Gießen - DE72

indicator	year
number of inhabitants	year 2009	1 048 683
area in square km	year 2008	5 381
Population density	year 2007	196
GDP per capita in PPS of EU average	year 2007	108
Unemployment rate	year 2008	6,50
unemployment rage, male	year 2008	6,50
unemployment rate, female	year 2008	6,50
Gender difference in unemployment	year 2006	0,30
Employment rate	year 2008	57,50
employment rate, male	year 2008	64,90
employment rate, female	year 2008	50,50
Gender gap in employment rate	year 2008	12,20
Life long learning participation	year 2008	10,20
Distance from Bratislava		661 km
Distance from Košice		924 km

Value added structure

value added in euro	year 2007	25 848	100%
value added in agriculture in euro	year 2007	210	0,81%
value added in industry in euro	year 2007	7 413	28,68%
value added in services in euro	year 2007	3 822	14,78%
value added in financial services in euro	year 2007	7 140	27,62%
value added in public services in euro	year 2007	6 144	23,77%

Structure of employed by sector

employed in sectors	year 2007	474	100%
employed in agriculture	year 2007	9,00	1,90%
employed in industry	year 2007	140	29,43%
employed in services	year 2007	113	23,89%
employed in financial services	year 2007	62,60	13,20%
employed in public services	year 2007	150	31,58%

GIF

Structure of employed by education

Employment by education	year 2008	428	100%
Employment, primary education	year 2008	48,10	11,23%
Employment, secondary education	year 2008	259	60,39%
Employment, tertiary education	year 2008	121	28,28%

Source: Eurostat

sub regions Gießen : Gießen, Landkreis, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Limburg-Weilburg, Marburg-Biedenkopf and Vogelsbergkreis

other regions in HESSEN : Darmstadt, Gießen and Kassel

Neighbouring regions: Darmstadt, Kassel, Arnsberg and Koblenz