title: The economic potential of Polish voivodeships and Ukrainian oblasts
abstract: The purpose of this chapter is to discuss the spatial diversity of the economic potential of Polish and Ukrainian administrative regions. This descriptive analysis includes the absolute economic potential, understood as the amount of GDP, and relative economic potential, identified with GDP per capita. Northern Ukrainian oblasts, mainly due to the City of Kyiv and to some extent the Kyiv Oblast, generated the largest share of Ukrainian GDP (nearly 29.3%). Next in line were the most industrialize