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- In the second half of the 20th century, and due to massive national investments in port infrastructure, Flanders' economy modernised rapidly, and today Flanders and Brussels are much wealthier than Wallonia, being among the wealthiest regions in Europe and the world.
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There is more than one question to be answered here. To generalize and simplify things: no, it used to be the other way around. Flanders was agrarian and poor. Wallonia was more developed and had massive industry. Things changed as industry became less important and trade came to the front.
Jan 17, 2024 · Was Wallonia richer than Flanders? In the second half of the 20th century, massive national investments in port infrastructure in Flanders led to a rapid modernization of its economy. As a result, Flanders and Brussels are now much wealthier than Wallonia and are among the wealthiest regions in Europe and the world.
Mar 4, 2024 · The industrialization of Flanders before Wallonia led to economic disparities between the two regions, with Flanders currently being wealthier than Wallonia. The division of Belgium into separate regions such as Wallonia and Flanders is the result of historical and geopolitical factors.
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Jul 4, 2022 · In Wallonia and Brussels, by contrast, the anti-immigrant right is insignificant. At the same time, the rate of unemployment in Flanders is below 4%, while it is close to 9% in Wallonia and over 12% in Brussels. One would therefore expect Flanders to be keener to welcome immigrants than Wallonia.
Feb 16, 2021 · Real GDP growth for Belgium as a whole turned out at -6.2% for the full-year 2020. Our (admittedly approximate) estimate is that the contraction in Wallonia was of a similar order of magnitude, and in Flanders and Brussels a maximum of one percentage point greater and smaller, respectively.
Oct 27, 2019 · Oct 27, 2019. The elections of 26 May 2019 confirmed the tendency of voting habits in Belgium: right-wing Flemish nationalist voters took the upper hand in Flanders, federalists and socialists...