Economic culture

The first Polish province with the title of the European Entrepreneurial Region 2016. This prestigious title is an award granted to those regions that presented the most forward-looking in Europe visions of entrepreneurship development.
The increase in the value of exports of goods and services from EUR 5.7 billion in 2010 to almost EUR 9 billion in 2017,
High position of entities selling on the Internet in Poland - 2.6% of total exports.
About 10,000 new enterprises every year
3 voivodship (after Mazovia and Wielkopolska) in terms of the number of new companies in 2017.
Staff in the R & D sector - 2nd place in Poland - 10.2 people per 1 sq. Km. inhabitants - average for Poland: 6.5
Value of foreign capital in 2016 - 16.4 billion PLN, 5th place in the country, after Mazowsze (94.5 billion PLN), Wielkopolska (23.3 billion PLN), Lower Silesia (16.7 billion PLN) and Silesia (PLN 16.6 billion).
The largest growth in foreign capital in all of the provinces in 2016 compared to 2015 - 30.5%.