Die Kleine Brandenburg-Statistik 2013

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Die kleine Brandenburg–Statistik 2013

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Contents

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Brandenburg-Statistik

1 12 24 General Information Environment Public Finances 2 13 25 Population Transport Judicature 3 14 26 Livelihood National Accounts Political Parties 4 15 27 Households and Business Notifications, Elections Families Insolvencies 28 5 16 The administrative Culture and Sports Employment and districts of Compensation of Brandenburg 2012 6 Employees, Education 29 Labour Market Brandenburg 7 17 1990 to 2012 Agriculture Construction, Housing 30 8 18 The Region Public Health System Industry Berlin / Brandenburg 9 2012 19 Public Social Benefits Retail Trade, 10 Hotels and Restaurant Facilities for Child Care, Industry, Tourism Youth Welfare 20 11 Foreign Trade Care 21 Consumer Prices 22 Construction Prices

23 Earnings Introduction

»DIE kleine BRANDENBURG- mortality excess of 9,900 people STATISTIK 2013« (statistics for the could not be offset by the registered federal state of Brandenburg 2013, key migration gain of around 6,200 peo- facts and figures) offers information ple, so that a population loss of 3,700 on the development in the federal people was reported. In the calcula- state Brandenburg based on the most tion of population development only important statistical results. results which where registered after 9 May 2011 (census date) are consid- This brochure is divided into chapters ered. The present motion cases may on different topics. Chapters 1 – 27 therefore differ from the results of present figures on Brandenburg’s the births, deaths and migration sta- demographic, economical, social, tistics. At the end of 2012, the popula- agricultural and political structures. tion was based on the 2011 census at The results are compared to previous 2,449,511 people and had the lowest years. level, the official population statistics The brochure also contains infor- has determined for the State of mation on the administrative districts Brandenburg since the unification of (Chapter 28), data on Brandenburg‘s Germany. The since 2001 observed development since 1990 (Chapter 29) population decline continued to and accumulated figures for the hold on. region of Berlin/Brandenburg (Chapter 30). 2012 were 1.26 million households in Brandenburg. Nearly 37 percent of On 31 December 2012 the area of the them were single-person households. federal state Brandenburg covered 29,486 km². The proportion of the With 11.5 million overnight stays in agricultural area was 49 percent. The accommodation establishments in forest area comprised 36 percent. the federal state of Brandenburg in 2012, the numbers of previous year In 2012, approximately 18,500 children were again exceeded. With 4.2 million were born alive in the state of arrivals, the guest numbers also Brandenburg. The number of deaths slightly increased. This represented was 28,400 persons. The resulting an increase in overnight stays by 4.0 percent. For the guests, the increase was 3.1 percent. The average length of stay increased slightly to 2.8 days (2011: 2.7 days).

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In 2012 7,283 dwellings were com- In 2013, the elections to the Ger- Brandenburg-Statistik pleted in Brandenburg, 14.1 percent man Parliament (Deutscher Bun- more than last year. 6,741 new destag) took place. The CDU with dwellings were built. Due to con- 34.8 percent of the secondary struction work on existing buildings votes is the strongest party, fol- 542 dwellings were created. Most of lowed by the SPD with 23.1 per- the dwellings created in the dis- cent and the party DIE LINKE with tricts Potsdam-Mittelmark and 22.4 percent. Oberhavel. A total of 7,690 construction projects were completed in 2012 in Brandenburg. This was 14.9 percent more than last year. »DIE kleine BRANDEN- In 2012 18,260 business registrations BURG-STATISTIK 2013« gives in Brandenburg were recorded, an initial overview of the data 11 percent less than last year. provided by official statistics. Almost 18,900 businesses were de- A similar brochure has been registered during the year, which published for the state of Berlin is –2.5 percent. Most of the move- (»DIE kleine BERLIN-STATIS- ments were in the economic sector TIK 2013«). Those interested can »Wholesale and retail trade; Repair also find a similarly structured of motor vehicles and motorcycles« selection of figures and data for with 4,200 registrations and 4,800 the Federal Republic of Germany deregistrations, followed by the as well as benchmark figures for sector »Administrative and support all German federal states in service activities« with 2,500 regis- »Pocketbook: Germany«, pub- trations and 2,700 deregistrations lished by the Federal Statistical and »Construction« with 2,300 reg- Office and under www.statistik- istrations and 2,600 deregistrations. portal.de.

The state of Brandenburg recorded economic growth of 0.5 percent. The year before the economic output rose by 2.0 percent. The growth in 2012 is mainly due to the development in the service sector, which contributed in Brandenburg to 70 percent of gross value added.

01.1 General Information

Length of border Adjoining Lands of the Federal Republic of Germany and States: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 448 km Berlin 234 km Sachsen-Anhalt 379 km Sachsen 242 km Niedersachsen 30 km Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Poland 267 km

Uckermark Prignitz

Niedersachsen

Ostprignitz-Ruppin Polen Oberhavel Barnim

Havelland Märkisch-Oderland

Brandenburg Potsdam an derHavel Sachsen-Anhalt Frankfurt Potsdam- (Oder) Mittelmark Oder-Spree

Teltow-Fläming Dahme-Spreewald Largest expansion 244 km, north – south Cottbus 234 km, east – west Spree-Neiße Local time Elbe-Elster Oberspreewald- 12 o’clock CET = 11:58 :13 Lausitz Frankfurt (Oder) 12 o’clock CET = 11:52:16 Sachsen Potsdam (Observatory) Landkreis (Rural district) Kreisfreie Stadt (Urban district)

0 10 20 30 40 km 01.2 General Information

ha . metre above sea level Total area ...... 2,948,563 Rauhberge ...... 130 Börnickenberg ...... 129 Land use % Krugberg ...... 129 Buildings and Kronsberge ...... 125 associated open spaces ...... 4.6 Wietkikenberg ...... 124 Industrial ...... 1.2 Freiberge ...... 121 Recreational ...... 0.8 Sassenberge ...... 120 Traffic area ...... 3.6 Eichberge ...... 117 Agricultural ...... 49.3 Krähenberge...... 116 Forest land...... 35.6 Kleiner Ravensberg ...... 114 Lakes and waterways ...... 3.4 Rießener Berge ...... 112 Other uses ...... 1.5 Marienberg ...... 110 Blocksberge ...... 110 Gollenberg ...... 110 Elevations metre above sea level Herrnberge ...... 108 Kutschenberg...... 201 Hagelberg ...... 200 Hoher Berg ...... 186 Bigger lakes ha Golmberg ...... 178 Schwielochsee ...... 1,327 Brandberg ...... 175 Scharmützelsee ...... 1,210 Wache Berge...... 172 Unteruckersee ...... 1,031 Hutberg ...... 162 Speicher Niemtsch / Kesselberg ...... 161 (Senftenberger See) ...... 1,082 Wachtelberge ...... 159 Parsteiner See ...... 1,009 Semmelberg ...... 158 Ruppiner See...... 807 Rauensche Berge ...... 153 Beetzsee ...... 801 Babbener Berge...... 152 Werbellinsee ...... 795 Hutberg ...... 145 Grimnitzsee ...... 783 Krausnicker Berge...... 144 Schwielowsee ...... 783 Schwarzer Berg ...... 144 Talsprerre Spremberg ...... 683 Blocksberg ...... 139 Oberuckersee...... 618 Hirschberge...... 135 Großer Stechlinsee ...... 412 02.1 Population

The censuses taking place in sev- Unit 2004 2008 2012 1 eral years' distance, provide the basis of data on the population as Inhabitants 1000 2,568 2,522 2,450 well as for regional and demo- of which female % 50.5 50.5 50.8 graphic structure of the popula- Foreigners 1000 67 65 48 tion. Their results serve as basis of which female % 40.1 42.5 49.3 for the updating the official total population, which is shown here Age in years (as of 31 December). 0 to 5 % 4.4 4.5 … 6 to 17 % 10.9 8.7 … 18 to 24 % 9.3 8.8 … 25 to 34 % 10.7 10.7 … 35 to 44 % 17.6 14.9 … 45 to 54 % 16.3 18.1 … 55 to 64 % 12.0 12.3 … 65 and over % 18.8 22.0 …

Shares over 65-year-old people in the administrative Uckermark districts of Brandebburg Uckermark on 31 December 2012 ² Prignitz Prignitz Ostprignitz- OstprignitzRuppi-n Ober- Barnim Ruppin havel Ober- Barnim havel Märkisch- Havelland Märkisch-Oderland Havelland Berlin Oderland Berlin Brandenburg Potsdam Frankfurt (Oder) BrandeannbdeurgrHavPotsdael m Frankfurt (Oder) Oder-Spree an derHavPotsel dam- PotsMittelmdam- ark Teltow- Oder-Spree Mittelmark TeltowFlämin- g Dahme- Fläming DahmSpree-ewald Spreewald Cottbus Ober- 0to19% Cottbus Obespree-r- Spree-Neiße 0t20o1to9%21 % Elbe-Elster 1 population projections spree-wald-Spree-Neiße 20 to2221to%24 % Elbe-Elster Lausitz based on the census wald- 2522%ato 24nd%more Lausitz of 09 May 2011 25 %and more 2 Population projections based on population data memory 1990 02.2 Population

Updated age pyramid 1 on 31 December 2012 by age and sex

Ageinyearsmm 100 100 95 95 90 90 85 85 surplusofwomen 80 80 75 75 70 70 65 65 60 60 55 55 50 50 45 45 40 40

35 35 surplusofmen 30 30 25 25 20 20 15 15 10 10 5male 5 female 0 0 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 promile promile

1 based on 1990 02.3 Population

Marriage Unit 2004 2008 2012 Marriages number 11,288 11,757 12,505 Divorces number 5,773 5,060 5,031

Birth Live births number 18,148 18,808 18,482 rate ¹ 35.1 41.7 … viz. outside marriage number 10,398 11,293 11,440 % 57.3 60.0 61.9 foreigners ² number 577 385 472 % 3.2 2.0 2.6

Death Deaths number 25,859 26,807 28,403 rate ³ 10.0 10.6 11.6 of which deaths under 1 year number 76 41 48 rate 4 4.2 2.2 2.6 Excess of deaths number 7,711 7,999 … rate ³ 3.0 3.2 …

30 thousand 20 10 0 Lebendgeborene 2004 2005 2006 2007 20082009201020112012 2004 2005 2006 2007 20082009201020112012 Gestorbene Marriages Live births Divorces Deaths

1 Per 1000 women 2 Both parents foreigners 3 Per 1000 inhabitants, 4 Per 1000 live births at the age from 15 to or the mother only when 2012: based on the aver- under 45 years unmarried age population, calculated on the basis of the 2011 census 02.4 Population

