Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen - BE23

indicator	year
number of inhabitants	year 2008	1 408 484
area in square km	year 2008	2 982
Population density	year 2007	476
GDP per capita in PPS of EU average	year 2007	105
Unemployment rate	year 2008	3,60
unemployment rage, male	year 2008	3,40
unemployment rate, female	year 2008	3,90
Employment rate	year 2008	57,50
employment rate, male	year 2008	64,70
employment rate, female	year 2008	50,70
Gender gap in employment rate	year 2008	12,40
Life long learning participation	year 2008	7,90
Distance from Bratislava		1006 km
Distance from Košice		1273 km

Value added structure

value added in euro	year 2007	35 596	100%
value added in agriculture in euro	year 2007	384	1,08%
value added in industry in euro	year 2007	7 970	22,39%
value added in services in euro	year 2007	7 589	21,32%
value added in financial services in euro	year 2007	8 904	25,01%
value added in public services in euro	year 2007	7 997	22,47%

Structure of employed by sector

employed in sectors	year 2007	541	100%
employed in agriculture	year 2007	12,80	2,36%
employed in industry	year 2007	133	24,58%
employed in services	year 2007	121	22,26%
employed in financial services	year 2007	97,40	17,99%
employed in public services	year 2007	178	32,80%

GIF

Structure of employed by education

Employment by education	year 2008	586	100%
Employment, primary education	year 2008	128	21,91%
Employment, secondary education	year 2008	242	41,37%
Employment, tertiary education	year 2008	215	36,72%

Source: Eurostat

sub regions Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen : Arr. Aalst, Arr. Dendermonde, Arr. Eeklo, Arr. Gent, Arr. Oudenaarde and Arr. Sint-Niklaas

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

Neighbouring regions: Prov. Antwerpen, Prov. Vlaams-Brabant, Prov. West-Vlaanderen, Prov. Hainaut and Zeeland