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Contents

Die kleine Die

Brandenburg-Statistik

6 Education | 16 20 Foreign Trade | 41

7 Agriculture | 19 21 Consumer Prices | 42

8 Public health system | 20 22 Construction Prices | 43

9 Public social benefits | 22 23 Earnings | 44

15 Business notification, 29 Brandenburg 1990 to 2015 | 59 Insolvencies | 31 30 The Region Berlin/Brandenburg 2015 | 60 Introduction

»Die kleine BRANDENBURG- On December 31, 2015 the area of the STATISTIK 2016« (statistics for the federal state Brandenburg covered federal state of Brandenburg 2016) offers 29,654 km². The proportion of the agricul- information on the development of the tural area was 49 percent and 36 percent federal state of Brandenburg based on the forest area. most important statistical results. In 2015 more than 19 thousand children Key figures on demographic, economic, were born alive in the state of Branden- social, agricultural and political structures burg, whilst the number of deaths was of Brandenburg are shown in Chapters 1 to nearly 31 thousand persons. The excess of 27. The results are compared to previous deaths over births of nearly 12 thousand years. The brochure also contains infor- people could be adjusted over through the mation on the administrative districts registered migration surplus of more than (Chapter 28), data on Brandenburg‘s de- 37 thousand people. The population there- velopment since 1990 (Chapter 29) and fore increased by nearly 27 thousand per- figures on the region of Berlin/Branden- sons, resulting in an overall population burg (Chapter 30). size of 2.5 million residents by the end of 2015.

In 2015 1.24 million private households has been counted, with a share of 38 percent single person households. About 235 thousand families with children under the age of 18 lived in Brandenburg.

In the school year 2015/16 approximately 236 thousand pupils attended general education schools, including 10 percent at independent school agencies.

In the winter semester 2015/16 there were around 50 thousand students in Branden- burg, of which were 52 percent female students. 73 percent of the students were enrolled at universities. 40 percent were students in the fields of legal, economic, and social sciences faculties.

Introduction Die kleine Die

In 2015 more than 9 thousand physicians In 2015 more than 12.5 million overnight

and nearly 2 thousand dentists practiced stays in accommodation establishments Brandenburg-Statistik in Brandenburg. 56 hospitals with about are registered, more than in previous 15 thousand beds in have an average stay years. Also the total number of visitors in- of 7.9 days. creased slightly up to 4.6 million, whereas the average length of stay remained on a In 2015 there were approximately constant level of 2.7 days. 11 thousand recipients of continual subsistence payment, more than 24 thousand The last elections in the federal state of recipients of basic security benefits in old Brandenburg took place in 2014, both on age and in cases of reduced earning capac- the regional (Landtagswahl) and on the ity and more than 36 thousand recipients local level (Kommunalwahl). Additionally, of benefits from the 5th to 9th Chapter to the election of the members of the Euro- the Sozialgesetzbuch XII (SGB XII). pean Parliament had been held. The Land Parliament of Brandenburg The gross domestic product (GDP) in (Landtag) was composed by the Social Brandenburg increased by 2.7 percent, Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), with compared to 1.6 percent in 2014. 31.9 percent of secondary votes followed by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) In 2015 about 17 thousand business noti- with 23.0 percent. The third-strongest po- fications in Brandenburg were recorded. litical force was The Left (DIE LINKE) with Approximately the same numbers of busi- 18.6 percent of all secondary votes. nesses were deregistered during the year. Most of the changes were in the economic »Die kleine BRANDENBURG- sector »Wholesale and retail trade; Repair STATISTIK 2016« gives an initial over- of motor vehicles and motorcycles«, fol- view of the data provided by official statis- lowed by the sector »Construction« and tics. A similar brochure is available for the »Administrative and support service activi- federal state of Berlin (»Die kleine ties«. BERLIN-STATISTIK 2016«). Both booklets are also published in German lan- More than 9 thousand dwellings were guage. Comparative figures for the federal built in Brandenburg in 2015, 4 percent states can be found in the common statis- more than last year. 8 thousand new tics portal of the statistical offices of Ger- dwellings were built. Most of the dwell- many and the federal states ings are created in Potsdam and the dis- www.statistikportal.de. tricts of Havelland and Potsdam-Mittel- mark. 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 Polen 267 km Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Uckermark Prignitz Niedersachsen Ostprignitz- Ruppin Oberhavel Polen Barnim

Havelland Märkisch-Oderland Berlin Potsdam Brandenburg Sachsen-Anhalt an derHavel Frankfurt(Oder) Potsdam-Mittelmark Oder-Spree

Teltow-Fläming Dahme-Spreewald

Largest expansion Ober- Cottbus 244 km, north - south spree- 234 km, east - west Elbe-Elster wald- Spree-Neiße Local time Lausitz 12 o'clock CET =11:58:13 Sachsen Frankfurt (Oder) 12 o'clock CET =11:52:16 Potsdam (Observatory) Landkreis(Ruraldistrict) Kreisfreie Stadt (Urban district)

6 | 01.2 General Information

Total area (ha) 2,965,436 metre Land use % Elevations above sea level Buildings and Kutschenberg �� 201 associated open spaces �� 4.4 Hagelberg �� 200 Industrial �� 1.5 Eichberg �� 196 Recreational �� 0.9 Gartenberg �� 188 Traffic area �� 3.7 Hoher Berg �� 186 Agricultural �� 49.3 Golmberg �� 178 Forest land �� 35.5 Brandberg �� 175 Lakes and waterways �� 3.4 Wache Berge �� 172 Other uses �� 1.3 Hutberg �� 162 Kesselberg �� 161 Bigger lakes ha Wachtelberge �� 159 Schwielochsee �� 1,327 Semmelberg �� 158 Scharmützelsee �� 1,210 Rauensche Berge �� 153 Unteruckersee �� 1,031 Babbener Berge �� 152 Speicher Niemtsch Hutberg �� 145 (Senftenberger See) �� 1,082 Krausnicker Berge �� 144 Parsteiner See �� 1,009 Schwarzer Berg �� 144 Ruppiner See �� 807 Blocksberg �� 139 Beetzsee �� 801 Hirschberge �� 135 Werbellinsee �� 795 Rauhberge �� 130 Grimnitzsee �� 783 Börnickenberg �� 129 Schwielowsee �� 783 Krugberg �� 129 Talsperre Spremberg �� 683 Kronsberge �� 125 Oberuckersee �� 618 Wietkikenberg �� 124 Großer Stechlinsee �� 412 Freiberge �� 121 Dossespeicher Kyritz Sassenberge �� 120 (Obersee) �� 335 Eichberge �� 117 Krähenberge �� 116 Kleiner Ravensberg �� 114 Rießener Berge �� 112 Marienberg �� 110 Blocksberge �� 110 Gollenberg �� 110 Herrnberge �� 108 | 7 02.1 Population

Unit 2007 2011 2015

The census, which take place at Inhabitants �� 1000 2,536 2,453 2,485 intervals of several years, pro- incl. female �� % 50.5 50.8 50.6 vide the basis of data on the Foreigners �� 1000 66 46 90 population as well as for re- incl. female �� % 41.9 49.4 42.6 gional and demographic structure of the population. Their Age in years results serve as basis for the up- 0 to 5 �� % 4.5 4.7 5.0 dating the official total popula- 6 to 17 �� % 9.1 9.2 10.0 tion, which is shown here (as of 18 to 24 �� % 9.0 6.6 4.7 31 December). 25 to 34 �� % 10.5 11.2 11.4 35 to 44 �� % 15.9 12.5 11.6 45 to 54 �� % 17.7 18.7 17.5 55 to 64 �� % 12.0 14.5 16.5 65 and over �� % 21.3 22.6 23.3 Marital status Men �� 1000 1,256 1,207 1,228 single �� % 43.1 42.5 43.5 married¹ �� % 46.1 46.9 45.5 widowed¹ �� % 3.1 3.1 3.2 divorced¹ �� % 7.7 7.6 7.7 Women �� 1000 1,280 1,246 1,257 single �� % 33.8 33.2 34.1 married¹ �� % 44.8 45.4 44.1 widowed¹ �� % 12.3 12.5 12.6 divorced¹ �� % 9.1 8.9 9.2

Foreigners as of 31 December 2015 60 andover by age groups 0to19

40 to 59

20 to 39

1 since 2011 including cohabiting couple 8 | 02.2 Population

Age pyramid on 31 December 2015 by age and marital status

Ageinyearsiiiiiii single 1 100 100 married widowed1 95 95 divorced1 90 90 Surplusof women Surplusof man 85 85

80 80

75 75

70 70

65 65

60 60

55 55

50 50

45 45

40 40

35 35

30 30

25 25

20 20

15 15

10 10

5 Male 5 Female

0 0 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 thousand thousand

| 9 02.3 Population

Unit 2007 2011 2015 Marriage Marriages �� number 11,430 12,115 13,314 Divorces �� number 5,127 5,344 4,845

Birth Live births �� number 18,589 18,279 19,112 rate¹ 39.5 47.1 53.3 viz. outside marriage �� number 11,046 11,513 11,672 % 59.4 63.0 61.1 foreigners² �� number 385 405 860 % 2.1 2.2 4.5

Death Deaths �� number 26,666 27,851 30,750 rate³ 10.5 11.3 12.4 incl. deaths under 1 year number 58 67 49 rate⁴ 3.1 3.6 2.6 Excess of births or deaths number – 8,077 – 9,572 – 11,638 rate³ – 3.2 – 3.9 – 4.7

40 thousand 30 20 10 0 2007200820092010201120122013 20142015 2007 2008 2009 20102011 2012201320142015

Marriages Live births Divorces Deaths

1 Per 1000 women at the age 2 Both parents foreigners 3 Per 1000 inhabitants from 15 to under 45 years, or the mother only when 4 Per 1000 live births unmarried

10 | 02.4 Population

Migration across the border Unit 2007 2011 2015 of Brandenburg Arrivals �� number 60,903 63,387 95,567 incl. foreigners �� number 9,299 13,108 43,035 Departures �� number 64,871 61,540 57,900 incl. foreigners �� number 9,561 10,250 18,153 Balance �� number -3,968 1,847 37,667

Internal migration¹ �� number 60,652 62,099 80,940

Members of religious denominations Protestant² �� 1000 451 420³ 368 Catholic �� 1000 80 78 82

Migration 60 thousand across the border 50 of Brandenburg 40 30 20 Germans 10 Foreigners Immigrants 0 Balance Emigrants -10 -20 -30 -40 -50 -60 2007 2008 200920102011 2012 2013 2014 2015

