The small Brandenburg Statistics 2008

Sta tistik Ber lin Brandenbur g

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Brandenburg–Statistik 2008

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of interpretive value ( ) Limited statistical power Photograph Credits Fotoarchiv Berlin: Introduction, Chapter 18 le., 20.1, 27.5, 27.6

Ulf Bäucker: Cover picture (Hydroelectric power plant, Spremberg dam), Chapter 1.2

Vattenfall Berlin:

Imprint (Cooling tower),

Chapter 2.1, 03, 8.2, 09, 10.1, 11, 17, 18 ri., 19.1, 19.2, 20.2, 20,3, 24 le., 24 re., 26, 29 le., 29 ri., 30 le., 30 ri.

Museumsverbund Pankow (MvP):

Machnik Collection: Chapter 8.1, 12.1, 19.3, 20.1, 27.1, 27.2, 27.3

Chapter 8.2

Abbreviation of units bn thousand million EUR euro ha hectare hrs hours km kilometre km2 square kilometre l litre m million m2 square metre m3 cubic metre MJ mega joule mm millimetre

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12 Transport 13 Judicature 14 Money and Banking, Insolvencies 15 Public Finances 16 Consumer Prices 17 Construction Prices 18 Building Activity, Dwelling Units

19 Industry 20 Retail Trade, Hotels and Restaurants, Tourism 21 Foreign Trade 22 National Accounts

23 Employment and Compensation of Employees, Labour Market 24 Earnings 25 Environment 26 Political Parties 27 Elections 28 The Administrative Districts of Brandenburg 2007

29 Brandenburg 1990 to 2007 30 The Region Berlin / Brandenburg 1

Geographical Data 2 Population 3 Livelihood 4 Households and Families 5 Education 6 Culture and Sports 7 Agriculture 8 Public Health System 9 Public Social Benefits 10 Facilities for Child Care and Youth and Youth Welfare 11 Care

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Contents

Introduction

“DIEkleine BRANDENBURG- STATISTIK 2008” (statistics for the Land of Brandenburg, 2008, key facts and figures) offers infor- mation on the development in the Land of Brandenburg based on the most important statistical results.

This document is divided into chapters on different topics. Chap- ters 1 – 27 present figures on Brandenburg‘s demographic, eco- nomical, social, cultural and politi- cal structures. As far as possible, developments have been highligh- ted by including the figures for the years 1999, 2003 and 2007. The document also contains informati- on on the administrative districts (Chapter 28), data on Branden- burg‘s development since 1990 (Chapter 29) and accumulated fi- gures for the region of Ber- lin / Brandenburg (Chapter 30).

At the end of 2007, Brandenburg had a population of 2.536 million, the lowest figure since German unification. The number of deaths exceeded the number of births by 8,077: 18,589 children were born in 2007 while 26,666 inhabitants died. The death surplus was lower than in 2006 (8,465). Brandenburg also suffered a migration loss of 3,397 residents. In 2007, the popu- lation of Brandenburg decreased by 0.5 per cent (12,000 residents less than in 2006).

Tourism in Brandenburg achieved the second record high since 2006:

for 2007, accommodation provi- ders reported 3.6 million guests (4.6 per cent more than in 2006) and 9.9 million overnight stays (4.0 per cent more than in 2006).

The average duration of a stay decreased slightly from 2.7 to 2.6 days.

This series of pictures was taken in the Berlin-Brandenburg region.

It shows photographs on the production and consumption of energy.

The contents of the photographs are independent of the statistical topic.

The gross domestic product (adjus- ted for price changes) increased by 2 per cent in 2007. Industry expe- rienced particularly strong growth.

The gross value added for manuf- acturing (adjusted for price changes), which caused significant growth impact, increased by 8.8 per cent from 2006 to 2007.

“DIEkleine BRANDENBURG- STATISTIK 2008” gives an initi- al overview of the data provided by official statistics. A brochure along the same lines has been published for the Land of Berlin (“DIEkleine BERLIN-STATIS- TIK 2008”). Those interested also can find a similarly struc- tured selection of figures and data for the Federal Republic of Germany as well as benchmark figures for all German “Länder”

in “Key Data on Germany”, pub- lished annually by the Federal Statistical Office.

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1 Mitte 2 Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg 3 Pankow 4 Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf 5 Spandau 6 Steglitz-Zehlendorf 7 Tempelhof-Schöneberg 8 Neukölln 9 Treptow-Köpenick 10 Marzahn-Hellersdorf 11 Lichtenberg 12 Reinickendorf Prignitz

Ostprignitz-Ruppin Oberhavel

Uckermark

Barnim

Märkisch-Oderland

Oder-Spree Frankfurt

Dahme-Spreewald

Spree-Neiße Cottbus

Oberspreewald- Lausitz Elbe-Elster Potsdam-

Mittelmark

Teltow-Fläming Havelland

(Oder) Brandenburg

an der Havel Potsdam Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Poland Niedersachsen

Sachsen-Anhalt

Sachsen Berlin

Landkreis (Rural district) Kreisfreie Stadt (urban district)

0 10 20 30 40 km

Niedersachsen

01.1

Geographical Data

Local time

12 o’clock CET = 11:58 :13 Frankfurt (Oder) 12 o’clock CET = 11:52:16

Potsdam (Observatory)

Largest extension 244 km, north – south 291 km, east – west Length of border

Adjoining Lands of the Federal Republic of Germany and States:

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 441 km Berlin 234 km

Sachsen-Anhalt 370 km Sachsen 244 km Niedersachsen29.5 km Poland 252 km

Hydroelectric power plant, Spremberg dam ª Spree-Neiße | Brandenburg ha

Total area... 2,948,028

Land use in %

Buildings and associated open spaces. 4.6 Industrial ... 1.3 Recreational... 0.5 Traffic area ... 3.6 Agricultural... 49.4 Forest land ... 35.3 Lakes and waterways... 3.4 Other uses... 1.9

Elevations metre above sea level

Kutschenberg... 201

Hagelberg ... 200

Hoher Berg... 186

Golmberg... 178

Brandberg... 175

Wache Berge... 172

Hutberg... 162

Kesselberg... 161

Wachtelberge... 159

Semmelberg ... 158

Rauensche Berge... 153

Babbener Berge ... 152

Hutberg... 145

Krausnicker Berge ... 144

Schwarzer Berg ... 144

Blocksberg ... 139

Geographical Data

Ruppiner See... 808

Werbellinsee ... 786

Schwielowsee ... 781

Grimnitzsee... 776

Oberueckersee ... 588

Großer Stechlinsee ... 423

Overburden conveyor bridge F60 with bucket excavators ªsurface mining at Jänschwalde in the Nieder- lausitz region 02.1

Population

Data on the total popu- lation as well as the demographic and regio- nal distribution of the population are provided by censuses which are carried out at intervals of several years. Their fin- dings serve as the basis for updating the official total population figure which is shown here (as of 31 December).

