Some voivodships record growth in poverty
13:47
Last year, 7.4 percent of the Polish population lived in extreme poverty, the Central Statistical Office (GUS) reported. In 2013, the country's average was the same, however in 50 percent of the voivodships the poverty rate increased.
According to GUS, the situation worsened in eight following voivodships: Dolnośląskie, Lubelskie, Opolskie, Świętokrzyskie, Warmińsko-Mazurskie, Wiekkopolskie and Zachodniopomorskie.
The greatest deficiency was noted in Warminsko-Mazurskie, where 14.8 percent of the citizens lived in extreme poverty conditions. The other voivodships which had a poverty rate far over the average were Świętokrzyskie with 12.2 percent, Podlaskie with 10.9 percent and Wielkopolskie with 10.1 percent.