1 Across the municipality border Sources: Consistory of the Protes- Oberlausitz) and Secretariat of the 2 Incl. inhabitants, who belong tant Church Berlin-Brandenburg- German Conference of Catholic to other protestant regional schlesische Oberlausitz (Konsis- Bishops, Statistics of church dioceses churches torium der Evangelischen Kirche (Sekretariat der deutschen Bischofs- Berlin-Brandenburg-schlesische konferenz) 3 Data of 2012 | 11 02.5 Population

Unit 2007 2011 2015

Data on the nation- Foreigners, as of 31 December ality of foreigners Europe �� 1000 30.0 33.0 52.8 are available from incl. Poland �� 1000 6.4 8.2 14.8 the Foreigner Central Russian Federation �� 1000 4.1 4.1 7.6 Register. The number Ukraine �� 1000 4.1 3.7 3.6 of the foreigners may deviate from current Turkey �� 1000 2.3 2.2 2.3 population updating Africa �� 1000 2.6 2.5 5.7 (chapter 02.1) be- America �� 1000 1.9 2.1 2.8 cause of the different Asia �� 1000 10.8 10.5 24.7 sources of data. incl. Vietnam �� 1000 4.4 3.5 3.3 Syria �� 1000 0.1 0.2 10.0 Australia and Oceania �� 1000 0.1 0.1 0.2

Uckermark Prignitz Ostprignitz- Ruppin Ober- ...stateless havel Barnim uncleared Märkisch- Havelland ... European Oderland ... Australia Berlin Union andOceania Brandenburg Potsdam excluding an derHavel Frankfurt (Oder) Poland Potsdam- 1 2 3 4 5 Oder-Spree ... Africa Mittelmark Teltow- ... Asia Fläming Dahme- Spreewald

Ober- Cottbus spree- Spree-Neiße Foreigners Elbe-Elster wald- 0to2% Lausitz 2to3% 3to4% 4to5% ... America 5and over % ... otherEurope ... Poland 12 | 03 Livelihood

Unit 2007 2011 2015

Population �� 1000 2,541.1 2,456.0 2,463.9 The microcensus is … by labour force participation a household survey Economically active population �� 1000 1,395.0 1,322.0 1,277.4 conducted annually, Employed persons �� 1000 1,203.0 1,206.2 1,204.4 comprising 1 percent of households. It pro- Unemployed persons �� 1000 192.0 115.8 73.1 vides information on Inactive population �� 1000 1,146.1 1,134.0 1,186.4 the economic and … by main subsistence social situation of the Employment �� 1000 1,137.6 1,118.9 1,118.4 population. Unemployment benefit I �� 1000 46.9 33.2 26.7 Benefits according Hartz IV (ALG II, social benefit) �� 1000 178.1 143.3 124.1 Pension �� 1000 672.9 680.1 704.1 Assistance by affiliated �� 1000 455.4 421.2 424.6 Own fortune, letting etc. �� 1000 / 6.0 / current assistance to living costs �� 1000 11.0 14.6 21.2 Parental benefit, child-raising benefit¹ �� 1000 11.0 12.8 9.3 Other support �� 1000 23.9 25.9 30.9

Households by EUR monthly net income 0to 500 2015 500 to 900 900 to 1,300 1,300 to 1,500 Single-person 1,500 to 2,000 households 2,000 to 2,600 Multi-person 2,600 to 3,200 households 3,200 andover 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200 220 240 260 thousand

1 Since 2009 only parental benefit | 13 04 Households and Families

Unit 2007 2011 2015 Every community of per- Households sons living together and Total �� 1000 1,242.9 1,238.6 1,244.0 forming an economi- by size of household cal unit as well as persons Single-person households �� 1000 445.1 465.0 477.4 who live alone and, never- Multi-person households �� 1000 797.8 773.6 766.6 theless, manage for them- selves are counted as a with 2 persons �� 1000 463.0 475.7 484.0 household (private house- with 3 persons �� 1000 203.6 181.5 164.7 hold). A household may with 4 persons �� 1000 107.2 94.3 93.0 include relatives and per- with 5 or more persons �� 1000 24.1 22.1 24.9 sons who do not belong to the family as such (e.g. Married couples without children 1000 338.5 345.8 352.5 partners in life). Married couples with children as well as single par- Families �� 1000 394.6 353.0 335.8 ents and unmarried cou- Married couples �� 1000 242.2 201.2 181.9 ples with their unmarried Consensual unions �� 1000 49.0 55.4 57.3 children living in the same Single parents �� 1000 103.4 96.4 96.5 household are counted as incl. families with children families. less than 18 years of age �� 1000 240.7 229.5 235.2 Married couples �� 1000 140.3 123.5 123.5 Consensual unions �� 1000 41.4 47.5 50.0 Single parents �� 1000 59.0 58.4 61.7

Average monthly net income of families with children under 18 years 3,500 EUR 3,000 2,500 2,000 1,500 1,000 Marriedcouples 500 Single parents 0 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

14 | 05 Culture and Sports

Unit 2007 2011 2015 Public theatres¹ In the fields of culture and Locations �� number 32 28 29 sports in the official sta- Events² �� number 1,683 1,631 1,830 tistics do not own surveys are conducted. The follow- incl. dramas �� number 645 594 589 ing information has been operas �� number 53 42 49 provided by other facilities musicals �� number 53 55 110 available, are to provide a Visitors at the location³ �� 1000 396 427 415 brief overview. Public libraries �� number 223 212 190 Stock of media �� 1000 4,692 4,408 4,276 Sources: Deutscher Bühnen- Users �� 1000 202 187 188 verein, Bundesverband der Theater und Orchester, Landes- Visitors �� 1000 2,794 2,750 2,781 fachstelle für Archive und öffent- Borrowings �� 1000 9,308 9,312 9,012 liche Bibliotheken Brandenburg, FFA - Filmförderungsanstalt, Screens⁴ �� number 152 140 137 Institut für Museumsforschung, Visitors �� 1000 2,600 2,700 3,000 Landessportbund Branden- burg e.V. Museums⁵ �� number 343 339 335⁶ incl. with data for the visitors �� number 239 245 240⁶ 1 Season, Visitors �� 1000 3,368 3,345 3,715⁶ e.g 2007/2008 ≙ 2008 2 Own events at the Sports clubs �� number 2,917 2,983 2,925 location Members �� 1000 302 316 328 3 Incl. appearances of outside incl. female �� 1000 110 117 123 ensembles Children and youth 4 Incl. mobil cinemas until 21 years �� 1000 111 111 115 5 Museums asked for data Adult, starting from 22 years 1000 191 205 213 6 Data from 2014

Football/Soccer Popular sports Disability Sport by number of club Gymnastics Volleyball members Handball 2015 Horseriding Sportshooters Tabletennis Competitive dancing Athletics 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 Tausend

| 15 06.1 Education

Unit 2007 2011 2015 Pupils in Primary schools �� number 103,667 105,745 109,679 Comprehensive schools �� number 18,825 14,631 18,088 Secondary school �� number 32,303 36,486 40,718 Grammar school �� number 56,006 51,482 52,933 Vocational grammar school (Berufliches Gymnasium) �� number 4,070 2,454 4,159 Special schools �� number 10,538 9,633 8,594 Institutions of the second-chance education �� number 2,436 2,283 1,898 Vocational schools (dual system) �� number 53,217 35,046 27,469 Full-time vocational schools �� number 12,123 3,697 3,148 Specialised upper secondary schools �� number 4,016 2,378 2,624 Trade and technical schools �� number 4,453 6,271 5,825 Schools for nurses, midwives etc �� number 4,236 4,629 4,616 School leavers¹ Without secondary general school certificate/Training maturity �� number 3,024 1,411 1,556 incl. female �� % 33.2 38.9 38.2 With secondary general school certificate/Training maturity �� number 1,168 776 819 incl. female �� % 38.2 37.9 38.9 With extended secondary general school certificate/ extended Training maturity �� number 3,540 1,988 1,938 including female �� % 38.3 37.7 40.1 With intermediate school certificate/ Specialised upper secondary school-maturities �� number 12,148 5,757 9,246 including female �� % 50.0 50.8 47.9 With general higher education entrance qualification �� number 12,299 7,306 8,271 including female �� % 58.6 55.1 53.4 1 Schools of general education Teaching staff² 2 Full- and part-time Schools of general education �� number 18,827 17,664 18,220 teaching staff Vocational schools �� number 3,024 3,272 2,089 Schools for nurses, midwives etc �� number 309 316 354 16 | 06.2 Education

Unit 2007 2011 2015 Schools¹ Primary schools �� number 475 475 466 Comprehensive schools �� number 42 31 40 Secondary school �� number 140 151 151 Grammar school �� number 101 99 102 Vocational grammar school (Berufliches Gymnasium)² �� number x 17 18 Special schools �� number 123 116 109 Institutions of the second-chance education �� number 17 17 17 Vocational schools (dual system) �� number 41 38 36 Full-time vocational schools �� number 59 47 39 Specialised upper secondary schools �� number 33 29 25 Trade and technical schools �� number 31 35 36 Schools for nurses, midwives etc³ �� number 36 32 33

Trainees Motorvehicle mechatronics technician in the ten most Office manager frequent training Industrialmechanic Management assistantfor retail services occupations, Mechatronics fitter 31 December 2015, Salesassistantfor retail services total: Management assistantfor retail services 26,017 trainees Clerkinpublicadministration Electronicstechnician Medicalassistant Warehouselogistics operator Qualifieddentalemployee Male Cook Female Hairdresser Plant mechanic forsanitary, heatingand airconditioningsystems Specialist in thehotel business Electronicstechnicianfor industrial engineering Industrial clerk Farmer Bank clerk 0 400 800 1,200 1,600 1 Educational institutions 2 counted from 2010 as a school 3 organizational units | 17 06.3 Education

Unit 2007 2011 2015

All universities, art Students¹ �� number 44,032 51,676 49,395 schools and colleges incl. female �� % 50.2 50.7 51.7 which are recog- At universities �� number 29,093 34,077 36,053 nized under national incl. female �� % 55.1 54.9 54.6 law, submit their information based on At colleges of art and music �� number 524 551 – the Higher Education incl. female �� % 45.8 47.9 – Statistics Act. At specialised colleges of higher education (Fachhochschulen) �� number 13,866 16,282 12,259 incl. female �� % 40.0 42.1 43.8 At colleges of public administration number 549 766 1,083 incl. female �� % 51.2 44.9 41.6 New entrants² viz. in the first semester in higher education �� number 8,571 9,530 8,184 in the first subject-related semester � number 12,386 15,394 15,217 Academic and creative arts staff³ (without student auxiliary workers) number 4,494 6,237 6,920 as primary occupation �� number 2,886 3,786 4,059 as secondary occupation �� number 1,608 2,451 2,861

Students Othersubjects in winter term 2015/16 Humanities by area of study Engineering