Unit 1999 2003 2007

Inhabitants 1000 2,601 2,575 2,536

of which female % 50.7 50.6 50.5

Foreigners 1000 61 68 66

of which female % 34.7 39.2 41.9

Age in years

0 to 5 % 3.9 4.3 4.5

6 to 17 % 14.7 11.6 9.1

18 to 24 % 8.8 9.3 9.0

25 to 34 % 13.0 10.9 10.5

35 to 44 % 17.7 17.9 15.9

45 to 54 % 12.5 15.7 17.7

55 to 64 % 14.5 12.4 12.0

65 and over % 14.9 17.9 21.3

Marital status

Men 1000 1,282 1,273 1,256

single % 43.2 43.3 43.1

married % 48.4 46.9 46.1

widowed % 2.7 2.8 3.1

divorced % 5.7 6.9 7.7

Women 1000 1,319 1,302 1,280

single % 34.2 34.2 33.8

married % 46.3 45.3 44.8

widowed % 12.4 12.3 12.3

divorced % 7.1 8.3 9.1

40 30 20 10 0 thousand

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 100

10 20 30 40

0

thousand 5

10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 100 Age in yearsiiiiiii

0

female male

Soldiers killed in World War II

divorced widowed married single

surplus of women surplus of men Lack of births in World War I

Lack of births during the economic crisis around 1932 Lack of births around the end of World War II

Population

10 20

0

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Marriages

Divorces

thousand

10 20 30

0

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Live births

Cases of deaths

thousand 02.3

Population

1Per 1,000 women at the age from 15 to under 45 years 2Both parents foreigners or the mother only when unmarried 3Per 1,000 inhabitants – 4Per 1,000 live births Marriages and divorces Unit 1999 2003 2007

Marriages number 10,219 9,974 11,430

Divorces number 5,577 6,201 5,127

Birth 1999 2003 2007

Live births number 17,928 17,970 18,589

rate1 32.9 34.2 39.5

of which outside marriage number 9,081 10,193 11,046

% 50.7 56.7 59.4

foreigners2 number 388 550 504

% 2.2 3.1 2.7

Death 1999 2003 2007

Cases of deaths number 26,016 26,862 26,666

rate3 10.0 10.4 10.5

of which deaths under 1 year number 61 61 58

rate4 3.4 3.4 3.1

Excess of deaths number – 8,088 – 8,892 – 8,077 rate3 – 3.1 – 3.5 – 3.2

Balance Germans Foreigners

In-migrants Out-migrants

S T

0

-70 -60 -50 -40 -30 -20 -10 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

thousand Migration

across the border of Brandenburg

Population

1Incl. statelessness and citizenship inexplicably – 2Across the municipality border 3Incl. inhabitants, who belong to other protestant regional churches

Sources: Konsistorium der Evangelischen Kirche Berlin-Brandenburg-schlesische Oberlausitz (Consistory of the Protestant Church Berlin-Brandenburg-schlesische Oberlausitz) and Sekretariat der deutschen Bischofs- konferenz (Office of the German Conference of Catholic Bishops)

Unit 1999 2003 2007

Migration across the border of Brandenburg

In-migrants number 90,880 68,098 60,903

of which foreigners1 number 14,604 11,721 9,299

Out-migrants number 71,960 67,064 64,871

of which foreigners1 number 13,682 10,907 9,561

Balance number + 18,920 + 1,034 – 3,968

Internal migration2 number 81,690 72,992 60,652

Unit 1999 2003 2007

Members of religious denominations

Protestant church 3 1000 529.3 461.6 461.2

Roman catholic church 1000 96.8 79.6 79.4

... stateless, uncleared

... Europäische

...other Europe ... America

... Asia ... Africa ... Australia and

Oceania

... European Union without Poland

Foreigners 0 to 2%

2 to 2,5%

2,5 to 3%

3% and over Prignitz

Dahme- Spreewald

Märkisch- Oderland Uckermark

Havelland

Barnim

Elbe-Elster Spree-Neiße Oder-Spree Berlin

Ostprignitz-

Ruppin Ober-

havel

Potsdam- Mittelmark Teltow-

Fläming

Ober- spree- wald- Lausitz

Frankfurt (Oder)

Cottbus Potsdam

Brandenburg an der Havel

... Poland 1,9%

19,1%

0,2%

13,9%

31,8%

4,2%

23,4%

5,5%

0 10 20 30 40 km 02.5

Population

Data on the nationali- ty of foreigners are available from the Foreigner Central Register. The total number of the foreig- ners may deviate from current population up- dating (chapter 02.1) because of the diffe- rent sources of data.

Unit 1999 2003 2007

Foreigners, as of 31 December

Europe 1000 34.8 33.2 30.0

of which Poland 1000 7.5 8.2 6.4

Russian Federation 1000 2.6 4.2 4.1

Ukraine 1000 2.2 3.9 4.1

Turkey 1000 2.6 2.5 2.3

Africa 1000 4.4 3.4 2.6

America 1000 1.5 1.9 1.9

Asia 1000 11.2 12.6 10.8

of which Vietnam 1000 5.9 5.4 4.4

Australia and Oceania 1000 0.1 0.1 0.1

Power and heat supply station Moabit ªBerlin | night shot

50 100 150 200

0

thousand 0 to 500

500 to 900 900 to 1,300 1,300 to 1,500 1,500 to 2,000 2,000 to 2,600 2,600 to 3,200 3,200 and over

Single-person households Multi-person households

EUR Private households by

monthly net income 2007

Information on the economic and social situation of the popu- lation is provided by the micro-census. This involves an official, annually performed household survey which covers one per- cent of all house- holds. These house- holds are selected by means of a random mathematical proce- dure. Interviewers provide information about the survey which is performed on location.

Livelihood

Unit 1999 2003 2007

Population 1000 2,591.0 2,576.9 2,541.1

… by labour force participation

Labour Force 1000 1,413.2 1,399.8 1,394.9

employed 1000 1,164.6 1,117.1 1,202.0

unemployed 1000 248.6 282.7 192.9

Non-Labour Force 1000 1,177.8 1,177.1 1,146.2

… by main source of livelihood

Employment 1000 1,117.7 1,047.2 1,136.9

Unemployment benefits, continuous cost-of-living assistance

(ALG 1, Hartz IV) 1000 241.6 290.5 236.8

Pension 1000 616.6 689.4 672.8

Supported by family members 1000 564.0 505.9 455.1

Own assets, renting etc. 1000 / (4.0) (4.4)

Other support 1000 48.7 39.9 24.0

500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 3,000

0

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Families total

Married couples Single parents

EUR 04

Households and Families

Monthly mean net income of families with children under 18 years

1new family concept since 2005: only living arrangements with children, children without age limit Every community of persons living together and forming an economical

unit as well as persons who live alone and, nevertheless, manage for themselves are counted as a household (private household). A household may include relatives and persons who do not belong to the family as such (e.g. companions or partners in life). Married couples with children as well as single parents and unmarried couples with their unmarried children living in the same household are counted as families.

