In 2021, there were 66 sports associations in Poland. Compared to 2020, the number of competitors and coaches holding licences from the Polish sports associations increased, whereas the number of Polish representatives, judges and instructors decreased. Physical education organisations associated 6.7 thousand units. In relation to the previous year, the number of units increased slightly whereas the number of members and persons practising sports in these organizations decreased.

The value of total assets collected by investment funds at the end of December 2021 amounted to PLN 345.1 billion (an increase by 8.8% compared to the previous year). In 2021, investment funds achieved a positive result on operations in the amount of PLN 11.3 billion (PLN 1.3 billion more than in the previous year).

In higher education institutions of Opole region, 17.9 thousand students studied in the 2021/22 academic year, i.e. by 0.5 thousand fewer in relation to the previous year, and by 20.4 thousand compared to the 2010/11 academic year. 4.6 thousand students obtained a diploma certifying the completion of higher education in the 2020/21 academic year, i.e. more by 0.2 thousand than a year earlier, and fewer by 6.1 thousand than in the 2009/10 academic year.