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Contents
Luxembourg 5
Territory 6
Climate 6
Environment 7
Energy 8
Population
Population structure 9
Population movement 10
Households, inhabited buildings 10
Expectation of life 11
The most populated municipalities 11
Employment
Employment and unemployment 12
Domestic employment by branches 13
International comparison – Population and
employment 14
Living conditions
Income and poverty 16
Indicators of poverty and income inequality 16
Mean consumption expenditure of households 16
Social security 17
Health 18
Accidents 18
Education 19
Culture 20
Travelling 20
Elections 21
Business demography
Enterprises by economic activity 22
Enterprises by employee size class 23
Largest private and public employers 24
International comparison – Economy 25
Agriculture 26
Forestry 27
Wine-growing 28
Industry
Activity indices 28
Producer price index 29
Steel industry 29
Handicraft 29
Construction
Activity indices 30
Building permissions 30
Tourism 30
Transport 31
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Contents
Financial activities 33
Communication 35
Information society 35
National accounts
Main aggregates 36
Structure of the added value 37
International comparison – National accounts 38
Public finances
General government expenditure and revenue 39
Public debt 39
External trade 40
Balance of current account 42
Prices and wages 43
Consumption 44
International comparison – Prices and finances 46
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Luxembourg
Canton
of Clervaux
Germany
Canton
of Wiltz
Canton
of Vianden
Canton
of Diekirch
Belgium
Canton
of Redange
Canton
of Mersch
Canton
of Capellen
Canton
of Luxembourg
Canton
of Echternach
Canton
of Grevenmacher
Canton
of Esch
Canton
of Remich
France
Official designation
Form of government
Chief of State
Head of government
President of the Chamber
of Deputies
National language
Administrative languages
Currency
Capital
Administrative divisions
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
Representative democracy in the form
of a constitutional monarchy
H.R.H. Grand Duke Henri
Jean-Claude Juncker, Prime Minister
Laurent Mosar
Luxembourgish (Lëtzebuergesch)
French, German, Luxembourgish
Euro
Luxembourg
3 districts (Luxembourg, Diekirch, Grevenmacher),
12 cantons, 106 municipalities
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Territory
Geographical survey
Area
Total area of the Grand Duchy 2586 km 2 100%
Area of the two natural regions
in the north: Oesling 828 km 2 32%
in the south: Gutland (Good-country) 1758 km 2 68%
Territorial dimensions North-South East-West
Maximum 82 km 57 km
Length of the border
Total lenght
with France
with Germany
with Belgium
Altitudes
Maximum (Wilwerdange)
Minimum (Wasserbillig)
Luxembourg-City
356 km
73 km
135 km
148 km
560 m
130 m
300 m
Land use
2000 2010 2011 2012
en %
Total area 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Agricultural and wooded area 87.4 85.7 85.5 85.5
Built-up area 8.1 9.3 9.5 9.5
of which: industrial area and other 2.7 3.0 3.1 3.1
Road-net, railway network, etc. 3.9 4.4 4.4 4.4
Watercourses and waterbody 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
Climate
Climate in Luxembourg-City
Average 1981-2010 January April July October 12 months
Temperature (in °C)
Average 1.2 8.7 18.4 9.5 9.4
Maximum 6.2 25.6 35.8 23.5 21.6
Minimum -10.4 -4.1 6.5 -1.7 -2.6
Relative humidity (in %) 87.0 60.0 58.0 86.0 77.3
Hours of sunshine 18.0 218.0 197.0 161.0 1588.0
Rainfall (in mm) 25.9 14.9 47.9 40.5 733.2
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Environment
Air quality
EU Norm 2010 2011 2012
Pollution
Protection of the
human health
Highest recorded
value
Sulphur dioxide (SO 2
) µg/m 3 350 1 69 63 41
Nitrogen dioxide (NO 2
) µg/m 3 40 2 59 58 62
Nitrogen oxides (NO x
=NO+NO 2
,
in rural areas) µg/m 3 30 2,3 21 22 20
Ozone (O 3
) µg/m 3 180 1,4 /240 1,5 202 190 204
Carbon monoxide (CO) µg/m 3 10000 6 1020 1500 1270
Benzene (C 6
H 6
) µg/m 3 5 2 0.6 1.1 0.5
Particulate matter (PM 2.5