Mathematics, Legal, economic and naturalsciences social sciences

1 Winter term 2 Academic year (summer term 3 At 1 December and the following winter term) 18 | 07 Agriculture

Unit 2007 2011 2015 Agricultural used area of the holdings �� 1000 ha 1,328.1 1,319.4 1,321.7 The agricultural incl. arable land �� 1000 ha 1,034.9 1,029.3 1,021.0 statistics include permanent grassland �� 1000 ha 288.1 285.2 296.3 farm and forestry fruit and berry plantations structure surveys (except strawberries) �� 1000 ha 3.3 3.0 2.4 as well as statistics on agricultural in- Harvest and output. Cereals (except grain maize and CCM¹) �� 1000 t 2,097.0 1,922.7 2,923.9 Fresh vegetables (outdoors or under glass) �� 1000 t 128.4 122.1 94.5 Fruits (orchards) �� 1000 t 18.8 8.0 25.2 Livestock population on 3 May Cattle �� 1000 566.4 564.7 566.9 incl. dairy cows �� 1000 163.7 159.3 164.3 other cows �� 1000 92.0 96.7 92.6 Pigs �� 1000 808.2 813.8 843.3 incl. fattening pigs �� 1000 254.0 244.2 231.1 breeding pigs �� 1000 102.9 98.0 98.6 Sheep �� 1000 129.1 78.0³ 74.3³ Poultry �� 1000 8,480.5 9,517.7³ ⁵ 10,693.6 ² ⁵ incl. hens �� 1000 6,639.3 7,007.5² ⁴ 8,501.3 ² ⁵ Agricultural holdings �� 1000 6.7 5.6⁴ 5.4⁵ of which legal form Sole proprietorship �� 1000 5.1 3.9⁴ 3.7⁵ Partnership⁶ �� 1000 0.7 0.7⁴ 0.7⁵ Legal person �� 1000 1.0 1.0⁴ 1.0⁵

Agricultural employees �� 1000 38.0 36.5⁴ 39.5⁵ incl. persons permanently employed (except family workers) �� 1000 17.1 17.8⁴ 17.9⁵

1 Corn-Cob-Mix 2 1. March 4 Data of 2010 6 Incl. Associations 3 3. November 5 Data of 2013 of persons | 19 08.1 Public health system

Unit 2007 2011 2015 Selected causes of death The statistics of the Diseases of the circulatory system number 12,046 11,663 12,292 public health system Neoplasms �� number 7,027 7,591 8,163 are based on reports Injury and poisoning �� number 947 971 1,248 by the public health AIDS/HIV diseases �� number 5 6 4 authorities and the Diseases of the respiratory system number 1,912 2,003 2,196 hospitals.

Died infants �� number 58 67 49 rate¹ 3.1 3.6 2.6

Physicians �� number 8,130 8,643 9,487 Dentists �� number 1,850 1,913 1,973

Diseases of the respiratory system 2,500 2,000 1,500 1,000 500 0 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

1 Per 1000 live births 20 | 08.2 Public health system

Unit 2007 2011 2015

Hospitals �� number 47 53 56 Beds provided �� number 15,342 15,242 15,305 Admissions �� number 522,679 543,445 564,077 Dismissals �� number 510,176 532,867 552,108 Inpatient treatments² �� number 522,746 544,582 564,722 Death cases �� number 12,637 12,852 13,258 Average length of stay �� days 8.5 8.1 7.9 Full-time hospital doctors �� number 3,516 4,026 4,691 Nursing staff �� number 9,553 10,261 11,155 Medical-technical service �� number 3,150 3,324 3,721 Functional service �� number 2,750 3,026 3,289 Other non-medical staff �� number 500 297 214

Selected causes for treatment (main diagnoses)³ Diseases of the circulatory system number 88,295 92,746 95,598 Neoplasms �� number 58,264 56,768 53,895 Injury and poisoning �� number 51,565 54,826 55,189 Diseases of the digestive system �� number 51,237 52,295 54,559

10 days Average length of stay 8 6 4 2 0 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

2 Incl. hour cases 3 Incl. deaths and hourly cases | 21 09 Public social benefits

Public assistance Unit 2007 2011 2015 Information about Recipients of continual social benefits is subsistence payment �� number 9,626 9,168 10,777 taken from different Recipients of basic security official statistics (e.g. in old age and disability �� number 18,805 20,730 24,611 social assistance, Recipients of benefits under the housing allowance 5th to 9th Chapter of SGB XII �� number 28,486 32,353 36,575 and severely disabled Gross expenditures �� EUR mn 474.5 552.4 683.7 person statistics). Asylum seekers Recipients, end of year �� number 3,551 3,655 29,347 Gross expenditures �� EUR mn 20.0 18.1 126.8 Housing allowance Recipients (households) �� number 24,959 32,730 18,212 Severely handicapped persons number 219,434 237,747 261,300 rate¹ 87 97 106

Recipients of basic security in old age 25,000 and disability 20,000 15,000 10,000 5,000 0 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 201220132014 2015

1 per 1000 inhabitants 22 | 10.1 Facilities for child care

Unit 2007 2011 2015

Child day care centres �� number 1,700 1,768 1,842 Places �� number 152,303 169,683 186,492 Cared children �� number 135,495 151,502 167,572 Staff �� number 15,418 18,626 21,336 Public institutions �� number 1,047 965 964 Places �� number 96,429 97,929 104,673 Cared children �� number 84,425 85,524 92,145 Staff �� number 8,945 9,627 10,800 Independent institutions �� number 653 803 878 Places �� number 55,874 71,754 81,819 Cared children �� number 51,070 65,978 75,427 Staff �� number 6,473 8,999 10,536 Attendance rates of children under 3 years �� rate¹ 38.1 44.3 50.1 of children 3 to under 6 years �� rate¹ 93.6 95.2 96.4

Children in day care by child minders �� number 3,554 4,863 4,536 incl. under 3 years �� number 2,980 4,232 3,951 Daily care staff �� number 1,042 1,283 1,158 Attendance rates of children under 3 years �� rate¹ 5.4 7.3 6.7 of children 3 to under 6 years �� rate¹ 0.9 0.9 0.8

1 Number of children in day care ever 100 of children in the same age group | 23 10.2 Youth welfare

Closed cases, Unit 2007 2011 2015 in the course of the year Adoptions �� number 119 101 115 Take of children in care �� number 1,225 1,509 2,030 Procedure for assessing child welfare �� number • • 7,248 acute child welfare risk �� number • • 1,177 latent child welfare risk �� number • • 1,377 no child welfare risk, but needs help �� number • • 2,270 no child welfare risk and no need for assistance �� number • • 2,424

Cases, as of end of year Assistance/counselling for young people Help for education �� number 127 432 432 Parenting advice �� number 2,497 3,383 3,817 Social group work �� number 69 130 122 Individual assistance �� number 703 767 834 Day group education �� number 422 510 517 Full-time care �� number 1,643 1,875 2,108 Care in residential homes; other forms of supported housing number 2,365 2,788 3,293 Individual intensive socio-educational assistance �� number 84 78 53 Adaption support for mentally disordered young people �� number 1,033 1,586 2,370 Family-oriented assistance/counselling help for education �� number 199 333 421 Socio-educational family assistance �� number 1,663 2,570 3,128

24 | 11 Care

Benefits from Unit 2007 2011 2015 nursing care insurances¹ Recipients of care² �� number 83,739 95,970 111,595 This data is provided with inpatient care �� number 19,988 22,224 24,411 by the institutions with ambulatory care �� number 22,662 27,892 31,981 of outpatient and in- cared for exclusively patient care facilities by family members at home �� number 41,089 45,854 55,203 and the care funds. Nursing homes �� number 339 400 488 private �� number 93 122 172 non-profit �� number 234 267 305 public �� number 12 11 11 Nursing home places �� number 22,909 26,147 29,007 Ambulatory care services �� number 548 598 697 private �� number 350 378 456 non-profit �� number 194 216 234 public �� number 4 4 7

Staff �� number 22,651 28,885 34,648 Nursing homes �� number 13,578 16,429 18,722 Ambulatory care services �� number 9,073 12,456 15,926

50 Recipients of care² 40 per 1000 of the population 30 20 10 0 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015

1 As of 15 December 2 without outpatient care | 25 12.1 Environment

Meteorological data¹ Unit 2007 2011 2015 (for Potsdam) The environmental Temperature (annual average) �� °C 10.5 10.2 10.7 data are collected in Duration of sunshine annual or multi-year (annual total) �� hrs 1,784 2,009 1,940 cycle. The weather Precipitation (annual total) �� mm 798 607 566 information is pro- Summer days (at least 25 °C) �� number 48 47 49 vided by the German Frosty days (minimum below 0 °C) number 50 71 58 Weather Service (Deutscher Wetter- dienst). Waste disposal 2007 2011 2014 Collection of wastes within public waste disposal² �� 1000 t 1,001.1 993.6 986.7 incl. municipal and bulky waste 1000 t 557.9 534.4 513.8 In waste disposal facilities processed waste quantities³ �� 1000 t 14,532.1 13,826.1 13,133.7 viz. delivered from Brandenburg �� 1000 t 10,537.8 9,384.1 8,769.3 stored in landfills �� 1000 t 2,004.8 904.2 3,976.0

Height of precipation 150 mm 120 90 60 30 0 JFMAMJ JASONDJFMAMJ JASONDJFMAMJ JASOND 2013 2014 2015

1 Source: Deutscher Wetterdienst, 2 Reporting of the waste balance 3 including amounts in above ground Calculations of AfS (Abfallbilanz) Brandenburg and underground mining sites 26 | 12.2 Environment

Public water supply Unit 2007 2010 2013 Withdrawal of water (by Brandenburg water supply companies) �� m³ mn 125.4 126.3 124.8 Provison of water to final consumers in Brandenburg �� m³ mn 108.7 111.9 110.9 incl. households and small businesses �� m³ mn 90.1 94.6 95.2 Connection rate to public water supply �� % 98.6 98.7 99.0 Water consumption per inhabitant and day �� litre 98.4 104.7 107.8 Public sewage disposal In facilities in Brandenburg treated sewage �� m³ mn 241.4 245.4 237.3 viz. waste water �� m³ mn 214.9 214.7 212.9 treated in biological facilities �� m³ mn 241.3 245.3 237.3 Connection rate to public sewage treatment facilities �� % 83.4 86.7 87.7

Investment in environmental protection 2007 2011 2014 Enterprises⁴ with investments �� number 841 937 972 incl. enterprises with investments in environmental protection �� number 61 142 132 Investments �� EUR mn 1,046.3 1,055.6 957.8 incl. investment in environmental protection �� EUR mn 38.5 67.0 50.4 Share of the investments �� % 3.7 6.4 5.3

