The Statistical Office in Warszawa has prepared the next edition of the annual „Report on the socio-economic situation of Mazowieckie Voivodship”. This publication is a comprehensive analytical study referring to the development challenges of the country and voivodships contained in the National Strategy of Regional Development 2030 and is addressed in particular to representatives of local government units. In this basic strategic document of the state’s regional policy, the challenges identified include: climate change; counteracting the negative effects of demographic processes; developing and supporting human and social capital; increase in the productivity and innovation of regional economies; development of infrastructure improving competitiveness, investment attractiveness and living conditions in regions; increasing the efficiency of development management (including financing development activities).

The thematic layout of the publication allows for the effective identification of the development needs of Mazovia and supports regional analyses carried out in order to monitor the implementation of public policy assumptions. The analysis was made in various territorial sections, which enabled the presentation of differences in the social and economic development of the Voivodship. The analytical text of the study was enriched with tables and a graphic presentation in the form of maps and charts, which allows for a quick and effective perception of statistical information, as well as the relations between spatial phenomena presented using them.

The basic part of the Report was supplemented with tables containing an overview of the most important data for Mazowieckie Voivodship and Warsaw capital city in retrospective and for the country. Graphical form was used to present selected data for Mazovia against the background of other voivodships.

The data presented in the Report relate to 2024 or the last available year. In order to illustrate changes over time, some issues are presented in a multi-year retrospective. For most topics, the presentation of phenomena dates back to 2015. Selected data were compared to the average values for the country.

This year's edition of the publication included for the first time – in the form of an Annex – selected information on the Strategic Intervention Areas (SIAs), defined in the National Strategy for Regional Development 2030 as areas (gminas) threatened by permanent marginalisation and cities losing their socio-economic functions, for which special development support instruments are in place. A wide range of data for functional areas (including SIAs) is also available in a dedicated module entitled Functional areas in the Local Data Bank (at https://bdl.stat.gov.pl/bdl/obszary) and in the next edition of the Statistics Poland’s publication entitled Regional development of Poland – analytical report 2024.

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