This is a list of the voivodeships of Poland by Human Development Index as of 2022. [1]
Rank | Voivodeship | HDI (2022) | |||
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Very high human development | |||||
1 | Masovian Voivodeship | 0.931 | |||
2 | Pomeranian Voivodeship | 0.896 | |||
3 | Lower Silesian Voivodeship | 0.894 | |||
4 | Lesser Poland Voivodeship | 0.891 | |||
5 | Silesian Voivodeship | 0.889 | |||
6 | Greater Poland Voivodeship | 0.887 | |||
– | Poland | 0.881 | |||
7 | Podlaskie Voivodeship | 0.875 | |||
8 | Łódź Voivodeship | 0.874 | |||
9 | West Pomeranian Voivodeship | 0.873 | |||
10 | Opole Voivodeship | 0.872 | |||
11 | Podkarpackie Voivodeship | 0.871 | |||
12 | Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship | 0.869 | |||
Lubusz Voivodeship | |||||
13 | Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship | 0.865 | |||
14 | Lublin Voivodeship | 0.863 | |||
15 | Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship | 0.853 |
This is a list of the voivodeships of Poland by Human Development Index for the years 1995 to 2022, highlighting the development over this period. [1]
Region | 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2019 | 2022 | Increase 1995–2022 |
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Podlaskie Voivodeship | 0.732 | 0.778 | 0.800 | 0.831 | 0.853 | 0.873 | 0.875 | 19.5% |
Lower Silesian Voivodeship | 0.749 | 0.794 | 0.822 | 0.851 | 0.875 | 0.894 | 0.894 | 19.4% |
Masovian Voivodeship | 0.781 | 0.829 | 0.856 | 0.886 | 0.912 | 0.931 | 0.931 | 19.2% |
Silesian Voivodeship | 0.749 | 0.794 | 0.821 | 0.849 | 0.868 | 0.887 | 0.889 | 18.7% |
Pomeranian Voivodeship | 0.755 | 0.802 | 0.821 | 0.848 | 0.871 | 0.892 | 0.896 | 18.7% |
Łódź Voivodeship | 0.737 | 0.782 | 0.805 | 0.831 | 0.857 | 0.875 | 0.874 | 18.6% |
Poland | 0.745 | 0.791 | 0.813 | 0.840 | 0.863 | 0.881 | 0.881 | 18.4% |
Podkarpackie Voivodeship | 0.736 | 0.781 | 0.800 | 0.832 | 0.854 | 0.872 | 0.871 | 18.3% |
Lesser Poland Voivodeship | 0.753 | 0.799 | 0.818 | 0.848 | 0.873 | 0.892 | 0.891 | 18.3% |
Lublin Voivodeship | 0.730 | 0.773 | 0.795 | 0.821 | 0.849 | 0.866 | 0.863 | 18.2% |
Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship | 0.733 | 0.779 | 0.801 | 0.829 | 0.847 | 0.866 | 0.865 | 18.0% |
Greater Poland Voivodeship | 0.752 | 0.797 | 0.823 | 0.849 | 0.872 | 0.888 | 0.887 | 18.0% |
Opole Voivodeship | 0.741 | 0.787 | 0.809 | 0.833 | 0.855 | 0.870 | 0.872 | 17.7% |
Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship | 0.740 | 0.786 | 0.804 | 0.824 | 0.850 | 0.862 | 0.869 | 17.4% |
Lubusz Voivodeship | 0.740 | 0.786 | 0.808 | 0.830 | 0.850 | 0.862 | 0.869 | 17.4% |
Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship | 0.727 | 0.773 | 0.793 | 0.818 | 0.838 | 0.848 | 0.853 | 17.3% |
West Pomeranian Voivodeship | 0.745 | 0.791 | 0.808 | 0.832 | 0.854 | 0.869 | 0.873 | 17.2% |
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