Since 2016, the extreme poverty rate has remained at a similar level of 4–5%. There was a year-on-year decrease in extreme poverty rate from about 5% of people in 2020 to about 4% in 2021 and slightly larger decrease in legal poverty rate from about 9% to less than 7% with the threshold for this poverty unchanged since 2018. On the other hand, the value of the relative poverty rate (about 12%) was at a similar level as in 2020.

As of 31 December 2021, forest land area comprised 9467.5 thousand ha, with forest area amounting to 9264.7 thousand ha, which was 29.6% of the area of the country. In 2021, forest renewals covered 65.8 thousand ha and afforestation – 0.6 thousand ha. In 2021, in comparison with the previous year, a recorded increase in total removals amounted to 42244.2 thousand m3 (a growth by 6.9%), and timber removals – 40691.6 thousand m3.

In the 1st quarter of 2022, border traffic of foreigners increased by 55.6% and of Poles by 48.5% compared to the same period of the previous year.

As of the end of 2021 there were 7,693 public libraries, which conducted 873 branches for children and youth and 842 library service points. 4.8 million library users1 borrowed 89.1 million volumes of collection during the year.

The number and structure of the unemployed registered in labour offices broken down by demographic and socio-economic characteristics, duration of joblessness, and the last job.The data concerning unemployment fluctuation: inflow and outflow by various reasons. Unemployment rate for Poland, as well as for the European Union.

The survey covered 85 enterprises conducting leasing activity in 2021. Throughout 2021, the surveyed enterprises concluded 659 thousand new lease agreements for 782 thousand assets/items leased. The value of concluded contracts in 2021 amounted to PLN 71.7 billion.

In the first quarter of 2022, 5.9 million tourists were accommodated in tourist accommodation establishments, with 15.5 million overnight stays provided to them. Compared to the first quarter of 2021, the number of tourists staying in accommodation establishments increased by 280.4%, while the number of overnight stays provided to them increased by 292.6%.

At the end of 2020, most (66.8%) of surveyed enterprises with 10 or more persons employed performed business functions exclusively internally and did not sourced them outside.