Investments for environmental protection of the enterprises of 2007 the mining industry and manufacturing 2011 2014 wastemanagement 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 % Prevention of waterpollution Noisecontrol Airpollution control Nature protection and landscapeconservation Ground redevelopment Climateprotection 4 Companies of the Mining and Quarrying and the manufacturing | 27 13.1 Transport

Unit 2007 2011 2015

The information Public roads �� km 12,477 12,364 12,236 on the traffic that incl. federal motorways �� km 790 795 794 come from official statistics. Tram line length �� km 220¹ 208² 199³ Bus route length �� km 46,730¹ 46,305² 23,250³ Air traffic⁴ Aircraft flights⁵ �� 1000 57.8 65.9 69.0 Passengers �� mn 6.3 7.1 8.5 Motor vehicles⁶ (As of 1 January) �� 1000 1,737.6 1,585.5 1,648.1 incl. passenger/estate cars 1000 1,465.4 1,321.1 1,353.4 Lorries �� 1000 120.1 109.9 120.4 motorcycles �� 1000 97.9 100.5 114.3 buses and coaches �� 1000 2.7 2.4 2.4

Passenger cars

notreduced pollutant 2007

pollutant-reduced with 2011 petrol engine 7 pollutant-reduced 2015 with diesel engine 0 200 400 600 800 1,000 1,200 1,400 thousand

1 Data of 2004 4 At Schönefeld airport 6 Since 2008 according to the 7 Including vehicles that 2 Data of 2009 5 Passenger, freight and new regulaion for vehicle can not be assigned to registration excluding vehicles any group of pollutants 3 Data of 2014 training flights temporarily put out of service 28 | 13.2 Transport

Unit 2007 2011 2015

Road traffic accidents �� number 84,105 80,574 80,978 incl. involving personal injury �� number 9,581 8,395 8,579 serious accidents involving material demage¹ �� number 3,187 3,370 3,038 Involved in accidents with personal injury �� number 17,875 15,657 16,098 Passenger cars �� number 10,976 9,334 9,947 Lorries² �� number 1,411 1,268 1,149 Motorcycles, scooters �� number 916 681 870 Mopeds, motor-assisted bicycles �� number 398 418 216 Other vehicles³ ...... number 171 204 210 Bicycles �� number 3,088 2,775 2,745 Pedestrians �� number 771 773 773 Other vehicles and road users �� number 144 204 188 Killed persons in road accidents �� number 264 187 179 incl. children �� number 5 5 5 Injured persons in road accidents number 11,927 10,325 10,825 incl. children �� number 912 896 1,009

1,500 Road casualties

1,000

500

0 JanFeb MarApr MayJun JulAug SepOct NovDec 2007 2015

1 Incl. Serious accidents Serious accidents involving 2 Incl. articulated lorries involving material demage material demage and other and tractors and other drunk-driving intoxicated-driving accidents 3 Incl. buses accidents; since 2008 incl. | 29 14 National Accounts

Unit 2007 2011 2015¹ National accounts (VGR) Gross domestic product are a statistical system in current prices �� EUR bn 53.0 57.7 65.3 for presenting a comprehensive, overall view of Gross value added the economic activities all sectors �� EUR bn 47.7 51.9 58.8 of all business entities in Brandenburg. They are Agriculture, forestry based on the European and fishing �� EUR bn 0.8 0.9 0.8 System of national ac- Industry, counts (ESA 2010) and the excluding construction �� EUR bn 9.8 10.6 11.9 Classification of Industries Construction �� EUR bn 2.7 3.4 4.4 (WZ 2008). At the centre Trade, transport, of national accounts is accommodation and food the origin of the gross do- services, Information and mestic product (GDP) as a communication �� EUR bn 9.1 9.4 10.3 measure of performance Financial, insurance in Brandenburg. and Business services, Real estate activities �� EUR bn 12.3 13.3 14.8 Public and other services, education, health �� EUR bn 12.9 14.4 16.6

Gross domestic product² in current prices 3 % rate of change in percent 2 1 0 -1 -2 -3 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 201320142015

1 Provisional data 2 2012 - 2015: provisional data 30 | 15 Business notification, Insolvencies

Unit 2007 2011 2015 Business notifications The reports of traders are Business registrations �� number 23,555 20,521 17,282 delivered monthly from including the trading supervision new establishments¹ �� number 19,356 16,606 13,277 departments. Information Business deregistrations �� number 22,040 19,371 17,886 about insolvency of companies, consumers including and other groups of closing downs² �� number 17,958 15,863 14,492 borrowers provide the district courts. Insolvencies �� number 6,776 5,759 4,167 Enterprises �� number 801 629 431 Other debtors �� number 5,975 5,130 3,736 including consumer �� number 4,563 4,102 3,121

Insolvency proceedings by type of debtor

Enterprises Consumer former self-employedperson otherdebtors 0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 3,000 3,500 4,000 4,500 5,000 2007 2015

1 Establishment of businesses, 2 Without relocations; incl. closure branch (ie including “partial task without movings of a branch office or dependent of continuing operations”) | 31 16.1 Employment and compensation of employees

Unit 2007 2011 2015¹ Persons in employment Persons engaged and their wages and sala- in economic activity �� 1000 1,050.5 1,083.6 1,083.0 ries are determined within Self-employed and family workers 1000 132.2 136.6 128.0 the scope of national ac- Employees �� 1000 918.2 947.1 955.0 count. The figures on the number of employed per- Persons in employment sons correspond to the by economic sectors workplace concept; that is, Agriculture, forestry and fishing �� 1000 30.9 31.2 31.4 all employed persons who Industry, including energy �� 1000 140.3 149.9 148.9 have their job in Branden- burg are taken into con- Construction �� 1000 96.1 97.0 95.6 sideration. In the result for Trade, transport, accommodation income creation the figure and food services, Information for employee earnings re- and communication �� 1000 262.7 270.9 270.4 flects all of the cash and Financial, insurance and Business non-cash benefits accrued services, Real estate activities �� 1000 157.0 169.3 174.6 to employees working in Public and other services, Brandenburg from work education, health �� 1000 363.4 365.3 362.1 or other employment relationships. Compensation of employees per employee �� EUR 27,002 29,479 33,041 Agriculture, forestry and fishing �� EUR 21,055 22,624 24,189 Industry, including energy �� EUR 34,184 36,227 40,103 Construction �� EUR 26,578 30,064 32,134 Trade, transport, accommodation and food services, Information and communication �� EUR 22,965 24,841 27,858 Financial, insurance and Business services, Real estate activities �� EUR 22,912 24,276 27,487 Public and other services, education, health �� EUR 28,978 32,410 37,091

1 provisional data

32 | 16.2 Labour Market

Unit 2007 2011 2015

Unemployed �� number 198,161 143,190 114,873 The Federal Employment viz. Agency (Bundesagentur female �� number 97,214 65,618 51,766 für Arbeit) calculates foreign �� number 5,190 4,097 5,337 the labour market data (here annual averages). at the age of 15 to 19 years �� number 3,791 1,547 1,343 20 to 24 years �� number 19,753 11,923 5,408

Announced positions¹ �� number 6,937 10,201 15,416 Short-time workers �� number 2,878 6,247 2,313

Unemployment rate² �� % 14.7 10.7 8.7

16 % Unemployment rate

0 200720082009201020112012 2013 2014 2015

1 Retroactive corrections due to 2 Unemployed persons as % low level, officials and unemployed conversion of the statistics of of all civilian employees persons additionally self-employed announced positions with the (employees subject to social persons and family workers), as Federal Employment Agency insurance and employees at a of 30 June on previous year | 33 17 Construction, Housing

Unit 2007 2011 2015 In the area of construction Construction work completed¹ activity and housing con- Dwellings, total �� number 6,999 6,381 9,234 struction activity statistics with ... rooms² and the updating of the 1 �� number -3 185 519 residential buildings and 2 �� number 339 448 964 housing stock are located. The building and housing 3 �� number 798 991 1,577 inventory is updated be- 4 �� number 1,433 1,207 1,761 tween the building and 5 or more �� number 4,432 3,550 4,413 housing censuses, with Living floor space per dwelling the construction statistics. (new buildings) �� m² 115 114 107 The actual results for 2015 Non-residential buildings, are based on the final re- usable area, total �� 1000 m² 606 735 681 sults of the building and housing census 2011. Building and dwelling stock Residential buildings �� 1000 608 633 654 Dwellings �� 1000 1,275 1,276 1,301 with ... Rooms 1 �� % 0.7 2.3 2.3 2 �� % 6.3 9.9 9.8 3 �� % 22.6 23.8 23.5 4 �� % 35.4 28.9 28.7 5 and more �� % 35.0 35.1 35.7 Living floor space per dwelling �� m² 78 84 85 Construction work completed¹ 10,000 Dwellings 8,000

6,000 4,000 2,000 0 2007 2008 2009 2010 20112012201320142015

1 Incl. structural modifications to 2 Negative figures are due to joining of existing buildings dwelling units as a result of structural modifications to existing buildings 34 | 18.1 Industry

Manufacturing, Unit 2011 2013 2015 mining and quarrying Establishments¹ �� number 1,180 1,225 1,166 Industry includes the sup- Employees¹ �� number 98,592 99,007 98,126 ply of water and energy, Remuneration �� EUR mn 3,103 3,307 3,479 mining and quarrying, and manufacturing and Turnover �� EUR mn 25,787 25,532 25,910 construction. Unless incl. with foreign countries �� EUR mn 6,995 7,215 7,862 otherwise indicated, data is based on the data pro- Turnover of selected vided by companies with Economic branches generally 20 or more Manufacture of food products �� EUR mn 3,395 3,409 3,840 employees in accordance Manufacture of wood and of with the classification of products of wood and cork, Economic branches, valid except furniture; manufacture since 2008 (Klassifikation of articles of straw and plaiting der Wirtschaftszweige). materials �� EUR mn 1,383 1,439 1,481 Crafts businesses are also Manufacture of paper and included. paper products �� EUR mn 1,732 1,556 1,563 Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products �� EUR mn 1,830 1,904 1,969 Manufacture of rubber and plastic products �� EUR mn 1,175 1,229 1,336 Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products �� EUR mn 1,142 1,127 1,182 Manufacture of basic metals �� EUR mn 1,934 1,898 1,876 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment �� EUR mn 1,425 1,382 1,240 Repair and installation of machinery and equipment �� EUR mn 1,314 1,271 1,345

