Organizations by legal and organizational form
This API, part of the Local Data Bank (BDL) maintained by Statistics Poland (GUS), provides yearly statistical series on organizations classified by legal and organizational form, within the Social Economy / Non-Profit Sector category (subject code P2827). Data are available at various territorial levels, from voivodship down to gmina (municipality), with units identified using TERYT administrative codes. The API offers free, unauthenticated access, allowing users to retrieve structured time-series data describing the composition of Poland's non-profit and social economy sector across different regions and administrative divisions over time.SOCIAL ECONOMY › NON-PROFIT SECTOR. Local Data Bank (BDL) subject P2827: yearly territorial series for Poland (voivodship to gmina level), units keyed by TERYT ids.
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Data schema (8 fields)
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| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| variable_idVariable id | string | GUS variable id identifying the measured series and unit within subject P2827.GUS variable id selecting the measured series of subject P2827 (the n1/n2 dimension combination): 153608=total / active organizations [thousand pcs]; 153612=total / shares in % [%]; 410601=total / per 1000 population [pcs]; 454108=total / per 10 thousand population [pcs]; 1539556=social economy organizations / active organizations [thousand pcs]; 1539557=social economy organizations / shares in % [%]; 153607=Public benefit organisations / active organizations [thousand pcs]; 153611=Public benefit organisations / shares in % [%]; 153605=associations and similar organizations / active organizations [thousand pcs]; 153609=associations and similar organizations / shares in % [%]; 458504=typical associations and similar organizations / active organizations [thousand pcs]; 458465=typical associations and similar organizations / shares in % [%]; 458505=sports associations / active organizations [thousand pcs]; 458466=sports associations / shares in % [%]; 458506=volunteer fire brigades / active organizations [thousand pcs]; … (42 variables — GET https://bdl.stat.gov.pl/api/v1/variables?subject-id=P2827 for the full list). |
| unit_levelUnit level | integer | Level of territorial aggregation, from country to gmina.Territorial aggregation level: 0=Poland, 1=macroregion, 2=voivodship (województwo), 3=region, 4=subregion, 5=powiat, 6=gmina. |
| year | integer | Reference year of the yearly data value.Reference year of the value (yearly series, back to 1995 for the oldest subjects). Filters server-side via the API's year parameter. |
| unit_idUnit id | string | 12-digit BDL territorial unit identifier.12-digit BDL territorial-unit id (macroregion+voivodship+region+subregion+powiat+gmina+type digits). An equality filter pins the unit server-side (unit-parent-id). |
| unit_nameUnit name | string | Name of the territorial unit.Name of the territorial unit. |
| teryt_tercTeryt terc | string | TERYT TERC code of the territorial unit, if applicable.TERYT TERC territorial code derived from the unit id (2 digits = voivodship, 4 = powiat, 7 = gmina incl. type digit; empty for NUTS-only units). |
| value | number | Numeric value of the measured indicator.Numeric value of the measured indicator. |
| attr_idAttr id | integer | GUS data quality or annotation flag for the value.GUS value-attribute id (data quality/annotation flag). |
Schema captured from bdl 8 days ago.
Query the data
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Sample data (8 records)
| variable_id | unit_level | year | unit_id | unit_name | teryt_terc | value | attr_id |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 153608 | — | 2008 | 000000000000 | POLAND | — | 70.9 | 1 |
| 153608 | — | 2010 | 000000000000 | POLAND | — | 80.4 | 1 |
| 153608 | — | 2012 | 000000000000 | POLAND | — | 83.5 | 1 |
| 153608 | — | 2014 | 000000000000 | POLAND | — | 87.7 | 1 |
| 153608 | — | 2016 | 000000000000 | POLAND | — | 91.8 | 1 |
| 153608 | — | 2018 | 000000000000 | POLAND | — | 88.1 | 1 |
| 153608 | — | 2020 | 000000000000 | POLAND | — | 95.1 | 1 |
| 153608 | — | 2022 | 000000000000 | POLAND | — | 103.4 | 1 |
Live sample captured at profiling time — values may have changed upstream.
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Using the API
Configuration
- Base URL
- https://bdl.stat.gov.pl/api/v1/subjects/P2827
License
- ✓ Redistributable
- ✓ Attribution required
Query examples
curl -s 'https://bdl.stat.gov.pl/api/v1/data/by-variable/153608?page-size=10&format=json&lang=en'Yearly values of variable 153608 (total / active organizations [thousand pcs]) per territorial unit. Filters: unit-level=0–6, year=YYYY, unit-parent-id={12-digit unit id}; page-size ≤ 100. Anonymous limits: 5 req/s, 100 req/15 min.
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