The elaboration contains statistical data characterizing the socio-economic situation in the Śląskie Voivodship presented in 14 thematic chapters: population, labour market, wages, social benefits, prices, agriculture, industry, construction, dwelling construction, internal market, financial results of non-financial enterprises, investment outlays, tourism and public safety. Each chapter contains a synthetic analytical commentary enriched with tabular and graphic form of data presentation in the retrospection 2010-2014. The elaboration is preceded by general notes containing information on the methodology of the presented data and explanations of symbols and major abbreviations. In addition, the publication contains basic information about the voivodship on the background of the country and other voivodships. The annex to the report is composed of review tables presenting selected data on the Śląskie Voivodship in the years 2005-2014 and selected data by months of 2013 and 2014.