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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
1972 1990 2000 2010 2011
in %
Total area 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Agricultural and wooded area 93.2 91.8 87.4 85.7 85.5
Built-up area 3.1 4.3 8.1 9.3 9.5
of which: industrial area and other … … 2.7 3.0 3.1
Road-net, railway network, etc. 3.2 3.4 3.9 4.4 4.4
Watercourses and waterbody 0.5 0.5 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 1990 2010 2011
Pollution
Protection of the
human health
Highest recorded
value
Sulphur dioxide (SO 2
) µg/m 3 350 1 385 69 63
Nitrogen dioxide (NO 2
) µg/m 3 40 2 62 59 58
Nitrogen oxides (NO x
=NO+NO 2
,
in rural areas) µg/m 3 30 2,3 30 21 22
Ozone (O 3
) µg/m 3 180 1,4 /240 1,5 234 202 190
Carbon monoxide (CO) µg/m 3 10000 6 8900 1020 1500
Benzene (C 6
H 6
) µg/m 3 5 2 8.4 0.6 1.1
EU Norm 1997 2010 2011
Pollution
Particulate matter (PM 2.5

Recycling of materials
2000 2007 2008 2009 2010
in tonnes
Glass 23109 51991 50970 44236 54674
Paper and cardboard 61460 84761 104809 91717 84235
Plastics 8763 26629 18813 16153 17269
Textiles 2051 2982 3275 3672 …
Wood 81162 99382 79900 62697 76794
Electric waste 1861 4357 7749 4000 7632
Edible oils and greases … 650 2745 1032 2395
Tires and rubber 4141 3775 4264 2733 8585
Packaging products PMC 1 1132 3665 4213 4551 4926
Number
Refrigerators 13623 16409 16611 19414 19885
1
plastic bottles and flasks, metallic packing and drink cartons
Energy
Final consumption of energy
2007 2008 2009 2010 2010/09
in 1000 tpe 1 in %
By product
Coal 79 75 67 67 0.2
Natural gas (NCV) 657 675 632 676 9.6
Electricity 576 567 526 568 8.1
Heat 20 23 24 31 16.5
Oil products 2880 2902 2710 2838 4.6
Other (wood, biofuel) 103 106 91 109 10.4
By use
Agriculture 7 8 9 8 -11.2
Industries 741 726 627 755 16.4
Services 403 412 402 412 11.2
Transport 2663 2692 2499 2628 5.0
Households 501 510 513 485 -5.8
Total 4315 4348 4050 4288 6.0
1
tonne petroleum equivalent
8

