| Gross domestic product | |
A combined value for the economic performance arising from all productive activities
over a given period.
In real (goods) terms, the gross domestic product corresponds to the monetary value
of all the goods and services produced during a certain period after deduction of the
value for goods used up in advance during the production process. It is determined
- starting from the (adjusted) gross value added of all economic sectors - by
the addition of taxes on goods and the subtraction of goods subsidies. The gross domestic
product is equivalent to the sum of all earned and unearned income that has accrued
during the course of production in the domestic economy during the period under review,
plus depreciation and production and import taxes minus subsidies.
Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Federal Statistical Office)
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| Gross value added | |
Measure of the economic performance of an economy or - at a deeper level - of its
individual economic sectors. In the gross value added, the depreciation of reproducible
assets occurring during production is not yet deducted; to this end, corresponding
writedowns need to be taken into account. Apart from writedowns, the gross value added
includes the production taxes (minus subsidies) as well as the earned and unearned
income that has accrued.
Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Federal Statistical Office)
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| Service sector (gross value added) | |
Retail and wholesale trade, transport, financing, rentals, company-related services,
public- and private-sector service providers.
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| Buying power level | |
The buying power is calculated as the sum of all net incomes per region. The purchasing
power is an appropriate index for calculating regional potentials for all companies selling
their products directly or indirectly to the consumer. The index is based on the official
statistics concerning the income taxes on wages and salaries, which are regularly published
by the state statistical offices. The wage and income tax needs to be deducted from this
figure to obtain the net value. This value is then added to the figure for state transfer
payments, such as unemployment benefit, family allowance, student loans/grants, welfare
aid, and pensions.
Source: Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning (BBR)
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| Employed persons | |
Employed persons subject to social insurance at their place of work.
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| Employment rate | |
Share of employed persons subject to social insurance at their place of residence among the
total inhabitants aged between 18 and 65 (as of 31.12. of the respective year); in percent
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| Commuters | |
Socially insured employees who do not work and live at the same location.
For integrated municipalities (Samtgemeinden), the aggregate values represent the sum of
the member communities, for districts the sum of the administrative units. This means that
commuting within the integrated municipality/district is also included.
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| In-commuters | |
Socially insured employees who work at a specific location, yet do not live there.
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| Out-commuters | |
Socially insured employees who live at a specific location, yet do not work there.
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| Unemployment rate | |
Share of unemployed persons in the total labour force: in percent.
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