Unit 2004 2008 2012 Migration across the border of Brandenburg Arrivals number 67,878 60,381 64,993 of which foreigners number 11,170 8,991 14,852 Departures number 67,070 65,661 59,264 of which foreigners number 11,662 10,063 10,797 Balance number 808 – 5,280 …

Internal migration ¹ number 70,732 60,928 61,687

Members of religious denominations Protestant ² 1000 492.9 444.7 420.1 3 Catholic 1000 80.5 78.8 77.9 3

60 thousand 50 40 30 Migration 20 across the border of Brandenburg 10 In-migrants 0 Germans Out-migrants -10 Foreigners -20 Balance -30 -40 -50 -60 -70 2004 2005 2006 20072008200920102011 2012

1 Across the municipality 3 Data of 2011 Sources: Consistory of the Oberlausitz) and Secretariat of border Protestant Church Berlin-Branden- the German Conference of Catholic 2 Incl. inhabitants, who burg-schlesische Oberlausitz (Kon- Bishops, Statistics of church belong to other protestant sistorium der Evangelischen Kirche dioceses (Sekretariat der deutschen regional churches Berlin-Brandenburg-schlesische Bischofskonferenz) 02.5 Population

Data on the nationality Foreigners, Unit 2004 2008 2012 of foreigners are avail- as of 31 December able from the Foreigner Europe 1000 30.9 30.1 35.7 Central Register. The of which Poland 1000 6.9 6.7 9.4 number of the foreigners Russian Federation 1000 4.4 4.0 4.5 may deviate from current Ukraine 1000 4.0 4.0 3.7 population updating Turkey 1000 2.3 2.3 2.2 (chapter 02.1) because of Africa 1000 3.2 2.5 2.7 the different sources of America 1000 1.8 2.0 2.2 data. Asia 1000 12.3 10.4 11.1 of which Vietnam 1000 5.3 4.1 3.4 Australia and Oceania 1000 0.1 0.1 0.1

Uckermark

Prignitz Ostprignitz- Ruppin ...stateless, uncleared Ober- Barnim havel 1.7% ...European ...Australia and Union Märkisch- Oceania excludingPolen Havelland Oderland 0.3% 22.3% Berlin ...Afriac BrandenburgPotsdam Frankfurt (Oder) 5.2% an derHavel Potsdam- Oder-Spree Mittelmark Teltow- Fläming Dahme- Spreewald

Cottbus Ober- spree- Spree-Neiße Elbe-Elster Foreigners wald- 0to2% Lausitz 2to2.5 % ...Asia 2.5to3% 21.0 % ...Poland 3%andover 17.7% ... America ...other Europe 4.2% 27.6% 03 Livelihood

Unit 2004 2008 2012 The microcensus is Population 1000 2,569.8 2,529.3 2,492.5 a household survey … by labour force participation conducted annually, Economically active population 1000 1,363.8 1,387.5 1,346.5 comprising 1 percent Employed persons 1000 1,101.2 1,229.0 1,234.2 of households. It Unemployed persons 1000 262.5 158.6 112.3 provides information Inactive populatiom 1000 1,206.0 1,141.8 1,145.9 on the economic and social situation of … by main subsistence the population. Employment 1000 1,022.7 1,140.3 1,151.0 Unemployment benefit/relief – ALG I/II ¹ 1000 264.6 36.8 33.4 Benefits according Hartz IV (ALG II, social benefit) 1000 – 177.2 139.1 Pension 1000 702.0 681.9 675.6 Assistance by affiliated ² 1000 503.5 445.5 435.6 Own fortune, letting etc. 1000 / / 5.2 Social welfare assistance/ current assistance to living costs 1000 28.5 9.1 17.6 Parental benefit, child-raising benefit ³ 1000 – 13.6 9.9 Other support 1000 46.1 21.2 25.0

EUR Private households 0to 500 by monthly net income, 500to 900 2012 900to1300 1300to1500 Single-person 1500to2000 household 2000to2600 Multi-person 2600to3200 household 3200and over 0 30 60 90 120 150 180 210 thousand

1 With implementation of introduction of new 2 Since 2008 income by 3 Since 2009 only parental SGB II omission of the achievement forms family members benefit unemployment relief and 04 Households and Families

Every community of persons Households Unit 2004 2008 2012 living together and forming by size of household an economical unit as well as Households 1000 1,219.0 1,250.0 1,260.4 persons who live alone and, Single-person households 1000 407.0 453.7 470.0 nevertheless, manage for Multi-person households 1000 811.9 796.3 790.4 themselves are counted as with 2 persons 1000 453.4 470.6 496.7 a household (private house- with 3 persons 1000 209.1 199.7 179.5 hold). A household may in- with 4 persons 1000 123.3 102.0 91.4 clude relatives and persons with 5 or more persons 1000 26.2 24.0 22.8 who do not belong to the family as such (e.g. partners Married couples in life). without children 1000 328.4 344.5 361.2 Married couples with children as well as single Families 1000 420.1 387.0 349.3 parents and unmarried Married couples 1000 260.4 233.6 198.0 couples with their unmarried Single parents children living in the same and consensual unions 1000 159.8 153.4 151.3 household are counted as of which families with children families. less than 18 years of age 1000 276.2 231.2 228.6 Married couples 1000 163.1 132.4 122.8 Single parents and consensual unions 1000 113.0 98.8 105.8

Average monthly 3 0003,000EUREUR net income of families 2,500 with children under 2 500 2 0002,000 18 years 13,0005001,500EUR 12,5000001,000 EhepMaaarrriede couples 2,000500500 AlleinerSingzileehparentendes 1,5000 0 1,000 200220042003200520042006200520072006200820072009200820102009201120102012 Married couples 500 Single parents 0 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 05 Culture and Sports

Unit 2004 2008 2012 In the fields of culture and Public theatres ¹ sports in the official statis- Locations number 28 31 29 tics do not own surveys are Events ² number 1,505 1,444 1,738 conducted. The following of which dramas number 476 534 573 information has been pro- operas number 70 44 66 vided by other facilities musicals number 75 50 111 available, are to provide a Visitors at the location ³ 1000 386 415 442 brief overview. Public libraries number 233 220 211 Stock of media 1000 4,636 4,514 4,372 Users 1000 228 194 186 Visitors 1000 3,018 2,728 2,600 Borrowings 1000 10,116 9,334 9,204 Sources: Deutscher Bühnen Screens ⁴ number 151 147 137 verein, Bundesverband der Theater und Orchester, Visitors 1000 3,723 2,734 2,853 Landesfachstelle für Archive Museums ⁵ number 347 339 339⁶ und öffentliche Bibliotheken of which with data im Brandenburgischen for the visitors number 263 249 245⁶ Landeshauptarchiv, Visitors 1000 3,472 3,511 3,345⁶ FFA - Filmförderungsanstalt, Institut für Museumsforschung, Sports clubs number 2,822 2,917 2,962 Landessportbund Branden- Members 1000 280 302 317 burg e.V. of which female 1000 96 110 119 Children and youth until 21 years 1000 108 111 110 Adult, starting from 22 years 1000 172 191 207 Popular sports by Football/Soccer number of club members Disability Sport in 2012 Gymnastics Volleyball Handball Horseriding sportshooters Tabletennis Bowling DanceSport 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 thousand

1 Season, e.g 2 Own events at the location 4 Incl. mobil cinemas 6 Data from 2011 2003/2004 ≙ 2004 3 Incl. appearances of out- 5 Museums asked for side ensembles data 06.1 Education

Pupils at / in Unit 2004 2008 2012

an / in Primary schools number 85,856 106,444 105,048 Comprehensive schools number 69,462 15,642 15,713 Secondary school number – 31,216 38,007 Intermediate school number 20,243 – – Grammar school number 66,139 52,665 50,190 Vocational grammar school (Berufliches Gymnasium ) ¹ number 4,267 3,366 2,859 Special schools number 13,278 10,040 9,387 Establishment of the second education number 1,732 2,405 2,207 Vocational schools (dual system) number 56,076 50,607 31,545 Full-time vocational schools number 12,710 9,627 3,252 Specialised upper secondary schools number 4,140 3,654 2,257 Trade and technical schools number 3,766 4,889 6,415 Schools for nurses, midwives etc ² number 3,778 4,088 4,527 Schoolleavers ³ Without secondary general school certificate / Training maturity number 3,268 2,448 1,439 of which female % 32.0 35.0 35.7 With secondary general school certificate / Training maturity number 1,314 1,048 760 of which female % 30.7 37.9 40.4 With extendet secondary general school certificate / extended Training maturity number 5,430 2,504 1,714 of which female % 40.2 39.6 38.0 With intermediate school certificate / Specialised upper secondary school-maturities number 16,270 8,883 7,020 of which female % 51.8 49.4 47.3 With general higher education entrance qualification number 12,056 11,999 10,055 of which female % 59.2 58.2 54.6 Teaching staff ⁴ … Schools of general education number 21,187 18,277 17,625 Vocational schools number 3,069 2,966 2,309 Schools for nurses, midwives etc number 249 294 241

1 To 2006 Grammar school sixth 2 Since 2006 incl. Elder 3 Of schools of 4 Full- and part-time form of the College of Further care education general education teaching staff Education (Gymnasiale Ober- stufe des Oberstufenzentrums) 06.2 Education

Schools ¹ Unit 2004 2008 2012 Primary schools number 462 478 473 Comprehensive schools number 198 42 31 Secondary school number – 143 149 Intermediate school number 80 – – Grammar school number 109 100 100 Vocational grammar school (Berufliches Gymnasium ) ² number x x 17 Special schools number 135 122 117 Establishment of the second education number 15 17 17 Vocational schools (dual system) number 38 40 37 Full-time vocational schools number 53 58 42 Specialised upper secondary schools number 31 33 26 Trade and technical schools number 27 32 36 Schools for nurses, midwives etc ³ number 29 34 32 Trainees Motorvehicle mechatronics technician in the ten most Management assistantfor retail services frequent training Industrial mechanic occupations, Office clerk 31 December 2012, Mechatronics fitter Salesassistant forretailservices total: Cook 30,045 trainees Management assistantfor office communication Warehouselogistics operator Medicalassistant Management assistantfor retail services Male Hairdresser Female Electronic technican Clerkinpublicadministration Plantmechanicfor sanitary,heating andair conditioning systems Specialist in thehotel business Metalworker Qualifieddentalemployee Electronicstechnician forindustrialengineering Housekeeping assistant 0 500 1 000 1 500 2 000

1 Educational institutions 2 To 2006 Grammar school from 2010 as educational sixth form of the College of establishment Further Education (Gymna- 3 Since 2006 incl. specialized siale Oberstufe des Ober- seminar for Elder care stufenzentrums); counted 06.3 Education

