Balikesir - TR22

indicator	year
number of inhabitants	year 2009	1 605 067
area in square km	year 2007	24 423
Population density	year 2006	65,20
GDP per capita in PPS of EU average	year 2006	39,30
Unemployment rate	year 2008	6,20
unemployment rage, male	year 2008	5,60
unemployment rate, female	year 2008	7,40
Employment rate	year 2008	46,90
employment rate, male	year 2008	67,80
employment rate, female	year 2008	26,00
Gender gap in employment rate	year 2008	37,80
Life long learning participation	year 2008	1,40
Distance from Bratislava		1250 km
Distance from Košice		1103 km

Value added structure

value added in euro	year 2006	7 224	100%
value added in agriculture in euro	year 2006	1 587	21,96%

GIF

Structure of employed by education

Employment by education	year 2008	442	100%
Employment, primary education	year 2008	319	72,10%
Employment, secondary education	year 2008	76,80	17,38%
Employment, tertiary education	year 2008	46,50	10,52%

Source: Eurostat

sub regions Balikesir : Balikesir and Canakkale

other regions in BATI MARMARA : Tekirdag and Balikesir

Neighbouring regions: Tekirdag, Izmir, Manisa and Bursa