Spatial analysis of the socio-economic factors affecting economic development: Eurasia example

Socio economic factors include many factors such as national income, education, health, personal liberty, entrepreneurship, securtiy, social capital, unemployment of countries. These variables the most important elements of the social structure reveals what extent they can meet people's needs. These socio economic factors need to be well read and analyzed in assessing the performance of countries in development efforts. When examining economic development, all factors affecting the community should be considered together. Therefore, the impact of socio economic factors of countries on the economic development levels necessitate integrated approach. The approach in question, rejecting the uniletarel review of relations between the factors is based on the multi faceted interaction. Socio economic factors are subject to change with the spatial impact and influence the geographical proximity of regions. While the degree of effect differenciates by spatial dependency, economic development levels of countries are affected. This study has been done for Eurasian countries which locate in a wide geography. According to result, the clusters of positive and negative socio economic factors that are used as indepent variables, has been consistent with GDP per person determinated as development indicator. This consistency denotes the need to improve the socio economic factors for the achievement of development goals. Key words: Economic Development, Socio Economic Factors, İntegrated Approach, ESDA, LISA, Spatial Autocorrelation.