All recognized by Unit 2004 2008 2012 national law universities, Students ¹ number 41,036 46,865 52,031 art schools and colleges of which female % 49.5 50.5 50.6 to submit their data on At universities number 27,180 31,124 34,708 the basis of the Higher of which female % 53.9 55.1 54.8 Education Statistics Act. At colleges of art and music number 709 555 566 of which female % 43.6 46.8 51.6 At specialised colleges of higher education (Fachhochschulen) number 12,426 14,524 15,909 of which female % 40.3 41.0 41.8 At collages of public administration number 721 662 848 of which female % 49.7 48.3 43.6 New entrants ² viz. in the first semester in higher education number 7,653 9,866 9,715 in the first subject-related semester number 10,628 14,416 16,134 Academic and creative arts staff ³ (without student auxiliary workers) number 4,009 4,827 6,517 as primary occupation number 2,657 3,096 3,849 as secondary occupation number 1,352 1,731 2,668 Examinations passed ⁴ number 4,307 6,374 9,067 University degree number 1,832 2,732 4,268 of which Bachelor number 241 657 2,046 Master number 137 464 1,124 Doctor‘s degree number 226 331 384 Teaching qualifications ⁵ number 367 687 903 Artistic final examination number 133 79 115 Diplomas at Fachhochschulen number 1,729 2,513 3,339 Other number 20 32 58

1 Winter semester 2 Academic year 3 At 1 December 4 Examination year 5 Incl. Bachelor, (summer semester and (winter semester Master and the following winter and the following additional semester) summer semester) examinations 07 Agriculture

Unit 2004 2008 2012 The agricultural Utilised agricultural area statistics include agricultural enterprises, total 1000 ha 1,338.8 1,323.6 1,319.6 the structure of which arable land 1000 ha 1,041.7 1,035.9 1,028.8 surveys of agricul- permanent grassland 1000 ha 292.1 282.0 285.9 tural and forestry tree fruit and berries enterprises and (without strawberries) 1000 ha 3.6 3.3 3.1 producer statistics.

Harvest Cereals (without grain maize and CCM ¹) 1000 t 3,111.7 2,621.1 2,387.7 Vegetable (open-grown and under glass) 1000 t 142.1 126.3 124.3 Fruit (Tree fruit in the cultivation of market) 1000 t 41.1 40.8 38.6

Livestock population on 3 May Cattle, total 1000 594.2 589.0 557.2 of which dairy cows 1000 178.1 167.0 159.2 nurse and sucking cows ² 1000 91.8 96.5 94.3 Pigs, total 1000 738.8 756.3 784.6 of which fattening pigs 1000 213.8 241.3 224.4 breeding pigs 1000 99.9 91.5 92.6 Sheep, total 1000 144.5 126.1 79.7 ³ Poultry, total 1000 8,273.5 ⁴ 8,480.5 ⁵ 9,517.7 ⁶ of which hens, total 1000 6,513.9 ⁴ 6,639.3 ⁵ 7,007.5 ⁶

Agricultural holdings, total 1000 6.7 ⁴ 6.7 ⁵ 5.6 ⁷ therefrom legal status: Sole proprietorship 1000 5.1 ⁴ 5.1 ⁵ 3.9 ⁷ Partnership ⁸ 1000 0.6 ⁴ 0.7 ⁵ 0.7 ⁷ Legal person 1000 0.9 ⁴ 1.0 ⁵ 1.0 ⁷

Agricultural workers, total 1000 39.2 ⁴ 38.0 ⁵ 36.5 ⁷ of which permanently employed workers 1000 18.2 ⁴ 17.1 ⁵ 17.8 ⁷

1 Corn-Cob-Mix 2 since 2008 incl. 3 3 November 5 Data of 2007 7 Data of 2010 battle cows and mast 4 Data of 2003 6 1 March 2010 8 Incl. community cows personss

08.1 Public Health System

The statistics of the public health system are based on reports by the public health authorities and the hospitals.

Unit 2004 2008 2012 Selected causes of death Diseases of the circulatory system number 11,879 12,303 12,019 Neoplasms number 7,302 6,903 7,716 Injury and poisoning number 1,213 908 1,019 AIDS/HIV diseases number 5 3 6 Diseases of the respiratory system number 1,528 1,862 1,963

Died infants number 76 41 48 rate ¹ 4.2 2.2 2.6

Diseases of the respiratory 2,000 system 1,500 1,000 500 0 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

1 Per 1000 live births 08.2 Public Health System

Unit 2004 2008 2011 Hospitals number 47 50 53 Beds provided number 15,534 15,242 15,242 Admissions number 508,034 527,488 543,445 Dismissals Inpatient treatments ² number 496,078 515,513 532,867 Death cases number 508,267 527,795 544,582 Average length of stay number 12,422 12,588 12,852 Full-time hospital doctors ³ days 8.9 8.5 8.1 Nursing staff number 3,334 3,625 4,026 Medical laboratory staff number 9,824 9,853 10,261 Functional staff number 3,360 3,202 3,324 Other non-medical staff number 2,752 2,849 3,026 Sonstiges hauptamtliches nichtärztliches Personal number 4,381 3,622 3,289

Selected causes for treatment (main diagnoses) ⁴ Diseases of the circulatory system number 86,890 90,775 92,747 Neoplasms number 60,915 55,987 56,768 Injury and poisoning number 52,649 51,686 54,826 Diseases of the digestive system number 51,517 52,054 52,295

12 days Average length of stay 9 6 3 0 2004 2005 2006 200720082009201020112012

2 Incl. same-day cases 3 Incl. junior doctors 4 Incl. deaths and hourly cases

09 Public Social Benefits

Information about social ben- assistance, housing allowance efits is taken from different and severely disabled person official statistics (e.g. social statistics).

Unit 2004 2008 2012 Public assistance ¹ Recipients of continual subsistence payment number 78,181 9,584 9,149 Recipients of basic security in old age and disability number 13,517 19,821 21,683 Recipients of benefits under the 5th to 9th Chapter of SGB XII number 24,666 29,581 33,210 Gross expenditures Mill EUR 654.9 484.8 582.0 Asylum seekers Recipients, end of year number 6,613 2,801 4,034 Gross expenditures Mill EUR 28.5 15.6 22.9 Housing allowance 1 Recipients (households) number 116,542 26,321 29,891 Severely handicapped persons number ² 190,681 219,434 237,747 rate ³ 74 87 97

2004 2008 2012 Assistance for war victims Recipients of current benefits 4 number 1,219 849 602 Recipients of unique benefits number 1,424 621 230 Gross expenditures Mill EUR 3.8 2.7 3.6

1 Since 2005 methodical changes 2 Data of previous years 3 Per 1000 inhabitant 4 Multiple counting possible

10.1 Facilities for Child Care

Unit 2006 2008 2012 Day care centres number 1,672 1,704 1,792 Places number 145,748 157,319 173,851 Cared children number 128,542 139,986 155,621 Staff number 14,822 14,301 19,483 Public institutions number 1,078 986 961 Places number 94,950 94,285 99,481 Cared children number 82,627 82,393 87,078 Staff number 8,871 7,785 9,877 Independent institutions number 594 718 831 Places number 50,798 63,034 74,370 Cared children number 45,915 57,593 68,543 Staff number 5,951 6,516 9,606 Attendance rates of children under 3 years number ¹ 35.8 38.9 45.9 of children 3 to under 6 years number ¹ 90.8 93.9 95.4

Children in daily care by child minders number 3,060 3,905 4,904 of which under 3 years number 2,586 3,280 4,301 Daily care staff number 963 1,104 1,265

– 963 1 286 Attendance rates of children under 3 years number ¹ 4.7 5.9 7.5 of children 3 to under 6 years number ¹ 0.7 0.9 0.9

1 Number of children in day care ever 100 of children in the same age group

10.2 Youth Welfare

Unit 2004 2008 2012 ¹ Closed cases, in the course of the year Adoptions number 124 103 128 Take of children in care number 1,390 1,296 1,457 Procedure to assess the child's welfare number • • 4,438 acute child welfare risk number • • 788 latent child welfare risk number • • 772 no child welfare risk, but needs help number • • 1,220 no child welfare risk and no need for assistance number • • 1,658

Cases, as of end of year Assistance / counselling for young people Help for education number • 115 414 Parenting advice number 7,369 2,971 3,312 Social group work number 101 80 133 Individual assistance number 560 742 748 Day group education number 535 479 496 Full-time care number 1,805 1,709 1,955 Care in residential homes; other forms of supported housing number 3,824 2,629 2,671 Individual intensive socio-educational assistance number 136 67 73 Adaption support for mentally disordered young people number • 1,060 1,744 Family-oriented assistance/counselling Help for education number • 343 268 Socio-educational family assistance number 1,345 1,996 2,445

1 Methodical changes since 2007

11 Care

Unit 2003 2007 2011 This data is provided Benefits from by the institutions of nursing care insurances ¹ outpatient and Recipients of care number 69,266 85,129 98,902 inpatient care facilities in nursing homes number 18,519 21,378 25,156 and the care funds. with ambulatory care number 18,689 22,662 27,892 cared for exclusively by family members at home number 32,058 41,089 45,854

with nursing care stage I ² number 18,819 25,080 30,790 with nursing care stage II number 10,244 12,592 12,373 with nursing care stage III number 2,995 3,417 2,691

Nursing homes number 282 339 400 private number 77 93 122 non-profit number 190 234 267 public number 15 12 11

Nursing home places number 20,109 22,909 26,147

Ambulatory care services number 502 548 598 private number 303 350 378 non-profit number 195 194 216 public number 4 4 4

Staff number 17,703 22,651 28,885 Nursing homes number 10,838 13,578 16,429 Ambulatory care services number 6,865 9,073 12,456

1 As of 15 December 2 Incl. those for whom the extent of needed care has not yet been determined

12.1 Environment

The environmental data The weather information is are collected in annual or provided by the German multi-year cycle. Weather Service (Deutscher Wetterdienst).

