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The aim of this master’s thesis was to assess the socio-economic development of counties in the Podkarpackie Voivodeship based on a selection of eighteen diagnostic features from the following areas: environmental, social and economic. The data was obtained based on the resources of the Central Statistical Office and the Local Data Bank from years 2005-2020. The values of selected diagnostic variables were normalized using unitarization zero to the interval [0,1], so that each variable had universal indicator values. On the basis of environmental, social and economic indicators, an aggregated indicator was calculated, which allowed for a clear selection of counties in the ranking from the highest development indicators to those with the weakest development potencial. Based on aggregated indicators and the convent of The 2030 Agenda, The National Reconstruction Plan and The Development Strategy of the Podkarpackie Voivodeship, development prognosis were proposed for each poviat using a trend line. The conducted research revealed that the highest level of socio-economic development was recorded in Rzeszów and Dębica counties and in the cities of Rzeszów and Krosno.