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Home to NATO headquarters and the European parliament, Brussels stands out as one of the most important administrative centres in the world. An array of well-paid jobs for public workers, lobbyists, lawyers and financiers led Brussels to possess a labour productivity level 54% higher than in the rest of the country in 2016. Nonetheless, despite the superior labour productivity in Brussels, this has only resulted in disposable incomes being 1.9% higher than the rest of Belgium in 2016.
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Brussels concentrates most of Belgium's services or activities with the highest value added. With a high concentration of EU institutions, Brussels offers numerous well-paid positions, which contributes to high labour productivity. Compared with the rest of Belgium, the city's labour productivity was 54% higher as of 2016.
Regardless of the numerous well-paid jobs in the city, unemployment in Brussels (11%) is also consistently higher than in the rest of Belgium (7%) as of 2016. A labour productivity premium of 54%, however, resulted in disposable incomes being only 1.9% greater than the rest of Belgium.
Despite Brussels having marginally higher disposable income per household, consumer expenditure per household (excluding housing and transport expenditure) in the city was 4.6% lower than the rest of Belgium in 2016. Households in Brussels in 2016 spent twice as much on education compared to other parts of the country due to the concentration of educational establishments which includes five universities and around 25 higher education institutions.
Transport and housing together generated 8.9% more expenditure in Brussels than in the rest of the country in 2016. The minor disposable income advantage in Brussels coupled with high expenditure on housing and transport makes the city relatively unaffordable.
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