Recycling of materials
2000 2009 2010 2011
in tonnes
Glass 23109 44236 54674 80860
Paper and cardboard 61460 91717 84235 85421
Plastics 8763 16153 17269 19323
Textiles 2051 3672 3451 3604
Wood 81162 62697 76794 83088
Electric waste 1861 4000 7632 4957
Edible oils and greases … 1032 2395 1750
Tires and rubber 4141 2733 8585 9457
Packaging products PMC 1 1132 4551 4926 5852
Number
Refrigerators 13623 19414 19885 19567
1
plastic bottles and flasks, metallic packing and drink cartons
Energy
Final consumption of energy
2009 2010 2011 2011/10
in 1000 tpe 1 in %
By product
Coal 67 67 58 -12.9
Natural gas (NCV) 616 676 605 -10.5
Electricity 526 568 559 -1.6
Heat 27 31 29 -8.4
Oil products 2712 2838 2896 2.0
Other (wood, biofuel) 100 108 105 -2.8
By use
Agriculture 9 8 8 2.1
Industries 648 732 666 -9.0
Services 371 408 427 4.6
Transport 2503 2628 2728 3.8
Households 517 511 423 -17.2
Total 4048 4288 4251 -0.8
1
ton petroleum equivalent
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Population
Population structure
Population censuses 1991 2001 2011 2013 1
x 1000
Total population 384.4 439.5 512.4 537.0
of which: Women 196.1 223.0 257.4 268.6
Luxembourgers 271.4 277.2 291.9 298.2
Foreigners 113.0 162.3 220.5 238.8
of which: Portugal 39.1 58.7 82.4 88.2
France 13.0 20.0 31.5 35.2
Italy 19.5 19.0 18.1 18.3
Belgium 10.1 14.8 16.9 17.6
Germany 8.8 10.1 12.0 12.4
Britain 3.2 4.3 5.5 5.7
Netherlands 3.5 3.7 3.9 3.9
Other EU countries 6.6 9.2 21.5 24.8
Other 9.2 22.5 28.7 32.7
Foreigners in % 29.4 36.9 43.0 44.5
1
estimation by January 1st
Population by age groups
1991 2001 2011 2013 1
in %
Working age (15 to 64 years) 68.4 67.2 68.7 69.0
Women (15 to 64 years) 33.7 33.2 33.8 33.9
Children (0 to 14 years) 17.3 18.9 17.3 17.0
Girls (0 to 14 years) 8.4 9.2 8.4 8.3
Third age (65 years and more) 14.3 13.9 14.0 14.0
Women (65 years and more) 8.2 8.3 8.0 7.9
1
estimation by January 1st
Long-dated development
1947 1960 1981 2001 2011
x 1000
Total population 291 315 365 440 512
of which: Women 146 159 187 223 257
1947-60 1961-80 1981-01 2001-11
x 1000
Natural balance 12 9 19 18
Migration balance 12 41 56 54
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Population movement
2000 2010 2011 2012
Live births 5723 5874 5639 6026
of which: Girls 2745 2914 2726 2937
Luxembourgers 2917 3029 3000 3167
Foreigners 2806 2845 2639 2859
Births per 1000 inhabitants 13.1 11.6 10.9 11.3
Luxembourgers 10.6 10.5 10.2 10.7
Foreigners 17.3 13.0 11.7 12.2
Total fertility rate 1.78 1.63 1.51 1.57
Deaths 3749 3760 3819 3876
of which: Women 1859 1857 1924 1979
Luxembourgers 3202 3049 3096 3134
Foreigners 547 711 723 742
Deaths by some main causes
Diseases of the circulatory system 1442 1256 1292 ...
Neoplasms 991 1061 1091 ...
Suicides 66 74 81 ...
Deaths < 1 year 29 20 24 15
Rates per 100 live births 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.2
Natural increase 1969 2114 1820 2150
Luxembourgers -290 -20 -96 33
Foreigners 2259 2134 1916 2117
Marriages 2148 1749 1714 1782
Divorces 1030 1083 1275 ...
Naturalizations 684 4311 3405 4680
Adoptions 114 40 70 ...
Households, inhabited buildings
1970 1991 2001 2011
x 1000
Private households 108.7 144.7 172.0 208.6
of which: Foreign households 17.7 39.9 59.2 88.9
Inhabited buildings 80.9 105.8 119.6 130.1
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Total population by age group (January 1st, 2013)
Men
Women
+90
85-89
80-84
75-79
70-74
65-69
60-64
55-59
50-54
45-49
40-44
35-39
30-34
25-29
20-24
15-19
10-14
5-9
0-4
5 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 4 5
in % of total population
Life expectancy
1990/92 2000/02 2005/07 2010/12
Males 72.6 74.9 77.6 79.5
Females 79.1 81.0 82.7 84.3
The most populated municipalities
1991 2001 2011 2013 1
x 1000
Luxembourg-City 75.8 76.7 95.1 103.6
Esch-sur-Alzette 24.0 27.2 30.1 31.9
Differdange 15.7 18.2 21.9 22.8
Dudelange 14.7 17.3 18.8 19.3
Pétange 12.4 13.7 16.1 16.8
Sanem 11.6 13.0 14.5 14.8
Hesperange 9.9 10.4 13.3 14.0
Bettembourg 8.0 9.1 9.8 10.0
Käerjeng 6.7 8.7 9.7 9.8
Schifflange 6.9 7.8 8.9 9.1
Mersch 6.0 7.0 8.0 8.5
Ettelbruck 6.6 7.3 8.0 8.1
1
estimation by January 1st
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Employment
Employment and unemployment
2000 2010 2011 2012
x 1000 (annual average)
1. Domestic employment 263.8 359.7 370.1 379.0
Wage-earners 244.4 337.8 347.7 356.0
Employers, self-employed, unpaid
family workers 19.4 21.9 22.4 23.0
2. Net borderers (a) - (b) 79.0 138.8 143.6 146.9
a. Non-resident borderers 87.7 150.0 154.5 157.6
Employers, self-employed, unpaid
family workers 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7
Wage-earners 87.0 149.3 153.8 156.9
of which from:
France 46.4 74.1 76.2 77.8
Belgium 24.2 37.8 38.8 39.5
Germany 16.4 37.4 38.8 39.6
b. Resident borderers 8.8 11.2 11.0 10.7
of which:
International agents and civil servants 7.8 10.3 10.4 10.4
3. National employment (1) - (2) 184.8 220.9 226.5 232.1
4. Unemployed 4.5 13.5 13.5 15.0
of which: Unemployed on the dole ... 6.3 6.2 6.6
5. Active population (3) + (4) 189.3 234.5 240.0 247.1
6. Unemployment rate in % (4) : (5) 2.4 5.8 5.6 6.1
7. Persons in job schemes 2.5 3.8 4.2 4.6
8. Enlarged unemployment rate
(including job schemes) in % (4+7) : (5) 3.7 7.4 7.4 7.9
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Domestic employment by branches
2000 2010 2011 2012
x 1000
Agriculture, forestry and fishing 4.0 4.4 4.5 4.5
Mining and quarrying 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Manufacturing 32.6 32.7 33.2 33.0
of which: Manufacture of food products 4.3 5.1 5.2 ...
Manufacture of basic metals and
fabricated metal products 10.7 9.4 9.3 ...
Manufacture of computer, electronic
and optical products 5.6 5.9 6.1 ...
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply 1.1 1.4 1.3 1.3
Water supply 2.1 2.6 2.7 2.7
Construction 27.2 39.5 40.2 40.7
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor
vehicles and motorcycles 38.7 46.5 48.1 49.4
Transportation and storage 17.1 24.4 24.7 24.8
Accommodation and food service activities 12.9 17.1 17.8 18.9
Information and communication 9.0 14.1 14.9 15.2
Financial and insurance activities 30.5 41.1 41.7 42.5
Real estate activities 1.8 3.0 3.1 3.3
Professional, scientific and technical activities 15.6 29.5 30.8 32.1
of which: Legal and accounting activities,
management consultancy activities 7.5 16.9 17.9 ...
Architectural and engineering activities 3.9 6.3 6.5 ...
Administrative and support service activities 15.3 21.9 22.2 22.4
Public administration and defence,
compulsory social security 13.8 18.7 19.1 19.6
Education 12.3 16.6 17.4 17.9
Human health and social work activities 16.4 30.4 32.0 33.6
Arts, entertainment and recreation 2.1 3.7 3.9 4.0
Other service activities 4.8 7.0 7.2 7.3
Activities of households as employers,
undifferentiated goods- and services-producing
activities of households for own use 5.9 4.9 5.0 5.2
Total activities 263.8 359.7 370.1 379.0
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International comparison
Population and employment
Total Population Employment
Employ-
Unemploy-
population density
1 ment rate 2 ment rate
2012 2011 2012 2012 2012
x1000 inhabit./km 2 x1000 in % in %
EU (27 countries) 503930 117 216052 64.2 10.6
Belgium, BE 11095 364 4524 61.8 7.6
Bulgaria, BG 7327 68 2934 58.8 12.4
Czech Republic, CZ 10505 136 4890 66.5 7.0
Denmark, DK 5581 130 2689 72.6 7.7
Germany, DE 81844 229 40062 72.8 5.6
Estonia, EE 1340 31 624 67.1 10.4
Ireland, IE 4583 67 1838 58.8 15.0
Greece, GR 11290 86 3763 51.3 24.5
Spain, ES 46196 92 17282 55.4 25.2
France, FR 65328 103 25798 63.9 9.9
Italy, IT 60821 202 22899 56.8 10.8
Cyprus, CY 862 92 389 64.6 12.1
Latvia, LV 2042 33 886 63.1 15.2
Lithuania, LT 3008 48 1279 62.2 13.5
Luxembourg, LU 525 200 236 65.8 5.2
Hungary, HU 9958 107 3878 57.2 11.0
Malta, MT 418 1319 173 59.0 6.5
Netherlands, NL 16730 495 8424 75.1 5.3
Austria, AT 8443 102 4184 72.5 4.4
Poland, PL 38538 123 15591 59.7 10.2
Portugal, PT 10542 115 4635 61.8 16.4
Romania, RO 21356 93 9263 59.5 7.3
Slovenia, SI 2055 102 924 64.1 9.0
Slovakia, SK 5404 110 2329 59.7 14.0
Finland, FI 5401 18 2483 69.4 7.8
Sweden, SE 9483 23 4657 73.8 8.1
United Kingdom, UK 63256 … 29421 70.1 8.0
Iceland, IS 320 3 168 79.7 6.1
Norway, NO 4986 16 2585 75.7 3.2
Switzerland, CH 7955 198 4408 79.4 4.3
United States, US 310000 32 … 66.7 9.6
Japan, JP 127000 335 … 70.1 5.1
1
European Labour force survey LFS, employment by place of residence
2
males and females, 15-64 years
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Employment rate in 2012
in %
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0 NL SE DE DK AT UK FI EE CZ LU CY EU SI FR LV LT BE PT PL SK RO MT BG IE HU IT ES GR
GDP per inhabitant in 2012
300
PPS (Index 100 = EU-27)
250
200
150
100
50
0 LU AT IE NL SE DK DE BE FI UK FR EU IT ES CY MT SI CZ GR PT SK LT EE HU PL LV RO BG
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Living conditions
Income and poverty
2003 2009 2010 2011
Disposable income
in EUR/month
Mean disposable income per household 4181 5084 5118 5138
Median disposable income per household 3532 4281 4350 4446
Mean disposable income per adult-equivalent 2472 3039 3033 3055
Median disposable income
per adult-equivalent 2148 2646 2694 2712
Indicators of poverty and income inequality
At-risk-of-poverty rate (in %) 11.9 14.9 14.5 13.6
Income quintile share ratio (S80/S20) 4.1 4.3 4.1 4.0
Gini coefficient 0.276 0.292 0.279 0.272
Mean consumption expenditure of households
1998 2009 2010 2011
in ‰
Total 1000.0 1000.0 1000.0 1000.0
Food and non-alcoholic beverages 100.8 88.4 87.7 87.9
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco 19.9 14.8 14.2 14.0
Clothing and footwear 59.4 62.5 61.6 57.8
Housing, water, electricity, gas
and other fuels 273.5 334.9 337.7 343.6
Furnishings, household equipment
and routine maintenance of the house 82.2 62.2 62.7 62.8
Health 23.7 24.3 24.7 30.1
Transport 155.0 142.1 144.9 143.7
Communications 21.1 20.8 21.5 22.1
Recreation and culture 87.0 75.0 73.0 72.1
Education 1.7 4.0 3.5 4.1
Hotels, cafes and restaurants 96.1 78.4 75.8 73.5
Miscellaneous goods and services 79.6 92.6 92.8 88.3
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Social security
2000 2009 2010 2011
Health and maternity insurance
Number of people insured 352636 465097 474966 488645
Number of covered persons 535424 681958 699539 720310
Regular expenditures (in millions of EUR) 1069.4 2076.0 2217.1 2217.2
Long term care insurance
Number of covered persons 535424 681958 699539 720310
Regular expenditures (in millions of EUR) 223.1 695.3 729.1 582.0
Pension benefits
Number of contributors 247253 342781 347887 357934
Number of pensioners 107571 134200 138641 143380
Total amount paid in pensions
(in millions of EUR) 1476.5 2708.5 2849.5 3030.2
Accident insurance
Number of enterprises insured 24413 38902 40760 41514
Claims made 34127 31777 33990 32563
Claims paid and surrender of claims 16083 15283 15317 15454
Expenditure on benefits (in millions of EUR)
Goods and services 25.6 38.5 36.7 36.1
Cash payments 114.6 154.9 164.7 165.1
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Health
(Situation by January 1st)
2000 2009 2010 2011
Physicians in activity 1091 1350 1409 …
General practitioners 365 395 414 …
Specialists 726 955 995 …
Dentists and stomatologists in activity 282 404 418 …
Veterinarians in activity 104 175 184 186
Nursing staff in activity 4318 8584 8763 …
Pharmacies 89 98 98 99
Hospitals 18 12 12 …
Beds 2849 2721 2721 …
Physicians in activity per 1000 inhabitants
(without dentists) 2.5 2.7 2.8 …
Beds per 1000 inhabitants 6.5 5.5 5.4 …
2000 2010 2011 2012
Reported cases of epidemic
AIDS 10 7 12 15
Tuberculosis 41 28 29 47
Hepatitis C … 73 74 53
Road accidents
2000 2010 2011 2012
Accidents resulting
in death or injury 901 876 962 1019
of which: Fatal accidents 68 29 30 34
Non-fatal accidents 833 847 932 985
Casualty 1333 1217 1341 1412
Killed 76 32 33 34
Injured 1257 1185 1308 1378
of which: Seriously injured 400 266 317 339
Slightly injured 857 919 991 1039
Persons killed in road accidents
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
1980 1985 1990 2000 2005
Women
Men
2010
18

