| indicator | year | |
| number of inhabitants | year 2009 | 17 933 064 |
| area in square km | year 2008 | 34 086 |
| Population density | year 2007 | 528 |
| GDP per capita in PPS of EU average | year 2007 | 115 |
| Unemployment rate | year 2008 | 7,40 |
| unemployment rage, male | year 2008 | 7,50 |
| unemployment rate, female | year 2008 | 7,20 |
| Gender difference in unemployment | year 2008 | 0,30 |
| Employment rate | year 2008 | 54,80 |
| employment rate, male | year 2008 | 63,00 |
| employment rate, female | year 2008 | 47,20 |
| Gender gap in employment rate | year 2008 | 14,00 |
| Life long learning participation | year 2008 | 7,30 |
| Distance from Bratislava | 773 km | |
| Distance from Košice | 1023 km |
| value added in euro | year 2007 | 470 213 | 100% |
| value added in agriculture in euro | year 2007 | 2 890 | 0,61% |
| value added in industry in euro | year 2007 | 125 668 | 26,73% |
| value added in services in euro | year 2007 | 85 697 | 18,23% |
| value added in financial services in euro | year 2007 | 136 557 | 29,04% |
| value added in public services in euro | year 2007 | 103 503 | 22,01% |
| employed in sectors | year 2007 | 8 582 | 100% |
| employed in agriculture | year 2007 | 127 | 1,48% |
| employed in industry | year 2007 | 2 090 | 24,35% |
| employed in services | year 2007 | 2 256 | 26,29% |
| employed in financial services | year 2007 | 1 532 | 17,85% |
| employed in public services | year 2007 | 2 578 | 30,04% |
| Employment by education | year 2008 | 7 140 | 100% |
| Employment, primary education | year 2008 | 958 | 13,41% |
| Employment, secondary education | year 2008 | 4 308 | 60,34% |
| Employment, tertiary education | year 2008 | 1 836 | 25,71% |
Source: Eurostat
sub regions NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN : Düsseldorf, Köln, Münster, Detmold and Arnsberg
other regions in Germany : Baden-Würtenberg, BAYERN, Berlin, BRANDENBURG, Bremen, Hamburg, HESSEN, MECKLENBURG-VORPOMMERN, NIEDERSACHSEN, NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN, RHEINLAND-PFALZ, SAARLAND, SACHSEN, SACHSEN-ANHALT, SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN and THÜRINGEN
Neighbouring regions: RÉGION WALLONNE, HESSEN, NIEDERSACHSEN, RHEINLAND-PFALZ, OOST-NEDERLAND and ZUID-NEDERLAND