Meteorological data for Potsdam Unit 2004 2008 2012 Temperature (annual average) ° C 9.4 10.3 9.6 Duration of sunshine (annual total) hrs 1,672 1,753 1,835 Precipitation (annual total) mm 630 554 606 Summer days (at least 25 ° C) number 34 47 38 Frosty days (minimum below 0 ° C) number 86 56 78 Waste disposal 2004 2008 2011 Collection of wastes within public waste disposal ¹ 1000 t 991.2 933.5 993.6 of which domestic and bulky waste 1000 t 558.1 503.7 534.4 In waste disposal facilities processed waste quantities 1000 t 8,955.0 8,927.1 8,523.7 viz. delivered from Brandenburg 1000 t 5,769.8 5,753.3 4,974.7 stored in landfills 1000 t 3,474.1 1,616.6 904.2

Height of precipitation 210 mm 180 150 120 90 60 30 0 JFMAMJ JASoNDJFMAMJ JASoNDJFMAMJ JASoND 2010 2011 2012

1 Reporting of the waste balance (Abfallbilanz) Brandenburg 12.2 Environment

Public water supply Unit 2004 2007 2010 Withdrawal of water m³ mn 126.0 125.4 126.3 Provison of water to final consumers in Brandenburg m³ mn 108.6 108.7 111.9 of which households and small businesses m³ mn 92.3 90.1 94.6 Connection rate to public water supply % 98.4 98.6 98.7 Water consumption per inhabitant and day litre 100.0 98.4 104.7 Public sewage disposal In facilities in Berlin treated sewage, total m³ mn 235.5 241.4 245.4 viz. waste water m³ mn 214.6 214.9 214.7 treated in biological facilities m³ mn 235.3 241.3 245.3 Connection rate to public sewage treatment facilities % 82.5 83.4 86.7

Investment in environmental protection 2004 2008 2011 Enterprises ² with investments number 845 847 937 of which enterprises with investments in environmental protection number 62 113 142 Investments, total EUR mn 1,171.8 1,065.8 1,055.6 of which investment in environmental protection, total EUR mn 30.6 42.5 67.0 Share of the investments, total % 2.6 4.0 6.4 Umsatz Land-und Forstwirtschaft Beschäftigte Bodensanierung Handel,Gastgewerbe undVerkehr Klimaschutz Investments for Produzierendes Gewerbe environmental protection of the enterprises of the mining industry and 2004 manufacturing

2008 Refuse disposal Prevention of 2011 water pollution 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100% Noise control Air pollution control Nature protection and landscape conservation Ground redevelopment Climate protection 2 Companies of the Mining and Quarrying and the manufacturing 13.1 Transport

The information on Unit 2004 2008 2012 the traffic that come Public roads km 12,523 12,477 12,339 from official statistics. of which federal motorways km 790 790 795 Additional information provided by other Tram line length km 220 208 ¹ • bodies. Bus route length km 46,730 46,305 ¹ • Passengers Railroad Mill. 2.7 5.2 ¹ 0.6 Bus Mill. 102.2 91.0 ¹ 92.3 Tram 41.2 43.1 ¹ 42.7 Air traffic ² Aircraft flights ³ 38.7 60.0 64.7 Passengers Mill. 3.3 6.6 7.1 Motor vehicles 4 Total, as of 1 January 1000 1,670.5 1,539.8 1,603.8 of which passenger/estate cars 1000 1,407.6 1,293.4 1,330.8 Lorries 1000 118.2 106.3 113.7 motorcycles 1000 86.5 89.5 103.7 buses and coaches 1000 2.9 2.4 2.4

Passenger cars

not reduced pollutant 2004 pollutant-reduced with 2008 petrol engine 5 2012 pollutant-reduced with diesel engine 0 200 400 600 800 1,000 1,200 1,400 thousand

1 Data from 2009 3 Passenger, freight 4 Since 2008 according 5 Including vehicles that 2 At Schönefeld and training flights to the new regulaion for can not be assigned to any airport vehicle registration group of pollutants without temporary de-registered vehicals 13.2 Transport

Unit 2004 2008 2012 Road traffic accidents number 86,771 81,255 80,854 of which involving personal injury number 10,355 8,690 8,280 serious accidents involving material demage ¹ number 3,708 3,147 3,704

Involved in accidents with personal injury number 19,286 16,164 15,248 Passenger cars number 12,205 9,768 9,163 Lorries ² number 1,396 1,319 1,228 Motorcycles, scooters number 671 758 632 Mopeds, motor-assisted bicycles number 697 352 380 Other vehicles ³ number 182 168 190 Bicycles number 3,224 2,869 2,698 Pedestrians number 828 783 765 Other vehicles and road users Verkehrsteilnehmer number 83 147 192 Killed persons in road accidents number 280 222 166 of which children number 4 – 3 Injured persons in road accidents number 12,855 10,669 10,327 of which children number 1,067 790 964

Road casualities 1,500

1,000

500

0 JanFeb MarApr MayJun JulAug Sepoct NovDec 2004 2012

1 Incl. Serious accidents involving volving material demage 2 Incl. articulated lorries 3 Incl. buses material demage and other and other intoxicated- and tractors drunk-driving accidents; since driving accidents 2008 incl. Serious accidents in- 14 National Accounts

National accounts (VGR) Unit 2004 2008 2012 ¹ are a statistical system for Gross domestic product presenting a comprehen- in current prices EUR bn 46.7 53.1 57.8 sive, overall view of the economic activities of all Gross value added business entities in all sectors EUR bn 42.2 47.6 51.7 Brandenburg. They are Agriculture, forestry and based on the European fishing EUR bn 1.0 1.0 1.2 System of national ac- Industry, counts (ESA 1995) and the excluding construction EUR bn 8.0 10.2 10.9 Classification of Industries Construction EUR bn 2.7 2.9 3.4 (WZ 2008). At the centre Trade, transport, of national accounts is accommodation and food the origin of the gross services, Information and domestic product (GDP) as communication EUR bn 8.2 8.5 9.3 a measure of performance Financial, insurance in Brandenburg. and Business services, Real estate activities EUR bn 9.9 11.6 12.3 Public and other services, education, health EUR bn 12.5 13.4 14.6

1 Provisional result 15 Business notifications, Insolvencies

Unit 2004 2008 2012 The reports of traders are Business registrations delivered monthly from the Registrations number 30,163 23,464 18,260 trading supervision depart- of which ments. Information about new establishments ¹ number 26,183 19,197 14,473 payment problems and Business deregistrations number 18,245 21,773 18,893 insolvency of companies, of which consumers and other closing downs ² number 14,258 17,916 15,514 groups of borrowers provide the district courts.

Financial difficulties Insolvencies number 4,185 5,980 5,325 Enterprises number 1,259 710 608 Other debtors number 2,926 5,270 4,717 of which consumer insolvencies number 1,656 4,087 3,879

Insolvency proceedings by type of debtor Enterprises Consumer former self-employedperson otherdebtors 2004 2012 0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000

1 Establishment of businesses, 2 Without relocations; incl. closure without movings. of a branch office or dependent branch (ie including (»partial task of continuing operations«)

16.1 Employment and Compensation of Employees

The number of em- Unit 2004 2008 2012 ¹ ployed persons along Persons engaged in with their wages and economic activity 1000 1,022.6 1,048.6 1,073.8 salaries are determined Self-employed and within the scope of family workers 1000 119.5 134.2 136.5 national account based Employees 1000 903.1 914.4 937.3 on the Klassifikation der Wirtschaftszweige Employees WZ2003 (Classification by economic sectors of Industries). The Agriculture, forestry and fishing 1000 32.1 30.9 31.3 figures on the number Industry, including energy 1000 135.2 141.0 148.5 of employed persons Construction 1000 99.2 96.9 100.0 correspond to the work- Trade, transport, accommodation place concept; that is, and food services, Information and all employed persons communication 1000 262.6 266.4 276.3 who have their job in Financial, insurance and Business Brandenburg are taken services, Real estate activities 1000 138.6 155.7 170.4 into consideration. In Public and other services, the result for income education, health 1000 355.0 357.7 347.3 creation the figure for ¹ employee earnings Compensation of employees reflects all of the cash per employee EUR 26,239 27,772 29,983 and non-cash benefits Agriculture, forestry and fishing EUR 20,713 21,424 22,338 accrued to employees Industry, including energy EUR 32,124 34,506 36,738 working in Brandenburg Construction EUR 24,735 26,797 30,512 from work or other Trade, transport, accommodation employment relation- and food services, Information and ships. communication EUR 21,538 23,346 24,657 Financial, insurance and Business services, Real estate activities EUR 23,220 23,315 25,250 Public and other services, education, health EUR 29,074 30,567 33,533

1 Provisional result 16.2 Labour Market

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

Unit 2004 2008 ¹ 2012 ¹ Unemployed persons number 250,709 174,459 136,115 viz. female number 118,461 84,431 61,892 foreign number 4,880 4,916 4,233 at the age of … 15 to 19 years number 4,005 2,796 1,461 20 to 24 years number 25,992 16,501 10,488

Announced positions ² number 4,431 6,757 11,168 Short-time workers number 4,827 3,407 4,015

Unemployment rate ³ % 18.7 12.9 10.2

Unemployment rate 14 %

JFMAMJ JASoNDJFMAMJ JASoNDJFMAMJ JASoND 2010 2011 2012

1 The annual averages since 2005 2 Retroactive corrections 3 Unemployed persons as % ficials and unemployed are not fully comparable with due to conversion of the of all civilian employees persons additionally self- the previous years because of statistics of announced (employees subject to so- employed persons and the introduction of the Code of positions with the Federal cial insurance and em- family workers), as of 30 Social Law II (SGB II) Employment Agency ployees at a low level, of- June on previous year

17 Construction, Housing

In the area of construction Construction Unit 2004 2008 2012 activity and housing work completed ¹ construction activity statis- Dwellings, total number 11,053 6,594 7,283 tics and the updating of the with … rooms ² residential buildings and 1 number 329 322 175 housing stock are located. 2 number 356 538 383 The building and housing 3 number 977 470 1,070 inventory is updated 4 number 2,125 1,378 1,587 between the building and 5 or more number 7,266 3,886 4,068 housing censuses, with the living floor space per construction statistics. The dwelling (new buildings) m² 111 114 114 actual results for 2011 are Non-residential buildings, not yet based on the usable area, total 1000 m² 746 781 1,034 reporting date 9.5.2011 conducted building and housing census and are Building and 2004 2008 2011 considered provisional. dwelling stock Residential buildings 1000 588 613 625 Dwellings 1000 1,269 1,276 1,285 with … Rooms 1 % 0.8 0.7 0.8 2 % 6.5 6.3 6.3 3 % 23.1 22.5 22.3 4 % 35.7 35.3 35.1 5 and more % 33.9 35.2 35.6 living floor space per dwellings m² 77 78 79

Construction work completed ¹ Dwellings, total 15,000

10,000

5,000

0 2004200520062007 2008 2009 201020112012

1 Incl. structural modifica- 2 Negative figures are structural modifi- tions to existing buildings due to joining of dwelling cations to existing units as a result of buildings 18.1 Industry