Population
Population structure
Population censuses 1991 2001 2011 2012 1
x 1000
Total population 384.4 439.5 512.4 524.9
of which: Women 196.1 223.0 257.4 263.0
Luxembourgers 271.4 277.2 291.9 295.0
Foreigners 113.0 162.3 220.5 229.9
of which: Portugal 39.1 58.7 82.4 85.3
France 13.0 20.0 31.5 33.1
Italy 19.5 19.0 18.1 18.1
Belgium 10.1 14.8 16.9 17.2
Germany 8.8 10.1 12.0 12.3
Britain 3.2 4.3 5.5 5.6
Netherlands 3.5 3.7 3.9 3.9
Other EU countries 6.6 9.2 21.5 23.2
Other 9.2 22.5 28.7 31.2
Foreigners in % 29.4 36.9 43.0 43.8
1
estimation on January 1st
Population by age groups
2001 2010 2011 2012 1
in %
Working age (15 to 64 years) 67.2 68.3 68.7 68.9
Women (15 to 64 years) 33.1 33.7 33.8 33.8
Children (0 to 14 years) 18.9 17.7 17.3 17.1
Girls (0 to 14 years) 9.2 8.6 8.4 8.3
Third age (65 years and more) 13.9 14.0 14.0 14.0
Women (65 years and more) 8.3 8.0 8.0 7.9
1
estimation 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
1990 2000 2010 2011
Live births 4936 5723 5874 5639
of which: Girls 2354 2745 2914 2726
Luxembourgers 3284 2917 3029 3000
Foreigners 1652 2806 2845 2639
Births per 1000 inhabitants 12.9 13.1 11.6 10.9
Luxembourgers 12.0 10.6 10.5 10.2
Foreigners 15.3 17.3 13.0 11.7
Total fertility 1.62 1.78 1.63 1.51
Deaths 3773 3749 3760 3819
of which: Women 1893 1859 1857 1924
Luxembourgers 3373 3202 3049 3096
Foreigners 400 547 711 723
Deaths by some main causes
Diseases of the circulatory system 1779 1442 1256 …
Neoplasms 973 991 1061 …
Suicides 77 66 74 …
Deaths < 1 year 36 29 20 24
Rates per 100 live births 0.7 0.5 0.3 0.4
Natural increase 1163 1969 2114 1820
Luxembourgers -89 -290 -20 -96
Foreigners 1252 2259 2134 1916
Marriages 2312 2148 1749 1714
Divorces 759 1030 1083 1275
Naturalizations 748 684 4311 3405
Adoptions 171 114 40 70
Households, inhabited buildings
1960 1970 1991 2001
x 1000
Private households 95.6 108.7 144.7 172.0
of which: Foreign households 10.4 17.7 39.9 59.2
Inhabited buildings 71.6 80.9 105.8 119.6
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Total population by age group (January 1st, 2012)
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
1980/82 1990/92 2000/02 2005/07
Males 70.0 72.6 74.9 77.6
Females 76.7 79.1 81.0 82.7
The most populated municipalities
1991 2001 2011 2012 1
x 1000
Luxembourg-City 75.8 76.7 95.1 99.9
Esch-sur-Alzette 24.0 27.2 30.1 30.9
Differdange 15.7 18.2 21.9 22.3
Dudelange 14.7 17.3 18.8 18.8
Pétange 12.4 13.7 16.1 16.4
Sanem 11.6 13.0 14.5 14.6
Hesperange 9.9 10.4 13.3 13.6
Bettembourg 8.0 9.1 9.8 9.8
Schifflange 6.9 7.8 8.9 8.9
Mersch 6.0 7.0 8.0 8.2
Ettelbruck 6.6 7.3 7.8 8.0
Kayl 6.3 7.1 7.8 7.9
1
estimation January 1st
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Employment
Employment and unemployment
2000 2009 2010 2011
x 1000 (annual average)
1. Domestic employment 263.8 352.2 358.6 368.4
Wage-earners 244.4 331.8 337.7 347.1
Employers, self-employed, unpaid
family workers 19.4 20.4 20.9 21.3
2. Net borderers (a) - (b) 79.0 135.9 138.7 143.4
a. Non-resident borderers 87.7 147.2 150.1 154.9
Employers, self-employed, unpaid
family workers 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7
Wage-earners 87.0 146.5 149.4 154.2
of which from:
France 46.4 72.7 74.1 76.3
Belgium 24.2 37.3 37.8 38.9
Germany 16.4 36.5 37.5 38.9
b. Resident borderers 8.8 11.3 11.4 11.4
of which:
International agents and civil servants 7.8 10.4 10.3 10.3
3. National employment (1) - (2) 184.8 216.3 219.9 225.0
4. Unemployed 4.8 12.5 13.5 13.5
of which: Unemployed on the dole 2.0 6.3 6.3 6.2
5. Active population (3) + (4) 189.6 228.8 233.4 238.5
6. Unemployment rate in % (4) : (5) 2.5 5.4 5.8 5.7
7. Persons in job schemes 2.1 3.1 3.8 4.2
8. Overall unemployment rate in %
(4+7) : (5) 3.6 6.8 7.4 7.4
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Domestic employment by branches
2000 2009 2010 2011
x 1000
1. Agriculture 4.0 6.4 6.6 5.2
2. Industry 34.9 37.3 37.3 38.1
2.1 Mining and quarrying 0.3 0.3 0.3 …
2.2 Manufacturing 33.1 35.3 35.2 …
a. Manufacture of food products,
beverages and tobacco 4.2 4.9 5.1 …
b. Manufacture of textiles and textile products 0.7 1.7 1.6 …
c. Manufacture of leather and leather products 0.0 0.0 0.0 …
d. Manufacture of pulp, paper, publishing
and printing 2.7 1.9 2.4 …
e. Manufacture of coke, refined petroleum
products and nuclear fuel 0.0 0.0 0.0 ...
f. Manufacture of chemicals, chemical
products and man-made fibres 1.5 0.7 0.7 …
g. Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 4.1 5.4 4.8 …
h. Manufacture of other non-metallic
mineral products 2.9 2.7 2.5 …
i. Manufacture of basic metals and
fabricated metal products 10.9 10.2 10.7 …
j. Manufacture of machinery and
other equipment n.e.c. 2.5 3.0 2.8 …
k. Manufacture of electrical and optical
equipment 2.1 2.8 2.8 …
l. Manufacture of transport equipment 0.3 0.6 0.6 …
m. Other manufactured products 1.2 1.3 1.2 …
2.3 Electricity, gas and water supply 1.5 1.7 1.8 …
3. Construction 25.9 38.0 38.2 39.4
4. Trade 70.6 88.7 90.4 94.6
4.1 Sale, maintenance and repair 38.0 44.1 45.3 …
4.2 Hotels and restaurants 12.7 16.0 16.6 …
4.3 Transport, storage and communication 19.9 28.5 28.5 …
5. Financial, real estate, renting
and business activities 70.5 100.7 102.4 105.1
5.1 Financial intermediation 29.5 41.2 41.0 …
5.2 Real estate, renting and business activities 41.0 59.5 61.3 …
6. Other service activities 57.8 81.1 83.7 86.1
6.1 Public administration and defence,
compulsory social security 13.8 18.3 18.3 …
6.2 Education 12.1 16.1 16.4 …
6.3 Health and social work 16.6 28.5 30.3 …
6.4 Other community, social and personal
service activities 9.4 13.1 13.5 …
6.5 Private households with employed persons 5.9 5.2 5.2 …
7. Total 263.8 352.2 358.6 368.4
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International comparison
Population and employment
Total Population Employment
Employ-
Unemploy-
population density
1 ment rate 2 ment rate
2011 2011 2011 2011 2011
x1000 inhabit./km 2 x1000 in % in %
EU (27 countries) 502058 117 217169 64.3 9.7
Belgium, BE 10951 359 4509 61.9 7.2
Bulgaria, BG 7369 66 2950 58.5 11.3
Czech Republic, CZ 10485 133 4904 65.7 6.7
Denmark, DK 5552 129 2703 73.1 7.6
Germany, DE 81752 229 39738 72.5 5.9
Estonia, EE 1340 30 609 65.1 12.5
Ireland, IE 4481 64 1809 59.2 14.4
Greece, GR 11310 86 4091 55.6 17.7
Spain, ES 46153 91 18105 57.7 21.7
France, FR 65048 103 25764 3 63.8 3 9.7
Italy, IT 60626 201 22967 56.9 8.4
Cyprus, CY 840 91 376 68.1 7.9
Latvia, LV 2075 32 971 61.8 16.2
Lithuania, LT 3245 50 1371 60.7 15.4
Luxembourg, LU 512 198 225 64.6 4.9
Hungary, HU 9986 107 3812 55.8 10.9
Malta, MT 418 1322 169 57.6 6.5
Netherlands, NL 16656 495 8369 74.9 4.4
Austria, AT 8404 100 4144 72.1 4.2
Poland, PL 38200 122 16131 59.7 9.7
Portugal, PT 10572 115 4837 64.2 12.9
Romania, RO 21414 90 9138 58.5 7.4
Slovenia, SI 2050 101 936 64.4 8.2
Slovakia, SK 5392 110 2351 59.5 13.6
Finland, FI 5375 16 2474 69.0 7.8
Sweden, SE 9416 21 4642 74.1 7.5
United Kingdom, UK 62436 257 29078 69.5 8.0
Iceland, IS 318 3 166 78.5 7.1
Norway, NO 4920 15 2536 75.3 3.3
Switzerland, CH 7870 191 4365 79.3 …
United States, US … … … 66.6 8.9
Japan, JP … … … 70.3 4.6
1
European Labour force survey LFS, employment by place of residence
2
males and females, 15-64 years
3
exlcudes overseas departments
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Employment rate in 2011
in %
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0 NL SE DK
DE AT UK FI CY CZ EE LU SI UE PT FR BE LV LT PL SK IE BG RO ES MT IT HU GR
GDP per inhabitant in 2011
300
PPS (Index 100 = EU-27)
250
200
150
100
50
0 LU NL AT IE SE DK DE BE FI UK FR IT EU ES CY SI MT GR CZ PT SK EE HU PL LT LV RO BG
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Living conditions
Income and poverty
2003 2008 2009 2010
Disposable income
in EUR/month
Mean disposable income per household 4181 4915 5084 5118
Median disposable income per household 3532 4172 4281 4350
Mean disposable income per adult-equivalent 2472 2947 3039 3033
Median disposable income
per adult-equivalent 2148 2576 2646 2694
Indicators of poverty and income inequality
At-risk-of-poverty rate (in %) 11.9 13.4 14.9 14.5
Income quintile share ratio (S80/S20) 4.1 4.1 4.3 4.1
Gini coefficient 0.276 0.277 0.292 0.279
Mean consumption expenditure of households
1998 2008 2009 2010
in ‰
Total 1000.0 1000.0 1000.0 1000.0
Food and non-alcoholic beverages 100.8 88.8 88.4 87.7
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco 19.9 14.9 14.8 14.2
Clothing and footwear 59.4 60.3 62.5 61.6
Housing, water, electricity, gas
and other fuels 273.5 343.3 334.9 337.7
Furnishings, household equipment
and routine maintenance of the house 82.2 61.3 62.2 62.7
Health 23.7 24.7 24.3 24.7
Transport 155.0 147.0 142.1 144.9
Communications 21.1 20.2 20.8 21.5
Recreation and culture 87.0 70.8 75.0 73.0
Education 1.7 4.2 4.0 3.5
Hotels, cafes and restaurants 96.1 77.1 78.4 75.8
Miscellaneous goods and services 79.6 87.5 92.6 92.8
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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 on January 1st)
2000 2008 2009 2010
Physicians in activity 1091 1331 1350 1409
General practitioners 365 397 395 414
Specialists 726 934 955 995
Dentists and stomatologists in activity 282 394 404 418
Veterinarians in activity 104 168 175 184
Nursing staff in activity 4318 8075 8584 8763
Pharmacies 89 96 98 98
Hospitals 18 12 12 12
Beds 2849 2721 2721 2721
Physicians in activity per 1000 inhabitants
(without dentists) 2.5 2.8 2.7 2.8
Beds per 1000 inhabitants 6.5 5.6 5.5 5.4
2000 2009 2010 2011
Reported cases of epidemic
AIDS 10 3 7 12
Tuberculosis 41 37 28 29
Hepatitis C … 56 73 74
Road accidents
1980 1990 2000 2010 2011
Accident resulting
in death or injury 1577 1216 901 876 962
of which: Fatal accidents 95 60 68 29 30
Non-fatal accidents 1482 1156 833 847 932
Casualty 2381 1849 1333 1217 1341
Killed 98 71 76 32 33
Injured 2283 1778 1257 1185 1308
of which: Seriously injured 959 556 400 266 317
Slightly injured 1324 1222 857 919 991
Persons killed in road accidents
120
100
80
60
40
20
Women
Men
18
0
1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010

