The Level of Socio-Economic Development of Polish Provinces in the Period 2005-2020
The Level of Socio-Economic Development of Polish Provinces in the Period 2005-2020

Summary/Abstract: Socio-economic development is a multi-dimensional and highly complex subject. The goal of the current regional policies, which are widely implemented around the world, is to equalize the level of development of regions. In order for these measures to be effective, there is a need for developing methods and its continuous improvement. One method that allows statistical and multidimensional description of the level of socio-economic development is the determination of synthetic measures. The purpose of the article is to assess the level of socio-economic development of Polish provinces in 2005–2020 and to identify groups of provinces with similar levels of development. The applied methods made it possible to create rankings of provinces. The results of the study showed a high spatial differentiation of the level of socio-economic development in Poland. The provinces with the highest level of socio-economic development in terms of selected variables were the Mazowieckie, Dolnośląskie, Pomorskie and Małopolskie provinces, and those with the lowest were the Podkarpackie, Warmińsko-Mazurskie and Świętokrzyskie.

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