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Facts and figures
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In 2003, the average number of people teleworking (all forms of telework included) was about 20,681,000, what represents 13% of the employed population of the EU-15 countries. (Sibis, 2003)
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Population (x 1000)
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%age of employed people
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| Germany |
6030
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16.6
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| United Kingdom |
4794
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17.3
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| Belgium |
437
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10.6
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| Denmark |
584
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21.5
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| Spain |
708
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4.9
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| France |
1473
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6.3
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| Finland |
516
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21.8
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| Ireland |
182
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10.9
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| Italy |
1988
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9.5
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| Holland |
2075
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26.4
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| Portugal |
167
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3.4
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| EU-15 |
20681
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13
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| USA |
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24.6
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(Sibis, 2003)
In Belgium, we lack of national data. Anyway, according to Vandenbrande et al. (2003), 41.6% of Flamish companies implement telework. This raises to 52.7% in Brussels and falls to 14.8% in the Walloon region.
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