Mazowsze with the highest GDP growth per capita in EU

The Mazowsze region, including Warsaw, recorded the highest GDP growth rate of all EU regions in the years 2008-2013, according to data compiled by Eurostat. Mazowsze's GDP grew by 24 percent in that period and is currently higher than the EU average by 7 percent.  In 2008, it stood at 80 percent of the EU average. According to Markku Markkula, head of the Committee of the Regions, the quality of education along with quickly developing entrepreneurial culture, as well as a strategic location in EU had the biggest impact on growth.