Manufacturing, Unit 2010 2011 2012 Industry includes the supply mining and quarrying of water and energy, mining Establishments ¹ number 1,099 1,180 1,204 and quarrying, and manufac- Employees ¹ number 91,479 98,592 99,135 turing and construction. Wages and salaries EUR mn 2,823 3,103 3,237 Unless otherwise indicated, Turnover EUR mn 22,511 25,787 25,432 data is based on the data of which with foreign countries EUR mn 5,735 6,995 7,256 provided by companies with generally 20 or more Turnover of selected employees in accordance Economic branches with the classification of Economic branches, valid Manufacture of food products EUR mn 3,024 3,395 3,374 since 2008 (Klassifikation der Manufacture of wood and of Wirtschaftszweige). Crafts products of wood and cork, businesses are also included. except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials EUR mn 1,161 1,383 1,385 Manufacture of paper and paper products EUR mn 1,287 1,732 1,598 Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products EUR mn 1,701 1,830 1,700 Manufacture of rubber and plastic products EUR mn 1,011 1,175 1,191 Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products EUR mn 923 1,142 1,090 Manufacture of basic metals EUR mn 1,666 1,934 1,834 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment EUR mn 1,180 1,425 1,453 Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products EUR mn 1,155 1,479 931 Manufacture of motor vehicles , trailers and semitrailers EUR mn 836 1,036 1,033 Manufacture of other transport equipment EUR mn 1,441 • • Repair and installation of machinery and equipment EUR mn 1,118 1,314 1,371

1 as of September 18.2 Industry

Unit 2010 2011 2012 Production of selected goods Stone, sand and clay 1 000 t 12,616 12,951 11,534 Processed fruit and vegetables 1 000 t 157 148 150 Cucumber made with vinegar or preserved 1 000 t 56 55 56 Soft drinks, mineral waters and other water, bottled l mn 2,371 2,354 2,476 Paper, carton and cardboard 1 000 t 1,012 1,606 1,657 Plastics in primary forms 1 000 t 471 477 442 Biofuels, diesel substitute (diester) for use in traffic 1 000 t 583 503 339 Fresh concrete (ready-mixed concrete) 1 000 m³ 893 1,146 1,017 Iron, steel and ferro-alloys 1 000 t 5,756 6,010 5,815 Automobile and automobile parts EUR mn 777 915 903 Medical and dental instruments and supplies EUR mn 226 238 188

2004 2008 2011 Energy consumption MJ mn 172,996 177,372 190,141 Total MJ mn 33,061 33,410 31,513 Gas MJ mn 28,388 30,151 32,456 Electricity

Public energy supply Gross generation of electricity MJ mn 137,246 131,386 135,454 Electricity consumption ¹ MJ mn 57,870 53,284 50,735 Gas consumption MJ mn 114,138 104,234 100,274

1 Excl. own consumption and losses 18.3 Industry

Site preparation, Unit 2004 2008 2012 civil engineering Establishments ¹ number 4,436 4,824 4,778 Employees ² number 37,004 32,257 33,269 Hours worked ² Mill. 45.1 39.9 41.6 of which in house building ² Mill. 16.4 14.6 16.7 Turnover in construction work ² EUR mn 3,392.0 3,268.1 3,697.5 Building installation ³ Establishments ¹ number 576 424 600 Employees number 13,266 10,401 13,593 Turnover in construction work for previous year EUR mn 926.2 883.5 1,310.0

Turnover in construction work within the construction industry by type of construction, 2012

Housing Commercial andindustrialpublicbuildings Public buildings Commercialand industrial civilengineering Road construction Other construction 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 1100 1200 1300 1400 EURmn

1 Results of the annual supplemen- 2 Projected results on the basis of 3 Establishments with generally tary survey (Site preperation, civil the supplementary survey 10 and more employees engerneering) or annual survey (building installation) – as of end of June 19.1 Retail Trade, Hotels and Restaurant Industry, Tourism

The index for the retail Unit 2004 2008 2012 trade and the hotel and Retail sale restaurant industry are Turnover index 100.0 115.3 140.5 calculated on the basis Employees index 102.4 109.7 124.4 2005 ≙ 100. The data on Accommodation and tourism come from the food service activities statistics on accommoda- Turnover index 100.5 107.4 111.6 tions. Only accommoda- Employees index 104.4 102.8 98.0 tion establishments with more than nine beds Tourism (from 2012, before more Accomodation than eight beds) and establishments ¹ number 1,678 1,592 1,655 camping sites are B eds 2 number 78,290 78,152 82,458 surveyed. Guests, total 1000 3,321 3,728 4,173 Guests from Germany 1000 3,076 3,380 3,826 Guests from other countries 1000 245 348 347 of which Netherlands 1000 44 52 47 Poland 1000 24 38 51 Sweden 1000 18 23 21 Denmark 1000 15 20 21 Norway 1000 6 18 12 Overnights 9,257 10,172 11,481

1 As of July 2 As of July, excl. campgrounds 19.2 Retail Trade, Hotels and Restaurant Industry, Tourism Bed capacity in accommodation establishments

Uckermark July 2004 Uckermark July 2008 Prignitz July 2012 July 2004 Ostprignitz–Ruppin 6,000 July 2008 Prignitz Oberhavel Barnim 4,000 July 2012 Ostprignitz–Ruppin 2,000 6,000 Oberhavel Märkisch–OderlBarnim and 0 Bedcapacity4,000 Havelland 2,000 Märkisch–Oderland 0 Bedcapacity HavellandPotsdam Frankfurt(Oder) Brandenburgander Havel

Potsdam Frankfurt(Oder) BrPotsdam–Mittelmarkandenburgander Havel Oder–Spree Teltow–Fläming Potsdam–MittelmarkDahme–Spreewald Oder–Spree Teltow–Fläming Dahme–SpreewalCottbus d

Spree–Neiße Cottbus Elbe–Elster Oberspreewald–Lausitz Spree–Neiße Elbe–Elster Oberspreewald–Lausitz 19.3 Retail Trade, Hotels and Restaurant Industry, Tourism

Unit 2004 2008 2012 O vernights 1000 9,257 10,172 11,481 … by type of establishments Hotels, Inns, Guest-houses 1000 4,776 5,294 5,869 Hotel 1000 3,462 4,110 4,476 Hotels garnis (hotel, breakfast only) 1000 548 462 624 Gasthof (Inns) 1000 344 326 309 Guest-houses 1000 422 396 459 Other accommodation 1000 4,481 4,878 5,612 Youth hostels and mountain refuges 1000 696 756 909 Holiday homes, training homes 1000 1,027 1,077 928 Holiday centers, Holiday dwellings 1000 548 770 1,270 Camping sites 1000 755 765 946 Preventive care rehabilitation centres 1000 1,454 1,510 1,560

11,000 thousand 10,000 O vernights 9,000 by guest origin 8,000 7,000 6,000 5,000 Germany 4,000 Othercountries 3,000 2,000 1,000 Germany 0 Other countries 2004200520062007 2008 2009 201020112012 20 Foreign Trade

Unit 2004 2008 2012 ¹ The foreign trade statistics Exports EUR mn 5,390 12,172 14,200 provide figures with regard Food industry EUR mn 361 561 963 to the movement of goods of which food EUR mn 320 504 900 across the frontiers (export luxury articles and import) between (Genußmittel) EUR mn 29 35 29 Brandenburg and foreign Trade and industry EUR mn 4,954 11,519 13,052 countries. The basis for the raw materials EUR mn 42 78 126 results is provided by the semi-finished customs documents of products EUR mn 432 1,663 1,051 importers and exporters in finished the trading industry with products EUR mn 4,480 9,778 11,876 countries outside of the European Union (extra Important exporting trade) as well as the statis- countries tical registrations of acquisi- France EUR mn 302 1,610 2,275 tions and deliveries within USA EUR mn 568 1,113 2,109 the community within the Poland 553 2,015 1,680 meaning of the Value-Add- Imports EUR mn 6,720 14,053 19,187 ed Tax Law (intra trade). Food industry EUR mn 494 966 1,522 of which food EUR mn 426 811 1,344 luxury articles (Genußmittel) EUR mn 52 132 175 Trade and industry EUR mn 6,086 12,897 17,050 raw materials EUR mn 2,724 6,241 7,352 semi-finished products EUR mn 547 877 1,180 finished products EUR mn 2,815 5,779 7,638 Important importing countries Russian Federation EUR mn 2,601 5,858 7,421 Poland EUR mn 721 1,328 2,436 USA 300 622 1,064

1 Provisional result 21 Consumer Prices

The consumer price Consumer price index Unit 2004 2008 2012 index, shows the price for Brandenburg development of all Total cost of living index 91.5 99.0 103.8 goods and services Food and non-alcoholic beverages index 88.1 100.9 106.4 purchased by private Alcoholic beverages and tobacco index 81.2 95.6 104.7 households for con- Clothing and footwear index 92.2 96.5 102.9 sumption purposes, Housing, water, electricity, gas relative to a base year and other fuels index 90.8 99.8 104.3 (here: 2010). The Furniture, household equipment change in the consumer and routine maintenance of the house index 94.8 98.3 102.2 price index compared to Health index 92.7 98.3 102.2 the same month last Transport index 86.6 99.4 107.3 year is also known as Communication index 116.1 104.6 94.8 »inflation«. Recreation, entertainment and culture index 98.4 98.1 100.8 Education index 88.7 97.0 103.7 Accomodation and restaurant services index 92.0 97.0 104.6 Miscellaneous goods and services index 93.0 98.0 102.0

Index of consumer prices change on same month of previous year

3 %

0 JFMAMJ JASoNDJFMAMJ JASoND 2011 2012 22 Construction Prices

Price index Unit 2004 2008 2012 The price indices for new for the construction of new … buildings of selected Residential buildings index 98.4 119.1 132.3 construction types, shows one-familiy buildings index 98.4 118.8 131.6 the development of prices multi-family buildings index 97.9 120.5 135.0 for construction work Non-residential buildings Brandenburg Contractors office buildings index 97.3 119.9 133.9 achieved inpendent of the industrial buildings index 97.3 121.6 136.8 location of services compared to a base year (here: Price index … 2005). This includes build- Road construction index 98.8 115.5 126.3 ing and civil engineering as Bridges in connection well as plant maintenance with road construction index 96.3 117.5 132.0 of multi-family buildings. Local channels index 96.7 113.1 122.9 Price index for maintenance of … Multi-family buildings without decorative repairs index 97.9 116.7 131.5 Decorative repairs in a dwelling index 101.3 106.6 117.8

11 % Price index for the 10 construction of new 9 residential buildings 8 Change on previous year 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 201020112012

23.1 Earnings

The described gross Fully employed workers ¹ Unit 2010 2011 2012 annual and gross in industry and services monthly earnings are Gross annual earnings averages from the excluding bonuses ² EUR 32,059 32,845 32,900 Quarterly Survey of ... of male employees EUR 32,341 33,148 33,356 earnings. The sample ... of female employees EUR 31,600 32,341 32,136 survey contains num- Gross monthly earnings bers of full-time, part- excluding bonuses ² EUR 2,672 2,737 2,742 time and marginally ... of male employees EUR 2,695 2,762 2,780 employed workers of ... of female employees EUR 2,633 2,695 2,678 nearly all industries Paid hours of work hrs 39.4 39.5 39.5 according to the WZ 2008.