Private households Unit 1999 2003 2007

by size of household

Private households total 1000 1,145.5 1,202.0 1,243.9 single-person households 1000 340.9 389.5 446.5 multi-person households 1000 804.6 812.5 797.3

with 2 persons 1000 396.2 441.9 463.3

with 3 persons 1000 216.7 215.1 203.3

with 4 persons 1000 154.5 126.4 106.4

with 5 or more persons 1000 37.2 29.1 24.3 Married couples without

children 1000 293.8 320.0 338.5

Unit 1999 2003 2007

Families total1 1000 458.6 431.0 394.2

married couples 1000 309.2 273.3 241.9

single parents

and unmarried couples 1000 149.4 157.7 152.3 of which families with children

less than 18 years of age 1000 329.9 289.4 240.3

married couples 1000 218.7 174.9 139.9

single parents

and unmarried couples 1000 111.2 114.5 100.4

Education

All legally in Brandenburg recognized universities, art colleges, specialised colleges of higher educa- tion and administrative professional colleges are obliged to provide infor- mation

1Winter semester 2Academic year (summer semester and the following winter semester) 3At 1 December.

4Examination year (winter semester and the following summer semester) 5Incl. Auxiliary examination and Extension examination

Unit 1999 2003 2007

Universities number 11 13 13

Students1 number 30,099 39,614 44,032

of which female % 50.2 49.7 50.2

At universities number 19,896 26,302 29,093

of which female % 53.8 53.8 55.1

At art colleges number 583 704 524

of which female % 42.2 43.2 45.8

At specialised colleges of higher education

(Fachhochschulen) number 9,096 11,942 13,866

of which female % 43.2 41.1 40.0

At administrative

professional colleges number 524 666 549

of which female % 44.8 48.2 51.2

first-year student2 viz.

in the first university term number 6,436 7,933 8,571 in the first specialized term number 9,005 10,923 12,386 Academic and arts staff3

(without student auxiliary

workers) number 3,431 3,841 4,494

As primary occupation number 2,414 2,557 2,886 As secondary occupation number 1,017 1,284 1,608

Examinations4 number 3,027 3,896 5,622

Diploma (U) number 440 885 1,073

State examination number 269 212 292

Magister number 22 81 216

Doctor degree number 138 194 323

State second teaching

profession examination5 number 1,006 501 368

Artistic final examination number 42 98 127

Specialised university

conclusions number 1,087 1,597 1,888

Bachelor number – 218 815

Master number – 95 514

Other number 23 15 6

05.2

Education

1Gymnasiale Oberstufe des Oberstufenzentrums (Grammar school sixth form of the College of Further Education) until 2006 – 2Since 2006 old person care education – 3Of schools of general education – 4As primary occupation

Unit 1999 2003 2007

Pupils at/in

Primary schools number 139,900 84,397 103,667

Comprehensive schools number 104,963 79,422 18,825

Intermediate schools number 23,023 23,249 –

Secondary school s number – – 32,303

Academic schools number 70,571 70,793 56,006

Berufliches Gymnasium

(vocational grammar school) 1 number 3,899 4,303 4,070

Special schools number 16,381 13,834 10,538

Establishment of the second

education number 1,329 1,528 2,436

Vocational schools (dual system) number 63,324 56,642 53,217 Full-time vocational schools number 10,444 12,095 12,123 Advanced vocational schools number 2,365 3,783 4,016

Technical colleges number 2,944 3,634 4,453

Health care training institutes 2 number 3,254 3,588 4,236 School leavers3

Without final certificate number 3,265 3,024 3,024

of which female % 28.9 32.5 33.2

With general secondary school certificate/Occupation-educational-

maturities number 1,355 1,383 1,168

of which female % 31.7 36.7 38.2

With extended general secondary school certificate/extended

Occupation-educational-maturities number 5,745 5,689 3,540

of which female % 37.0 39.9 38.3

With intermediate school-leaving certificate / Compartment-

secondary school-maturities number 17,281 16,228 12,148

of which female % 51.6 52.9 50.0

With general university-level

graduation number 11,590 11,037 12,299

of which female % 59.5 58.7 58.6

Teaching staff 4 …

General education schools number 25,365 22,192 18,827

Vocational schools number 2,951 3,004 3,024

Health care training institutes number 218 236 309

500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 0

Automotive mechatronic Cook Trained retail salesman Certified Industrial Mechanic Joiner Mechatronic Painter and lacquerer Metalworker Skilled worker for stock logistics Electrician Trained retail saleswoman Administrative assistant Office communication assistant Hairdresser Qualified restaurant assistant Qualified hotel assistant Saleswoman Cook Dentist’s assistant Qualified food sales assistant

Male Female 1Educational institutions – 2Incl. specialized seminar for old nursing care

Trainees in the ten most frequent training occupa- tions, 31 December 2007, total: 49,570 trainees

Education

Unit 1999 2003 2007

Schools1

Primary schools number 530 464 475

Comprehensive schools number 267 222 42

Intermediate schools number 78 79 –

Secondary schools number – – 140

Grammar schools number 104 111 101

Special schools number 148 132 123

Establishment of the second

education number 18 15 17

Vocational schools (dual system) number 31 37 41

Full-time vocational schools number 39 53 59

Advanced vocational schools number 29 29 33

Technical colleges number 25 25 31

Health care training institutes 2 number 30 28 36

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 0

Football/Soccer Gymnastics Volleyball Handball Shooting competitors Horse riding Bowling Table tennis

thousand 06

Culture and Sports

Culture and sports events are not covered by the official statistics in the Land Brandenburg. The following data is provided by different institutions.

1Season, e.g. 1998/99=1999 – 2Own events at the location – 3Incl. appearances of outside ensembles 4From 2002 incl. mobile cinemas – 5Museums asked for data – 6Data from 2006 – 7Data from 2000 The eight most popular

kinds of sports, by members of sports associations, 2007 Sources:

Deutscher Bühnenverein, Bundesverband der Theater und Orchester Landesfachstelle für Archive und öffentliche Bibliotheken im Brandenburgischen Landes-haupt- archiv

Filmförderungsanstalt Institut für Museumskunde Landessportbund Brandenburg e.V.

Unit 1999 2003 2007

Public theatres1

Locations number 29 26 32

Events2 number 2,303 1,593 1,683

of which stage plays number 757 535 659

operas number 107 63 53

musicals number 145 86 53

Visitors at the location3 1000 430 400 396

Public libraries number 289 241 223

Stock of media 1000 4,597 4,381 4,692

Users 1000 311 234 202

Visitors 1000 3,321 3,004 2,794

Borrowings 1000 10,906 9,862 9,308

Screens4 number 124 147 152

Attendances 1000 3,853 3,728 2,612

Museums5 number 233 347 3506

of which with data for the

visitors number 184 265 2586

Attendances 1000 2,894 3,592 3,2816

Sports clubs number 2,566 7 2,767 2,877

Members 1000 274 7 279 293

of which female 1000 90 7 95 105

Children and youth

until 21 years 1000 119 7 111 109

Adult, starting from 22 years 1000 155 7⁷ 168 184

Agriculture

1Corn-Cob-Mix

The agricultural statistics include the structure surveys of agricultural and forestry enterprises and producer statistics.

