A versenyképesség területi statisztikai elemzése

The regional information sharing has changed greatly over the past couple of decades. From the mid 1990s the content and aspect of the analysis has tried to suit that of the European Union's requirements. In her study the author looks into the dilemmas of measuring regional competitiveness as well as the characteristics of the competitiveness of the North-Hungary region. She also studies the data in statistical index-numbers used to measure competitiveness, its limitations, calculation dilemmas and the method of multiple variables which is used in regional studies but has been found to have questionable methodological background. The author studies the North-Hungarian region's competitiveness in the EU NUTS 2 ranking via some pinpointed indicators. She also carries out a comparative comparison on the Hungarian statistical planning regions. Finally, she also studies important characteristics that are deemed such for the growth of the particular region. Resulting from this she concludes that the development of the North-Hungary region is extremely low. The North-Hungary region comes last or last-but-one in nearly all of the analysed areas and shows slight improvements in a few areas only