Education
2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11
Pupils 1
Elementary school:
cycle 1 - Early childhood education 3865 4036 4105 3961
cycle 1 - Pre-primary education 9824 9966 10026 10195
cycles 2 to 4 - Primary education 33020 32496 32312 32096
Technical secondary education 23805 24323 25184 25879
Secondary education 12122 12469 12757 12825
University of Luxembourg 3824 4517 4934 5177
Advanced technician’s certificate
training (B.T.S.) 254 176 204 307
Students at foreign universities 2 6407 7410 6992 10269
of which: in Belgium 1605 1623 1793 2638
in France 1392 1308 1310 1957
1, 3, 4
Teachers
Elementary school:
cycle 1 - Early childhood education 400 441 381 485
cycle 1 - Pre-primary education 861 864 946 964
cycles 2 to 4 - Primary education 3294 3359 3498 3598
Secondary and technical secondary
education 3859 4054 4096 4091
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 2009 2010 2011
in %
Participation in tourism 1
Leisure 74.6 83.7 74.7 80.4
Business 17.2 16.3 11.9 16.7
2000 2009 2010 2011
in EUR
Average expenditure per person 1
Leisure 643 647 664 660
Business 611 671 799 795
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, 2011 (Travelling for leisure purpose)
in %
40
35
1 to 3 nights
30
4 nights and more
25
20
15
10
5
0
FR DE BE NL IT CH UK AT ES 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
2006 2007 2008 2009
Active enterprises
Industry 925 961 982 980
Construction 2670 2812 2936 3025
Services 23886 24588 25633 26454
Wholesale and retail trade 6749 6773 6825 6919
Transportation and storage 1114 1131 1155 1184
Accommodation and food service activities 2716 2703 2728 2717
Information and communication 1370 1451 1504 1582
Financial and insurance activities 1153 1142 1220 1282
Real estate activities 2184 2356 2503 2587
Professional, scientific and technical activities 4065 4303 4656 4942
Administrative and support service activities 1145 1192 1389 1468
Other service activities (education, health,…) 3390 3537 3653 3773
Total 27481 28361 29551 30459
Enterprises births
Industry 54 73 57 50
Construction 278 281 277 257
Services 2427 2462 2510 2437
Wholesale and retail trade 634 571 564 584
Transportation and storage 101 100 105 107
Accommodation and food service activities 252 248 263 256
Information and communication 178 176 171 168
Financial and insurance activities 109 111 113 109
Real estate activities 280 324 315 254
Professional, scientific and technical activities 447 472 520 527
Administrative and support service activities 140 152 185 162
Other service activities (education, health,…) 286 308 274 270
Total 2759 2816 2844 2744
Enterprises deaths
Industry 49 38 49 …
Construction 176 185 198 …
Services 1855 1889 1949 …
Wholesale and retail trade 580 576 573 …
Transportation and storage 95 97 95 …
Accommodation and food service activities 262 237 261 …
Information and communication 112 131 122 …
Financial and insurance activities 54 39 52 …
Real estate activities 169 188 200 …
Professional, scientific and technical activities 297 321 342 …
Administrative and support service activities 121 101 114 …
Other service activities (education, health,…) 165 199 190 …
Total 2080 2112 2196 …
22