Unit 1999 2003 2007

Agriculturally used area of

the agricultural enterprises total 1000 ha 1,347.4 1,328.5 1,328.1

of which arable land 1000 ha 1,046.3 1,030.4 1,034.9

permanent grassland 1000 ha 295.5 293.1 288.1

fruit plants 1000 ha 3.9 3.5 3.3

Agricultural workers total 1000 39.9 39.2 38.0

of which employees, permanently

in the enterprise employed 1000 30.3 26.8 25.3

Harvest

Cereals (without corn and CCM1) 1000 ton 2,789.0 1,616.4 2,097.0 Vegetable (on the open land and

under glass) 1000 ton 89.4 125.4 128.4

Fruit (Tree fruit in the cultivation of market) 1000 ton 37.2 49.0 18.8 Livestock on 3 May

Cattle total 1000 686.5 614.3 566.4

of which dairy cows 1000 206.4 181.5 163.7

nurse and mother cows 1000 98.4 91.7 92

Swine total 1000 753.5 769.1 808.2

of which fattened pig 1000 241.4 235.6 254

breeding-sows 1000 101.5 102.3 102.9

Sheep total 1000 166.6 140.3 129.1

Poultry total 1000 6,921.4 8,273.5 8,480.5

of which chicken total 1000 5,667.3 6,513.9 6,639.3

Agricultural enterprises total 1000 7.0 6.7 6.7

therefrom legal form:

Individual enterprises 1000 5.4 5.1 5.1

Partnerships 1000 0.6 0.6 0.7

Legal persons 1000 0.9 0.9 1

25 50 75 100

0

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 08.1

Public Health System

The statistics of the public health system are based on reports by the medical and/or dental association, the public health authorities and the hospitals.

1Per 1,000 live births – 2 Data from 2000

Turbine rotorªVEB Bergmann-Borsig 1970’s

AIDS / HIV death

Unit 1999 2003 2007

Selected causes of death

Circulatory diseases number 12,753 12,769 12,046

Neoplasms number 6,983 7,486 7,027

Injury and poisoning number 1,541 1,239 947

AIDS/HIV diseases number 3 3 5

Infant deaths number 61 61 58

rate¹ 3.4 3.4 3.1

Private-practice physicians number 3,180 2 3,293 3,436 Private-practice dentists number 1,744 2 1,679 1,673

5 10 15 days

0

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 3After amendment of the hospital statistics regulation

incl. same-day cases – 4incl. registrars

5without students, trainees and employees in schools – 6Incl. Deaths

Public Health System

Turbine rotor of a steam engine ªPower and heat supply station Reuter West Berlin

Average length of stay in days

Unit 1999 2003 2007

Hospitals number 53 49 47

Beds in service number 16,430 15,664 15,302

Admissions number 485,507 519,166 522,566

Dismissals number 474,212 506,808 509,750

In-patients3 number 486,030 519,341 522,465

Deaths number 12,340 12,707 12,614

Average length of stay days 10.3 9.0 8.5

Full-time physicians at hospitals 4 number 2,932 3,236 3,516

Nursing staff number 9,716 9,839 9,553

Medical technical staff number 3,320 3,376 3,150

Functional staff number 2,450 2,695 2,750

Other non-medical staff 5 number 4,751 4,656 3,718

Selected causes for 1999 2003 2006

treatment (main diagnoses)6

Circulatory diseases number 86,064 90,018 84,817

Neoplasms number 54,287 59,818 58,022

Injury and poisoning number 54,743 54,018 51,429

Alimentary system diseases number 50,277 52,398 50,016

Pump station Mierendorffplatz ª Berlin

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Public Social Benefits

Information about social benefits is taken from different offi- cial statistics (e. g. social assistance, housing allowance and se- verely disabled person statistics). The data on unemployment benefits and unemployment relief are taken from the Bundes- agentur für Arbeit (German Federal Employment Agency).

1Annual average – 2Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (German Federal Employment Agency) 3With introduction of the Code of Social Law II (SGB II) removal of the unemployment relief and introduction of new benefits – 4Methodical changes since 2005, social assistance due to Code of Social Law XII (SGB XII) 5Data of the previous years – 6 Per 1,000 inhabitants – 7Multiple counting possible

Unit 1999 2003 2007

Unemployment benefit and relief 1 2

Recipients number 208,027 240,428 48,3203

Social assistance4

Recipients of continual subsistence

payment, end of year number 58,748 76,389 9,1745

Recipients of assistance in special

situations, end of year number 23,831 30,950 28,0595 Recipients of basic financial security

in old age and pension on account of

reduced earning capacity number – 11,872 16,9545

Gross expenditures EUR m 484.0 616.7 455.25

Asylum seekers

Recipients, end of year number 10,156 7,673 3,551

Gross expenditures EUR m 42.1 34.6 20.0

Housing allowance4

Recipients (households) number 113,918 140,376 24,959 Severely disabled persons, end of year number 170,395 190,681 219,434

rate6 66 74 86

Assistance for war victims 2000 2004 2006

Recipients of current benefits7 number 1,704 1,219 989 Recipients of unique benefits number 2,399 1,424 879

Gross expenditures EUR m 5.0 3.8 3.2

Piston steam engine ªOne-time power station Mauerstraße in Berlin in Berlin

| Historic photo of 1891

Facilities for Child Care and Youth

Unit 1998 2002 2007

Day care centres number 1,972 1,755 1,700

places number 163,387 132,020 152,303

cared children number – – 135,495

staff number 16,675 14,319 15,418

Public institutions number 1,602 1,208 1,047

places number 132,750 87,526 96,429

cared children number – – 84,425

staff number 12,834 8,954 8,945

Independent institutions number 370 547 653

places number 30,637 44,494 55,874

cared children number – – 51,070

staff number 3,841 5,365 6,473

Children in daily care number – – 3,554

of which under 3 years number – – 2,980

Daily care staff number – – 1,042

1998 2002 2006 Other institutions of the

juvenile welfare service number 1,651 1,350 1,165

staff number 7,314 4,935 5,004

places number 11,253 12,257 8,333

of which institutions of …

youth-work number 986 869 648

staff number 1,943 1,421 922

places number 2,517 2,273 2,890

youth social work number 28 46 15

staff number 127 122 83

places number 1,539 6,687 690

Help for education and help for young adults as well as for

the child custody number 410 268 362

staff number 2,838 1,755 2,380

places number 5,351 2,761 4,064

10.2

Youth Welfare

Unit 1999 2003 2007

Closed cases, in the course of the year

Adoptions number 178 171 119

Revocation of child custody number 299 304 565

Court actions enforcing revocation

of child custody number 267 257 306

Assignments of right of personal custody

wholly or partially to youth welfare office number 238 207 239 Children and juveniles taken charge of number 1,799 1,614 1,225 Young people receiving institutional

counselling focusing on …

family counselling number 5,970 6,638 7,1371

personal counselling number 758 805 7271

addiction counselling number 12 15 261

Cases, as of end of year Young people receiving help through

developmental assistance number 359 467 5951

court-ordered assistance number 66 68 571

social group work number 118 88 721

Families receiving social educational

assistance number 849 1,207 1,5571

Young people receiving developmental assistance outside their home through …

day-group number 421 495 4401

full time care in another family number 2,084 1,738 1,7221 youth home/other supervised living number 3,673 3,746 2,9001 intensive social educational guidance number 92 119 551 1Data of the previous years

Christmas fountainªin Berlin on Third Advent

This information is provided by the bodies responsible for in-patient and out-patient nursing care facilities in Branden- burg as well as the nursing care insurance schemes.

