Abstract:
This paper deals with the quality of life (QL) evaluation in Visegrad group (V4) and progression of evaluation in years 2008 - 2014 based on official Eurostat methodology for QL evaluation - QL indicators for the European Union (EU). The set is organised along the nine areas. The data presented here come from several sources from within the European Statistical System, in particular Statistics on Income and Living Conditions, Labour Force Survey), European Health Interview Survey, and administrative sources. QL is evaluated by the Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) method. The countries of V4 are evaluated by TOPSIS for each year and the result is a ranking of QL countries. Next result is progress of this ranking countries in years 2008 - 2014. This paper shows using software or programming tools for QL evaluation and advantage of this using. One of results is confirmation near cooperating countries of V4, their relationship at very good level and their cohesion between other Europe's countries.
