In 2017, a high rate of growth was observed in goods transport by all modes of transport compared to the previous year, except for pipeline transport and inland waterway transport. The number of passengers carried by public transport increased slightly.

It contains basic indices of the socio-economic situation of the country, presented in the monthly, quarterly and annual series, including, among others, the national accounts, information on demography, the labour market, wages and salaries, social benefits, prices, money supply, public finances and finances of non-financial enterprises, investment outlays, agriculture, industry, construction, transport, domestic and foreign trade, along with monthly or quarterly data characterising the socio-economic situation of voivodships and EU countries.

It provides a short-term analysis of phenomena and processes in the national economy, including monthly, quarterly and annual information, among others, on the labour market, prices, wages and salaries, basic areas of the national economy (agriculture, industry, construction, the domestic market, transport), foreign trade, money supply and public finances.

It presents the hazards related to work environment, strenuous work conditions and mechanical factors connected with a particularly dangerous machinery, benefits due to work in hazardous and strenuous conditions, compensations for injuries and occupational diseases, the number of persons working in hazardous conditions, and evaluation of occupational risks in particular work positions.

Assessment of the situation of manufacturing, construction, trade and service enterprises is based upon the subjective opinions about actual and future business situation expressed by the directors of the surveyed companies.