Walloon Region - BE3

EU regions: Belgium > Walloon Region

indicator	period	value
long term unemployment	2021	4.3
share of long term unemployed	2021	48.4
GDP per capita in PPS of EU average	2020	87
unemployment rate	2021	8.9
employment rate	2021	59.6
number of inhabitants	2021	3 663 729
population density	2019	216.6
percentage of part time workers, men	2021	8.72
percentage of part time workers, women	2021	39.65
life long learning participation	2021	7.5
youth unemployment rate	2021	25.2
unemployment rate of youth with elementary education	2021	33.1
NEET	2021	9
old-age dependency ratio	2021	29.5
gender gap in employment rate	2021	88.47
gender gap in unemployment rate	2021	91.3

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Composition of population according to age group, education and economic activity, Walloon Region

age group	low education	middle education	high education

note: in thousands, according to labour force sample survey. P – total population, E – employed, U – unemployed, I – number of ecnomically inactive

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, Walloon Region, Flemish Region

neighbours: Flemish Region, Grand Est, Hauts-de-France, Southern Netherlands, North Rhine-Westphalia, LUXEMBOURG, Rhineland-Palatinate

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

Suggested citation: Michal Páleník: EU regions - Walloon Region - BE3, IZ Bratislava, retrieved from: https://www.iz.sk/en/projects/eu-regions/BE3

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