According to the flash estimate, gross domestic product (GDP) in volume terms seasonally unadjusted was higher by 4.4% in the 2nd quarter of 2019 year-to-year against 5.3% in the corresponding period of 2018.

Foreign trade turnover in January–June this year according to exports at current prices amounted to PLN 495.0 bn, while imports amounted to PLN 495.8 bn. The negative balance reached the level of PLN 0.8 bn, while in the same period last year amounted to minus PLN 7.9 bn. In comparison to the corresponding period of the 2018, exports increased by 6.6%, and imports by 5.0%.

Consumer prices in July 2019 remained on average at the level similar to the one recorded in the previous month (with an increse of prices of services – by 0,6% and a decrease of prices of goods – by 0,2%). Compared with the corresponding month of the previous year, consumer prices increased by 2,9% (of which services – by 4,2% and goods – by 2,4%).

The price index of consumer goods and services in July 2019 as related to June 2019 amounted to 100.0 (prices remained at the same level).

The information booklet includes characteristics of socioeconomic phenomena in territorial profiles, rate of changes in recent years and relations in comparison to average values for the country.

The aim of the publication is to present quantitative and qualitative changes in the size and structure of the population, as well as demographic phenomena such as: marriages, separations, divorces, births, deaths, population migrations, which give the opportunity to diagnose the demographic situation of Mazowieckie Voivodship, with particular emphasis on phenomena, which were registered in 2018. In addition, they enable analyzes in many areas of socio-economic life, e.g. data on population according to educational and economic age groups allow to determine the impact of the demographic factor on the future situation in education, labour market and in the sphere of retirement and other pension benefits.