The aim of the study was to assess the efficiency of investment activity in the communes of Lubelskie province compared to the others in Poland. The inputs and effects of investment activity of rural and urban-rural communes in 2011-2014 were compared. The study used a nonparametric method of technical efficiency Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). The ranking of investment activity for communes were made based of the calculated average for indicators of efficiency. First place received two provinces: Lubelskie and Mazowieckie. Rural and urban-rural communes of this provinces were fully effective throughout the considered period. They represent a model of efficient use of resources for investment activity.