Enterprises by employee size class, 2009
Economic activity
no
employees
1 to 4
employees
5 to 9
employees
≥ 10
employees
Active enterprises in %
Industry 19.2 27.9 15.7 37.2
Construction 19.6 32.0 17.5 30.9
Services 39.1 39.5 10.3 11.1
Total 36.5 38.4 11.2 13.9
Enterprises births
Industry 48.0 40.0 8.0 4.0
Construction 38.9 45.5 11.7 3.9
Services 54.5 39.6 4.6 1.3
Total 52.9 40.2 5.4 1.6
Enterprises deaths
Industry 36.7 38.8 12.2 12.2
Construction 46.5 30.3 10.6 12.6
Services 62.2 33.9 3.2 0.7
Total 60.2 33.7 4.1 2.0
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
23

Largest private and public employers
(Situation on January 1st, 2012)
Name Economic activity Persons employed
Government 25278
City of Luxembourg 3680
Groupe ArcelorMittal
Manufacture of basic iron, steel
and of ferro-alloys 5960
BGL BNP Paribas Monetary intermediation 4110
Groupe Cactus Retail sale in non-specialised stores 3920
Groupe CFL Interurban passenger rail transport 3810
Groupe Entreprise des P&T Wired telecommunications activities 3800
Goodyear Dunlop Tires Operations SA Manufacture of rubber products 3080
Groupe Dussmann Luxembourg Cleaning activities 2790
Luxair SA Passenger air transport 2400
Groupe PricewaterhouseCoopers Accounting, bookkeeping and
auditing activities; tax consultancy 2110
Groupe Dexia BIL Monetary intermediation 2100
Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg Hospital activities 2060
Centre Hospitalier Emile Mayrisch Hospital activities 1870
BCEE Luxembourg Monetary intermediation 1770
Fondation Stëftung Hëllef Doheem Social work activities without accommodation
for the elderly and disabled 1760
RBC Dexia Investor Services Bank SA Monetary intermediation 1580
Etablissement Public Centres, Residential care activities for the
Foyers et Services pour
elderly and disabled
Personnes Agées (SERVIOR) 1570
Sodexo Luxembourg SA
Event catering and other food
service activities 1480
Elisabeth
Residential care activities for mental
retardation, mental health and
substance abuse 1480
Compass Group Luxembourg Event catering and other food
service activities 1400
Fondation François-Elisabeth Hospital activities 1250
Cargolux Airlines International SA Freight air and space transport 1230
Groupe Guardian Manufacture of glass and glass products 1230
Groupe Deloitte Luxembourg Accounting, bookkeeping and
auditing activities; tax consultancy 1230
G4S Security Solutions SARL Private security activities 1190
DuPont de Nemours (Luxembourg) Manufacture of plastics products 1160
Nettoservice Cleaning activities 1100
KBL European Private Bankers Monetary intermediation 1100
Groupe Société Générale
Bank & Trust Monetary intermediation 1090
Centre Hospitalier du Nord Hospital activities 1030
Clearstream
Auxiliary activities to financial services,
except insurance and pension funding 1020
24

International comparison
Economy
Business
investment
Turnover in
the trade
per person
employed
Exports
of goods,
real
change
Imports
of goods,
real
change
2011 2008 2011 2011
in % of GDP x1000 EUR in % in %
EU (27 countries) 16.1 … 6.3 4.0
Belgium 19.2 567.9 4.4 4.9
Bulgaria 18.3 90.0 12.8 8.5
Czech Republic 17.3 200.2 11.0 7.5
Denmark 14.1 411.9 7.0 5.2
Germany 17.2 301.0 8.2 7.8
Estonia 17.4 188.9 24.9 27.0
Ireland 6.5 316.9 4.1 -0.7
Greece 10.9 … -0.3 -8.1
Spain 18.7 217.9 9.0 -0.1
France 17.7 … 5.3 4.9
Italy 17.3 274.9 5.6 0.4
Cyprus 12.3 189.3 3.6 -5.0
Latvia 16.4 119.9 12.6 20.7
Lithuania 13.0 97.3 14.1 12.9
Luxembourg 13.5 719.9 1.7 3.2
Hungary 15.4 169.4 8.4 6.3
Malta 11.5 … 2.0 0.0
Netherlands 14.7 380.6 3.8 3.5
Austria 20.3 355.1 7.2 7.2
Poland 14.1 134.8 7.5 5.8
Portugal 14.7 162.6 7.6 -5.3
Romania 17.7 98.0 9.9 10.5
Slovenia 16.8 261.0 6.8 4.7
Slovakia 18.2 188.1 10.8 4.5
Finland 16.6 419.7 2.6 5.7
Sweden 14.5 355.9 6.9 6.3
United Kingdom 12.0 … 4.4 0.5
Iceland 12.0 … 3.2 6.4
Norway 16.9 416.2 -1.4 3.5
Switzerland … … 3.5 2.1
United States … … 6.7 4.9
Japan … … -0.1 5.9
25