Education
2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12
Pupils 1
Elementary school:
cycle 1 - Early childhood education 4036 4105 3961 4258
cycle 1 - Pre-primary education 9966 10026 10195 10434
cycles 2 to 4 - Primary education 32496 32312 32096 32269
Technical secondary education 24323 25184 25879 26330
Secondary education 12469 12757 12825 12975
University of Luxembourg 4517 4934 5177 5686
Advanced technician’s certificate
training (B.T.S.) 176 204 307 306
Students at foreign universities 2 7410 6992 10269 11118
of which: in Belgium 1623 1793 2638 2711
in France 1308 1310 1957 1834
1, 3, 4
Teachers
Elementary school:
cycle 1 - Early childhood education 441 381 485 495
cycle 1 - Pre-primary education 864 946 964 1040
cycles 2 to 4 - Primary education 3359 3498 3598 3667
Secondary and technical secondary
education 4054 4096 4091 4156
1
without international and private schools which don't follow the official programs
defined by the Ministry of Education
2
students on grant
3
including uncertificated teachers
4
teachers working both in early childhood education and in pre-primary education
are counted within pre-primary education
19

Culture
2000 2009 2010 2011
Borrowed documents at the national library:
Luxembourgish works 3182 6030 5952 7125
Other borrowed documents 15843 27005 24756 26606
Cinema visitors (x 1000) 1362 1258 1100 1 ...
Number of museums 32 45 49 ...
Total museum attendance 305064 380000 446300 ...
Total concert room attendance … 287000 302000 313000
1
estimation
Travelling
2000 2010 2011 2012
in %
Participation in tourism 1
Leisure travels 74.6 74.7 80.4 81.0
Business travels 17.2 11.9 16.7 18.1
2000 2010 2011 2012
in EUR
Average expenditure per person 1
Leisure travels 643 664 660 735
Business travels 611 799 795 938
1
share of residents (aged 15 or over) having made at least one holiday trip
of at least one overnight stay per year
Destinations by length of stay, 2012 (travelling for leisure purpose)
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
in %
1 to 3 nights
4 nights and more
FR DE BE NL UK IT CH ES AT PT Others
20

Elections
Composition of the Chamber of Deputies
1994 1999 2004 2009
Number of seats
All parties 60 60 60 60
Christian Social People’s Party (CSP) 21 19 24 26
Luxembourg Socialist Worker’s Party (LSWP) 17 13 14 13
Democratic Party (DP) 12 15 10 9
The Left (Déi Lénk) . 1 . 1
The Greens (Déi Gréng) 5 5 7 7
Alternative Democratic Reform Party (ADR) 1 5 7 5 4
in %
Women 16.7 15.0 23.3 20.0
1
1994-2004: Action Committee for Democracy and Pensions Justice
European elections
1994 1999 2004 2009
Number of seats
All parties 6 6 6 6
CSP 2 2 3 3
LSWP 2 2 1 1
DP 1 1 1 1
The Greens 1 1 1 1
Local elections
District councils (proportional representation)
1993 1999 2005 2011
Number of seats
All parties 349 420 475 555
CSP 114 126 151 170
LSWP 114 139 165 168
DP 78 106 100 106
The Greens 23 1 23 41 74
ADR 7 11 5 4
The Left 4 2 6 1 7
Other parties 9 9 12 26
1
Green list, Ecological Initiative (GLEI) and Green Alternative Party (GAP)
2
Communist Party (CP)
21

