In 2018, 100 years have passed since the establishment of Statistics Poland. On this occasion Statistical Office in Białystok has prepared the publication ”Statistical Atlas of Podlaskie Voivodship”. This is the first study presenting exclusively in a graphic form an extensive characteristics of social and economic phenomena and processes of the region in the spatial division.

The publication contains choropleth maps and diagram maps as well as numerous charts reflecting the diversity of gminas and powiats of the voivodship. They illustrate issues related to human capital, quality of life, economy and environment. The background of the shown phenomena are maps by voivodships. Moreover, the most important aspects of cohesion policy were presented in division by EU regions (NUTS 2).

The majority of information presents Podlaskie Voivodship in 2016, however, due to the usefulness of dynamic comparisons, some data have been presented in retrospection since 2000 or the next available one. Many issues concerning population were enriched with projection until 2040.