Prov. West-Vlaanderen - BE25

indicator	year
number of inhabitants	year 2008	1 150 487
area in square km	year 2008	3 144
Population density	year 2007	367
GDP per capita in PPS of EU average	year 2007	110
Unemployment rate	year 2008	2,70
unemployment rage, male	year 2008	2,30
unemployment rate, female	year 2008	3,30
Employment rate	year 2008	54,00
employment rate, male	year 2008	61,30
employment rate, female	year 2008	47,10
Gender gap in employment rate	year 2008	12,20
Life long learning participation	year 2008	7,10
Distance from Bratislava		1058 km
Distance from Košice		1326 km

Value added structure

value added in euro	year 2007	30 658	100%
value added in agriculture in euro	year 2007	627	2,05%
value added in industry in euro	year 2007	6 890	22,47%
value added in services in euro	year 2007	6 470	21,10%
value added in financial services in euro	year 2007	7 814	25,49%
value added in public services in euro	year 2007	6 588	21,49%

Structure of employed by sector

employed in sectors	year 2007	498	100%
employed in agriculture	year 2007	18,00	3,62%
employed in industry	year 2007	133	26,70%
employed in services	year 2007	114	22,98%
employed in financial services	year 2007	81,30	16,33%
employed in public services	year 2007	151	30,37%

GIF

Structure of employed by education

Employment by education	year 2008	451	100%
Employment, primary education	year 2008	104	23,06%
Employment, secondary education	year 2008	189	41,94%
Employment, tertiary education	year 2008	158	35,00%

Source: Eurostat

sub regions Prov. West-Vlaanderen : Arr. Brugge, Arr. Diksmuide, Arr. Ieper, Arr. Kortrijk, Arr. Oostende, Arr. Roeselare, Arr. Tielt and Arr. Veurne

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

Neighbouring regions: Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen, Prov. Hainaut, Nord - Pas-de-Calais and Zeeland