Business demography
Enterprises by economic activity
2007 2008 2009 2010
Active enterprises
Industry 961 982 980 978
Construction 2812 2936 3025 3123
Services 24588 25633 26454 27480
Wholesale and retail trade 6773 6825 6919 7024
Transportation and storage 1131 1155 1184 1164
Accommodation and food service activities 2703 2728 2717 2771
Information and communication 1451 1504 1582 1659
Financial and insurance activities 1142 1220 1282 1324
Real estate activities 2356 2503 2587 2698
Professional, scientific and technical activities 4303 4656 4942 5316
Administrative and support service activities 1192 1389 1468 1554
Other service activities (education, health,…) 3537 3653 3773 3970
Total 28361 29551 30459 31581
Enterprises births
Industry 73 57 50 50
Construction 281 277 257 288
Services 2462 2510 2437 2642
Wholesale and retail trade 571 564 584 589
Transportation and storage 100 105 107 89
Accommodation and food service activities 248 263 256 270
Information and communication 176 171 168 193
Financial and insurance activities 111 113 109 103
Real estate activities 324 315 254 259
Professional, scientific and technical activities 472 520 527 606
Administrative and support service activities 152 185 162 182
Other service activities (education, health,…) 308 274 270 351
Total 2816 2844 2744 2980
Enterprises deaths
Industry 38 49 63 50
Construction 185 198 208 214
Services 1889 1949 1871 2049
Wholesale and retail trade 576 573 566 590
Transportation and storage 97 95 97 99
Accommodation and food service activities 237 261 221 243
Information and communication 131 122 132 137
Financial and insurance activities 39 52 54 65
Real estate activities 188 200 194 213
Professional, scientific and technical activities 321 342 318 376
Administrative and support service activities 101 114 109 121
Other service activities (education, health,…) 199 190 180 205
Total 2112 2196 2142 2313
22

Enterprises by employee size class, 2010
Economic activity
no
employees
1 to 4
employees
5 to 9
employees
≥ 10
employees
Active enterprises in %
Industry 19.1 28.6 14.8 37.4
Construction 21.0 32.3 16.7 29.9
Services 39.6 39.2 10.4 10.8
Total 37.1 38.2 11.1 13.6
Enterprises births
Industry 32.0 58.0 6.0 4.0
Construction 45.8 41.0 9.4 3.8
Services 55.9 38.1 4.4 1.6
Total 54.5 38.7 4.9 1.9
Enterprises deaths (2009)
Industry 33.3 46.0 12.7 7.9
Construction 41.3 35.1 14.4 8.7
Services 57.7 37.9 3.4 1.0
Total 55.4 37.9 4.8 1.9
Insolvencies
1100
1000
900
800
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
Companies
87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12
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Largest private and public employers
(Situation by January 1st, 2013)
Name Economic activity Persons employed
Government 26112
City of Luxembourg 3709
Groupe ArcelorMittal
Manufacture of basic iron, steel
and of ferro-alloys 4810
BGL BNP Paribas Monetary intermediation 4060
Groupe Entreprise des P&T Wired telecommunications activities 3990
Groupe Cactus Retail sale in non-specialised stores 3960
Groupe CFL Interurban passenger rail transport 3910
Goodyear Dunlop Tires Operations SA Manufacture of rubber products 3240
Groupe Dussmann Luxembourg Cleaning activities 2910
Luxair SA Passenger air transport 2420
Groupe PricewaterhouseCoopers Accounting, bookkeeping and
auditing activities; tax consultancy 2190
Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg Hospital activities 2120
Groupe BIL Monetary intermediation 1990
Centre Hospitalier Emile Mayrisch Hospital activities 1890
Fondation Stëftung Hëllef Doheem Social work activities without accommodation
for the elderly and disabled 1840
BCEE Luxembourg Monetary intermediation 1770
Sodexo Luxembourg SA
Event catering and other food
service activities 1670
RBC Investor Services Bank SA Monetary intermediation 1630
Elisabeth
Residential care activities for mental
retardation, mental health and
substance abuse 1530
Etablissement Public Centres, Residential care activities for the
Foyers et Services pour
elderly and disabled
Personnes Agées (SERVIOR) 1520
Groupe Deloitte Luxembourg Accounting, bookkeeping and
auditing activities; tax consultancy 1420
Nettoservice Cleaning activities 1360
Compass Group Luxembourg Event catering and other food
service activities 1320
Cargolux Airlines International SA Freight air and space transport 1260
Fondation François-Elisabeth Hospital activities 1240
G4S Security Solutions SARL Private security activities 1240
Groupe CERATIZIT
Manufacture of cutlery, tools
and general hardware 1230
Groupe Guardian Manufacture of glass and glass products 1220
DuPont de Nemours (Luxembourg) Manufacture of plastics products 1140
KPMG Luxembourg SARL Accounting, bookkeeping and
auditing activities; tax consultancy 1120
Centre Hospitalier du Nord Hospital activities 1060
Clearstream
Auxiliary activities to financial services,
except insurance and pension funding 1050
24

International comparison
Economy
Gross fixed
capital
formation by
private sector
Turnover in
the trade
per person
employed
Exports
of goods,
real
change
Imports
of goods,
real
change
2012 2010 2012 2012
in % of GDP x1000 EUR in % in %
EU (27 countries) 15.6 270.5 2.4 -0.3
Belgium 19.2 591.1 0.7 0.6
Bulgaria 18.8 78.1 -0.4 3.7
Czech Republic 17.7 187.2 4.0 2.3
Denmark 14.2 416.0 0.2 1.0
Germany 16.6 280.5 3.8 2.2
Estonia 19.1 185.5 5.6 9.1
Ireland 7.4 308.2 2.9 0.3
Greece 9.5 ... -2.4 -13.8
Spain 17.8 212.2 3.1 -5.0
France 18.4 380.8 2.4 -1.1
Italy 16.3 272.8 2.3 -7.7
Cyprus 9.7 183.8 2.3 -7.2
Latvia 19.1 118.4 8.3 2.9
Lithuania 12.4 91.1 11.9 6.6
Luxembourg 14.9 1628.6 -3.1 -2.7
Hungary 15.4 133.9 2.0 0.1
Malta 10.7 ... 6.0 4.5
Netherlands 13.9 369.6 3.3 3.1
Austria 20.5 351.7 1.5 1.0
Poland 14.4 132.1 2.8 -1.8
Portugal 13.5 162.1 3.2 -6.7
Romania 19.5 95.4 -3.0 -0.9
Slovenia 16.5 231.9 0.3 -4.3
Slovakia 18.9 127.5 8.6 2.8
Finland 16.6 394.4 -1.4 -3.7
Sweden 15.0 352.3 0.8 0.0
United Kingdom 12.2 302.7 0.9 2.8
Iceland 12.9 ... 3.9 4.8
Norway 18.1 435.5 1.8 2.4
Switzerland … 1451.6 1.1 2.2
United States … … 3.4 2.4
Japan … … -0.1 5.4
25