Care

1As of 15 December

2Incl. those for whom the extent of needed care has not yet been determined

Unit 1999 2003 2005

Benefits from nursing care insurances1

Recipients of care number 64,340 69,266 74,600

in nursing homes number 15,676 18,519 20,068

with ambulatory care number 15,443 18,689 20,639 cared for exclusively by family

members at home number 33,221 32,058 33,893

with nursing care stage I2 number 30,476 33,791 36,395 with nursing care stage II number 25,286 26,004 27,593 with nursing care stage III number 8,578 9,471 10,612

Nursing homes number 261 282 320

private number 54 77 91

non-profit number 200 190 214

public number 7 15 15

Nursing home places number 18,541 20,109 21,540

Ambulatory care services number 516 502 509

private number 303 303 315

non-profit number 210 195 191

public number 3 4 3

Staff number 14,801 17,703 20,210

nursing homes number 8,974 10,838 12,497

ambulatory care services number 5,827 6,865 7,713

12.1

Transport

Data on local traffic are provided by statistics on short- distance rail traffic and commercial bus traffic. Motor vehicles are registered at the Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (Federal Office for Motor Traffic). Data on traffic accidents are taken from police accident reports. The length of the public roads is conveyed by the Brandenburg office for building and traffic.

1At Schönefeld – 2Passenger, freight and training flights Bergmann street watering electro vehicle ªBergmann Berlin | 1920’s

Unit 1999 2003 2007

Public roads km 12,522.0 12,550.0 12,477.0

of which federal motorways km 766.0 792.0 790.0 Air traffic1

Aircraft flights2 1000 29.1 24.9 57.8

Passengers m 1,818.6 1,648.4 6,306.4

Motor vehicles

(Total, as of 1 January) 1000 1,516.3 1,653.6 1,737.6 of which passenger/estate cars 1000 1,294.4 1,394.9 1,465.4

goods vehicles 1000 112.0 118.9 120.1

motorcycles 1000 55.7 82.1 97.9

buses 1000 2.8 2.8 2.7

2004 2005 2006

Tram line length km 220 220 220

Bus route length km 46,730 46,730 46,730

Passengers

Railroad m 2.7 3.4 3.5

Bus m 102.2 96.1 96.2

Tram m 41.2 45.2 45.6

500 1,000 1,500

0

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2006 2007 Road casualties 1Incl. severe accidents with property damage and other drunk-driving accidents

2Incl. articulated lorries and tractors – 3 Incl. buses 4Railways, harnessed teams, handcarts, trams, animal leaders

Transport

Unit 1999 2003 2007

Road traffic accidents number 104,805 85,663 84,105 of which involving injury number 14,835 11,179 9,581

severe property damage1 number 5,957 3,766 3,187

Involved road users number 27,507 20,628 17,875

Passenger cars number 17,963 13,033 10,976

Goods vehicles2 number 2,219 1,573 1,411

Motorcycles, scooters number 1,450 1,123 918

Mopeds, motor-assisted bicycles number 645 331 396

Other vehicles3 number 215 215 171

Bicycles number 3,661 3,329 3,088

Pedestrians number 1,237 932 771

Other vehicles and road users4 number 117 92 144

Killed in road accidents number 486 330 264

of which children number 22 5 5

Injured in road accidents number 18,864 14,018 11,927

of which children number 2,016 1,262 912

The data on courts, persons convicted of an offence and the execution of sentences are taken from the statistics on the administration of justice which are maintained at the national level as the business statistics of the adminis- tration of justice.

1Completed legal proceedings – 2Joint Finance Court for Berlin and Brandenburg since 2007 3Data for 2007 from 2006 – 4Except in road traffic – 5As on 31 March excl. imprisonment on remand 13

Judicature

Unit 1999 2003 2007

Courts number 48 48 46

Judges number 654 710 850

Public prosecutors number 296 309 309

Lawyers number 1,762 1,998 2,266

Notaries number 91 85 83

First-instance proceedings1

Amtsgericht (Local Court) number 123,989 121,656 107,876 Landgericht (Regional Court) number 14,551 13,722 10,755

Social Court number 7,702 9,955 13,236

Labour Court number 26,530 20,698 12,353

Administrative Court number 11,896 12,551 11,114

Fiscal Court 2 number 2,890 2,912 5,014

Persons convicted 3 number 46,646 34,077 31,725

of which because of offences …

against public order and offences in office number 904 879 965

against sexual self-determination number 250 214 267

other offences against the person 4 number 3,273 3,541 3,820

theft and misappropriation number 6,425 6,426 5,734

robbery and extortion number 392 314 301

other offenses against property

and forgery of documents number 4,512 5,098 5,572

offences dangerous to the public4 number 331 290 223

road traffic offences number 15,298 9,144 8,683

according to other federal or state laws number 15,261 8,171 6,160

Prisoners5 number 1,696 1,965 1,791

viz. men number 1,665 1,926 1,734

women number 31 39 57

juveniles and adolescents number 213 191 161

100 200 300 400 0

Manufacturing Construction Trade, hotels and restaurants Service industry Other

2003 2007

The data on the monetary and credit systems come from the German Federal Bank. The data on financial difficulties are supplied by the competent local courts in Brandenburg.

Money, Credit, Insolvencies

1Amounts at the year end

2Since 1999 Treuhand credits are reported for information only 3Excl. small industries

Insolvencies of enterprises

Unit 1999 2003 2007

Credit institutes1

Credits to non-banks EUR m 11,224 23,914 23,778

of which short- and intermediate EUR m 1,744 2,848 2,636 Deposits of non-banks EUR m 13,504 29,137 33,158 Sight and time deposits EUR m 7,173 16,213 18,946 Savings deposits and certificates EUR m 6,331 12,924 13,816

Treuhand credits2 EUR m 703 1,973 3,800

1999 2003 2007 Financial difficulties

Insolvencies number 1,522 3,378 6,776

enterprises number 1,317 1,195 801

other debtors number 205 2,183 5,975

of which

consumer insolvencies3 number 71 923 4,563

15.1

Public Finances

1At credit market Annual financial statements of Brandenburg‘s Unit 1999 2003 2006 municipalities and association of municipalities

