Increase in poverty in some voivodships
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The Central Statistical Office (GUS) reported that in 2014 7,4 percent of Polish population lived in extreme poverty. In 2013 the country's average equalled the same, however in 50 percent of the voivodships the poverty rate increased. The situation worsened in eight voivodships in 2014: Lower Silesian Voivodship, Lublin Voivodship, Opole Voivodship, Świętokrzyskie Voivodship, Warmian-Masurian Voivodship, Greater Poland Voivodship, West Pomeranian Voivodship.
The greatest deficiency was noted in Warmian-Masurian, where 14,8 percent of people lived in extreme power circumstances. Other voivodships which had a poverty rate far over the average were Świętokrzyskie with 12,2 percent, podlaskie with 10,9 percent and Greater Poland with 10,1 percent.
