РЕЙТИНΓОВЕ ОЦІНЮВАННЯ РОЗВИТКУ ЕКОНОМІКИ ЗНАНЬ У РЕΓІОНАХ УКРАЇНИ

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.