The publication contains a wide set of information characterizing the living standard of population and the condition of the region economy. There is also included the table presenting the voivodship against the background of the country. The Yearbook is a statistical representation of Podlasie in 2014, however, taking into account the usefulness of the information for the dynamic comparisons, some data were presented in relation to the years 2000, 2005 as well as 2009 –2013.