Expenditures on current account EUR m 3,744 3,920 4,948

of which staff expenditure EUR m 1,562 1,497 1,490

current material expenditure EUR m 998 1,032 1,056

benefits for social assistance and youth

welfare EUR m 699 870 1,827

interest expenditure EUR m 101 93 92

Expenditures on capital account EUR m 1,424 1,086 1,014

of which investment in material assets EUR m 1,219 942 819 Adjusted expenditures without specified financial

transactions EUR m 5,168 5,007 5,963

Revenues on current account EUR m 3,841 3,799 5,173

of which taxes, parafiscal charge (net) EUR m 804 759 1,042

key allocations EUR m 1,101 1,119 1,177

general allocations of the Land EUR m 299 280 564

charges and earmarked charges EUR m 507 524 549

Revenues on capital account EUR m 1,259 910 909

of which

allocations for investments

(federal and Land) EUR m 841 615 656

Adjusted revenues without specified financial

transactions EUR m 5,100 4,709 6,082

Financial balance EUR m – 68 – 298 + 119

Specified financial transactions:

Revenues EUR m 370 372 187

of which remove from reserves EUR m 149 209 63

credit market borrowing EUR m 221 163 124

Expenditure EUR m 530 537 1,124

of which credit market repayment revenues EUR m 181 176 168

building up of reserves EUR m 133 83 207

coverage of shortfall from previous year EUR m 216 277 749

Debt level (as of 31 Dec.)1 EUR m 1,816 1,784 1,642

Public service employees of the municipalities / 1999 2003 2007 association of municipalities number 59,749 46,838 41,679

of which female number 44,400 33,835 29,932

core budget number 49,844 42,479 39,667

Special funds, hospitals number 9,905 4,359 2,012

Special purpose association number 1,860 1,802 1,759

Public Finances

1including universities and other special accounts – 2At credit market

Annual financial statements Unit 1999 2003 2005

of Brandenburg‘s public budget1

Expenditures on current account EUR m 7,563 8,040 8,130

of which staff expenditure EUR m 2,515 2,396 2,095

current material expenditure EUR m 693 564 503

interest expenditure EUR m 715 850 860

Expenditures on capital account EUR m 2,798 1,832 1,772

of which investment in material assets EUR m 432 361 227

Adjusted expenditures without

specified financial transactions EUR m 10,361 9,872 9,902

Revenues on current account EUR m 7,963 8,034 8,232

of which taxes, parafiscal charge EUR m 4,692 4,289 4,338

allocations EUR m 1,948 2,325 2,532

Revenues on capital account EUR m 1,344 790 1,012

Adjusted revenues without

specified financial transactions EUR m 9,307 8,824 9,243

Balance of budgetary offsetting EUR m + 1 + 0 + 2

Financial balance EUR m – 1,053 – 1,048 – 657

Specified financial transactions:

Revenues EUR m 2,763 3,199 2,659

of which remove from reserves EUR m 194 83 190

credit market borrowing EUR m 2,569 3,116 2,468

Expenditure EUR m 1,944 2,153 1,995

of which credit market repayment revenues EUR m 1,903 1,846 1,775

building up of reserves EUR m 42 107 220

Excess / shortfall EUR m – 233 – 2 + 7

Debt level (as of 31 Dec.)2 EUR m 11,972 16,264 16,928

Public service employees 1999 2003 2007

of the Land Brandenburg number 72,943 69,720 61,437

of which female number 43,010 41,172 36,263

core budget number 70,796 66,632 57,834

Special funds, hospitals number 2,147 3,088 3,603

Legally independent public institutions number 667 1,146 1,882

Social security bodies number 4,312 4,374 5,399

0 1 2 3

0

J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D

2006 2007

%

16

Consumer Prices

The consumer price index shows the monthly development of consumer prices.

Thus it is considered to be a general measure of the change in the purchasing power of money. The basis for calculating the index is a commodity basket with approximately 750 goods and services (price representatives). In accordance with their share in the overall expenditures of private households in the respective price base year (here: 2000), they are incorporated into the index calculation with different values (weights).

Consumer price index

change on same month of previous year

Consumer price index Unit 1999 2003 2007

for Brandenburg

Total cost of living index 91.0 96.4 104.0

Food and non-alcoholic beverages index 93.9 99.0 106.7

Alcoholic beverages, tobacco index 76.7 86.3 106.2

Clothing and footwear index 99.1 98.7 102.8

Housing, water, electricity, gas

and other fuels index 90.5 96.1 104.1

Furnishings, household equipment

and routine maintenance of the house index 98.9 100.1 103.1

Health index 75.7 79.8 101.0

Transport index 83.2 93.9 106.5

Communication index 119.6 102.7 94.9

Recreation and culture index 100.1 101.8 100.9

Education index 68.1 92.6 108.7

Restaurants and hotels services index 93.5 100.1 104.0 Miscellaneous goods and services index 86.0 97.1 104.8

Power and heat supply station Reuter West

ªBerlin | panorama -4

-2 2 4 6 8 10 12 14

0

Feb. May Aug. Nov. Feb. May Aug. Nov. Feb. May Aug. Nov.

1999 2003 2007

%

Construction Prices

Price index for the construction of new residential buildings change on same month of previous year The construction price in- dices show the quarterly development of the prices realised by Brandenburg building companies for certain types of construc- tion work and certain ty- pes of structures as well as for various types of maintenance work on buildings, independently of the site of perfor- mance. The selected cons- truction work and buil- ding types are also included in a uniform fe- deral weighting scheme of specified shares (weights) when it come to calculating the price in- dex. The base year for the building cost indices at present is 2000.

Unit 1999 2003 2007

Price index for the construction of new …

Residential buildings index 100.6 100.5 122.1

single-family homes index 100.6 100.5 121.9

multi-family homes index 100.5 100.6 123.0

multi-purpose buildings index 100.6 100.7 122.7 Non-residential buildings

office buildings index 99.7 102.3 126.8

commercial buildings index 99.6 101.3 124.6

Price index …

Road construction index 99.5 105.5 121.5

Bridges in connection with road

construction index 102.1 98.4 119.4

Local channels index 101.5 100.5 112.1

Price index for maintenance of … Multi-family homes

excl. decorative repairs index 100.4 99.5 116.0

Decorative repairs index 100.7 89.1 88.6

Solar plantªexperimental plant of the Technische Fachhochschule Berlin (University of Applied Science) 10,000

20,000 30,000 40,000

0

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 1Incl. structural modifications to existing buildings 2Negative figures are due to joining of dwelling units as a result of structural modifications to existing buildings.

18

Building Activity, Dwellings

de all aspects of building, from planning to the finished building product. The rele- vant information is provided not only by the monthly and annual construction industry statistics, but also building activity statistics in particu- lar. The building and housing stock is updated with the building activity statistics in between the building and housing census. The basis for updating is provided by the census of 1995.

