The Statistical Office in Kraków has prepared the twenty-second edition of the Statistical Yearbook of Kraków. The elaboration is published cyclically, every two years. The publication contains a wide set of statistical data characterising both living standards of inhabitants and the state of economy of the capital of Małopolskie voivodship.

The subject matter and presentation of data refer to previous editions of the Yearbook. The publication consists of review tables presenting basic information on Kraków in 2005–2016 as well as comparison to voivodship and selected cities being the seat of voivode in 2016. The second part of the publication includes thematic chapters containing many important areas beginning from widely understood demographical issues to selected elements of technical and social infrastructure. Every chapter is preceded with notes containing explanations regarding terminology, methodology and scope of information.

During work on particular chapters mainly the results of surveys of public statistics were used. Moreover, data outside statistics were gained, concerning among others: Botanical Garden, Urban Zoological Park and Garden, the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Polish Academy of Sciences, International Airport Kraków-Balice.