Agriculture
General survey
(Situation on May 15th)
1990 2000 2009 1 2010 3
Number of farms (total) 3803 2728 2242 2201
Farms of 2 ha and more 3280 2393 2012 1981
Average area (in ha) 38.4 53.2 64.9 66.1
Family farm population 2 14593 9509 7266 6790
Family farm labour force 2 8230 5554 4489 4314
of which: Farmers 3617 2568 2144 2115
Others 4613 2986 2345 2199
Utilised agricultural area (in ha) 126298 127643 130762 131106
of which in %: Cereals 26.1 22.4 23.3 22.7
Forage crops 15.1 20.4 18.4 19.5
Other crops on arable land 3.1 4.9 5.6 5.1
Meadows 22.0 16.4 6.9 6.7
Pastures 32.5 34.8 44.6 44.7
Vineyards 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
Other crops 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.3
Equine livestock 1722 3154 4562 4601
Bovine livestock 217451 205072 196470 198830
Sheep livestock 7281 7971 8824 9084
Pig livestock 75463 80141 80217 83774
1
breaks in series - extension of the survey scope
2
without wage-earners
3
provisional figures
Crop production
1990 2000 2010 2011
in tonnes
Wheat, spelt and rye 45880 64790 88592 81029
Other crops 102050 88040 77593 68562
Colza 5200 8370 15895 15574
Dried pulses 1360 1240 973 623
Potatoes 24870 23430 19531 19679
Maize (dry matter) 125550 130240 181104 169786
Other forage crops (dry matter) 71770 113757 97048 79874
Grassland and pasturage (dry matter) 322040 632534 467926 363218
Animal products
1990 2000 2010 2011
in 1000 tonnes
Meat 1 22.5 24.4 32.3 33.6
Milk 281.7 264.5 295.3 292.2
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 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12
in 1000 hectolitres
1. Wine production 184.3 134.8 110.2 132.0
of which: Rivaner 73.7 47.2 35.4 44.5
Elbling 26.9 16.1 11.6 15.7
Auxerrois 19.9 19.5 17.5 18.7
Riesling 19.0 14.5 9.9 13.6
Pinot blanc 19.3 14.0 14.3 13.9
Pinot gris 17.9 13.9 13.0 14.7
Chardonnay 0.7 1.5 0.9 1.4
Pinot noir 5.6 6.6 6.8 7.8
Gewürztraminer 1.0 1.1 0.5 1.4
Others 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.5
2. Import 255.6 228.8 190.3 ….
3. Stock variation 42.0 5.0 -26.5 ….
4. Total offer (4) = (1) + (2) - (3) 397.9 358.6 327.0 ….
5. Export 57.7 52.3 69.2 ….
6. Re-export 43.7 27.6 26.0 ….
7. Domestic sales (7) = (4) - (5) - (6) 296.5 278.7 231.8 ….
Industry
Activity indices
2008 2009 2010 2011
Production Index 100 in 2005
Total industry 96.7 81.1 89.1 86.6
Intermediate products 99.9 83.3 89.8 86.1
Capital goods 103.9 74.3 82.0 84.3
Consumer goods 81.7 77.5 87.5 86.1
Energy 97.8 94.5 105.6 95.8
Iron and steel 119.1 90.2 105.0 110.1
Other industries 94.5 80.3 87.5 84.2
Turnover
Total industry 118.8 86.7 96.1 104.7
Intermediate products 128.2 88.8 100.7 109.4
Capital goods 113.3 84.3 95.8 108.5
Consumer goods 96.0 82.3 82.6 87.3
Iron and steel 191.6 96.0 120.0 140.0
Other industries 104.8 84.9 91.4 97.8
28

Producer price index
2008 2009 2010 2011
Index 100 in 2005
Total industrial products 122.26 112.92 116.29 126.34
Intermediate products 126.21 109.52 115.89 130.13
Capital goods 110.00 111.35 114.15 120.21
Consumer goods 100.99 103.41 103.64 106.42
Energy goods 138.69 138.17 132.61 138.13
Domestic market prices 135.44 123.54 124.86 131.85
EU market prices 117.14 106.92 112.32 122.26
Export prices 120.13 112.28 113.61 127.95
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
1990 2000 2010 2011
Number of enterprises 3724 4153 5499 5770
of which: Construction 1510 1953 2825 2975
Number of employees 34146 46756 68261 71664
of which: Construction 21612 31770 47942 49873
Number of workers 28593 38096 53670 55249
of which: Construction 19185 27216 39326 40257
Persons employed 38851 51165 72988 76596
of which: Construction 23290 33560 50005 62024
29

