Economy

In Małopolska:

• The region’s GDP is PLN 297 163 million, which constitutes 8% of the country’s GDP – 5th place among Polish regions in terms of contribution to the national GDP (2024)
• The value of GDP per capita is PLN 87.3 thousand (2024)
• The 7 Smart Regional Specializations have the greatest share in generating the region’s GDP: life science, renewable energy, ICT, chemistry, production of metals and metal products, electrical engineering and machinery industry, creative and leisure industries
• There are over 2 million people in working age, which is almost 60% of the total population (2024)
• The capital of the region, Krakow, is a national leader in the modern business services industry: over 108,000 people work in 312 service centers, which is 17% of those employed in this sector throughout Poland
• There are 518 thousand business entities (2026).
• The most important export sectors are the electromechanical, automotive and chemical industries.
• The main foreign trade partners are Germany, Czechia, France, the UK and Italy.
• Exports of goods and services amount to over EUR 16.1 billion (2024), an increase by EUR 0.3 billion compared to 2023, the 5^th place in Poland.
• Imports of goods and services amount to EUR 16,6 billion (2023), decline by EUR 1,9 billion compared to 2022, the 5^th place in Poland.
• There are 4.7 thousand exporting companies (2024), 0.2% less than in 2023, 5^th place in Poland.       
• There are 6 thousand importing companies (2024), no. 4.
• A high national ranking of entities selling online – 2.6% of the total exports.
• Innovative activity was shown by 34.3% of industrial enterprises and 22.8% of service enterprises (2020-2024).
• This is the only one region in Poland in terms of expenditure on R&D – above 2,5% of the GDP.