Abstract: Taking 2005, 2010, 2015 and 2020 as the research time nodes, the entropy weight TOPSIS model was used to measure the quality of rural living environment and regional economic development in 14 prefecture-level cities in Guangxi, the coupling coordination model was used to measure the coupling coordination degree of the two, and the optimal parameter geo-detector model was used to explore the driving factors of rural living environment quality. The results showed that the quality of rural living environment and the level of regional economic development in Guangxi from 2005 to 2020 showed a gradual upward trend. The high-value areas of rural living environment were mainly distributed in northern and western Guangxi, and the low-value areas were distributed in southern and central Guangxi, the high-value areas of regional economic development level were distributed in the northern area of Guangxi, and the low-value areas were distributed in the western area of Guangxi; the degree of coupling coordination between the two had steadily improved, but the level of coordination was not high, and the coordination changes showed the characteristics of gradually radiating and spreading from a single core area to the surrounding areas; the driving force of the rural living environment was mainly related to the level of rural communication facilities, the per capita housing area in rural areas, the effective irrigation efficiency of farmland, and the per capita consumption level of farmers.

Key words: rural living environment, regional economy, rural revitalization, coupling coordination degree, driving factors, Guangxi