Gross monthly earnings ² of fully employed people ¹ in industry and service for 2012 Executives

Complex, varied assignments

Difficult professional assignments

Simple,semiskilled assignments

Unskilled,standardised assignments Men Women 0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 EUR

1 Incl. civil servants 2 Weighted average of data reported for all four quarters 23.2 Earnings

Gross annual earnings of the full-time employees ¹ Unit 2010 2011 2012 in selected economic sectors Mining and quarring EUR 42,029 43,637 • Manufacturing EUR 29,758 30,897 31,658 Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply EUR 43,131 44,270 46,623 Water supply ³ EUR 29,669 29,959 28,611 Construction EUR 26,601 27,234 28,324 Retail Trade 4 EUR 26,861 27,558 27,677 Transport EUR 27,958 27,935 30,832 Hotels and restaurants EUR 17,993 18,529 19,523 Communication EUR (40,092) (42,112) 43,492 Provision of finance and insurance services EUR 39,754 40,545 43,435 Real estate and housing EUR 36,211 37,192 35,520 Provision of freelance, scientific and technical services EUR 35,892 36,832 36,365 Provision of other economic services EUR 21,244 21,843 22,786 Upbringing and education EUR 45,090 43,980 43,518 Health and social services EUR 35,805 36,865 35,531 Art, entertainment and recreation EUR • • 34,919 Provision of other services EUR 25,281 26,483 (28,015)

3 Incl. sewage and waste 4 Incl. Repair of motor vehicles management and remidiation and motorcycles activities 24.1 Public Finances

Annual financial statements Unit 2004 2008 2011 1 municipalities / municipal associations Expenditures on current account EUR mn 4,004 5,174 5,618 of which staff expenditure EUR mn 1,497 1,591 1,743 current material expenditure EUR mn 1,030 1,132 1,316 social benefits for including Hartz IV EUR mn 927 1,771 1,749 interest expenditure EUR mn 94 105 68 Capital expenditure EUR mn 982 993 903 of which capital investments EUR mn 819 828 718 Adjusted expenditures without specified financial transactions EUR mn 4,986 6,167 6,521 Revenues on current account EUR mn 3,875 5,924 5,728 of which taxes, parafiscal charge (net) EUR mn 848 1,467 1,428 key allocations EUR mn 1,082 1,713 1,178 requirements and other general assignments by land EUR mn 265 545 452 fees, earmarked levies EUR mn 546 544 573 Capital revenue EUR mn 877 820 757 of which assignment for investments (federal and Land) EUR mn 623 632 563 Adjusted revenues without specified financial transactions EUR mn 4,751 6,744 6,486 Financial balance EUR mn – 235 577 – 35 Specified financial transactions Revenues EUR mn 307 194 110 of which remove from reserves EUR mn 116 57 – credit market borrowing EUR mn 190 137 110 Expenditure EUR mn 647 1,190 176 of which credit market repayment revenues EUR mn 188 200 176 building up of reserves EUR mn 66 251 – cover deficits from previous years EUR mn 393 739 – Debt level (as of 31 Dec.) 2 EUR mn 1,838 1,632 2,227 Public service employees of the 2004 2008 2012 municipalities /association of municipalities number 43,057 41,983 44,387 of which female number 30,904 30,131 31,761 of which core budget number 40,844 39,995 42,384 of which special funds, hospitals number 2,213 1,988 2,003 Special purpose association number 1,753 1,756 1,835 1 Provisional data 2 At credit market, without Loans for strengthening cash resources 24.2 Public Finances

Annual financial statements Unit 2004 2008 2010 of the state budget Expenditures on current account EUR mn 7,888 8,583 8,439 of which staff expenditure EUR mn 2,223 2,015 2,137 current material expenditure EUR mn 505 541 615 interest expenditure EUR mn 922 896 718 Capital expenditure EUR mn 1,888 1,632 1,650 of which capital investments EUR mn 358 88 88 Adjusted expenditures without specified financial transactions EUR mn 9,776 10,215 10,089 Revenues on current account EUR mn 8,223 9,480 8,706 of which taxes, parafiscal charge EUR mn 4,561 5,589 5,130 assignments and assessments EUR mn 2,377 2,599 2,384 Capital revenue EUR mn 926 818 959 Adjusted revenues without specified financial transactions EUR mn 9,149 10,298 9,665 Balance of budgetary allocations EUR mn 1 – 11 1 Financial balance EUR mn – 626 72 – 423 Specified financial transactions Revenues EUR mn 2,600 4,969 4,679 of which remove from reserves EUR mn 97 275 576 credit market borrowing EUR mn 2,503 4,694 4,093 Expenditure EUR mn 1,973 5,038 4,261 of which credit market repayment revenues EUR mn 1,678 4,664 3,857 building up of reserves EUR mn 169 374 260 Surplus / shortfall EUR mn 1 3 – 5 Debt level (as of 31 Dec.) ¹ EUR mn 16,397 17,134 18,046

Public service employees of the 2004 2008 2012 Land Brandenburg number 68,279 60,067 57,338 of which female number 40,396 35,459 34,036 Core budget number 65,170 56,510 45,351 Special funds, hospitals number 3,109 3,557 11,987 Facilities in the form of public law number 1,169 2,349 2,701 Social insurance number 4,330 5,070 8,420

1 At credit market, without Loans for strengthening cash resources 25 Judicature

The data on courts, Unit 2004 2008 2012 convict and the Courts number 48 46 45 enforcement of Judges 1 number 715 843 807 sentences are taken Public prosecutors 1 number 304 307 307 from the statistics on Lawyers number 2,084 2,299 2,352 Judicature which are Notaries number 83 83 77 maintained at the national level as the First-instance proceedings business statistics of (New acquisitions) the administration Local Court (Amtsgericht) number 125,383 103,235 95,597 of justice. Regional Court (Landgericht) number 13,254 9,678 8,834 Social Court number 10,473 18,041 24,745 Labour Court number 19,503 12,235 11,588 Administrative Court number 11,957 7,079 7,185 Financial Court ² number 2,873 4,819 4,561 Convict number 33,205 28,718 20,100 of which because of offences … against public order and offences in office number 906 881 621 against sexual self-determination number 221 231 172 other offences against the person, except in road traffic number 3,723 3,668 2,708 theft and misappropriation number 6,217 4,958 4,030 robbery and extortion number 340 318 186 other offenses against property and forgery of documents number 5,342 5,229 4,546 offences dangerous to the public number 257 217 143 road traffic offences number 8,818 8,088 5,160 according to other federal or state laws number 7,381 5,128 2,534 Prisoners ³ number 1,855 1,679 1,174 viz. men number 1,808 1,626 1,135 women number 47 53 39 juveniles and adolescents number 277 155 65

1 Staff positions, 2 Since 2007 common 3 As on 31 March according to budget Tax Court Berlin / excl. imprisonment Brandenburg on remand 26 Political Parties

Mitglieder ausgewählter Parteien ¹

GRÜNE / Administrative district SPD CDU DIE LINKE B 90 FDP 1 Brandenburg an der Havel 161 230 199 30 37 2 Cottbus 254 210 x 2 30 x 2 3 Frankfurt (Oder) 119 104 327 17 26 4 Potsdam 738 514 850 185 181 5 Barnim 341 300 464 77 74 6 Dahme-Spreewald 371 380 521 53 65 7 Elbe-Elster 170 524 249 13 86 8 Havelland 496 505 338 83 90 9 Märkisch-Oderland 356 302 744 58 83 10 Oberhavel 617 424 488 67 107 11 Oberspreewald-Lausitz 189 306 245 11 34 12 Oder-Spree 412 316 546 64 66 13 Ostprignitz-Ruppin 219 260 223 33 58 14 Potsdam-Mittelmark 713 729 422 111 146 15 Prignitz 125 265 167 17 41 16 Spree-Neiße 226 365 857 2 14 117 2 17 Teltow-Fläming 423 350 340 31 73 18 Uckermark 267 275 380 39 57 Brandenburg 6,197 6,359 7,360 933 1,341

1 According to data of the 2 Merged to district political parties; as at the chapter Lausitz end of 2012 27.1 Elections

In voting for the Parliament of candidate to one of the 44 con- Brandenburg (Brandenburger stituencies. Further 44 candidates Landtag), the first vote was were elected by the second vote cast for direct election of a for a party list.

Results of the election to the Parliament of Brandenburg on 27 September 2009 – second vote in percent –

DIE GRÜNE / Administrative district Turnout SPD LINKE CDU B 90 FDP Others Brandenburg an der Havel 60.1 35.9 27.4 21.8 4.3 5.2 5.5 Cottbus 63.4 33.5 29.3 18.5 5.3 6.6 6.8 Frankfurt (Oder) 64.1 29.5 34.1 18.9 5.4 6.2 5.9 Potsdam 72.2 34.8 28.7 13.9 11.2 6.8 4.6 Barnim 66.3 29.6 31.5 18.0 6.1 6.8 8.0 Dahme-Spreewald 70.2 33.0 26.0 20.8 5.4 7.3 7.5 Elbe-Elster 67.5 31.2 25.1 24.1 2.9 7.1 9.7 Havelland 67.9 33.8 23.1 21.4 6.8 8.2 6.7 Märkisch-Oderland 66.7 29.2 32.4 18.0 5.3 7.1 8.0 Oberhavel 68.0 34.4 23.2 20.8 6.6 8.0 6.9 Oberspreewald-Lausitz 64.2 31.7 27.0 22.5 3.2 6.6 9.0 Oder-Spree 67.7 31.7 29.8 18.7 5.1 7.3 7.5 Ostprignitz-Ruppin 61.7 35.1 27.6 19.0 4.9 6.6 6.8 Potsdam-Mittelmark 71.6 35.5 22.1 21.0 7.4 8.2 5.7 Prignitz 64.5 37.1 26.8 20.4 3.1 6.6 6.1 Spree-Neiße 66.8 32.2 26.8 21.1 4.3 7.2 8.4 Teltow-Fläming 68.0 33.8 25.5 19.7 5.5 8.2 7.3 Uckermark 63.5 34.6 28.1 19.9 3.6 6.2 7.6 Land Brandenburg 67.0 33.0 27.2 19.8 5.7 7.2 7.1 27.2 Elections