Construction
Activity indices
2008 2009 2010 2011
Index 100 in 2005
Production 103.3 104.3 104.4 106.7
Building and civil engineering 97.5 100.9 100.8 106.5
Specialized construction activities 109.2 107.7 108.4 107.0
Building permissions
2008 2009 2010 2011
Number of buildings 1788 1622 1900 2060
Number of dwellings 4017 3684 3891 4323
Interior space (in 1000 m 3 ) 6299 5553 5495 6588
Tourism
1990 2000 2010 2011
Number of establishments 528 436 387 383
Hotels and similar establishments 401 324 285 283
Camping sites 127 112 102 100
Capacities
Hotels and similar establishments (rooms) 7895 7652 8467 8588
Camping sites (persons) 50600 46102 49238 48902
x 1000
Arrivals of tourists
All types of accommodation 855 895 842 934
Hotels and similar establishments 548 607 673 714
Camping sites 219 192 125 136
Other types of accomodation 88 96 44 84
x 1000
Overnight stays of tourists
All types of accommodation 2732 2676 1833 2246
Hotels and similar establishments 1194 1263 1226 1379
Camping sites 1206 1041 487 639
Other types of accomodation 332 372 120 229
30

Transport
Roads
(Situation on January 1st)
1980 1990 2000 2011
in km
National network 2871 2775 2863 2899
of which: Motorways 44 78 115 152
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 on January 1st)
1990 2000 2011 2012
Type of vehicles
Total 219293 318914 419154 430097
of which: Motorcycles 3334 10810 15753 16225
Passenger cars 183404 263475 337239 345575
Motor coaches 734 984 1636 1703
Lorries 11275 19226 30158 31457
Road tractors and special vehicles 6071 5258 8029 8027
1996 2000 2011 2012
Passenger cars by label in %
Volkswagen 12.8 13.9 14.1 14.4
BMW 5.0 5.7 8.7 8.8
Audi 5.5 5.8 7.9 8.1
Renault 9.6 8.6 7.3 7.0
Mercedes 4.5 5.5 6.8 6.8
Peugeot 6.0 6.3 6.8 6.7
Citroën 4.0 4.4 5.7 5.6
Ford (D) 10.0 9.1 5.6 5.5
Opel 8.5 7.1 4.2 4.1
Hyundai 0.4 0.9 4.1 4.1
Others 33.7 32.7 28.8 28.9
31

New registrations of new motor vehicles (four and more wheels)
1990 2000 2010 2011
Total 42015 47064 54614 55703
of which: Passenger cars 38648 42304 49726 49881
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
1990 2000 2010 2011
Passengers (in thousands) 1072 1669 1630 1791
of which: Transit 64 7 - 0
Freight (in tonnes) 142956 499911 705080 705370
of which: Transit 464 3 733 1190
Port of Mertert
1990 2000 2010 2011
in 1000 tonnes
Loaded 947 491 147 124
of which: Steel products 570 160 141 119
Unloaded 735 1109 685 660
of which: Fuel 494 420 446 439
Steel products 76 422 133 124
Construction materials 117 87 21 17
Agricultural products 27 81 55 50
Luxembourg airport
2000
Passengers (x 1000)
Freight (1000 tonnes)
1800 Passengers
1600 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 on December 31st)
1990 2000 2010 2011
Number of banks 177 202 146 142
Employees 16335 23035 26255 26696
of which: Women 7819 10613 12040 12252
in billions of EUR
Total balance sheet 309.4 647.7 769.3 796.6
Total credits 260.9 446.4 555.2 599.9
Bank credits 186.8 317.3 364.0 406.3
Client credits 74.1 129.1 191.2 193.7
Total deposits 269.7 521.4 614.0 641.8
Bank deposits 145.3 297.7 348.2 368.8
Client deposits 124.4 223.7 265.8 273.0
Net profit (after taxes) 0.5 2.4 3.9 2.9
Banks by geographical origin
May 2012
Geographical origin
Luxembourg
Belgium
16
Germany
40
France
14
Switzerland
Italy
8
10
United Kingdom
8
Sweden
USA
Japan
Other countries
6
7
5
29
0 10 20 30 40 50
Number of banks
33

Undertaking for collective investment (UCI)
(Situation on December 31st)
1990 2000 2010 2011
Unit investment trust funds
Number 268 914 1944 1948
Net assets (in billions of EUR) 34.5 462.8 652.2 609.6
Investment companies (SICAV)
Number 501 840 1701 1864
Net assets (in billions of EUR) 35.3 404.0 1540.1 1476.5
Other UCI
Number 36 31 22 33
Net assets (in billions of EUR) 2.4 7.8 6.7 10.4
Insurance
(Situation on December 31st)
1990 2000 2010 2011
in millions of EUR
Total amount of gross premiums written 1 393.1 6865.4 24691.0 17070.6
Life 117.1 6028.6 22384.9 14657.0
Non-life 276.0 836.8 2306.1 2413.5
of which: Fire, natural elements 38.2 64.7 274.0 276.2
Accidents - Civil liability 106.2 189.1 462.8 464.6
Legal protection insurance 4.4 9.3 37.1 41.2
Number
Insurance companies 60 93 95 93
Reinsurance companies 136 264 244 242
1
provisional figures 2011
Interest rates
1990 2000 2010 2011
in %
Savings deposit rate 1,2 4.75 3.35 0.87 1.36
Mortgage rate 1 8.25 5.98 2.11 2.29
Legal interest rate 8.50 5.00 3.50 3.50
1
situation in December
2
since 2003, deposits with agreed maturity up to 2 years
Luxembourg Stock Exchange
1990 2000 2010 2011
Quotation lines 10131 19690 44916 44369
Turnover (in millions of EUR) 651 2820 219 262
Price by ingot of 1 kg of fine gold (in EUR) 1 10247 9732 29862 36455
1
daily average
34

