VLAAMS GEWEST - BE2

indicator	year
number of inhabitants	year 2008	6 161 600
area in square km	year 2008	13 522
Population density	year 2007	459
GDP per capita in PPS of EU average	year 2007	116
Unemployment rate	year 2008	3,90
unemployment rage, male	year 2008	3,70
unemployment rate, female	year 2008	4,20
Employment rate	year 2008	56,00
employment rate, male	year 2008	63,20
employment rate, female	year 2008	49,10
Gender gap in employment rate	year 2008	12,40
Life long learning participation	year 2008	7,60
Distance from Bratislava		978 km
Distance from Košice		1244 km

Value added structure

value added in euro	year 2007	173 036	100%
value added in agriculture in euro	year 2007	1 825	1,05%
value added in industry in euro	year 2007	36 988	21,38%
value added in services in euro	year 2007	41 711	24,11%
value added in financial services in euro	year 2007	47 354	27,37%
value added in public services in euro	year 2007	34 770	20,09%

Structure of employed by sector

employed in sectors	year 2007	2 528	100%
employed in agriculture	year 2007	57,30	2,27%
employed in industry	year 2007	587	23,22%
employed in services	year 2007	627	24,79%
employed in financial services	year 2007	499	19,74%
employed in public services	year 2007	758	29,98%

GIF

Structure of employed by education

Employment by education	year 2008	2 482	100%
Employment, primary education	year 2008	508	20,46%
Employment, secondary education	year 2008	1 029	41,47%
Employment, tertiary education	year 2008	945	38,06%

Source: Eurostat

sub regions VLAAMS GEWEST : Prov. Antwerpen, Prov. Limburg (B), Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen, Prov. Vlaams-Brabant and Prov. West-Vlaanderen

other regions in Belgium : Brussels, VLAAMS GEWEST and RÉGION WALLONNE

Neighbouring regions: Brussels, RÉGION WALLONNE, NORD - PAS-DE-CALAIS, WEST-NEDERLAND and ZUID-NEDERLAND