摘要：The aim of this research was to know the degree of development of Andalusia. In order to do so, we followed two joint paths: on the one hand, a comparative study with a more developed community; on the other, its validation according to the modernization theory. According to the first, we checked the arithmetic means of several development variables both in Andalusia and Catalonia in 1995 and in 2006. In compliance with the second, we studied dispersal measures of the arithmetic means as indicators (signs) of individuation and, therefore, of modernization. According to the information gathered, Andalusia improves its position in the last ten years, but Catalonia’s improvement is much better, goes faster, but at the expense of losing some of that individuation.
