本文利用1998～2010年的统计资料,首先,对13年来西部12个省市区的高等教育发展的历程进行了纵向演进分析,并与东、中部和东北地区做了横向对比;其次,选择了极差测度法、标准差测度法和标准差系数测度法等方法,以人均国内生产总值及其极值、极差、标准差和标准差系数作为指标,度量了东、中、西部和东北区域经济的相对和绝对差异;最后,对西部高等教育与区域经济协调发展的相互关系做了分析并得出简单的结论。 Based on the statistical data from 1998 to 2010, this paper first makes a longitudinal analysis of the evolution of higher education in 12 provinces and municipalities in the western region in the past 13 years and makes a horizontal comparison with the eastern, central and northeastern regions. Secondly, Standard deviation method and standard deviation coefficient method and other methods, with the per capita GDP and its extreme value, range, standard deviation and standard deviation coefficient as indicators, measures the east, middle, west and northeast The relative and absolute difference of regional economy; finally, it analyzes the interrelationship between the coordinated development of western higher education and regional economy and draws a simple conclusion.