1 September

| 35 18.2 Industry

Unit 2011 2013 2015 Production of selected goods Stone, sand and clay �� 1000 t 12,951 11,338 11,681 Processed fruit and vegetables �� 1000 t 148 150 143 Cucumber made with vinegar or preserved �� 1000 t 55 52 45 Soft drinks, mineral waters and other water, bottled �� l mn 2,354 2,597 2,320 Paper, carton and cardboard �� 1000 t 1,606 1,655 1,952 Plastics in primary forms �� 1000 t 477 451 513 Biofuels, diesel substitute (diester) for use in traffic �� 1000 t 503 502 605 Cement, lime, plasters �� 1000 t 3,018 2,728 2,849 Fresh concrete (ready-mixed concrete) �� 1000 m³ 1,146 1,123 1,140 Mortar and other concrete �� 1000 t 360 340 308 Iron, steel and ferro-alloys �� 1000 t 6,010 6,107 6,552 Automobile and automobile parts �� EUR mn 915 967 1,031 Medical and dental instruments and supplies �� EUR mn 238 185 211

2007 2011 2014 Energy consumption �� MJ mn 195,993 190,141 185,969 Gas �� MJ mn 33,598 31,513 31,298 Electricity �� MJ mn 31,239 32,456 31,977 Public energy supply Gross generation of electricity �� MJ mn 134,071 135,454 135,047 Electricity consumption¹ �� MJ mn 51,988 50,735 49,885 Gas consumption �� MJ mn 107,539 100,274 80,042

1 Excl. own consumption and losses

36 | 18.3 Industry

Site preparation, Unit 2007 2011 2015 civil engineering Establishments¹ �� number 4,782 4,702 4,891 Employees² �� number 33,288 33,396 33,418 Hours worked² �� mn 42.3 43.6 41.7 incl. in house building² �� mn 15.2 16.7 16.8 Turnover in construction work² �� EUR mn 3,219.9 3,867.5 3,983.0

Building installation³ Establishments¹ �� number 452 582 682 Employees �� number 10,651 13,197 15,255 Turnover in construction work for previous year �� EUR mn 848.9 1,224.2 1,516.4

Turnover in construction work within the construction industry by type of construction 2015 Housebuilding Commercialand industrial building construction Public building Commercialand industrialcivilengineering Road construction Othercivil engineering 0 200 400 600 800 1,000 1,200 1,400 1,600 EUR mn

1 Results of the annual supplementary 2 Projected results on the basis 3 Establishments with generally survey (Site preparation, civil engineering) of the supplementary survey 10 and more employees or annual survey (Building installation) - as of end of June | 37 19.1 Retail Trade, Hotel and Restaurant Industry, Tourism

Unit 2007 2011 2015 Statistics on the retail Retail sale trade and the hotel and Turnover �� index 88.7 102.9 116.9¹ restaurant industry pro- Employees �� index 95.5 100.2 106.8¹ vides information on long- term developments on Accommodation and the number of employees food service activities in nominal terms and the Turnover �� index 103.6 99.6 106.7¹ turnover (2010 ≙ 100). Only accommodation es- Employees �� index 109.1 98.5 97.3¹ tablishments with more than nine beds (from Tourism 2012) and camping sites Accommodation are surveyed. establishments² �� number 1,585 1,695 1,655 Bed places² ³ �� number 77,232 82,802 84,946 Guests, total �� 1000 3,627 4,053 4,659 Guests from Germany �� 1000 3,306 3,716 4,241 Guests from other countries 1000 322 337 418 incl. Poland �� 1000 31 50 59 Netherlands �� 1000 53 42 51 Sweden �� 1000 22 21 23 Denmark �� 1000 17 22 25 Norway �� 1000 14 15 11 Overnight stays �� 1000 9,935 11,057 12,519

Guests by place Guests from abroad of residence 2015

Guests from Germany

1 provisional data 2 As of July 3 excl. camping sites 38 | 19.2 Retail Trade, Hotel and Restaurant Industry, Tourism

Bed capacity in accomodation establishments

July 2007 July 2011 July 2015

Uckermark 6000 4000 Prignitz 2000 0 Bedcapacity Ostprignitz–Ruppin Oberhavel Barnim

Märkisch–Oderland Havelland

Brandenburgander Havel Potsdam Frankfurt(Oder)

Potsdam–Mittelmark Oder–Spree Teltow–Fläming Dahme–Spreewald

Cottbus

Spree–Neiße Elbe–Elster Oberspreewald–Lausitz

| 39 19.3 Retail Trade, Hotel and Restaurant Industry, Tourism

Unit 2007 2011 2015

Overnight stays �� 1000 9,935 11,057 12,519 … by type of establishment Hotels, Inns, Guest-houses �� 1000 5,195 5,664 6,336 Hotel �� 1000 3,961 4,329 4,846 Hotels garnis (hotel, breakfast only) �� 1000 480 576 693 Gasthof (Inns) �� 1000 332 324 342 Guest houses �� 1000 422 435 455 Other accommodation �� 1000 4,740 5,393 6,183 Youth hostels �� 1000 786 895 971 Holiday homes, training homes �� 1000 1,135 926 956 Holiday centers, Holiday dwellings �� 1000 663 1,168 1,544 Campsites �� 1000 752 896 1,116 Preventive care rehabilitation centres �� 1000 1,135 1,508 1,596

Overnight stays by guests place of residence 12 mn 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 2007 20082009 20102011 20122013 20142015

Germany Othercountries

40 | 20 Foreign Trade

Unit 2007 2011 2015¹

Exports �� EUR mn 10,303 13,499 14,193 The foreign trade statis- Food industry �� EUR mn 482 963 1,074 tics provide information incl. food �� EUR mn 425 881 981 to the movement of goods luxury food across the border (exports (Genussmittel) �� EUR mn 44 36 46 and imports) between Brandenburg and foreign Trade and industry �� EUR mn 9,611 12,419 12,833 countries. Data is derived raw materials �� EUR mn 77 119 110 from customs documents semi-finished of importers and exporters products �� EUR mn 1,470 1,192 1,139 with countries outside the finished products �� EUR mn 8,064 11,108 11,584 EU (extra trade). A second Important exporting data source is the statisti- countries cal registrations of acquisi- France �� EUR mn 1,221 2,075 1,425 tions and deliveries within the community according United States �� EUR mn 806 1,133 1,777 to the Value Added Tax Act Poland �� EUR mn 1,450 1,368 1,871 (intra trade).

Imports �� EUR mn 11,601 18,116 16,380 Food industry �� EUR mn 846 1,516 1,505 incl. food �� EUR mn 746 1,271 1,395 luxury food (Genussmittel) �� EUR mn 74 233 104 Trade and industry �� EUR mn 10,496 16,169 14,105 raw materials �� EUR mn 4,691 7,352 4,390 semi-finished products �� EUR mn 767 1,180 809 finished products �� EUR mn 5,038 7,637 8,905 Important importing countries Russian Federation �� EUR mn 4,278 4,405 6,066 Poland �� EUR mn 1,054 2,037 3,066 United States �� EUR mn 650 861 886

1 provisional data | 41 21 Consumer Prices

Consumer price index Unit 2007 2011 2015 for Brandenburg The consumer price Total cost of living �� index 96.7 101.9 106.3 index, shows the Food and non-alcoholic beverages �� index 94.7 103.2 111.4 price development Alcoholic beverages and tobacco �� index 93.4 101.7 114.1 of all goods and ser- Clothing and footwear �� index 95.5 101.2 104.9 vices purchased by Housing, water, electricity, gas private households and other fuels �� index 97.1 102.3 105.4 for consumption pur- poses, relative to a Furniture, household equipment and routine maintenance of the house index 97.8 100.7 105.7 base year (here: 2010). The change in Health �� index 96.2 100.0 102.5 the consumer price Transport �� index 96.0 104.3 104.6 index compared to Communication �� index 108.2 96.5 91.1 the same month last Recreation, entertainment and culture index 97.4 100.1 104.9 year is also known as Educationc �� index 93.0 101.6 111.5 „inflation“. Accomodation and restaurant services index 95.0 101.7 113.9 Miscellaneous goods and services �� index 97.6 101.4 108.2

Index of consumer prices change on same month of previous year

2.0 % 1.5 1.0 0.5 0 -0.5 -1.0 JFMAMJ JASONDJFMAMJ JASOND 2014 2015

42 | 22 Construction Prices

Price index Unit 2007 2011 2015 for the construction of new … Residential buildings �� index 92.1 102.7 115.4 The price indices for new Office buildings �� index 91.8 103.1 116.5 buildings of selected con- Industrial buildings �� index 91.6 103.5 116.7 struction types, shows the development of prices for construction work Price index … Brandenburg Contractors Road construction �� index 94.2 102.0 116.1 achieved inpendent of the Bridges in connection location of services com- with road construction �� index 91.5 104.1 113.6 pared to a base year (here: Local channels �� index 94.9 102.7 115.4 2010). This includes building and civil engineering Price index as well as plant main- for maintenance of … tenance of multi-family Residential buildings �� index 91.4 102.9 118.0 buildings. Decorative repairs in a dwelling �� index 97.3 102.6 124.5

Price index for the construction of new residential buildings 11 % Change on previous year 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

| 43 23.1 Earnings

Fully employed workers¹ Unit 2007 2011 2015 in industry and services The described gross an- Gross annual earnings² �� EUR 29,434 32,845 35,344 nual and gross monthly … of male employees �� EUR 29,788 33,148 35,591 earnings are averages … of female employees �� EUR 28,853 32,341 34,909 from the Quarterly Survey Gross monthly earnings² �� EUR 2,453 2,737 2,945 of earnings. The sample … of male employees �� EUR 2,482 2,762 2,966 survey contains numbers of full-time, part-time … of female employees �� EUR 2,404 2,695 2,909 and marginally employed Paid hours of work �� hrs 39.5 39.5 39.7 workers of nearly all industries according to the WZ 2008.

