Lifeline through the Ruhr area: cars on Autobahn 40 in Essen
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In the West and in large cities, the proportion of low-skilled people is higher than in the East and in the countryside. According to a new study, this is mainly due to differences in immigration.
NNowhere else in Germany is the proportion of low-skilled people as high as in the Ruhr area. Overall, West Germany does significantly worse than the East if you draw a map of the distribution of those whose educational qualifications are not sufficient to work as a skilled worker. In the Emscher-Lippe region, 26.8 percent of people between the ages of 25 and 64 do not have two years of vocational training (or a degree). This is the highest value in Germany.
This is followed by Bochum/Hagen and Duisburg/Essen, where the proportion of low-skilled people in the population is 25 percent and around 24 percent, respectively. Bremen is also one of the regions with a high proportion of low-skilled people at 23.9 percent, as is the Düsseldorf region at 22.5 percent. In eastern Germany, however, the values are consistently below 10 percent. Northern Thuringia has the lowest proportion of low-skilled people at 4.6 percent.
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