Highlands and Islands - UKM6

indicator	year
number of inhabitants	year 2008	444 900
Population density	year 2007	11,20
GDP per capita in PPS of EU average	year 2007	87,20
Unemployment rate	year 2008	3,00
unemployment rage, male	year 2007	4,00
unemployment rate, female	year 2006	4,50
Gender difference in unemployment	year 2006	0,40
Employment rate	year 2008	58,80
employment rate, male	year 2008	66,20
employment rate, female	year 2008	52,50
Gender gap in employment rate	year 2008	12,00
Life long learning participation	year 2008	21,50
Distance from Bratislava		1780 km
Distance from Košice		1978 km

Value added structure

value added in euro	year 2007	9 659	100%
value added in agriculture in euro	year 2007	520	5,38%
value added in industry in euro	year 2007	1 707	17,67%
value added in services in euro	year 2007	2 421	25,06%
value added in financial services in euro	year 2007	1 309	13,55%
value added in public services in euro	year 2007	2 840	29,41%

Structure of employed by sector

employed in sectors	year 2007	213	100%
employed in agriculture	year 2007	14,00	6,57%
employed in industry	year 2007	42,00	19,72%
employed in services	year 2007	55,00	25,82%
employed in financial services	year 2007	18,00	8,45%
employed in public services	year 2007	84,00	39,44%

Structure of employed by education

Employment by education	year 2008	246	100%
Employment, primary education	year 2008	46,30	18,82%
Employment, secondary education	year 2008	106	42,93%
Employment, tertiary education	year 2008	93,00	37,80%

Source: Eurostat

sub regions Highlands and Islands : Caithness and Sutherland and Ross and Cromarty, Inverness and Nairn and Moray, Badenoch and Strathspey, Lochaber, Skye and Lochalsh and Argyll and the Islands, Eilean Siar (Western Isles), Orkney Islands and Shetland Islands

other regions in SCOTLAND : Eastern Scotland, South Western Scotland, North Eastern Scotland and Highlands and Islands

Neighbouring regions: Eastern Scotland, South Western Scotland and North Eastern Scotland