Poland's 'well being' mixed finds OECD report
PR dla Zagranicy
Peter Gentle
10.10.2014 09:19
Poland does well in education and safety but lags behind in other areas of well-being, including incomes and housing, according to the OECD.
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Poland scored 9.6 points out of 10 in the latest edition of the regional well-being index compiled by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
The score puts Poland among the best-performing OECD member states. The only countries with higher scores in education are the Czech Republic (10 points) and Slovakia (9.9 points). Canada and Israel are both behind Poland with 9 points.
The detailed score for Poland varies depending on the region. It is a full 10 points for Mazowieckie, Małopolskie, Śląskie and Wielkopolskie. Warmińsko-Mazurskie has the lowest score of 9.2.
In safety, Poland also performed well, getting a general score of 9.5 points.
It scored much lower in other categories, though, with just 0.3 points in housing, with the Mazowieckie, Dolnośląskie and Oppolskie regions scoring 1 point in that category.
The southern Podkarpackie region scored 0.
Poland's result in economic income was only a bit better, at 1.5 points, with the central Mazowieckie region scoring 2.8 points in the category.
The country's average score in all nine categories (education, jobs, income, safety, health, environment, civic engagement, accessibilty to services and housing) is 4.3 points, just a bit lower than Slovakia (4.5 points) and the Czech Republic (5.3).
Depending on the region, the overall score for Poland varies between 3.9 and 4.9 points. Mazowieckie and Pomorskie have the highest scores. (kw/pg)