Mutlu Gezegen Endeksi Bağlamında Ülkelerin İstatistiksel Olarak Konumlandırılması

Çalışmada Happy Planet Index (HPI) 2016 verileri EU, OECD and MENA ülkeleri bağlamında analiz edilerek ülkelerin birbirine göre konumları belirlenmeye çalışılmıştır. Ayrıca Türkiye’nin bu ülkelere göre konumunun saptanması hedeflenmiştir. İstatistiksel analiz sonuçlarına göre, HPI değişkenlerine göre EU ülkeleri için Bulgaristan, Romanya, Türkiye, Macaristan, Letonya, Portekiz, Litvanya, Slovakya’nın benzer ülkeler oldukları, OECD ülkeleri için Norveç, İsviçre, İsveç, İzlanda, Hollanda, Kanada, Finlandiya and Avustralya’nın birbirine en benzer ülkeler olduğu görülmüştür. MENA ülkeleri için yapılan analizde ise; Filistin, Mısır, Fas, İran, Suriye and Tunus’un en benzer ülkeler olduğu, Zambiya’nın da en farklı ülke olduğu saptanmıştır. Hem EU hem de OECD ülkeleri için yapılan analizde en farklı ülkenin Lüksemburg, MENA ülkeleri için ise Zambiya olduğu tespit edilmiş ve bu farklılığın kaynağı olan en önemli faktörün ekolojik ayak izi (ecological footprint) değişkeni olduğu görülmüştür. Türkiye’nin, Euclidean Distance Model grafiklerinde Bulgaristan, Romanya, Macaristan, Letonya, Meksika, Cezayir and Lübnan ile yakın konumlandığı gözlenmiş, dolayısıyla ele alınan değişkenler açısından söz konusu ülkelerle benzer özellikler gösterdiği anlaşılmıştır.

Statistically Positioning of Countries in the Context of Happy Planet Index Data

In the present study, the Happy Planet Index (HPI) 2016 data was analyzed for theEU, OECD and MENA countries, and the relative positions of these countries were attempted tobe determined. Furthermore, the study aimed to determine the position of Turkey with respect tothese countries. Statistical analysis results demonstrated that Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey,Hungary, Latvia, Portugal, Lithuania and Slovakia were similar EU countries based on the HPIvariables, while Norway, Switzerland, Sweden, Iceland, Netherlands, Canada, Finland andAustralia were the most similar countries among the OECD nations. In the analysis conducted forMENA countries, it was determined that Palestine, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, Iran, Syria andTunisia were the most similar countries, while Zambia was the most different country. In theanalysis conducted for both EU and OECD countries, it was found that the most divergent countrywas Luxembourg, and Zambia was the most different country among MENA countries, and themost significant source of this difference was the ecological footprint variable. Turkey was similarto Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Latvia, Mexico, Algeria and Lebanon in the Euclidean DistanceModel graphs, thus, it was concluded that Turkey exhibited similar characteristics with theabovementioned countries based on the scrutinized variables.

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