THE RAITING OF REGIONS IN UKRAINE IN DEPTH OF INTEGRATION TO THE WORLD ECONOMY

Abstract

Analyzing the data of foreign trade activity of Ukrainian regions, the author calculated the rank of areas and regions of Ukraine, depending on the degree of involvement in the process of integration of national economies into the world economy. Defined some groups of regions that formed by principle of geographical location, economic specialization and degree of development of foreign economic relations.

Key words: region, globalization, economic integration, ranking, foreign trade