Summary
Data gathered and analysed at the county level allowed us to prepare an HDI ranking on a regional level. The ranking is shown in the following table: Table 1. Voivodeships ranking according to LHDI value in 2010 and change of voivodeship rank in comparison to 20074 Voivodeship
LHDI ranking
Change of rank in comparison to 2007
LHDI
HI
EI
WI
Mazovian
1
0
60.21
58.18
61.68
60.84
Lesser Poland
2
0
51.93
69.10
57.65
35.15
Pomeranian
3
0
51.14
71.28
47.16
39.79
Greater Poland
4
0
50.22
63.32
50.19
39.86
Silesian
5
0
49.54
48.39
53.92
46.59
Opole
6
0
46.95
59.76
55.94
30.96
Lower Silesian
7
0
46.34
47.61
48.79
42.84
Podlasie
8
1
44.40
66.08
51.60
25.67
Lubusz
9
2
44.36
54.72
47.21
33.79
Podkarpacie
10
0
43.77
72.28
48.15
24.09
West Pomeranian
11
-3
42.89
52.31
42.51
35.48
Warmian-Masurian
12
0
42.33
58.61
41.85
30.93
Kuyavian-Pomeranian
13
0
41.22
49.17
42.31
33.67
Lublin
14
1
39.55
48.61
46.46
27.40
Łódź
15
1
39.28
31.48
52.25
36.85
Świętokrzyskie
16
-2
36.78
45.95
39.18
27.62
Source: Own study.
Legend: LHDI – Local Human Development Index HI – Health Index EI – Education Index WI – Welfare Index
The research has confirmed that Warsaw enjoys the highest level of human development (calculated with the LHDI methodology) in the country. But the ranking of 30 counties with the highest LHDI values prepared in the framework of the analysis was quite surprising. It can be seen in the table below:
4 Indices assume values from 1 to 100.
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