Gross monthly earnings ² of fully employed people ¹ in industry and service for 2015 Executives

Complex, varied assignments

Difficultprofessionalassignments

Simple,semiskilledassignments

Unskilled, standardised assignments 0 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000 6,000EUR Men Women

1 Incl. civil servants 2 Excluding bonuses; weighted average of data reported for all four quarters 44 | 23.2 Earnings

Gross annual earnings² Unit 2007 2011 2015 of the full-time employees¹ in selected economic sectors Mining and quarring �� EUR 35,971 43,637 • Manufacturing �� EUR 28,236 30,897 35,049 Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply �� EUR 38,827 44,270 51,266 Water supply³ �� EUR 26,582 29,959 36,299 Construction �� EUR 24,946 27,234 29,399 Retail Trade⁴ �� EUR 25,703 27,558 29,907 Transport �� EUR 26,223 27,935 30,049 Hotels and restaurants �� EUR 17,662 18,529 23,271 Communication �� EUR 36,454 (42,112) 48,621 Provision of finance and insurance services �� EUR 36,568 40,545 45,461 Real estate and housing �� EUR 33,836 37,192 34,064 Provision of freelance, scientific and technical services �� EUR 32,758 36,832 39,145 Provision of other economic services �� EUR 19,830 21,843 24,747 Upbringing and education �� EUR 39,705 43,980 48,759 Health and social services �� EUR 33,290 36,865 38,075 Art, entertainment and recreation �� EUR 37,033 / 34,280 Provision of other services �� EUR 23,016 26,483 31,821

3 Incl. sewage and waste management 4 Incl. Repair of motor vehicles and remidiation activities and motorcycles | 45 24.1 Public Finances

Annual financial statements Unit 2013¹ 2014¹ 2015² municipalities/municipal associations Expenditures for current administrative activities³ �� EUR mn 6,013 6,182 6,434 incl. staff expenditure �� EUR mn 1,881 1,951 1,997 allowance in kind and services �� EUR mn 843 867 899 Social transfer payments and Task-related performance participation �� EUR mn 1,912 1,948 2,036 interest expenditure �� EUR mn 50 44 39 Expenditures from investing activities �� EUR mn 769 853 715 incl. construction work �� EUR mn 530 572 464 Adjusted expenditures without financing activities �� EUR mn 6,782 7,035 7,149 Revenue for current administrative activities³ �� EUR mn 6,434 6,625 6,964 incl. taxes, parafiscal charge (net) �� EUR mn 1,657 1,756 1,831 Compensation and allocation of land⁴ �� EUR mn 2,566 2,534 2,689 Public-sector service charges �� EUR mn 596 614 641 Reimbursements (federal and Land) �� EUR mn 539 625 714 Revenue from investing activities �� EUR mn 596 619 529 incl. assignment for investments (federal and Land) �� EUR mn 434 455 347 Adjusted revenues without financing activities³ �� EUR mn 7,030 7,244 7,493 Financial balance �� EUR mn 248 209 344 Debt level (as of 31 Dec.)⁵ �� EUR mn 2,064 1,980 1,878 Public service employees⁶ 2007 2011 2015 Municipalities/municipal associations �� number 41,680 43,825 45,100 incl. female �� number 29,930 31,430 32,205 Special purpose association �� number 1,760 1,820 1,970

Public service employees of the municipalities/municipal associations 1 provisional data 2 Data from the quarterly cash statistics 50,000 3 adjusted for the payment of the same 37,500 level 4 including performance-related 25,000 participation by the central govern- 12,500 ment in benefits for accommodation and heating to jobseekers 0 5 At credit market, without Loans for 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 strengthening cash resources 46 | 24.2 Public Finances

Dept of the core budget Unit 2011 2013 2015 of Brandenburg on 31.12. Cash credit �� EUR mn -- 50 Debt securities �� EUR mn 11,361 11,745 11,786 Money market securities �� EUR mn --- Capital market securities �� EUR mn 11,361 11,745 11,786 Loans �� EUR mn 6,562 5,467 4,909 incl. at credit institutions �� EUR mn 4,451 2,964 2,284 at other domestic area �� EUR mn 1,962 2,350 2,487 at other foreign area �� EUR mn 30 30 11 Dept, total �� EUR mn 17,922 17,212 16,745

Public service employees⁶ 2007 2011 2015 of the Land Brandenburg �� number 61,435 57,995 55,085 of which female �� number 36,265 34,365 32,910 male �� number 25,175 23,630 22,180 of which public official �� number 33,765 33,500 32,400 employee �� number 27,670 24,495 22,685 of which full-time �� number 43,180 42,930 42,920 part-time �� number 18,255 15,065 12,165 Facilities in the form of public law �� number 1,880 2,710 2,880 Social insurance �� number 5,400 8,655 8,265

Public service employees of the Land Brandenburg 62,500 50,000 37,500 25,000 12,500 0 6 This data has been anonymised by 5 rounding. 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 | 47 25 Judicature

Unit 2007 2011 2015

The data on courts, Courts �� number 46 46 46 convict and the Judges¹ �� number 850 814 783 enforcement of Public prosecutors¹ �� number 309 307 307 sentences are taken Lawyers �� number 2,266 2,345 2,359 from the statistics on Judicature which are Notaries �� number 83 77 74 maintained at the First-instance proceedings national level as the (New acquisitions) business statistics of Local Court (Amtsgericht) �� number 107,428 105,404 89,668 the administration Regional Court (Landgericht) �� number 10,188 8,897 8,069 of justice. Social Court �� number 17,366 24,188 20,992 Labour Court �� number 12,353 12,454 9,995 Administrative Court �� number 7,874 6,535 13,046 Financial Court �� number 4,848 4,760 4,387

Convict �� number 31,510 22,048 18,954 of which because of offences … against public order and offences in office �� number 920 689 585 against sexual self-determination �� number 236 172 163 other offences against the person, Except in road traffic �� number 3,948 2,883 2,320 theft and misappropriation �� number 5,228 4,216 3,776 robbery and extortion �� number 314 215 162 other offenses against property and forgery of documents �� number 5,771 5,283 4,760 offences dangerous to the public �� number 219 136 110 road traffic offences �� number 8,953 5,556 4,628 according to other federal or state laws number 5,921 2,898 2,450 1 Staff positions, Prisoners² �� number 1,791 1,317 1,168 according to budget viz. men �� number 1,734 1,278 1,068 2 As on 31 March excl. number imprisonment on women �� 57 39 100 remand juveniles and adolescents �� number 161 78 54

48 | 26 Political Parties

Members of selected political parties¹

DIE GRÜNE / Administrative district SPD CDU² LINKE B 90 FDP AfD

Brandenburg an der Havel �� 156 230 173 26 31 22 Cottbus �� 245 210 x³ 22 x³ 31 Frankfurt (Oder) �� 106 104 289 21 21 23 Potsdam �� 748 514 742 200 155 53 Barnim �� 322 300 431 83 64 42 Dahme-Spreewald �� 372 380 423 43 67 44 Elbe-Elster �� 160 524 218 11 69 21 Havelland �� 487 505 300 102 91 74 Märkisch-Oderland �� 344 302 675 65 66 43 Oberhavel �� 609 424 437 86 84 65 Oberspreewald-Lausitz �� 194 306 221 12 32 23 Oder-Spree �� 391 316 505 53 58 45 Ostprignitz-Ruppin �� 209 260 245 32 35 23 Potsdam-Mittelmark �� 691 729 387 127 133 52 Prignitz �� 124 265 132 18 39 16 Spree-Neiße �� 204 365 760³ 16 97³ 27 Teltow-Fläming �� 386 350 334 32 46 90 Uckermark �� 259 275 347 38 48 17 without district chapter �� – – 7 – – – Land Brandenburg �� 6,007 6,359 6,626 987 1,136 711

1 According to data of 2 no information of the 3 Merged to district the political parties; party may have, so the chapter Lausitz as at the end of 2015 information 2012 | 49 27.1 Elections In voting for the Parliament one of the 44 constituencies. of Brandenburg (Branden- Further 44 candidates were burger Landtag), the first elected by the second vote for vote was cast for direct a party list. election of a candidate to

Results of the election to the Parliament of Brandenburg on 14 September 2014 – second vote in percent – BVB / DIE GRÜNE / FREIE Administrative district Turnout SPD LINKE CDU B 90 WÄHLER AfD Others

Brandenburg an der Havel 38.2 36.3 17.6 24.9 5.8 0.9 10.3 4.2 Cottbus �� 49.5 31.8 17.2 28.9 4.5 1.6 10.7 5.2 Frankfurt (Oder) �� 46.2 24.7 24.9 19.4 5.3 1.0 19.7 5.0 Potsdam �� 55.7 28.6 23.7 17.7 13.6 1.3 9.4 5.7 Barnim �� 46.4 28.8 23.2 21.0 6.0 4.3 11.1 5.5 Dahme-Spreewald �� 51.5 31.2 17.5 22.9 5.8 3.5 12.9 6.3 Elbe-Elster �� 48.9 31.4 15.0 28.5 2.6 5.2 11.4 5.9 Havelland �� 46.4 30.3 16.9 24.4 8.5 1.4 12.6 5.8 Märkisch-Oderland �� 45.5 31.3 22.9 20.0 5.1 2.3 13.1 5.3 Oberhavel �� 46.3 32.6 16.8 23.4 7.0 1.8 12.9 5.5 Oberspreewald-Lausitz �� 48.8 36.6 16.7 24.7 2.8 1.8 11.9 5.5 Oder-Spree �� 48.0 29.4 19.5 20.6 4.7 3.4 15.6 6.8 Ostprignitz-Ruppin �� 43.2 34.3 18.8 24.8 5.2 1.4 10.6 4.9 Potsdam-Mittelmark �� 53.7 32.1 15.1 24.9 9.1 2.6 10.9 5.4 Prignitz �� 42.6 37.8 18.8 25.1 3.5 1.3 9.2 4.2 Spree-Neiße �� 51.5 36.3 14.4 24.2 3.9 1.5 13.9 5.9 Teltow-Fläming �� 46.5 31.0 17.2 20.7 5.4 7.5 12.8 5.5 Uckermark �� 42.7 36.4 19.0 23.4 4.1 1.5 10.7 5.0 Land Brandenburg �� 47.9 31.9 18.6 23.0 6.2 2.7 12.2 5.6

50 | 27.2 Elections The parties received parliamentary seats in accordance with their share of the valid second votes. A party which won more direct parliamentary seats than it was entitled to in Elected representatives to the Parliament of Brandenburg accordance with its share (Brandenburger Landtag) since 1990 of the second votes in the entire polling area was Seats, 1990 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 authorised to retain such won in constituencies 44 44 44 44 44 44 seats won in addition SPD �� 30 44 37 17 19 29 to the number gained DIE LINKE¹ �� – – 5 23 21 4 through proportional CDU �� 14 – 2 4 4 10 representation. The other FDP �� –––––– parties received as many compensatory seats as GRÜNE/B 90 �� –––––– were required for alloca- DVU �� x x – – – x tion of the parliamentary BVB/FREIE WÄHLER �� x x x x – 1 seats in accordance with AfD �� x x x x x – the proportion of the second votes. won by party list �� 44 44 45 44 44 44 SPD �� 6 8 – 16 12 1 DIE LINKE¹ �� 13 18 17 6 5 13 CDU �� 13 18 23 16 15 11 FDP �� 6 – – – 7 – GRÜNE/B 90 �� 6 – – – 5 6 DVU �� x x 5 6 – x BVB/FREIE WÄHLER �� x x x x – 2 AfD �� x x x x x 11 Seats, total �� 88 88 89 88 88 88 SPD �� 36 52 37 33 31 30 DIE LINKE¹ �� 13 18 22 29 26 17 CDU �� 27 18 25 20 19 21 FDP �� 6 – – – 7 – GRÜNE/B 90 �� 6 – – – 5 6 DVU �� x x 5 6 – x BVB/FREIE WÄHLER �� x x x x – 3 AfD �� x x x x x 11 1 to 2004 PDS | 51 27.3 Elections

