Profile ID: SI-40300

City of Leer (Ostfriesland)

District:
District of Leer
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Population:
35,163 (As of: Dec 31, 2023)
Employment rate:
56.8 % (As of: Jun 30, 2024)
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Facts & Figures

Population²:
Total Female Male
Inhabitants: 35,163 18,053 (51.3 %) 17,110 (48.7 %)
As of: Dec 31, 2023
Age structure:
Population density²:
Inhabitants/km²: 501.5
As of: Dec 31, 2023

Economic strength²:
€ per inhabitant
(District of Leer)
National comparison
(Germany=100 %)
Gross domestic product 2022: 33,281 72 %
€ per employed person
(District of Leer)
National comparison
(Germany=100 %)
Gross value added 2022
  - Production sector: 74,622 77 %
  - Service sector: 71,451 101 %
€ per inhabitant
(City of Leer (Ostfriesland))
State comparison
(State=100 %)
Net revenue from local business tax 2023: 964.07 137 %
Municipal share of income tax 2023: 448.41 91 %

Employment³:
Total Female Male
Employed persons: 21,596 11,094 (51.4 %) 10,502 (48.6 %)
Change over previous year: -789 (-3.5 %)
Employment rate: 56.8 %
As of: Jun 30, 2024
Employed persons acc. to economic sectors:
In-commuters Out-commuters Balance
Commuters: 14,876 5,656 9,220
As of: Jun 30, 2024
Sources: ¹ Own Survey (Last update on Jun 4, 2025)
² LSNhttp://www.statistik.niedersachsen.de/ - Niedersachsen State Statistical Office,
State Statistical Office of Bremenhttp://www.statistik.bremen.de/ (As of: date specified)
³ Statistics from the German Federal Employment Agencyhttp://statistik.arbeitsagentur.de/ (As of: date specified),
Note on Data Usehttp://www.komsis.de/lang=en/ba-datennutzung.html
The statistical data have been updated to include the most recent available figures on Jun 13, 2025
 
 
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