In fact Poland is Europe's candle king, producing a colossal 760 million euros' worth of candles in 2021, accounting for 40% of all EU candle production.
Second place goes to Germany (191 million euros, 10% of candle production), and third is Italy (84 million euros, 5% of production).
Unfortunately, no figures are available for Latvia, though Estonia made 22 million euros' worth of candles and Lithuania managed 14 million euros' worth.
But whenever you light a candle this winter, there's a good chance you have Poland to thank for it.