Completion of new buildings Dwelling units, total

Unit 1999 2003 2007

Completion of new buildings1

Dwelling units, total number 25,689 12,376 6,999 with ... rooms2

1 number + 350 + 445 – 3

2 number 1,464 599 339

3 number 4,211 1,403 798

4 number 5,933 2,202 1,433

5 or more number 13,731 7,727 4,432

living space per dwelling

unit (new buildings) m2 99 108 115

Non-residential buildings,

usable area, total 1000 m2 1,347 593 606

Solar panelsª on the roof of a gymnasium in Berlin 0

500 1,000 1,500

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 thousand

Building Activity, Dwellings

Housing stock

Unit 1999 2003 2007

Building and housing stock

Residential buildings 1000 536 580 608

Dwelling units 1000 1,217 1,265 1,275

with ... Rooms

1 % 0.7 0.8 0.7

2 % 6.8 6.6 6.3

3 % 23.9 23.3 22.6

4 % 36.7 35.8 35.4

5 and more % 31.8 33.5 35.0

living space per dwelling unit m2 74 76 78

Bucket-wheel excavator in surface mining 19.1

Industry

Industry includes the supply of water and energy, mining and quarrying, and manufacturing and construction.

Unless otherwise indicated, data is based on the data provided by companies with generally 20 or more employees in accordance with the Klassifikation der Wirtschaftszweige – WZ 2003 (classification of economic activities, valid since 2003 when it replaced WZ 93). Craftsmen‘s businesses are also included.

1Yearly average, in 2007 as of September

Unit 1999 2003 2007

Manufacturing, mining and quarrying

Establishments 1 number 1,144 1,129 1,048

Employees 1 1000 91 87 91

Wages and salaries EUR m 2,328 2,411 2,687

Turnover EUR m 14,657 16,886 22,693

of which with foreign countries EUR m 2,373 3,336 5,413 Turnover of selected economic sections

Food industry EUR m 2,114 2,367 2,903

Wood industry EUR m 476 833 1,404

Paper industry EUR m 630 632 1,096

Fabrication of chemical products EUR m 949 1,314 2,194 Glass-trades, manufacture of ceramics,

processing of stones and earths EUR m 1,274 963 1,047 Metal production and treatment EUR m 1,116 1,354 1,959

Fabricated metal products EUR m 823 902 1,264

Vehicle construction EUR m 1,756 2,145 2,603

Power and heat supply station Mitteª Berlin | view from Michaelbrücke

Industry

1Data from 2005 – 2Excl. own consumption and losses

Energy consumption Unit 1999 2003 2007

Total MJ m 105,635 169,236 228,911 1

Gas MJ m 31,739 30,880 40,383 1

Light fuel oil MJ m • • •

Electricity MJ m 25,881 27,069 31,739 1

Production of selected goods

Lignite and lignite briquettes 1000 t 39,254 39,960 39,450 Processed fruit and vegetables 1000 t 144 235 220

Sugar 1000 t 57 72 93

Mineral water, refreshment- beverages and other non-alcoholic

beverages l m 635 1,065 2,215

Paper, carton and cardboard 1000 t 595 703 1,010

Chemical raw material EUR m 406 456 696

Concrete, cement, plaster and

lime-sand stone-products EUR m 597 428 482

Crude iron, crude steel and rolled

steel as well as ferro alloy 1000 t 4,990 4,899 5,699 Automobile and automobile parts EUR m 381 590 902 Public energy supply

Gross generation of electricity MJ m 131,202 132,700 130,298¹ Electricity consumption2 MJ m 44,039 51,300 51,808¹

Gas consumption MJ m 107,922 113,347 112,468¹

Electro trolley ªBergmann Berlin | 1920’s 19.3

Industry

1Results of the annual supplementary survey (main construction trade) or annual survey (finishing trade) - as of end of June 2Projected results on the basis of the supplementary survey 3Establishments with generally 10 and more employees

Unit 1999 2003 2007

Building trades

Establishments1 number 4,228 4,469 4,782

Employees2 number 62,222 40,656 33,288

Hours worked2 m 80.6 50.1 42.3

of which in house building2 m 33.9 18.4 15.2

Building trade turnover2 EUR m 5,135.8 3,645.4 3,219.9 Finishing trades3

Establishments1 number 1,076 688 452

Employees number 26,912 15,493 10,651

Building trade turnover

for previous year EUR m 1,691.6 1,086.3 848.9

Solar tree by Ross Lovegroveªthe lighting has been engineered by Artemide in collaboration with SHARP Solar

| Potsdamer Platz, Berlin

The measured data for the retail trade and the hotel and restaurant industry are computed on the basis 2003ฬ100. The data on tourism come from the statistics on accommoda- tions. Only accommodati- on establishments with more than eight beds and camping sites are surveyed.

Retail Trade, Hotel and Restaurant Industry, Tourism

1As of July, excl. campgrounds

Unit 1999 2003 2007

Retail trade

Turnover relative 98.3 100.0 105.9

Employees relative 102.0 100.0 111.6

Hotels and restaurants

Turnover relative 108.4 100.0 106.9

Employees relative 96.3 100.0 104.0

Tourism

Accommodation establishments1number 1,394 1,492 1,417

Beds1 number 73,040 77,878 77,232

Guests, total 1000 3,040 3,253 3,627

Guests from Germany 1000 2,865 3,024 3,306

Guests from other countries 1000 175 229 321

of which Netherlands 1000 26 39 53

Poland 1000 16 21 31

Sweden 1000 10 15 22

Great Britain 1000 9 11 18

Denmark 1000 13 15 17

Overnights 1000 8,616 9,288 9,935

Lignite-fired power plant Jänschwalde ªNiederlausitz

1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000 6,000 7,000 8,000 9,000 10,000

0

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 thousand

Germany Other countries

20.2

Retail Trade, Hotel and Restaurant Industry, Tourism

Overnights by guest origin

Unit 1999 2003 2007

Overnights 1000 8,616 9,288 9,935

Overnights in a hotel business 1000 4,416 4,694 5,195

of which hotel 1000 3,022 3,398 3,961

Hotel garni

(hotel, breakfast only) 1000 484 535 480

Gasthof (inn) 1000 268 342 332

Pension (boarding house) 1000 642 419 422

Overnights in an other

accommodation establishments 1000 2,073 2,286 2,584 of which cottages, youth hostels 1000 817 714 786

recreation, holiday and

training homes 1000 840 1,040 1,135

holiday centers, houses

and apartments 1000 416 531 663

campsites 1000 759 836 752

Provision and rehabilitation clinics 1000 1,367 1,472 1,404

Long-distance heating line in Berlin

ªConnection between the power and heat supply stations in Mitte and in Treptow Brandenburg

an der Havel

Cottbus Frankfurt (Oder) Potsdam

Barnim

Dahme-Spreewald Havelland

Märkisch-Oderland Oberhavel

Oberspreewald-Lausitz Oder-Spree

Elbe-Elster Ostprignitz-Ruppin

Potsdam-Mittelmark Prignitz

Spree-Neiße Teltow-Fläming

Uckermark

July 2005 July 2006 July 2007

Bed capacity 0 2,000 4,000 6,000

0 10 20 30 40 50km

Retail Trade, Hotel and Restaurant Industry, Tourism

21

Foreign Trade

1Provisional data

Unit 1999 2003 20071

Import EUR m 4,153.0 5,717.7 11,638.5

Food industry EUR m 325.3 474.4 789.0

of which food EUR m 286.0 429.6 691.9

luxury articles

(Genussmittel) EUR m 28.0 36.5 72.6

Trade and industry EUR m 3,827.7 5,135.5 10,210.1 raw materials EUR m 1,377.4 2,363.6 4,680.0 semi-finished

