The territorial diversification of the economic development of Polish poviats (counties) between 2002 and 2014

Abstract

The aim of the study is to rank the counties in terms of economic development. The classification was based on taxonomic indicators of economic development. In addition, the authors also described the spatial differentiation of basic macroeconomic variables in the counties. The differentiation was based on macroeconomic variables such as the registered unemployment rate, wages, sold production of industry per capita, investments per capita, and the gross value of fixed assets per capita. The period of the analysis covers the years 2002-2014, and the final statistics are taken from the Local Data Bank of the Central Statistical Office.