At the summit on Wednesday in Remerschen, Luxembourg's presidency of the Greater Region will officially end under the presence of prime minister Xavier Bettel and minister Corinne Cahen. The Greater Region includes Luxembourg, Saarland, Rheinland-Pfalz, Lorraine/Grand-Est, and Wallonia.
The statistics put together by Statec provide interesting insights to the region extending beyond Luxembourg's borders. The Greater Region counts 11.6 million residents and a GDP of €391 billion. That makes the GDP per person in the Greater Region €77,400, whereas the GDP per person in Luxembourg rises to nearly €128,000.
Going into further detail, the statistics service shows some interesting contrasts. Whilst in Luxembourg there are 17 pharmacies per 100,000 residents, the number of pharmacies for the same amount of residents doubles in the Greater Region 34 per 100,000). There is a similar difference in the number of general practitioners: in the Greater Region at large there are 166 GPs per 100,000 residents. This drops to around 90 per 100,000 in the Grand Duchy.
There is a contrasting image if you move away from healthcare and examine cars. There are 670 cars for each 1,000 residents in Luxembourg, a number which falls to 563 in the Greater Region. The total number of cars in the Greater Region is over 6.5 million.
One phenomenon was prevalent throughout the Greater Region: cross-border working. Each day, around 240,000 people cross a border to go to work.
The region of Saarland will take over the next presidency of the Greater Region.