Agriculture
General survey
(Situation by May 15th)
2000 2010 1 2011 2012
Number of farms (total) 2728 2201 2175 2137
Farms of 2 ha and more 2393 1981 1952 1921
Average area (in ha) 53.2 66.1 67.2 68.4
Family farm labour force 5554 4321 4231 4228
Farmers 2568 2116 2073 2073
Others 2986 2205 2158 2155
Wage-earners 650 655 769 840
Total of agricultural labour in AWU 2 4292 3726 3667 3783
Utilised agricultural area (in ha) 127643 131106 131330 131492
of which in %: Cereals 22.4 22.7 21.9 21.2
Forage crops 20.4 19.5 19.8 20.9
Other crops on arable land 4.9 5.1 5.6 5.5
Meadows 16.4 6.7 6.9 7.0
Pastures 34.8 44.7 44.4 44.2
Vineyards 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
Other crops 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.3
Equine livestock 3154 4601 4594 4887
Bovine livestock 205072 198830 192535 188473
Sheep livestock 7971 9084 8951 8211
Pig livestock 80141 83774 89158 90023
1
breaks in series - extension of the survey scope
2
Annual Working Unit
Crop production
2000 2010 2011 2012
in tonnes
Wheat, spelt and rye 64790 88592 81029 84423
Other crops 88040 77593 68562 69006
Colza 8370 15895 15574 15338
Dried pulses 1240 973 623 459
Potatoes 23430 19531 19679 20610
Maize (dry matter) 130240 181104 169786 190517
Other forage crops (dry matter) 113757 97048 79874 148867
Grassland and pasturage (dry matter) 632534 467926 363218 626468
Animal products
2000 2010 2011 2012
in 1000 tonnes
Meat 1 24.4 31.7 33.3 30.1
Milk 264.5 295.3 292.2 289.4
1
slaughterings + export of live animals - import of live animals
26

Forestry
1990 2000 2003 2004
in hectares
Forest area 88620 88818 89785 ...
Public forest 40986 41812 42779 ...
Private forest 47634 47006 47006 ...
in m 3
Production of raw wood 706077 306254 254085 252700
of which: Broad-leaved wood 246587 170321 130602 128500
Coniferous wood 459490 135933 123483 124200
Import of raw wood 231208 753400 1475300 867000
Export of raw wood 662982 218700 218500 279000
Woodland cover
< 10 %
10-19 %
20-29 %
30-39 %
40-49 %
> _ 50 %
27

Wine-growing
1999/00 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13
in 1000 hectolitres
1. Wine production 184.3 110.2 132.0 85.0
of which: Rivaner 73.7 35.4 44.5 26.6
Elbling 26.9 11.6 15.7 8.1
Auxerrois 19.9 17.5 18.7 13.4
Riesling 19.0 9.9 13.6 11.7
Pinot blanc 19.3 14.3 13.9 9.2
Pinot gris 17.9 13.0 14.7 9.7
Chardonnay 0.7 0.9 1.4 1.0
Pinot noir 5.6 6.8 7.8 4.7
Gewürztraminer 1.0 0.5 1.4 0.6
Others 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.2
2. Import 255.6 215.2 219.3 …
3. Stock variation 42.0 -26.5 -21.0 …
4. Total offer (4) = (1) + (2) - (3) 397.9 351.9 372.2 …
5. Export 57.7 69.2 68.3 …
6. Re-export 43.7 26.0 23.2 …
7. Domestic sales (7) = (4) - (5) - (6) 296.5 256.7 280.8 …
Industry
Activity indices
2009 2010 2011 2012
Production Index 100 in 2005
Total industry 81.3 89.3 86.7 82.0
Intermediate products 83.3 89.8 86.1 77.1
Capital goods 74.3 82.0 84.3 85.1
Consumer goods 78.4 88.4 86.7 85.5
Energy 94.5 105.6 95.9 93.7
Iron and steel 90.2 105.0 110.1 88.9
Other industries 80.5 87.7 84.4 81.3
Turnover
Total industry 86.7 96.1 104.7 96.1
Intermediate products 88.8 100.7 109.4 94.9
Capital goods 84.3 95.8 108.5 109.9
Consumer goods 82.3 82.6 87.3 87.6
Iron and steel 96.0 120.0 140.1 108.9
Other industries 84.9 91.4 97.8 93.6
28

Producer price index
2009 2010 2011 2012
Index 100 in 2005
Total industrial products 112.92 116.29 126.34 129.49
Intermediate products 109.52 115.90 130.13 133.08
Capital goods 111.35 114.15 120.21 116.83
Consumer goods 103.41 103.64 106.42 108.55
Energy goods 138.17 132.61 138.13 147.50
Domestic market prices 123.54 124.86 131.85 136.52
EU market prices 106.92 112.33 122.26 126.32
Export prices 112.28 113.61 127.96 127.28
Steel industry
1990 2000 2010 2011
in 1000 tonnes
Production
Iron ore import 6173 - - -
Steel 3560 2571 2548 2521
Rolled steel products 3199 3360 2506 2412
Finished rolled products 2773 2918 2276 2219
Shapes (joists, etc.) 1192 1058 1272 1325
Merchants products 643 750 427 320
Sheets and coils 632 1033 577 574
Hot rolled hoops and strips 278 - - -
Cold rolled hoops and strips 28 77 - -
Semi-finished products 426 442 230 193
Handicraft
2000 2010 2011 2012
Number of enterprises 4153 5499 5770 5911
of which: Construction 1944 2818 2966 3025
Persons employed 51165 72988 76596 77463
of which: Construction 33494 49959 51965 52744
Number of employees 46756 68261 71664 72335
of which: Construction 31708 47899 49818 50526
29

Construction
Activity indices
2009 2010 2011 2012
Index 100 in 2005
Production 104.3 104.5 106.7 100.6
Building and civil engineering 101.0 100.9 106.5 97.0
Specialized construction activities 107.8 108.3 107.0 103.9
Building permissions
2000 2010 2011 2012
Number of buildings 1642 1901 2061 1948
Number of dwellings 3411 3892 4323 4307
Interior space (in 1000 m 3 ) 5450 5496 6588 6192
Tourism
2000 2010 2011 2012
Number of establishments
Hotels and similar establishments 367 264 261 252
Camping sites 121 101 99 97
Capacities
Hotels and similar establishments (rooms) 8409 8267 8406 8199
Camping sites (persons) 52298 49113 48777 47791
x 1000
Arrivals of tourists
All types of accommodation 895 842 935 965
Hotels and similar establishments 607 673 716 786
Camping sites 192 125 136 127
Other types of accomodation 96 44 83 53
x 1000
Overnight stays of tourists
All types of accommodation 2677 1833 2238 2441
Hotels and similar establishments 1263 1226 1378 1495
Camping sites 1042 487 641 776
Other types of accomodation 372 120 219 169
30

Transport
Roads
(Situation by January 1st)
1990 2000 2011 2012
in km
National network 2775 2863 2899 2899
of which: Motorways 78 115 152 152
1991 2000 2010 2011
in millions of tkm 1
Road goods transport
Total 3173 7476 8655 8837
Inland traffic 420 448 572 650
International traffic 2753 7028 8083 8187
1
tonne-kilometre
Motor vehicles
(Situation by January 1st)
2000 2011 2012 2013
Type of vehicles
Total 318914 419154 430097 442187
of which: Motorcycles 10810 15753 16225 16528
Passenger cars 263475 337239 345575 355850
Motor coaches 984 1636 1703 1728
Lorries 19226 30158 31457 32385
Road tractors and special vehicles 5258 8029 8027 7698
2000 2011 2012 2013
Passenger cars by label in %
Volkswagen 13.9 14.1 14.4 14.5
BMW 5.7 8.7 8.8 9.1
Audi 5.8 7.9 8.1 8.3
Renault 8.6 7.3 7.0 6.7
Mercedes 5.5 6.8 6.8 6.7
Peugeot 6.3 6.8 6.7 6.5
Citroën 4.4 5.7 5.6 5.5
Ford (D) 9.1 5.6 5.5 5.4
Opel 7.1 4.2 4.1 4.0
Hyundai 0.9 4.1 4.1 3.9
Others 32.7 28.8 28.9 29.4
31