products EUR m 413.1 387.4 734.0

finished products EUR m 2,037.3 2,384.5 4,796.2 Important importing

countries

Russian Federation EUR m 1,365.0 2,223.7 4,276.7

Poland EUR m 343.2 633.8 1,101.3

Great Britain EUR m 270.9 207.0 747.9

USA EUR m 201.8 179.9 648.0

France EUR m 314.3 308.7 570.4

Netherlands EUR m 289.2 302.3 506.3

Exports EUR m 3,408.1 5,098.1 10,365.4

Food industry EUR m 235.7 294.1 447.5

of which food EUR m 218.8 260.0 392.0

luxury articles

(Genussmittel) EUR m 1.0 25.6 42.0

Trade and industry EUR m 3,172.4 4,689.5 9,366.2

raw materials EUR m 48.8 40.3 72.4

semi-finished

products EUR m 437.5 482.0 1,430.7

finished products EUR m 2,686.1 4,167.2 7,863.2 Important exporting

countries

Poland EUR m 346.7 464.2 1,501.8

France EUR m 269.0 358.5 1,264.0

USA EUR m 406.0 662.8 806.1

Netherlands EUR m 279.8 393.2 733.3

Great Britain EUR m 207.3 348.0 705.1

Italy EUR m 240.9 329.7 616.9

-1 1 2 3 4 5

0

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

%

National account (VGR) are a statistical system for presenting a compre- hensive, overall picture of the economic activities of all business entities in Brandenburg. It is based on the European System Accounts (ESA 1995) and the Klassifikation der Wirtschaftszweige (WZ2003) (Classification of Industries). At the centre of national account is the origin of the gross do- mestic product (GDP) as a measure of performance in Brandenburg.

1Provisional data

Gross domestic product price-adjusted

% change on previous year

National Accounts

Unit 1999 2003 20071¹

Gross domestic product

in current prices EUR bn 43.6 46.9 52.6

Gross value added

all sectors EUR bn 39.3 42.3 47.1

Agriculture and forestry,

fishery EUR bn 1.0 0.8 0.8

Industry, including energy EUR bn 6.9 7.4 9.4

Construction EUR bn 4.1 2.8 2.6

Trade, hotels and restaurants,

transport EUR bn 7.2 8.1 9.0

Financial, renting and

business activities EUR bn 8.3 10.8 12.6

Other service activities EUR bn 11.7 12.4 12.6

20 40 60 80 100

0

1999 2007

% 1.07 m employees

1.01 m employees

Agriculture and forestry, fishery Industry, including energy Construction

Trade, hotels and restaurants, transport Financial, renting and business activities Other service activities

23.1

Employment and Compensation of Employees

The number of employed persons along with their wages and salaries are determined within the scope of national account. The figures on the number of employed persons correspond to the workplace concept; that is, all employed persons who have their job in Brandenburg are taken into consideration. In the result for income creation the figure for employee earnings reflects all of the cash and non-cash benefits accrued to employees working in Berlin from work or other employment relationships.

Employed persons, by industry

1Provisional data Unit 1999 2003 20071¹

Employed persons, total 1000 1,067.5 1,011.9 1,034.4

Self-employed persons and

unpaid family workers 1000 98.3 108.5 124.9

Employees 1000 969.2 903.3 909.5

Employees

Agriculture and forestry, fishery 1000 44.7 40.4 37.6

Industry, including energy 1000 148.5 139.9 143.3

Construction 1000 151.9 99.6 93.7

Trade, hotels and restaurants, transport 1000 255.3 251.5 254.2 Financial, renting and business activities 1000 114.7 126.7 148.0

Other service activities 1000 352.4 353.8 357.6

1999 2003 200711

Compensation of employees per employee EUR 25,413 26,878 27,490 Agriculture and forestry, fishery EUR 17,484 17,116 16,980

Industry, including energy EUR 30,357 33,138 36,453

Construction EUR 22,610 23,329 24,739

Trade, hotels and restaurants, transport EUR 21,564 21,852 22,356 Financial, renting and business activities EUR 24,950 25,220 25,625

Other service activities EUR 28,091 30,140 29,582

10 12 14 16 18 20

J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D

2005 2006 2007

%

The Bundesagentur für Arbeit (Federal Employment Agency) calculates the labour market data (here annual averages).

Unemployment rate

1The annual averages 2005 and 2006 are not fully comparable with the previous years because of the introduction of the Code of Social Law II (SGB II)

2Unemployed persons as % of all civilian employees (employees subject to social insurance and employees at a low level, officials and unemployed persons additionally self-employed persons and family workers), as of 30 June on previous year.

Labour Market

Unit 1999 2003 20071 Unemployed persons number 223,102 252,967 199,651 viz.

female number 199,777 120,715 97,601

foreign number 2,743 4,509 5,253

at the age of …

under 20 years number 4,916 4,437 3,836

20 to 24 years number 18,044 26,151 19,994

Vacancies number 8,546 9,125 14,479

Short-time workers number 4,744 5,675 2,878 Employees in ABM (job

creation measure) number 22,447 9,932 3,049

2005 2006 20071

Unemployment rate2 % 18.2 17.0 14.9

Pump station Mierendorffplatz ª Berlin

1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000 0

Executives Complex, varied assignments Difficult professional assignments Simple, semiskilled assignments

Unskilled, standardised assignments Men

Women EUR The surveys on earnings, from which the average values were taken,

are carried out in the form of sampling. As of 2007, this includes ful- ly employed people (both men and women) working in industry and services as well as those who are part-time employed and persons in marginal employment.

1weighted average of data reported for all four quarters Gross monthly earnings

of fully employed people according to their occupation (cost centres) and gender in industry and service for 2007

Fully employed people working

in industry and services1 Unit 2007

Gross annual earnings

including bonuses EUR 30.490

… of male employees EUR 31.183

… of female employees EUR 29.163

Gross monthly earnings without bonuses EUR 2.367

… of male employees EUR 2.415

… of female employees EUR 2.276

Paid weekly working hours hrs 39.4

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Earnings

Start of the oxy-fuel experimental plant ª Jänschwalde on 5 April 2007

Footnote: see on opposite page Fully employed people

in selected industrial sectors1 Unit 2007

Mining and quarrying EUR 40.136

Manufacturing EUR 30.525

Energy and water supply EUR 43.451

Construction EUR 26.009

Trade EUR 27.856

Hotel and restaurant industry EUR 18.243

Transport and communication EUR 28.658

Banking and insurance EUR 41.260

Real estate and housing, leasing chattels, provision of business services

from non-commercial EUR 28.676

Upbringing and education EUR 37.700

Health, veterinary and social services EUR 34.742 Provision of other public

and personal services EUR 30.234

Earnings