Review article
Chosen socio-demographic indicators of the development of Croatia and Croatian counties
Dražen Živić
Nenad Pokos
Abstract
The processes and trends in the population development (especially in
structural development) became the very important determinant of the economic development. Those processes are also relatively reliable indicators of total socio – economic development in certain region. Socio – economic indicators, analysed and shown in this paper are important for evaluation of the reached level of socio – economic development of Croatia. The mentioned indicators
are also important for the evaluation of regional socio – economic
development of Croatia, due to significant differences in certain indicators among Croatian counties. The following representative socio – demographic indicators for both, Croatia in general and Croatian counties are selected: index of population change for the period 1991 – 2001, index of ageing, coefficient of total age dependence, general rate of activity of total population, employment
rate, unemployment rate and “index of education”. By ranking the
counties according to the mentioned indicators, the hierarchy with two clearly defined poles can be established. Those poles are Me|imurje county and Šibenik – Knin county. With the consideration of the most of selected socio – economic indicators, especially general activity rate, index of ageing and rates of employment and unemployment, the county of Međimurje can be shown as the county with the highest level of socio – economic development, in relation
to other Croatian counties, as well as to Croatia in general.
Keywords
CROATIA; COUNTIES; POPULATION; INDICATORS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Hrčak ID:
4485
URI
Publication date:
31.12.2005.
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