New registrations of new motor vehicles (four and more wheels)
2000 2010 2011 2012
Total 47064 54951 55971 55975
of which: Passenger and estate cars 41896 49726 49881 50398
Railways
1990 2000 2010 2011
Utilised railways (in km) 271 274 275 275
Passenger-km (in millions) 261 332 344 349
Tonnes-kilometres (in millions) 1 709 683 323 288
1
since 2007, without transit traffic
Luxembourg airport
2000 2010 2011 2012
Passengers (in thousands) 1669 1630 1791 1920
of which: Transit 7 - 0 -
Freight (in tonnes) 500811 705370 656931 615182
of which: Transit 3 732 1190 31
Port of Mertert
2000 2010 2011 2012
in 1000 tonnes
Loaded 491 147 124 183
of which: Steel products 160 141 119 174
Unloaded 1109 685 660 535
of which: Fuel 420 446 439 433
Steel products 422 133 124 28
Construction materials 87 21 17 23
Agricultural products 81 55 50 47
Luxembourg airport
2000
Passengers (x 1000)
Freight (1000 tonnes)
1800
1600
Passengers
Freight
1400
1200
1000
800
600
400
200
0
1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010
1000
900
800
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
32

Financial activities
Banking
(Situation by December 31st)
2000 2010 2011 2012
Number of banks 202 145 143 141
Employees 23035 26255 26694 26534
of which: Women 10613 12040 12250 12156
in billions of EUR
Total balance sheet 647.7 769.3 796.6 737.7
Total credits 446.4 555.2 599.9 546.4
Bank credits 317.3 364.0 406.3 371.7
Client credits 129.1 191.2 193.7 174.7
Total deposits 521.4 614.0 641.8 589.1
Bank deposits 297.7 348.2 368.8 318.9
Client deposits 223.7 265.8 273.0 270.2
Net profit (after taxes) 2.4 3.9 2.6 3.7
Banks by geographical origin
May 2013
Geographical origin
Luxembourg
Belgium
11
Germany
37
France
14
Switzerland
11
Italy
9
Sweden
8
United Kingdom
7
USA
6
Japan
Other countries
5
33
0 10 20 30 40
Number of banks
33

Undertaking for collective investment (UCI)
(Situation by December 31st)
2000 2010 2011 2012
Unit investment trust funds
Number 914 1944 1948 1859
Net assets (in billions of EUR) 462.8 652.2 609.6 669.1
Investment companies (SICAV)
Number 840 1701 1864 1946
Net assets (in billions of EUR) 404.0 1540.1 1476.5 1702.7
Other UCI
Number 31 22 33 36
Net assets (in billions of EUR) 7.8 6.7 10.4 12.0
Insurance
(Situation by December 31st)
2000 2010 2011 2012 1
in millions of EUR
Total amount of gross premiums written 6865.4 24691.0 17070.7 23689.9
of which : Life 6028.6 22384.9 14657.0 20972.2
Non-life 836.8 2306.1 2413.7 2717.7
of which: Fire, natural elements 64.7 274.0 276.2 347.9
Accidents -
Civil liability 189.1 462.8 466.7 487.3
Legal protection
insurance 9.3 37.1 41.1 31.8
Number
Insurance companies 93 95 93 93
Reinsurance companies 264 244 242 238
1
provisional figures
Interest rates
2000 2010 2011 2012
in %
Savings deposit rate 1,2 3.35 0.87 1.36 0.97
Mortgage rate 1 5.98 2.31 2.60 2.29
Legal interest rate 5.00 3.50 3.50 3.50
1
situation in December
2
since 2003, deposits with agreed maturity up to 2 years
Luxembourg Stock Exchange
2000 2010 2011 2012
Quotation lines 19690 44916 44369 42061
Turnover (in millions of EUR) 2820 219 262 452
Price by ingot of 1 kg of fine gold (in EUR) 1 9732 29862 36455 41863
1
daily average
34

Communication
Postal and Telecommunications services
(Situation by December 31st) 2000 2010 2011 2012
Postal accounts 117411 128934 132966 137812
Telephone connections 330988 357909 352509 336011
Mobile phone subscriptions (LUXGSM) 180563 385407 401302 414679
Postal items (in millions) 247.9 258.8 257.7 241.5
Information society
Access of households to information
and communication technologies (ICT)
2006 2008 2010 2012
in % of households
Access at home to a computer 77 83 90 92
Access to Internet 70 80 90 93
in % of households having Internet access
Households using a broadband connection 63 76 78 73
E-commerce 48 43 51 61
E-banking 58 60 63 69
Reading newspapers/news online 41 51 66 75
Equipment of enterprises
2006 2008 2010 2012
in %
Enterprises using IT 98 98 98 99
Enterprises with Internet access 93 96 96 98
Enterprises with Internet access and website 65 67 70 77
Internet connection used by enterprises
Broadband 81 91 90 97
ISDN or analog modem 49 34 29 30
DSL 74 85 86 89
Other fixed connections 16 19 18 34
Wireless connection 19 34 48 53
1
the application of a new nomenclature (NACE Rev. 2) starting 2009 results
in a slight change in the target population of these statistics
35

National accounts
Main aggregates
2000 2010 2011 2012
in billions EUR
Production approach
1. Output (at basic prices) 52.7 111.8 120.0 123.3
2. Intermediate consumption 33.0 75.6 81.4 83.3
3. Gross value added (1-2) 19.6 36.1 38.6 40.0
4. Taxes on products 2.6 4.2 4.5 4.9
5. Subsidies on products 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.4
Expenditure approach
6. Final consumption expenditure (7+8+9) 12.3 19.4 20.3 21.4
7. of households 8.7 12.0 12.6 13.1
8. of NPISH 1 0.3 0.6 0.7 0.8
9. of general government 3.3 6.7 7.0 7.5
10. Gross fixed capital formation 5.1 7.7 9.0 9.6
11. Exports (12+13) 33.0 68.8 75.2 75.9
12. of goods 9.0 12.8 14.4 13.4
13. of services 24.0 55.9 60.8 62.5
14. Imports (15+16) 28.4 56.0 61.9 62.4
15. of goods 11.8 16.7 19.5 19.5
16. of services 16.6 39.2 42.4 42.9
Income approach
17. Compensation of employees 10.2 18.8 19.8 20.5
18. Operating surplus 9.1 16.9 18.4 19.2
19. Taxes on production and imports 2.7 4.1 4.4 4.8
20. GDP 2 (3+4-5=6+10+11-14=17+18+19) 22.0 39.9 42.6 44.4
21. Balance of compensation of employees
with ROW 3 -2.5 -6.5 -6.9 …
22. Balance of taxes on production and imports
with ROW 3 0.1 0.0 0.1 …
23. Balance of property income with ROW 3 -0.2 -6.1 -4.9 …
24. Gross national income (20+21+22+23) 19.2 27.3 30.8 …
25. Consumption of fixed capital 2.9 5.0 5.0 …
26. Net national income (24-25) 16.3 22.3 25.7 …
27. GDP 2 at constant prices 25.4 33.2 33.7 33.8
28. GDP 2 growth rate (in %) 8.4 2.9 1.7 0.3
29. GDP 2 per capita (in thousands of EUR) 50.3 78.6 82.1 83.6
30. Compensation of employees per capita
(in thousands of EUR) 41.6 55.7 56.9 57.6
European System of integrated economic Accounts (ESA95)
1
NPISH: non-profit institutions serving households
2
GDP: Gross Domestic Product
3
ROW: rest of the world
36