The parties received parliamen- share of the second votes in the many compensatory seats as were tary seats in accordance with their entire polling area was authorised required for allocation of the par- share of the valid second votes. A to retain such seats won in addi- liamentary seats in accordance party which won more direct par- tion to the number gained with the proportion of the second liamentary seats than it was enti- through proportional representa- votes. tled to in accordance with its tion. The other parties received as

Seats to the Parliament of Brandenburg (Brandenburger Landtag) since 1990

Seats, 1990 1994 1999 2004 2009 won in constituencies 44 44 44 44 44 SPD 30 44 37 17 19 DIE LINKE ¹ – – 5 23 21 CDU 14 – 2 4 4 FDP ––––– GRÜNE/B 90 ––––– won by party list 44 44 45 44 44 SPD 6 8 – 16 12 DIE LINKE ¹ 13 18 17 6 5 CDU 13 18 23 16 15 FDP 6 – – – 7 GRÜNE/B 90 6 – – – 5 DVU x x 5 6 – Seats, total 88 88 89 88 88 SPD 36 52 37 33 31 DIE LINKE ¹ 13 18 22 29 26 CDU 27 18 25 20 19 FDP 6 – – – 7 GRÜNE/B 90 6 – – – 5 DVU x x 5 6 –

1 To 2004 PDS 27.3 Elections

Results of the 14.10.90 11.09.94 11.09.99 19.09.04 27.09.09 election to the Parlia- 55% ment of Brandenburg 50 since 1990 45 – second vote in percent – 40 35 30 SPD 25 DIELINKE 20 CDU 15 10 FDP 5 GRÜNE/B90 Results of the 0 DVU direct election of a candidate to one of the 44 constituencies to the Parliament of Brandenburg, on 27 September 2009 SPD DIELINKE CDU

SPD CDU LNK GRN FDP DVU

SPD DIELINKE CDU

SPD CDU LNK GRN FDP DVU 27.4 Elections

Distribution of seats in the district assemblies (Kreistage) and the city councils (Stadtverordnetenversammlungen) according to the election on 28 Septmber 2008 DIE GRÜNE / Administrative district Total SPD LINKE CDU FDP B 90 DVU NPD Others Brandenburg an der Havel 46 12 11 14 3 2 x x 4 Cottbus 50 14 14 9 3 2 x 2 6 Frankfurt (Oder) 46 10 17 8 3 1 x x 7 Potsdam 56 15 17 7 3 5 1 x 8 Barnim 56 12 16 9 4 3 2 x 10 Dahme-Spreewald 56 15 13 11 4 2 x 3 8 Elbe-Elster 50 10 10 14 3 1 3 x 9 Havelland 56 16 12 12 5 4 x 2 5 Märkisch-Oderland 56 13 17 9 4 2 2 x 9 Oberhavel 56 15 13 11 4 4 x 2 7 Oberspreewald-Lausitz 50 14 11 11 2 2 2 x 8 Oder-Spree 56 17 16 8 5 2 – 3 5 Ostprignitz-Ruppin 50 12 12 9 4 3 x x 10 Potsdam-Mittelmark 56 15 11 13 5 4 1 x 7 Prignitz 46 10 9 10 4 1 1 x 11 Spree-Neiße 50 11 11 12 5 1 x 2 8 Teltow-Fläming 56 17 14 10 5 2 1 x 7 Uckermark 50 12 10 10 5 2 x 2 9 Brandenburg 942 240 234 187 71 43 13 16 138

SPD – Social Democratic Party of Germany DIE LINKE – The Left CDU –Christian Democratic Union of Germany FDP – Free Democratic Party GRÜNE / B90 – Alliance 90 / The Greens DVU – German People’s Union NPD – National Democratic Party of Germany 27.5 Elections

On 22 September 2013 new election to the German Parliament (Deutscher Bundestag) took place. In Brandenburg aproximately 2 million citizens entitled to vote from a total 62 million were able to cast their votes in 10 of 299 constituencies in Germany.

Results of the election to the German Parliament (Deutscher Bundestag) on 27 September 2009 in Brandenburg – second vote in percent – DIE GRÜNE / Constituency Turnout LINKE SPD CDU FDP B 90 Others 57 63.9 22.5 25.1 36.5 2.2 3.5 10.2 58 62.8 23.8 22.7 36.8 2.1 3.6 11.0 59 70.8 18.3 23.8 36.2 2.9 5.7 13.0 60 69.6 26.3 21.8 32.3 2.2 4.2 13.2 61 65.0 22.9 26.2 34.0 2.3 3.8 10.8 62 74.4 20.7 24.9 31.4 3.3 9.0 10.7 63 70.4 21.8 22.7 34.8 2.7 4.5 13.5 64 67.9 24.7 22.3 33.4 2.2 4.0 13.4 65 67.3 22.6 21.7 35.8 2.4 3.5 14.0 66 66.8 21.7 19.9 39.5 2.5 2.7 13.7 Brandenburg 68.4 22.4 23.1 34.8 2.5 4.7 12.4 Seats (20) x 5 5 9 – 1 – Direct seats (10) x – 1 9 – – – List seats (10) x 5 4 – – 1 –

Constituencies 56 Prignitz – Ostprignitz-Ruppin – 61 Potsdam – Potsdam-Mittelmark II – Havelland I Teltow-Fläming II 57 Uckermark – Barnim I 62 Dahme-Spreewald – Teltow- 58 Oberhavel – Havelland II Fläming III – Oberspreewald-Lausitz I 59 Märkisch-Oderland – Barnim II 63 Frankfurt (Oder) – Oder-Spree 60 Brandenburg an der Havel – 64 Cottbus – Spree-Neiße Potsdam-Mittelmark I – 65 Elbe-Elster – Havelland III – Teltow-Fläming I Oberspreewald-Lausitz II 27.6 Elections

On 7 June 2009 the citizens of Brandenburg were able to directly participate in a election for the European Parliament (Europäisches Parlament) for the fourth time.

Results of the elections to the European Parliament (Europäisches Parlament) on 7 June 2009 in Brandenburg – second vote in percent –

DIE GRÜNE / Administrative district Turnout LINKE CDU SPD B 90 FDP Others Brandenburg an der Havel 24.4 25.7 22.6 26.9 7.1 6.2 11.6 Cottbus 25.8 28.5 21.0 23.7 8.9 6.0 12.0 Frankfurt (Oder) 28.6 33.3 21.8 19.6 7.4 5.4 12.5 Potsdam 37.0 28.3 14.7 23.2 15.7 7.0 11.1 Barnim 28.5 31.4 19.9 19.7 9.0 6.7 13.3 Dahme-Spreewald 33.3 25.7 22.7 22.2 8.0 7.6 13.8 Elbe-Elster 29.6 22.1 29.3 21.0 4.3 7.2 16.1 Havelland 29.6 19.8 24.9 23.9 10.7 8.8 11.9 Märkisch-Oderland 29.2 32.8 19.3 20.0 7.2 7.2 13.5 Oberhavel 30.6 22.9 23.2 22.8 10.4 8.7 11.9 Oberspreewald-Lausitz 27.8 25.1 26.4 22.4 4.5 6.4 15.3 Oder-Spree 30.3 29.2 20.7 22.6 6.8 6.8 13.8 Ostprignitz-Ruppin 25.4 25.6 23.1 24.8 7.6 6.9 12.1 Potsdam-Mittelmark 34.0 20.6 23.4 24.1 11.6 9.0 11.3 Prignitz 27.6 24.6 26.6 24.9 4.6 7.6 11.8 Spree-Neiße 29.2 25.5 25.2 21.5 5.6 7.0 15.2 Teltow-Fläming 30.8 23.1 22.5 24.9 7.9 8.3 13.3 Uckermark 26.6 27.6 23.6 24.1 5.4 6.3 13.0 Brandenburg 29.9 26.0 22.5 22.8 8.4 7.4 13.0 28 The administrative districts of Brandenburg 2012

Ober - Ost - Potsdam – Land Dahme – Elbe – Havel - Märkisch – spreewald – Oder – prignitz – Mittel - Spree – Teltow – Ucker - Branden - Unit Barnim Spreewald Elster land Oderland Oberhavel Lausitz Spree Ruppin mark Prignitz Neiße Fläming mark burg

Area km² 1,472 2,262 1,889 1,717 2,150 1,798 1,217 2,243 2,509 2,576 2,124 1,648 2,092 3,059 29,486 Population ¹ 1000 173.2 160.3 107.6 153.3 186.9 202.2 115.2 177.0 99.1 204.4 78.8 120.2 159.7 122.5 2,449.5 Inhabitants/ha rate 1.2 0.7 0.6 0.9 0.9 1.1 0.9 0.8 0.4 0.8 0.4 0.7 0.8 0.4 0.8 of which female % 50.6 50.6 50.6 50.7 50.4 50.8 51.0 50.8 50.4 50.5 50.7 50.8 50.5 50.9 50.8 of which foreigners % 1.5 2.2 0.9 1.8 1.4 1.8 1.2 1.7 1.0 1.9 1.2 1.4 2.0 1.9 2.0 Age in years … 0 to 5 % ……………… …………………… … 6 to 14 % ……………… …………………… … 15 to 64 % ……………… …………………… … 65 and over % ……………… …………………… … Live births rate ² 8.0 7.5 6.6 7.4 7.2 7.6 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.1 6.6 6.2 7.7 6.5 7.5 Deaths rate ² 11.3 11.2 13.3 10.6 10.6 10.9 14.2 11.7 12.1 10.4 13.5 13.0 10.9 12.9 11.6 Arrival ³ rate ² 39.4 41.1 19.9 37.5 36.8 38.2 22.7 42.9 28.8 45.5 26.4 26.7 40.3 24.2 26.4 Departure ³ rate ² 32.8 36.3 26.6 31.9 34.4 30.3 30.2 42.8 30.3 37.5 29.5 31.7 36.3 28.1 24.1 Pupils ⁴ number 15,399 14,598 9,037 15,734 15,951 19,718 8,603 16,047 8,946 18,766 6,278 8,796 14,620 10,907 223,411 of which foreigners % 0.8 1.2 0.4 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.8 1.5 0.8 2.2 1.1 1.6 0.7 1.7 1.3 Dwelling units ⁵ 1000 87.6 77.0 61.8 75.9 95.6 99.7 66.1 90.9 52.7 95.4 47.9 67.4 81.1 67.7 1,285.2 Day care centres number 110 114 101 119 131 118 85 128 81 152 74 94 113 94 1,792 Places number 12,429 10,966 7,580 10,587 13,481 14,249 7,100 12,541 6,717 16,354 5,198 7,863 10,485 8,215 173,851 Cared children number 11,572 9,779 6,493 9,616 11,953 12,859 6,184 11,159 5,865 14,327 4,279 6,884 9,510 7,070 155,621 Staff number 1,392 1,216 861 1,219 1,421 1,550 814 1,392 729 1,632 577 887 1,218 926 19,483 Monthly mean net household income ⁶ EUR 1,900 1,925 1,550 2,025 1,775 1,950 1,625 1,675 1,625 2,125 1,575 1,650 1,950 1,550 1,750 Manufacturing ⁷ ⁸ Establishments ⁹ number 62 91 96 79 66 88 70 83 67 100 56 64 111 63 1,204 Employees ⁹ number 3,773 5,532 6,166 7,046 3,073 8,935 6,640 7,502 5,017 5,312 4,378 8,357 12,521 5,896 99,135 Public service employees of the municipalities/ municipal associations– core budget ¹⁰ number 2,767 2,940 2,138 2,687 2,876 3,692 2,031 3,038 2,179 3,322 1,667 2,365 2,828 2,329 42,384

