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The purpose of this article is an attempt to prove that it is very unlikely that the development gap between Poland and Norway will be significantly reduced in the coming years. This thesis has been verified by identifying position of both countries in the field of sustainable development - to be more precise: in the context of the ten dimensions of development (SDI theme) included in the EU Sustainable Development Strategy (socioeconomic development, sustainable consumption and production, social inclusion, demographic changes, public health, climate change and energy, sustainable transport, natural resources, global partnership, good governance). As a result the distance between Norway and Poland in the field of sustainable development has been indicated. The study was based on information obtained from the database of Eurostat and the OECD. Generally speaking the sustainable development indicators were presented in relation to the 2004 and 2013 years.