Wallonia - BE3

EU regions: Belgium > Wallonia

indicator	period	value
unemployment rate	2020	7.4
employment rate	2020	59.2
number of inhabitants	2020	3 660 071
population density	2019	216.6
life long learning participation	2020	5.6
NEET	2020	11.7
old-age dependency ratio	2020	29.3
gender gap in employment rate	2020	88.54

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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, Wallonia, Flemish Region

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

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

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