Analysis of the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in V4 Countries and Their Impact on Competitiveness

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.