Ranking Assessment of the Development of the Knowledge Economy in Regions of Ukraine

Abstract

The article is dedicated to studying regional aspects of knowledge economy assessment. The aim of the article is to form a ranking of Ukraine’s region in terms of the level of development of the knowledge-based economy using the taxonomy method and determine the spatial links between the territorial units in the local and global contexts. According to the aim set in the article, a comparative analysis of the knowledge economy index in Ukraine, European countries, and Central Asia is conducted; the indicator of the taxonomic development of the knowledge economy in regions of Ukraine is determined; the regions are grouped according to the value of the knowledge economy index and the knowledge index in the period 2012-2015, and their dynamics is analyzed; a ranking of Ukraine’s regions in terms of the development level of the knowledge economy is formed.

Keywords

• knowledge economy
• region
• ranking assessment