Communication
Postal and Telecommunications services
(Situation on December 31st) 1990 2000 2010 2011
Postal accounts 93473 117411 128934 132966
Telephone connections 183700 330988 357909 352509
Mobile phone subscriptions (LUXGSM) … 180563 385407 401302
Postal items (in millions) … 247.9 258.8 257.7
Information society
Access of households to information
and communication technologies (ICT)
2005 2007 2009 2011
in % of households
Access at home to a computer 75 80 88 92
Access to Internet 65 75 87 91
in % of households having Internet access
Households using a broadband connection 52 78 82 75
E-commerce 44 46 52 57
E-banking 54 58 62 65
Reading newspapers/news online 43 54 63 68
Equipment of enterprises
2005 2007 2009 1 2011
in %
Enterprises using IT 97 97 97 98
Enterprises with Internet access 92 94 96 97
Enterprises with Internet access and website 64 66 71 75
Internet connection used by enterprises
Broadband 70 86 91 95
ISDN or analog modem 50 41 33 26
DSL 62 80 86 87
Other fixed connections 12 16 20 28
Wireless connection 14 22 40 54
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 2009 2010 2011
in billions EUR
Production approach
1. Output (at basic prices) 52.7 98.3 110.6 117.3
2. Intermediate consumption 33.1 64.5 74.0 78.5
3. Gross value added (1-2) 19.6 33.8 36.6 38.8
4. Taxes on products 2.6 4.0 4.1 4.5
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 20.2 21.3
7. of households 8.7 12.4 12.7 13.5
8. of NPISH 1 0.3 0.7 0.7 0.8
9. of general government 3.3 6.3 6.7 7.1
10. Gross fixed capital formation 5.1 6.4 7.5 8.9
11. Exports (12+13) 33.0 60.2 66.4 70.5
12. of goods 9.0 11.2 12.6 13.8
13. of services 24.0 49.0 53.9 56.8
14. Imports (15+16) 28.4 48.6 53.9 57.9
15. of goods 11.8 14.4 16.4 18.7
16. of services 16.6 34.1 37.5 39.2
Income approach
17. Compensation of employees 10.2 17.8 18.6 19.5
18. Operating surplus 9.1 15.7 17.6 18.9
19. Taxes on production and imports 2.7 3.9 4.1 4.4
20. GDP 2 (3+4-5=6+10+11-14=17+18+19) 22.0 37.4 40.3 42.8
21. Balance of compensation of employees
with ROW 3 -2.5 -6.2 -6.5 …
22. Balance of taxes on production and imports
with ROW 3 0.1 0.0 0.0 …
23. Balance of property income with ROW 3 -0.2 -6.0 -5.1 …
24. Gross national income (20+21+22+23) 19.2 25.1 28.6 …
25. Consumption of fixed capital 2.9 5.1 5.3 …
26. Net national income (24-25) 16.3 20.0 23.4 …
27. GDP 2 at constant prices 25.4 32.3 33.2 …
28. GDP 2 growth rate (in %) 8.4 -5.3 2.7 1.6
29. GDP 2 per capita (in thousands of EUR) 50.4 75.2 79.5 82.7
30. Compensation of employees per capita
(in thousands of EUR) 41.6 53.6 55.0 56.2
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
0.7
0.3
Iron-, steel- and metal
processing industry
Other manufacturing
industry
3.9
10.0
3.6
7.9
2.0
4.9
Energy and water
1.4
1.2
0.8
Construction
6.5
5.7
5.6
19.8
21.8
21.3
Distributive trades; lodging
and catering; transport and
communication
22.1
25.0
26.6
Financial activities
Estate activities, rent services
and services to companies
17.2
18.7
23.0
General government services
Education, health and social
protection
5.6
5.2
5.3
Other public and private
services
7.9
7.7
3.2
2.6
1995 2000
9.3
2.3
2011
37

International comparison
National accounts
GDP at GDP per Real Private Consump.
market inhabitant growth consump. of general
prices
of GDP,
forecast
expenditure
government
2011 2011 2012 2011 2011
in bil.
of EUR
in PPS 1 in % in %
of GDP
in %
of GDP
EU (27 countries) 12638 100 0.0 58.0 21.7
Belgium 368 118 0.0 53.0 24.1
Bulgaria 38 45 0.5 60.7 15.5
Czech Republic 155 80 0.0 50.5 20.9
Denmark 239 125 1.1 48.5 28.6
Germany 2571 120 0.7 57.3 19.5
Estonia 16 67 1.6 50.9 19.5
Ireland 156 127 0.5 49.8 18.3
Greece 215 82 -4.7 75.5 17.5
Spain 1073 99 -1.8 58.3 20.3
France 1997 107 0.5 57.7 24.5
Italy 1580 101 -1.4 61.3 20.5
Cyprus 18 92 -0.8 67.0 19.4
Latvia 20 58 2.2 62.1 16.2
Lithuania 31 62 2.4 63.8 18.9
Luxembourg 43 274 1.1 33.3 16.5
Hungary 101 66 -0.3 53.0 20.8
Malta 6 83 1.2 61.4 21.0
Netherlands 602 131 -0.9 44.9 28.1
Austria 300 129 0.8 53.8 18.8
Poland 370 65 2.7 61.3 18.1
Portugal 171 77 -3.3 66.3 20.1
Romania 136 49 1.4 62.0 14.4
Slovenia 36 84 -1.4 56.8 20.6
Slovakia 69 73 1.8 57.5 18.1
Finland 192 116 0.8 55.0 24.3
Sweden 387 126 0.3 47.6 26.6
United Kingdom 1747 108 0.5 64.3 22.4
Iceland 10 110 2.1 52.3 25.2
Norway 349 189 1.7 41.5 21.5
Switzerland 479 151 0.9 57.1 11.0
USA 10843 148 2.0 71.1 16.9
Japan 4220 105 1.9 60.4 20.6
1
Purchasing Power Standards. Index 100 = EU-27
38

