ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Analysis of the Implementation of the Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs) in V4 Countries and
Their Impact on Competitiveness
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University of Prešov, Faculty of Management and Business, Department of Tourism and Hotel Management, Slovakia
Submission date: 2023-10-06
Final revision date: 2023-12-22
Acceptance date: 2024-02-08
Online publication date: 2024-06-13
Publication date: 2024-07-12
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Erika Kormaníková
Department of Tourism and Hotel Management, University of Prešov, Konštantínova 16, 080 01, Prešov, Slovak Republic
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2024;33(5):5757-5766
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The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) proposed by the United Nations Commission
on the Environment seek to move as close as possible to achieving balanced sustainable
development that considers the needs of present generations without compromising the needs
of future generations. The aim of the paper is to present the results of the analysis of the process
of implementation of the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the V4 countries
for 2022 based on selected indicators. Since data on the achievement of individual goals was
not available for all goals, we thus used the comparison of sustainable development indices of
the countries in the analysis of the secondary data that were available. Given that sustainability
is also linked to country competitiveness, we also analyze the country competitiveness index.
In the analysis, we focused on finding statistically significant differences in the achievement of
each goal in the V4 countries and statistically significant correlations between the SDGI and the
WCI. The results of the analysis showed that the Slovak Republic is the most successful among
the V4 countries in terms of competitiveness in sustainable development, and Hungary is the
least successful. In addition to the above, the results of our research expand knowledge in the
field of sustainable development in the V4 countries and can also serve as a basis for further
study and research on sustainability with links to country competitiveness.