West Midlands - UKG3

indicator	year
number of inhabitants	year 2008	2 611 800
area in square km	year 2008	902
Population density	year 2007	2 891
GDP per capita in PPS of EU average	year 2007	105
Unemployment rate	year 2008	9,40
unemployment rage, male	year 2008	10,90
unemployment rate, female	year 2008	7,50
Gender difference in unemployment	year 2008	3,40
Employment rate	year 2008	54,70
employment rate, male	year 2008	62,30
employment rate, female	year 2008	47,50
Gender gap in employment rate	year 2008	13,30
Life long learning participation	year 2008	19,10
Distance from Bratislava		1423 km
Distance from Košice		1679 km

Value added structure

value added in euro	year 2007	68 596	100%
value added in agriculture in euro	year 2007	62,00	0,09%
value added in industry in euro	year 2007	12 108	17,65%
value added in services in euro	year 2007	14 786	21,55%
value added in financial services in euro	year 2007	19 693	28,71%
value added in public services in euro	year 2007	17 093	24,92%

Structure of employed by sector

employed in sectors	year 2007	1 118	100%
employed in agriculture	year 2007	4,00	0,36%
employed in industry	year 2007	284	25,40%
employed in services	year 2007	285	25,49%
employed in financial services	year 2007	163	14,58%
employed in public services	year 2007	382	34,17%

GIF

Structure of employed by education

Employment by education	year 2008	909	100%
Employment, primary education	year 2008	222	24,47%
Employment, secondary education	year 2008	389	42,74%
Employment, tertiary education	year 2008	291	32,04%

Source: Eurostat

sub regions West Midlands : Birmingham, Solihull, Coventry, Dudley and Sandwell and Walsall and Wolverhampton

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

Neighbouring regions: Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire and Shropshire and Staffordshire