1 population projections 3 Across the respective 5 Dwelling units in based on the census of boundaries residential and non- 9 May 2011 4 At general education residential buildings, 2 Per 1000 inhabitants schools excl. hostels 6 Source: Microcensus

7 As well as mining and 9 September quarrying 10 As of 30 June 8 Establishments generally employing 20 or more employees 28 The administrative districts of Brandenburg 2012

Branden - Frank - Land burg an furt Branden - Unit der Havel Cottbus (Oder) Potsdam burg

Area km² 229 164 148 188 29,486 Population ¹ 1000 71.1 99.9 58.5 159.5 2,449.5 Inhabitants/ha rate 3.1 6.1 4.0 8.5 0.8 of which female % 50.9 51.0 52.2 52.2 50.8 of which foreigners % 2.2 3.4 4.8 4.4 2.0 Age in years … 0 to 5 % ………… … 6 to 14 % ………… … 15 to 64 % ………… … 65 and over % ………… … Live births rate ² 8.5 8.0 7.4 11.0 7.5 Deaths rate ² 12.6 12.5 12.4 9.0 11.6 Arrival ³ rate ² 36.3 47.8 48.1 62.5 26.4 Departure ³ rate ² 35.9 43.5 52.9 53.1 24.1 Pupils ⁴ number 6,152 9,269 5,803 18,787 223,411 of which foreigners % 1.0 1.5 3.5 2.2 1.3 Dwelling units ⁵ 1000 44.0 57.1 33.5 83.6 1,285.2 Day care centres number 49 64 38 127 1,792 Places number 4,512 6,572 4,139 14,863 173,851 Cared children number 4,137 6,018 3,942 13,974 155,621 Staff number 578 780 556 1,735 19,483 Monthly mean net household income ⁶ EUR 1,625 1,525 1,450 1,725 1,750 Manufacturing ⁷ ⁸ Establishments ⁹ number 41 25 15 27 1,204 Employees ⁹ number 4,547 1,680 1,892 868 99,135 Public service employees of the municipalities/municipal associations–core budget ¹⁰ number 1,036 1,514 1,026 1,949 42,384

1 population projec- 4 At general education 6 Source: Microcensus 9 September tions based on the schools 7 As well as mining and 10 As of 30 June census of 9 May 2011 5 Dwelling units in quarrying 2 Per 1000 inhabitants residential and non- 8 Establishments generally 3 Across the respective residential buildings, employing 20 or more boundaries excl. hostels employees 29 Brandenburg 1990 to 2012

Unit 1990 2000 2012 Area km² 29,056 29,477 29,486

Population ¹ 1000 2,542.7 2,602.0 2,449.5 Live births rate ² 6.8 7.1 7.5 Deaths rate ² 12.3 10.0 11.6 Balance rate ² – 5.5 – 2.9 … Arrival rate ² 15.6 28.6 26.4 Departure rate ² 24.1 25.4 24.1 Balance rate ² – 8.5 3.2 … Population increase or decrease rate ² – 14.0 0.3 – 1.5 ³

Marriages ¹ rate ² 3.1 3.8 5.1

Divorces rate ² 2.0 2.3 2.1

Employed persons (workplace) 1000 1,383.1 1,077.2 1,073.8 Agriculture, forestry and fishing Industry % 12.2 3.2 2.9 Service industries % 41.4 27.4 23.1

% 46.4 69.3 73.9 Dwellings 1000 1,085.2 1,236.1 1,285.2⁴

rate ² 419 475 515⁴ Pupils ⁵ 1000 346.9 337.8 223.4 Students (winter semester) 1000 5.4 33.0 52.0

1 Data for 1990 are 2 Per 1000 inhabitants population movements from 1991 3 2012: In the calculation of may differ from other results population change results 4 Provisional result only were dated after 09 5 At general education schools May 2011 (census date) are considered. The present 30 The Region Berlin/Brandenburg 2012

Selected structural data Berlin / on the Lands Berlin and Branden - Branden - Brandenburg Unit Berlin burg burg Area km² 892 29,486 30,377 Population ¹ 1000 3,375.2 2,449.5 5,824.7 of which female % 51.3 50.8 51.1 Foreigners 1000 424.2 48.4 472.6 of which female % 49.9 49.3 49.8 Population density per km² 3,785 83 192 Age in years 0 to 5 % ……… 6 to 14 % ……… 15 to 64 % ……… 65 and over % ……… Share among 18-year-old in the population % ……… Share of foreigners in the population % 12.6 2.0 8.1 Marriage … per 1000 inhabitants Marriages number 3.9 5.1 4.4 Divorces number 2.2 2.1 2.1 Natural population changes … per 1000 inhabitants Live Births number 10.3 7.5 9.1 Deaths number 9.6 11.6 10.4 Migrations Arrival number 164,577 64,993 179,816 2 Departure number 123,253 59,264 132,763 2 Balance number 41,324 5,729 …

1 population projections 2 Across the boundary of 3 Source: micro-cenus 5 Source: The Federal based on the census of the region Berlin/ 4 At schools of general Employment Agency / 9 May 2011 Brandenburg, excl. mi- education and occupa- yearly average grations between Berlin tional schools and Brandenburg 30 The Region Berlin / Brandenburg 2012

Berlin / Branden - Branden - Unit Berlin burg burg Population ³ 1000 3,521.0 2,492.5 6,013.4 … by labour force participation Labour force 1000 1,858.0 1,346.5 3,204.5 Persons in employment % 89.4 91.7 90.3 Unemployed persons % 10.6 8.3 9.7 Non-labour force 1000 1,663.0 1,145.9 2,808.9 Private households, by size ³ Total of private households 1000 2,030.5 1,260.4 3,290.9 Single-person households 1000 1,102.7 470.0 1,572.7 Multi-person households 1000 927.8 790.4 1,718.2 with 2 persons % 63.4 62.8 63.1 with 3 persons % 20.1 22.7 21.3 with 4 persons % 11.9 11.6 11.7 with 5 and more persons % 4.7 2.9 3.8 Dwelling units per 1000 inhabitants number 543 515 532 Living floor space per dwelling m² 71 79 74 per inhabitant m² 38 41 39 Education Pupils, 2012/2013 school year 4 number 408,515 266,880 675,395 Students, winter semester 2012/2013 number 160,220 52,031 212,251 Labour market 5 Unemployment rate 6 % 12.3 10.2 11.4 Unemployed persons number 215,353 136,115 351,468 viz. female % 43.6 45.5 44.3 foreign % 22.0 3.1 14.7 age from 15 to 24 years % 9.9 8.8 9.5 age from 55 to 64 years % 13.9 21.8 17.0

6 Unemployed persons insurance contributors as % of the dependent and marginally em- labour force in civilian ployed, civil servants and employment (national unemployed) as of 30 June on previous year. 30 The Region Berlin / Brandenburg 2012

Selected structural data Berlin / on the Lands Berlin and Branden - Branden - Brandenburg Unit Berlin burg burg Public social benefits ¹ … per inhabitent Expenditure of social welfare EUR 476 238 376 … per 1000 inhabitants Recipients of continual subsistence payment, end of year number 5.9 3.7 5.0 Recipients of basic security in old age and disability number 19.8 8.9 15.2 Recipients of benefits under the 5th to 9th Chapter of SGB XII at the end of year number 17.3 13.6 15.7

Transport Motor vehicles 1 January 2012 1000 1,327.0 1,603.8 2,930.8 New registrations of motor vehicles number 94,378 73,351 167,729 Road accidents number 130,782 80,854 211,636 Tourism Accomodation establishments ² number 794 1,655 2,449 Beds ³ number 125,166 82,458 207,624 Guests 1000 10,849 4,173 15,022 Overnights 1000 24,896 11,481 36,377

Road accidents involving injury 22000000==100100 8080 6060 4040 Berlin 2020 Berlin BrandenburBrandenburgg 00 20022004200320052004 2002005620072006 200820072009 200822010009 20102011 20112012

1 population projec- 2 As of July tions based on the 3 As of July, excl. census of 9 May campgrounds 2011 30 The Region Berlin / Brandenburg 2012

Berlin / Branden - Branden - Unit Berlin burg burg Manufacturing ⁴ ⁵ Establishments ⁶ number 736 1,204 1,940 Employees ⁶ number 92,836 99,135 191,971 Turnover EUR mn 23,327 25,432 48,759 of which with foreign countries EUR mn 12,306 7,256 19,562

Construction ⁵ ⁷ Establishments number 198 336 534 Employees number 11,290 16,404 27,694

Foreign trade Exports EUR mn 13,676 14,200 27,876 Change on previous year % 105.0 105.1 105.2 Imports EUR mn 9,868 19,187 29,055 Change on previous year % 96.0 105.9 102.4

Gross domestic product price-adjusted Change on previous year % 1.2 0.5 1.0

Consumer price index (2010 ≙ 100) ⁷ index 2.2 1.9 X

Price index for all residential buildings (2005 ≙ 100) ⁷ index 2.9 4.0 X

4 As well as mining and 5 Establishments generally 6 September quarrying employing 20 and more 7 Yearly average employees The northernmost, southernmost, westernmost and easternmost Brandenburg- Statistics Geographical location northernmost point – Uckerland, district Uckermark 53° 33‘ 35“ north latitude 13° 48‘ 05“ east longitude southernmost point – Ortrand, district Oberspreewald-Lausitz 51° 21‘ 32“ north latitude 13° 45‘ 48“ east longitude westernmost point – Lenzerwische, district Prignitz 53° 07‘ 25“ north latitude 11° 16‘ 05“ east longitude easternmost point – Neiße-Malxetal, district Spree-Neiße 51° 36‘ 40“ north latitude 14° 46‘ 05“ east longitude