Results of the election to the Parliament of Brandenburg 14.10. 11.09. 05.09. 19.09. 27.09. 14.09. since 1990 55% 1990 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 second vote in percent 50 45 SPD 40 DIELINKE 35 CDU 30 FDP 25 GRÜNE/B90 DVU 20 BVB/FREIEWÄHLER 15 AfD 10 5 0

Results of the direct election of a candidate to one of the 44 constituencies to the Parliament of Brandenburg, on 14 September 2014

SPD DIELINKE CDU BVB/FREIEWÄHLER

1 2 3

4 5 6

7 11 12

13 14 15

16 17

52 | 27.4 Elections

Distribution of seats in the district assemblies (Kreistage) and the city councils (Stadtverordnetenversammlungen) according to the election on 25 May 2014 DIE GRÜNE / Administrative district Total SPD LINKE CDU¹ FDP B 90² NPD AfD Others

Brandenburg an der Havel 46 12 8 17 1 3 x 3 2 Cottbus �� 46 10 10 13 1 3 1 3 5 Frankfurt (Oder) �� 46 9 14 11 1 3 x 5 3 Potsdam �� 56 13 14 9 1 7 x 3 9 Barnim �� 56 10 14 12 2 4 1 1 12 Dahme-Spreewald �� 56 15 10 12 3 3 2 4 7 Elbe-Elster �� 50 8 8 18 2 1 1 1 11 Havelland �� 56 15 10 15 3 5 2 4 2 Märkisch-Oderland �� 56 13 14 12 2 3 1 3 8 Oberhavel �� 56 15 11 15 2 4 2 x 7 Oberspreewald-Lausitz �� 50 15 9 14 1 2 2 x 7 Oder-Spree �� 56 16 12 11 2 3 2 3 7 Ostprignitz-Ruppin �� 46 11 9 10 2 4 x x 10 Potsdam-Mittelmark �� 56 15 8 16 2 5 1 3 6 Prignitz �� 46 11 8 12 3 2 x 1 9 Spree-Neiße �� 50 10 9 15 3 1 2 1 9 Teltow-Fläming �� 56 14 12 12 2 3 1 3 9 Uckermark �� 50 14 9 14 3 2 2 1 5 Land Brandenburg �� 934 226 189 238 36 58 20 39 128

SPD - Social Democratic Party of Germany DIE LINKE - The Left CDU - Christian Democratic Union of Germany FDP - Free Democratic Party GRÜNE/B 90 - Alliance 90/The Greens NPD - National Democratic Party of Germany AfD - Alternative for Germany

1 in Potsdam association 2 in Frankfurt (Oder) association list CDU/ANW list GRÜNE/B 90 & BI Sta. | 53 27.5 Elections

On 22 September 2013 election to In Brandenburg aproximately 2 million the German Parliament (Deutscher citizens entitled to vote from a total Bundestag) took place. 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 22 September 2013 in Brandenburg – second vote in percent – DIE GRÜNE / Constituency Turnout LINKE SPD CDU FDP B 90 Others

56 �� 63.9 22.5 25.1 36.5 2.2 3.5 10.2 57 �� 62.8 23.8 22.7 36.8 2.1 3.6 11.0 58 �� 70.8 18.3 23.8 36.2 2.9 5.7 13.0 59 �� 69.6 26.3 21.8 32.3 2.2 4.2 13.2 60 �� 65.0 22.9 26.2 34.0 2.3 3.8 10.8 61 �� 74.4 20.7 24.9 31.4 3.3 9.0 10.7 62 �� 70.4 21.8 22.7 34.8 2.7 4.5 13.5 63 �� 67.9 24.7 22.3 33.4 2.2 4.0 13.4 64 �� 67.3 22.6 21.7 35.8 2.4 3.5 14.0 65 �� 66.8 21.7 19.9 39.5 2.5 2.7 13.7 Land 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 – Havelland I 57 Uckermark – Barnim I 58 Oberhavel – Havelland II 59 Märkisch-Oderland – Barnim II 60 Brandenburg an der Havel – Potsdam-Mittelmark I – Havelland III – Teltow-Fläming I 61 Potsdam – Potsdam-Mittelmark II – Teltow-Fläming II 62 Dahme-Spreewald – Teltow-Fläming III – Oberspreewald-Lausitz I 63 Frankfurt (Oder) – Oder-Spree 64 Cottbus – Spree-Neiße 65 Elbe-Elster – Oberspreewald-Lausitz II

54 | 27.6 Elections

On 25 May 2014 the citizens of Brandenburg were able to partici- pate in a election for the European Parliament (Europäisches Parla- ment) for the fifth time.

Results of the elections to the European Parliament (Europäisches Parlament) on 25 May 2014 in Brandenburg – valid votes in percent – DIE GRÜNE / PIRA - Administrative district Turnout LINKE SPD CDU B 90 FDP TEN AfD Others

Brandenburg an der Havel 36.5 18.2 29.7 27.9 5.7 1.4 1.7 7.8 7.5 Cottbus �� 40.2 21.5 25.5 23.8 6.0 2.1 1.7 9.7 9.7 Frankfurt (Oder) �� 41.5 26.3 22.1 21.4 6.3 1.5 1.7 12.8 7.8 Potsdam �� 49.6 23.0 27.2 16.5 13.4 2.6 2.7 7.2 7.4 Barnim �� 45.1 24.7 24.5 22.3 6.4 1.9 1.6 8.3 10.4 Dahme-Spreewald �� 51.2 18.9 26.6 25.0 5.5 2.2 1.8 9.0 10.9 Elbe-Elster �� 50.8 17.1 23.1 33.2 3.1 2.2 1.5 7.2 12.6 Havelland �� 46.0 16.1 28.0 25.5 7.4 2.5 1.9 9.4 9.2 Märkisch-Oderland �� 45.6 23.9 25.5 22.5 5.2 1.9 1.7 8.9 10.5 Oberhavel �� 47.2 16.8 28.7 25.2 6.5 2.2 1.8 9.3 9.5 Oberspreewald-Lausitz �� 46.3 19.2 25.2 28.5 3.4 1.8 1.4 8.2 12.3 Oder-Spree �� 49.1 21.0 25.8 23.3 4.8 2.0 1.7 9.9 11.7 Ostprignitz-Ruppin �� 42.2 18.8 29.3 27.1 5.4 1.8 1.3 6.7 9.6 Potsdam-Mittelmark �� 53.1 15.7 29.2 26.1 8.5 2.8 1.7 7.8 8.2 Prignitz �� 42.4 18.2 31.9 29.3 3.3 2.0 1.2 6.0 8.2 56 Prignitz – Ostprignitz-Ruppin – Havelland I Spree-Neiße �� 49.1 17.9 25.2 27.8 4.0 2.1 1.3 9.5 12.1 57 Uckermark – Barnim I Teltow-Fläming �� 44.4 19.2 28.6 24.0 5.7 2.1 1.7 8.5 10.2 58 Oberhavel – Havelland II Uckermark �� 43.7 20.7 27.7 27.5 3.9 2.1 1.3 6.4 10.4 59 Märkisch-Oderland – Barnim II 60 Brandenburg an der Havel – Potsdam-Mittelmark I – Havelland III – Teltow-Fläming I Land Brandenburg �� 46.7 19.7 26.9 25.0 6.1 2.1 1.7 8.5 10.0 61 Potsdam – Potsdam-Mittelmark II – Teltow-Fläming II 62 Dahme-Spreewald – Teltow-Fläming III – Oberspreewald-Lausitz I 63 Frankfurt (Oder) – Oder-Spree 64 Cottbus – Spree-Neiße 65 Elbe-Elster – Oberspreewald-Lausitz II

| 55 28 The administrative districts of Brandenburg 2015

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

Area �� km² 1,480 2,274 1,900 1,727 2,159 1,808 1,223 2,257 2,527 2,592 2,139 1,657 2,104 3,077 29,654 Population �� 1000 177.4 164.5 104.7 158.2 190.7 207.5 112.5 182.4 99.1 210.9 77.6 117.6 163.6 121.0 2,484.8 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 incl. female �� % 50.4 50.4 50.5 50.5 50.2 50.6 50.8 50.1 50.2 50.3 50.3 50.6 50.2 50.8 50.6 incl. foreigners �� % 3.1 3.8 1.9 3.1 2.6 3.0 2.4 5.6 2.4 3.6 2.8 2.7 3.6 3.2 3.6 Age in years 0 to 5 �� % 5.1 5.1 4.1 5.2 5.0 5.2 4.4 4.9 4.7 5.2 4.3 4.3 5.1 4.4 5.0 6 to 14 �� % 7.8 7.5 6.8 8.2 7.6 8.2 6.5 7.4 7.1 8.8 6.4 6.8 7.8 7.1 7.5 15 to 64 �� % 64.6 64.3 62.7 65.1 64.8 64.8 61.8 63.6 64.6 65.0 62.7 63.3 65.3 62.8 64.3 65 and over �� % 22.5 23.2 26.3 21.4 22.6 21.8 27.3 24.2 23.7 21.1 26.6 25.6 21.8 25.7 23.3 Live births �� rate¹ 7.5 8.0 6.8 7.8 7.3 8.1 7.2 7.0 7.5 7.5 7.1 6.6 8.0 7.1 7.7 Deaths �� rate¹ 12.0 11.8 14.7 11.4 12.1 11.7 14.4 12.5 13.4 10.6 15.6 14.3 12.5 14.0 12.4 Arrival² �� rate¹ 49.7 55.4 29.2 52.6 47.1 46.6 34.3 159.8 37.3 58.7 36.6 35.9 52.7 34.3 38.7 Departure² �� rate¹ 31.5 36.0 26.0 31.0 30.2 30.3 31.2 129.4 29.3 39.7 27.8 31.5 35.5 26.0 23.4 Pupils³ �� number 16,819 15,480 9,210 16,466 17,131 20,881 8,785 17,094 9,306 20,003 6,309 8,970 15,266 11,090 236,069 incl. foreigners �� % 2.0 2.5 1.3 2.6 2.1 1.6 2.3 3.6 2.2 3.6 3.1 3.5 2.3 4.0 2.9 Dwelling units⁴ �� 1000 89.4 82.3 56.9 78.6 96.8 102.0 64.0 94.0 53.8 97.9 45.3 64.4 83.1 67.9 1,300.8 Day care centres �� number 116 118 101 123 135 121 87 135 83 160 70 95 113 97 1,842 Places �� number 13,626 12,174 7,778 11,488 14,804 15,174 7,508 13,510 7,152 17,074 5,220 8,316 11,930 8,330 186,492 Cared children �� number 12,406 10,852 6,577 10,392 13,053 13,735 6,719 11,891 6,375 15,423 4,314 7,267 10,727 7,332 167,572 Staff �� number 1,468 1,413 871 1,327 1,639 1,738 880 1,526 833 1,862 610 932 1,386 972 21,336 Monthly mean net household income⁵ �� EUR 2,200 1,925 1,675 2,175 2,075 2,150 1,800 2,025 1,575 2,375 1,750 1,775 2,050 1,850 1,950 Manufacturing⁶ ⁷ Establishments⁸ �� number 67 87 92 81 64 80 70 78 68 94 60 63 105 59 1,166 Employees⁸ �� number 3,820 5,193 5,646 7,408 3,262 9,350 6,395 7,568 5,258 5,408 4,523 8,814 12,555 5,204 98,126 Public service employees of the municipalities/ municipal associations⁹ �� number 2,830 3,125 2,300 2,725 3,060 3,910 1,995 3,240 2,250 3,770 1,870 2,585 2,885 2,450 45,100