Structure of the gross value added at basic prices (in %)
Agriculture
1.0
0.4
0.3
Iron-, steel- and metal
processing industry
Other manufacturing
industry
Energy and water
3.8
9.6
2.0
2.7
6.2
1.8
1.4
4.9
1.4
Construction
6.9
6.6
5.8
22.5
24.2
23.2
Distributive trades; lodging
and catering; transport and
communication
22.0
25.7
23.5
Financial activities
Estate activities, rent services
and services to companies
General government services
Education, health and social
protection
Other public and private
services
16.2
5.6
17.9
5.5
7.8
8.7
1.8
1.8
1995 2005
21.6
5.4
9.6
1.9
2012
37

International comparison
National accounts
GDP at GDP per Real Private Consump.
market inhabitant growth consump. of general
prices
of GDP,
forecast
expenditure
government
2012 2012 2013 2012 2012
in bil.
of EUR
in PPS 1 in % in %
of GDP
in %
of GDP
EU (27 countries) 12928 100 -0.1 58.4 21.7
Belgium 376 119 0.0 52.9 24.9
Bulgaria 40 47 0.9 64.3 15.5
Czech Republic 152 79 -0.4 50.3 20.8
Denmark 245 125 0.7 49.4 28.6
Germany 2644 121 0.4 57.6 19.5
Estonia 17 68 3.0 51.8 19.6
Ireland 164 129 1.1 47.6 17.6
Greece 194 75 -4.2 73.7 17.8
Spain 1050 97 -1.5 59.2 20.1
France 2032 107 -0.1 57.7 24.7
Italy 1566 98 -1.3 61.1 20.1
Cyprus 18 91 -8.7 66.8 20.1
Latvia 22 … 3.8 62.1 15.3
Lithuania 33 70 3.1 64.2 17.6
Luxembourg 44 271 0.8 31.2 16.9
Hungary 98 66 0.2 54.3 20.3
Malta 7 86 1.4 60.4 21.3
Netherlands 601 128 -0.8 45.5 28.4
Austria 311 131 0.6 54.4 18.8
Poland 381 66 1.1 61.2 17.9
Portugal 165 75 -2.3 66.3 18.3
Romania 132 49 1.6 62.4 15.7
Slovenia 35 82 -2.0 58.3 20.6
Slovakia 71 75 1.0 57.3 17.6
Finland 194 115 0.3 56.3 24.8
Sweden 409 128 1.5 48.2 26.9
United Kingdom 1927 111 0.6 65.9 21.8
Iceland 11 112 1.8 53.6 25.5
Norway 389 194 2.6 40.4 21.3
Switzerland 490 159 1.4 57.9 11.1
USA 12208 148 1.9 70.9 16.5
Japan 4640 … 1.4 60.9 20.5
1
Purchasing Power Standards. Index 100 = EU-27
38

Public finances
General government expenditure and revenue
2000 2010 2011 2012
in millions of EUR
General government consolidated
Expenditure 8270.1 17105.9 17806.3 19082.1
Gross capital formation 847.2 1622.0 1583.1 1721.4
Social benefits 3775.3 8183.9 8451.4 9005.9
Revenue 9583.4 16742.7 17708.3 18723.1
Taxes on production and imports 2966.0 4749.5 5033.1 5509.8
Current taxes on income, wealth, etc. 3286.1 5738.1 6005.3 6280.2
Social contributions 2403.3 4732.0 5086.1 5318.0
Net lending (+) / Net borrowing (-) 1313.3 -363.2 -98.0 -359.0
Central government
Expenditure 5901.6 12295.8 12767.7 13765.1
Revenue 6513.2 11257.8 11747.2 12608.0
Net lending (+) / Net borrowing (-) 611.6 -1038.1 -1020.5 -1157.0
Local governments
Expenditure 1143.1 2107.1 2185.2 2357.9
Revenue 1257.0 2159.3 2305.9 2399.4
Net lending (+) / Net borrowing (-) 114.0 52.2 120.7 41.5
Social security funds
Expenditure 3510.2 7275.6 7530.1 7986.5
Revenue 4097.9 7898.3 8332.0 8743.0
Net lending (+) / Net borrowing (-) 587.7 622.6 801.9 756.5
Public debt
2000 2010 2011 2012
in millions of EUR
Central government 901.8 6712.4 6829.6 8241.7
of which: Foreign debt 42.7 147.5 150.6 153.8
Local governments 454.3 960.1 974.6 990.5
Social security funds 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total 1356.4 7672.5 7804.1 9232.2
39

External trade
Exports and imports by section
Exports Imports
2011 2012 2011 2012
in millions of EUR
Group of divisions of the SITC 1
Total 12089.2 10921.4 18872.6 18841.9
1. Food and live animals 711.1 733.5 1387.2 1452.9
2. Beverages and tobacco 214.8 214.0 451.4 463.3
3. Crude materials, oils, fats and waxes 500.7 389.1 1817.8 1563.7
4. Mineral fuels, lubricants 96.1 96.1 2631.0 2873.3
5. Chemicals and related products 927.3 864.5 1828.9 1781.1
6. Manufactured goods in metals 3463.3 2992.4 1634.2 1503.4
7. Other manufactured goods classified
chiefly by material 2006.2 1844.4 1428.7 1312.9
8. Machinery 1922.7 1799.0 2383.7 2463.7
9. Transport equipment 992.6 863.9 3013.7 3504.5
10. Other manufactured goods 1254.6 1124.4 2296.0 1923.2
1
Standard international trade classification
Trade balance
in millions of EUR
20000
17500 Trade balance
15000
Exports
Imports
12500
10000
7500
5000
2500
0
-2500
-5000
-7500
-10000
88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12
40

External trade by countries
Exports
Imports
2011 2012 2011 2012
in millions of EUR
Total 12089.2 10921.4 18872.6 18841.9
Europe 10602.1 9337.0 17572.0 16858.5
European Union (27 countries) 9797.0 8782.4 17177.2 16510.8
of which: Germany 3398.7 3044.0 5407.9 5047.0
Austria 204.5 167.2 131.9 111.4
Belgium 1489.9 1403.4 6558.4 6560.1
Denmark 92.4 92.3 45.6 32.3
Spain 219.2 198.0 120.9 123.4
Finland 49.5 41.8 21.0 20.4
France 1860.0 1613.9 2232.3 2228.6
Ireland 18.3 25.1 3.5 2.6
Italy 521.4 409.5 424.9 388.6
Netherlands 659.1 561.3 1196.1 1077.9
Poland 253.0 237.6 173.2 171.6
Portugal 30.9 23.0 41.3 38.5
Czech Republic 113.0 114.5 124.5 97.0
United Kingdom 479.3 447.9 372.1 304.7
Slovenia 42.0 37.0 13.4 14.5
Sweden 158.3 144.7 81.2 66.2
Other countries of Europe 805.1 554.6 394.8 347.6
of which: Switzerland 339.3 122.7 335.9 294.3
Russia 125.8 139.1 12.9 3.9
Turkey 125.0 110.3 30.6 32.9
Outside of Europe 1487.1 1584.4 1300.6 1983.4
America 632.4 552.8 896.3 1570.3
of which: USA 413.2 330.5 843.3 1454.8
Canada 83.5 78.6 44.1 106.2
Brazil 30.5 33.6 6.7 4.2
Asia 684.2 838.6 399.4 407.3
of which: China 172.8 199.0 105.1 96.6
Japan 43.2 66.3 138.1 139.7
Hong Kong 131.9 150.1 45.3 72.5
Taiwan 19.7 6.1 28.3 25.8
South Korea 23.1 31.7 6.2 7.9
Indonesia 10.7 6.0 12.1 2.9
India 54.2 51.9 11.8 10.9
Africa 136.1 158.1 3.0 4.0
Oceania 34.3 34.9 1.8 1.8
Others 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1
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Balance of current account
2008 2009 2010 2011 1 2012 1
in millions of EUR
1. Goods -4571 -3334 -4219 -5439 -6159
Exports 14507 11068 12421 13720 12597
Imports 19078 14402 16640 19159 18756
2. Services 19955 17602 20379 21411 23184
Credits 46487 41601 48147 51205 54911
Debits 26532 23999 27768 29793 31727
3. Income -11521 -10634 -12262 -11873 -13607
a. Compensation of employees -6211 -6340 -6501 -6872 -7173
Credits 1088 1159 1211 1248 1286
Debits 7298 7499 7713 8120 8459
b. Investment income -5310 -4293 -5760 -5001 -6434
Credits 135844 97761 106548 117984 140889
Debits 141154 102054 112308 122985 147323
4. Current transfers -1861 -1050 -616 -1071 -879
Credits 4968 4769 5022 5254 5453
Debits 6829 5819 5638 6325 6332
Current account
(1) + (2) + (3) + (4) 2002 2584 3282 3028 2539
1
provisional figures
Balance of current account
25000
22500
20000
17500
15000
12500
10000
7500
5000
2500
0
-2500
-5000
-7500
-10000
-12500
-15000
-17500
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in millions of EUR
Trade balance
Balance of services
Balance of income
Balance of current account
95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12

