Voivodeship ranking

Innovation potential

R&D spending, patents and the share of knowledge-intensive sectors.

The Innovation potential ranking covers all 16 Polish voivodeships with a single composite score on a 0–100 scale. Source data comes from the Polish Statistical Office (GUS), the Local Data Bank (BDL), Eurostat regional accounts and other registry sources, normalised so that voivodeships of different size and population can be compared directly.

The composite weighs 4 indicators; the heaviest contributors are listed in the methodology section below the table. Each contributing series has its own coverage threshold - voivodeships with insufficient data points are excluded from the ranking rather than ranked on partial information.

Use the table below to read the full standings, the score for each voivodeship and the underlying value of the leading indicator. Click a voivodeship name to open its profile with all available BDL series, year-on-year changes and a downloadable methodology note.

#	Voivodeship	Score
1	Masovian	97.0/ 100
2	Pomeranian	79.5/ 100
3	Lesser Poland	78.0/ 100
4	Lower Silesian	77.5/ 100
5	Greater Poland	62.2/ 100
6	Łódź	61.1/ 100
7	Silesian	60.8/ 100
8	Lublin	59.6/ 100
9	Opole	51.6/ 100
10	Subcarpathian	51.3/ 100
11	Kuyavian-Pomeranian	44.7/ 100
12	West Pomeranian	36.8/ 100
13	Podlaskie	35.8/ 100
14	Warmian-Masurian	21.1/ 100
15	Świętokrzyskie	20.6/ 100
16	Lubusz	18.9/ 100