Wallonia - BE3

EU regions: Belgium > Wallonia

indicator	period	value
long term unemployment	2018	4.8
GDP per capita in PPS of EU average	2017	84
unemployment rate	2018	8.5
employment rate	2018	58.4
number of inhabitants	2018	3 633 803
population density	2017	215.3
percentage of part time workers	2018	23.82
percentage of part time workers, men	2018	9.74
percentage of part time workers, women	2018	39.95
NEET	2018	10
old-age dependency ratio	2018	28.3
gender gap in employment rate	2018	87.18

* RÉGION WALLONNE slovensky: BE3

From wikipedia:

Wallonia (; French: Wallonie [walɔni]; German: Wallonien [vaˈloːni̯ən] (listen) or Wallonie [valoˈniː]; Dutch: Wallonië [ʋɑˈloːnijə] (listen); Walloon: Walonreye [walɔnʀɛj]; Luxembourgish: Wallounien [vɑˈləʊ̯niə̯n]) is a region of Belgium. As the southern portion of the country, Wallonia is primarily French-speaking, and accounts for 55 % of Belgium's territory, but only a third of its population. The Walloon Region was not merged with the French Community of Belgium, which is the political entity responsible for matters related mainly to culture and education, because the French Community of Belgium encompasses both Wallonia and the majority French-Speaking Brussels-Capital Region.

The German-speaking minority in eastern Wallonia results from World War I and the subsequent annexation of three cantons that were initially part of the former German empire. This community represents less than 1 % of the Belgian population. It forms the German-speaking Community of Belgium, which has its own government and parliament for culture-related issues.

During the industrial revolution, Wallonia was second only to the United Kingdom in industrialization, capitalizing on its extensive deposits of coal and iron. This brought the region wealth, and from the beginning of the 19th to the middle of the 20th century, Wallonia was the more prosperous half of Belgium. Since World War II, the importance of heavy industry has greatly diminished, and the Flemish Region surpassed Wallonia in wealth, as Wallonia declined economically. Wallonia now suffers from high unemployment and has a significantly lower GDP per capita than Flanders.

other: Belgium, Brussels-Capital Region, Flemish Region, Wallonia

neighbours: Flemish Region, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, LUXEMBOURG, ZUID-NEDERLAND, NORD-PAS DE CALAIS-PICARDIE, ALSACE-CHAMPAGNE-ARDENNE-LORRAINE

subregions: Walloon Brabant, Hainaut, Liège, Luxembourg, Namur

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