1 Per 1000 inhabitants 4 Dwelling units in residential 2 Across the respective boundaries and non-residential buildings, incl. halls of residence 3 At general education schools 56 | 28 The administrative districts of Brandenburg 2015

5 Source: Microcensus 7 Establishments generally em- 9 As of 30 June; This data has been 6 As well as mining and ploying 20 or more employees anonymised by 5 rounding. quarrying 8 September | 57 28 The administrative districts of Brandenburg 2015

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

Area �� km² 230 165 148 188 29,654 Population �� 1000 71.6 99.7 58.1 167.7 2,484.8 Inhabitants/ha �� rate 3.1 6.0 3.9 8.9 0.8 incl. female �� % 50.6 50.7 51.8 51.8 50.6 incl. foreigners �� % 3.5 5.1 7.4 6.2 3.6 Age in years 0 to 5 �� % 4.9 4.8 4.5 6.4 5.0 6 to 14 �� % 6.3 6.3 6.8 8.2 7.5 15 to 64 �� % 62.0 64.8 64.4 65.9 64.3 65 and over % 26.8 24.1 24.3 19.5 23.3 Live births �� rate¹ 8.7 7.9 7.4 10.8 7.7 Deaths �� rate¹ 13.8 13.1 13.0 9.8 12.4 Arrival² �� rate¹ 47.5 54.6 59.8 70.2 38.7 Departure² �� rate¹ 35.0 47.6 52.4 50.1 23.4 Pupils³ �� number 6,668 9,617 5,963 21,011 236,069 incl. foreigners �� % 2.1 3.1 4.6 4.7 2.9 Dwelling units⁴ �� 1000 43.3 57.5 33.8 89.9 1,300.8 Day care centres �� number 50 68 38 132 1,842 Places �� number 4,881 7,025 4,304 16,198 186,492 Cared children �� number 4,670 6,459 4,039 15,341 167,572 Staff �� number 601 835 571 1,872 21,336 Monthly mean net household income⁵ �� EUR 1,750 1,625 1,500 1,900 1,950 Manufacturing⁶ ⁷ Establishments⁸ �� number 38 20 14 26 1,166 Employees⁸ �� number 4,385 1,633 628 1,076 98,126 Public service employees of the municipalities/ municipal associations⁹ �� number 1,040 1,685 1,100 2,275 45,100

Notes see pages 56/57

58 | 29 Brandenburg 1990 to 2015

Unit 1990 2000 2015

Area �� km² 29,056 29,477 29,654

Population¹ �� 1000 2,542.7 2,602.0 2,484.8 Live births �� rate² 6.8 7.1 7.7 Deaths �� rate² 12.3 10.0 12.4 Balance �� rate² -5.5 -2.9 -4.7 Arrival �� rate² 15.6 28.5 38.7 Departure �� rate² 24.1 25.3 23.4 Balance �� rate² -8.5 3.2 15.2 Population increase or decrease �� rate² -14.0 0.3 10.9

Marriages¹ �� rate² 3.1 3.8 5.4

Divorces �� rate² 2.0 2.3 2.0

Employed persons (workplace)¹ �� 1000 1,190.6 1,089.7 1,083.0³ Agriculture, forestry and fishing �� % 6.5 3.3 2.9 Industry �� % 36.0 27.1 22.6 Service industries �� % 57.4 69.7 74.5

Dwellings �� 1000 1,085.2 1,236.1 1,300.8 rate² 419 475 524

Pupils⁴ �� 1000 346.9 337.8 236.1 Students (winter semester) �� 1000 5.4 33.0 49.4

1 Data for 1990 2 Per 1000 inhabitants 4 at schools of are from 1991 3 provisional data general education | 59 30 The Region Berlin/Brandenburg 2015

Berlin / Branden - Branden - Unit Berlin burg burg

Selected structural Area �� km² 892 29,654 30,546 data on the Lands Berlin and Branden- Population �� 1000 3,520.0 2,484.8 6,004.9 burg. incl. female �� % 51.0 50.6 50.8 Foreigners �� 1000 545.7 89.8 635.5 incl. female �� % 48.7 42.6 47.8 Population density �� per km² 3,947.6 83.8 196.6 Age in years 0 to 5 �� % 6.0 5.0 5.6 6 to 14 �� % 7.5 7.5 7.5 15 to 64 �� % 67.3 64.3 66.0 65 and over �� % 19.3 23.3 20.9 Share among 18-year-old in the population �� % 15.8 15.0 15.5 Share of foreigners in the population �� % 15.5 3.6 10.6 Marriage Marriages �� rate¹ 3.9 5.4 4.5 Divorces ...... rate¹ 1.8 2.0 1.9 Natural population changes Live Births �� rate¹ 10.9 7.7 9.6 Deaths �� rate¹ 9.8 12.4 10.9 Migrations² Arrival �� number 182,778 95,567 229,074 Departure �� number 141,693 57,900 150,322 Balance �� number 41,085 37,667 78,752

1 per 1000 inhabitants 2 Across the boundary of the region Berlin/Brandenburg, excl. migrations between Berlin and Brandenburg 60 | 30 The Region Berlin/Brandenburg 2015

Berlin / Branden - Branden - Unit Berlin burg burg

Population³ �� 1000 3,485.9 2,463.9 5,949.8 … by labour force participation Labour force �� 1000 1,828.9 1,277.4 3,106.4 Persons in employment �� % 47.5 48.9 48.1 Unemployed �� % 5.0 3.0 4.1 Non-labour force �� 1000 1,657.0 1,186.4 2,843.4 Households, by size³ Households �� 1000 1,998.3 1,244.0 3,242.2 Single-person households �� 1000 1,089.3 477.4 1,566.7 Multi-person households �� 1000 909.0 766.6 1,675.6 with 2 persons �� % 28.2 38.9 32.3 with 3 persons �� % 9.3 13.2 10.8 with 4 persons �� % 5.6 7.5 6.3 with 5 and more persons �� % 2.5 2.0 2.3 Dwelling units �� rate¹ 541 524 533 Living floor space per dwelling �� m² 73 85 78 per inhabitant �� m² 40 44 42 Education Pupils, 2015/2016 school year⁴ �� number 422,750 275,135 697,885 Students, winter semester 2015/2016 �� number 175,917 49,395 225,312 Labour market⁵ Unemployment rate⁶ �� % 10.7 8.7 9.8 Unemployed �� number 194,812 114,873 309,685 viz. female �� % 44.0 45.1 44.4 foreign �� % 25.8 4.6 17.9 age from 15 to 24 years �� % 7.7 5.9 7.1 age from 55 to 64 years �� % 16.1 25.5 19.6

3 Source: microcensus 5 Source: The Federal 6 Unemployed persons as % contributors and marginally 4 At schools of general education Employment Agency/ of the dependent labour employed, civil servants and occupational schools (without yearly average force in civilian employ- and unemployed) as of schools of nurses, midwives etc) ment (national insurance 30 June on previous year. | 61 30 The Region Berlin/Brandenburg 2015

Berlin / Branden - Branden - Selected structural Public social benefits Unit Berlin burg burg data on the Lands per inhabitent¹ Berlin and Branden- Expenditure of social welfare �� EUR 514 277 415 burg. per 1000 inhabitants² Recipients of continual subsistence payment, end of year �� number 6.5 4.3 5.6 Recipients of basic security in old age and disability⁹ �� number 26.0 11.7 20.0 Recipients of benefits under the 5th to 9th Chapter of SGB XII at the end of year �� number 17.0 14.7 16.1 Transport Motor vehicles 1 January 2015 �� 1000 1,368.9 1,648.1 3,016.9 New registrations of motor vehicles �� number 99,848 76,321 176,169 Road accidents �� number 137,733 80,978 218,711 Tourism Accomodation establishments³ �� number 814 1,655 2,469 Beds⁴ �� number 136,327 84,946 221,273 Guests �� 1000 12,369 4,659 17,028 Overnights �� 1000 30,250 12,519 42,769 Road accidents involving injury 2000 =100 90 Berlin 80 70 60 Brandenburg 50 200720082009 2010 201120122013 2014 2015

1 relative to the average 2 current population 31.12.2015 4 As of July, excl. population 2015 3 As of July campgrounds 62 | 30 The Region Berlin/Brandenburg 2015

Berlin / Branden - Branden - Unit Berlin burg burg Manufacturing⁵ ⁶ Establishments⁷ �� number 702 1,166 1,868 Employees⁷ �� number 93,072 98,126 191,198 Turnover �� EUR mn 24,901 25,910 50,811 incl. with foreign countries �� EUR mn 13,375 7,862 21,237 Construction⁶ ⁸ Establishments �� number 194 332 526 Employees �� number 11,727 15,945 27,972 Foreign trade Exports �� EUR mn 14,126 14,193 28,319 Change on previous year �� % 6.2 7.3 6.7 Imports �� EUR mn 11,454 16,380 27,834 Change on previous year �� % 15.6 -10.2 -1.1 Gross domestic product (price-adjusted) Change on previous year �� % 3.0 2.7 2.9 Consumer price index (2010 ≙ 100)⁸ �� Index 107.7 106.3 x Price index for all residential buildings (2010 ≙ 100)⁸ �� Index 111.9 115.4 x

5 As well as mining 6 Establishments generally 7 September 9 Population older and quarrying employing 20 and more 8 Annual average than 18 years employees | 63 The northernmost, southernmost, Brandenburg- westernmost and easternmost statistics Geographical location northernmost point – Uckerland, dictrict Uckermark 53° 33‘ 35“ north latitude 13° 48‘ 05“ east longitude southernmost point – Ortrand, dictrict Oberspreewald-Lausitz 51° 21‘ 32“ north latitude 13° 45‘ 48“ east longitude westernmost point – Lenzerwische, dictrict Prignitz 53° 07‘ 25“ north latitude 11° 16‘ 05“ east longitude easternmost point – Neiße-Malxetal, dictrict Spree-Neiße 51° 36‘ 40“ north latitude 14° 46‘ 05“ east longitude

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