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The purpose of the paper is to analyse and evaluate the level of economic and social diversi-fication in the countries of the European Union in the period 2000-2010, with particular reference to Poland. The author uses the taxonomic method and ratio analysis. The received results allowed the author to create a ranking of countries and groups of countries with similar levels of social and economic development, and to indicate the impact of each of the macroeconomic indicators on the individual results of every state.