WEST MIDLANDS - UKG

indicator	year
number of inhabitants	year 2008	5 396 500
area in square km	year 2008	13 004
Population density	year 2007	414
GDP per capita in PPS of EU average	year 2007	99,60
Unemployment rate	year 2008	6,60
unemployment rage, male	year 2008	7,60
unemployment rate, female	year 2008	5,50
Gender difference in unemployment	year 2008	2,10
Employment rate	year 2008	58,30
employment rate, male	year 2008	65,80
employment rate, female	year 2008	51,30
Gender gap in employment rate	year 2008	12,90
Life long learning participation	year 2008	18,80
Distance from Bratislava		1449 km
Distance from Košice		1705 km

Value added structure

value added in euro	year 2007	134 038	100%
value added in agriculture in euro	year 2007	1 175	0,88%
value added in industry in euro	year 2007	24 687	18,42%
value added in services in euro	year 2007	30 723	22,92%
value added in financial services in euro	year 2007	36 034	26,88%
value added in public services in euro	year 2007	31 903	23,80%

Structure of employed by sector

employed in sectors	year 2007	2 463	100%
employed in agriculture	year 2007	31,00	1,26%
employed in industry	year 2007	639	25,94%
employed in services	year 2007	626	25,42%
employed in financial services	year 2007	349	14,17%
employed in public services	year 2007	818	33,21%

GIF

Structure of employed by education

Employment by education	year 2008	2 067	100%
Employment, primary education	year 2008	497	24,04%
Employment, secondary education	year 2008	884	42,79%
Employment, tertiary education	year 2008	670	32,41%

Source: Eurostat

sub regions WEST MIDLANDS : Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire, Shropshire and Staffordshire and West Midlands

other regions in United Kingdom : NORTH EAST, NORTH WEST, YORKSHIRE AND THE HUMBER, EAST MIDLANDS, WEST MIDLANDS, EAST OF ENGLAND, London, SOUTH EAST, SOUTH WEST, WALES, SCOTLAND and NORTHERN IRELAND

Neighbouring regions: NORTH WEST, EAST MIDLANDS, SOUTH EAST, SOUTH WEST and WALES