
| indicator | year | |
| number of inhabitants | year 2008 | 1 091 500 |
| area in square km | year 2008 | 7 650 |
| Population density | year 2007 | 143 |
| GDP per capita in PPS of EU average | year 2007 | 110 |
| Unemployment rate | year 2008 | 5,60 |
| unemployment rage, male | year 2008 | 6,20 |
| unemployment rate, female | year 2008 | 4,90 |
| Gender difference in unemployment | year 2008 | 1,30 |
| Employment rate | year 2008 | 61,30 |
| employment rate, male | year 2008 | 68,60 |
| employment rate, female | year 2008 | 54,50 |
| Gender gap in employment rate | year 2008 | 11,30 |
| Life long learning participation | year 2008 | 21,40 |
| Distance from Bratislava | 1515 km | |
| Distance from Košice | 1773 km |
| value added in euro | year 2007 | 29 979 | 100% |
| value added in agriculture in euro | year 2007 | 108 | 0,36% |
| value added in industry in euro | year 2007 | 5 914 | 19,73% |
| value added in services in euro | year 2007 | 5 748 | 19,17% |
| value added in financial services in euro | year 2007 | 8 655 | 28,87% |
| value added in public services in euro | year 2007 | 7 794 | 26,00% |
| employed in sectors | year 2007 | 507 | 100% |
| employed in agriculture | year 2007 | 10,00 | 1,97% |
| employed in industry | year 2007 | 106 | 20,91% |
| employed in services | year 2007 | 126 | 24,85% |
| employed in financial services | year 2007 | 66,00 | 13,02% |
| employed in public services | year 2007 | 199 | 39,25% |
| Employment by education | year 2008 | 438 | 100% |
| Employment, primary education | year 2008 | 79,90 | 18,24% |
| Employment, secondary education | year 2008 | 187 | 42,76% |
| Employment, tertiary education | year 2008 | 168 | 38,40% |
Source: Eurostat
sub regions East Wales : Monmouthshire and Newport, Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan, Flintshire and Wrexham and Powys
other regions in WALES : West Wales and The Valleys and East Wales
Neighbouring regions: Cheshire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire, Shropshire and Staffordshire, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and North Somerset and West Wales and The Valleys