Prices and wages
Consumer prices by June 2013 (in EUR)
Wheat flour (1 kg) 1.03 Coffee (250 g) 3.44
Bread (500 g sliced) 2.24 Mineral water without fizz (1.5 l) 0.59
Croissant (1 piece) 0.89 Medical consultation, general practitioner 37.70
Porc chop (1 kg) 8.60 Medical consultation, specialist
Fresh milk (1 l) 1.28 (internal medicine) 38.10
Eggs (a dozen) 3.41 Petrol 95 octane (1 l) 1.34
Butter (250 g) 2.01 Fuel oil (1 l) 0.74
Apples (1 kg) 2.73 Diesel (1 l) 1.19
Fresh bananas (1 kg) 2.26 Movie ticket 8.20
Potatoes (5 kg) 7.13 Daily newspaper (1 unit) 1.35
White sugar (1 kg) 1.28 Urban bus transport (single ticket) 2.00
National consumer price index
2010 2011 2012
change rate in %
General index (= Inflation rate) 2.3 3.4 2.7
Food, non-alcoholic beverages 0.9 2.6 2.6
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco 2.9 1.8 3.0
Clothing and shoes 0.1 0.0 3.0
Housing, water, electricity and combustible 4.7 6.9 3.7
Furniture, household outfit and repair 1.2 1.7 2.1
Health 1.2 11.6 0.8
Transport 3.8 4.2 2.6
Communication 0.0 0.2 -0.3
Leisure, spectacle and culture 0.8 0.8 1.6
Education 3.2 6.7 1.8
Hotels, cafes and restaurants 2.4 2.6 2.8
Miscellaneous goods and services 1.3 3.0 3.3
Building price index
Index 100 in 1970 (annual average)
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
613.32 629.56 649.17 669.88 677.10 682.08 702.03 720.99
Social minimum wage by January 2013
Rate Min. hourly
gross wage
Min. monthly
gross wage
in % in EUR in EUR
(Index 756.27)
Skilled adults 120 13.00 2249.03
Non skilled adults 100 10.83 1874.19
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Consumption
Final consumption of households on the economic territory
(including VAT and self-consumption)
2008 2009 2010 2011
in millions of EUR
1. Food, non-alcoholic beverages 1256 1257 1293 1358
2. Alcoholic beverages and tobacco 1185 1262 1248 1342
3. Clothing and shoes 630 676 699 738
4. Housing, water, electricity, gas
and other fuels 3326 3414 3638 3827
5. Furniture, household outfit and repair 953 947 988 1025
6. Health 268 281 285 309
7. Transport 2810 2489 2700 3032
8. Communication 242 248 261 270
9. Leisure, entertainment and culture 1061 1054 1081 1107
10. Education 107 94 111 128
11. Hotels, cafes and restaurants 1032 1020 1052 1115
12. Miscellaneous goods and services 1632 1622 1596 1672
Total (at current prices) 14502 14362 14951 15924
in %
1. Food, non-alcoholic beverages 8.7 8.8 8.7 8.5
2. Alcoholic beverages and tobacco 8.2 8.8 8.4 8.4
3. Clothing and shoes 4.3 4.7 4.7 4.6
4. Housing, water, electricity, gas
and other fuels 22.9 23.8 24.3 24.0
5. Furniture, household outfit and repair 6.6 6.6 6.6 6.4
6. Health 1.8 2.0 1.9 1.9
7. Transport 19.4 17.3 18.1 19.0
8. Communication 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7
9. Leisure, entertainment and culture 7.3 7.3 7.2 7.0
10. Education 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8
11. Hotels, cafes and restaurants 7.1 7.1 7.0 7.0
12. Miscellaneous goods and services 11.3 11.3 10.7 10.5
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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Individual consumption of residents
2008 2009 2010 2011
in millions of EUR
1. Actual individual consumption on the
economic territory 14502 14363 14951 15924
2. Actual individual consumption of nonresidents
on the economic territory 3758 3738 3861 4283
3. Actual individual consumption of
residents abroad 993 969 966 988
4. Actual individual consumption
of residents (4) = (1) - (2) + (3) 11737 11593 12057 12629
Consumer price index
Index 100 in 1948 in %
900
General index evolution
800 Annual inflation rate
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
-2
Consumer price index for fuel (annual average)
180
Index 100 in 2005
Fuel oil
160 Diesel
Motor petrol
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12
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International comparison
Prices and finances
Harmonised
inflation
Price
level
index
Social
protection
expenditures
General
government
consolid. debt
2012 2012 2010 2012
in % EU-27=100 in % of GDP in % of GDP
EU (27 countries) 2.6 100.0 29.4 85.3
Belgium 2.6 111.7 29.9 99.6
Bulgaria 2.4 44.9 18.1 18.5
Czech Republic 3.5 71.7 20.1 45.8
Denmark 2.4 136.8 33.3 45.8
Germany 2.1 103.9 30.7 81.9
Estonia 4.2 72.4 18.1 10.1
Ireland 1.9 107.6 29.6 117.6
Greece 1.0 89.2 29.1 156.9
Spain 2.4 91.4 25.7 84.2
France 2.2 112.8 33.8 90.2
Italy 3.3 102.2 29.9 127.0
Cyprus 3.1 88.1 21.6 85.8
Latvia 2.3 68.8 17.8 40.7
Lithuania 3.2 61.7 19.1 40.7
Luxembourg 2.9 120.4 22.7 20.8
Hungary 5.7 58.4 23.1 79.2
Malta 3.2 73.8 19.8 72.1
Netherlands 2.8 109.1 32.1 71.2
Austria 2.6 109.4 30.4 73.4
Poland 3.7 58.7 18.9 55.6
Portugal 2.8 81.3 27.0 123.6
Romania 3.4 49.2 17.6 37.8
Slovenia 2.8 82.2 24.8 54.1
Slovakia 3.7 68.7 18.6 52.1
Finland 3.2 122.3 30.6 53.0
Sweden 0.9 131.1 30.4 38.2
United Kingdom 2.8 107.2 28.0 90.0
Iceland 6.0 115.4 24.5 …
Norway 0.4 155.3 25.6 …
Switzerland -0.7 151.7 26.6 …
USA 2.1 102.4 … …
Japan … 136.1 … …
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