Data for 2012 are preliminary and they can be changed upon updating of the source data as well as due to bringing the methodology for the calculation of regional accounts more in line with the new European System of National and Regional Accounts (ESA 2010). Final data for 2012 will be published in October 2014

The importance of employing knowledge for economic progress and the necessity of the development of human capital are among ten biggest challenges Poland faces, according to the strategy Poland 2030. As assumed in this strategy, in the next 17 years human capital is to become the main source of competitiveness of the Polish economy.