

The Centre emphasized that the increase in the costs of raising children resulted from the overall increase in costs of living in Poland, which between 2015 and 2018 grew by about 61 percent.

(PAP)