Public finances
General government expenditure and revenue
1995 2000 2010 2011
in millions of EUR
General government consolidated
Expenditure 5995.9 8270.1 17085.2 17987.7
Gross capital formation 581.0 847.2 1619.6 1726.5
Social benefits 2736.1 3775.3 8190.6 8479.9
Revenue 6361.5 9583.4 16741.6 17734.5
Taxes on production and imports 1660.2 2966.0 4746.9 5081.3
Current taxes on income, wealth, etc. 2314.0 3286.1 5738.1 5981.9
Social contributions 1656.1 2403.3 4742.9 5098.8
Net lending (+) / Net borrowing (-) 365.7 1313.3 -343.5 -253.3
Central government
Expenditure 4103.5 5901.6 12280.9 12802.7
Revenue 4188.9 6513.2 11252.3 11759.2
Net lending (+) / Net borrowing (-) 85.3 611.6 -1028.6 -1043.4
Local governments
Expenditure 896.9 1143.1 2105.0 2283.9
Revenue 952.6 1257.0 2163.1 2333.7
Net lending (+) / Net borrowing (-) 55.6 114.0 58.1 49.9
Social security funds
Expenditure 2511.7 3510.2 7273.7 7588.2
Revenue 2736.4 4097.9 7900.6 8328.5
Net lending (+) / Net borrowing (-) 224.7 587.7 627.0 740.3
Public debt
1995 2000 2010 2011
in millions of EUR
Central government 715.6 901.8 6712.4 6811.3
of which: Foreign debt 3.4 42.7 147.5 150.6
Local governments 401.8 454.3 960.1 974.6
Social security funds 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0
Total 1117.7 1356.4 7672.5 7785.9
39

External trade
Exports and imports by section
Exports Imports
2010 2011 2010 2011
in millions of EUR
Group of divisions of the SITC 1
Total 10785.4 12028.8 16421.9 18598.6
1. Food and live animals 671.6 717.4 1341.5 1387.9
2. Beverages and tobacco 192.5 214.5 434.7 444.9
3. Crude materials, oils, fats and waxes 386.7 507.5 1456.7 1820.3
4. Mineral fuels, lubricants 99.3 95.7 2042.6 2382.6
5. Chemicals and related products 856.6 907.8 1607.0 1822.4
6. Manufactured goods in metals 3152.5 3461.0 1465.0 1631.1
7. Other manufactured goods classified
chiefly by material 1760.7 1962.1 1167.7 1426.5
8. Machinery 1765.6 1868.2 2236.7 2369.2
9. Transport equipment 792.7 1082.8 2484.0 3034.4
10. Other manufactured goods 1107.3 1211.8 2186.1 2279.3
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
88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11
40

External trade by countries
Exports
Imports
2010 2011 2010 2011
in millions of EUR
Total 10785.4 12028.8 16421.9 18598.6
Europe 9558.4 10541.7 15650.4 17307.6
European Union (27 countries) 8985.0 9735.9 15172.1 16914.4
of which: Germany 3085.9 3373.6 4733.5 5396.6
Austria 167.9 198.7 111.0 131.7
Belgium 1383.0 1475.3 5728.5 6307.4
Denmark 79.7 91.5 37.9 45.0
Spain 204.2 219.3 118.8 131.7
Finland 41.2 47.2 13.1 20.9
France 1768.7 1911.4 2176.4 2227.2
Ireland 25.2 21.8 70.3 83.2
Italy 526.2 517.7 386.1 439.0
Netherlands 554.0 618.5 1113.2 1178.2
Poland 213.3 250.9 108.3 174.3
Portugal 35.1 30.3 39.5 43.7
Czech Republic 92.2 112.7 90.9 124.2
United Kingdom 465.5 462.1 234.9 369.4
Slovenia 31.6 41.8 12.4 12.9
Sweden 130.0 157.1 72.4 80.7
Other countries of Europe 573.4 805.8 478.4 393.2
of which: Switzerland 200.2 339.3 432.8 334.4
Russia 105.3 125.8 10.5 12.9
Turkey 99.2 125.0 17.9 30.6
Outside of Europe 1226.9 1487.1 771.4 1290.9
America 467.3 632.3 383.9 882.9
of which: USA 284.4 413.1 347.2 844.8
Canada 61.3 83.4 26.0 28.4
Brazil 33.6 30.4 2.5 6.8
Asia 618.1 684.3 382.0 401.4
of which: China 133.1 172.8 88.9 104.9
Japan 40.5 43.1 97.6 138.0
Hong Kong 135.0 131.9 100.2 45.3
Taiwan 13.1 19.7 18.6 28.6
South Korea 22.6 23.1 5.0 6.2
Indonesia 3.9 10.7 9.6 12.1
India 43.7 54.2 8.8 11.8
Africa 116.3 136.1 3.6 4.7
Oceania 25.0 34.3 1.5 1.8
Others 0.2 0.0 0.5 0.2
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Balance of current account
2007 2008 2009 2010 1 2011 1
in millions of EUR
1. Goods -3479 -4571 -3247 -4112 -5267
Exports 13446 14507 11071 12582 13818
Imports 16925 19078 14318 16695 19085
2. Services 19884 19955 17957 22683 22973
Credits 47360 46487 41857 50351 52512
Debits 27476 26532 23901 27667 29539
3. Income -11151 -11521 -11246 -14805 -13489
a. Compensation of employees -5486 -6211 -6375 -6610 -6863
Credits 1038 1088 1125 1170 1248
Debits 6525 7298 7500 7779 8111
b. Investment income -5665 -5310 -4872 -8195 -6626
Credits 121628 135844 96142 103168 131204
Debits 127293 141154 101014 111363 137831
4. Current transfers -1470 -1861 -1036 -676 -1184
Credits 4359 4968 4772 4990 5180
Debits 5829 6829 5807 5667 6364
Current account
(1) + (2) + (3) + (4) 3784 2002 2428 3090 3033
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

Prices and wages
Consumer prices in June 2012 (in EUR)
Bread (500 g sliced) 2.1 Fuel oil (1 l) 0.8
Croissant (1 piece) 0.9 Briquets (1000 kg) 361.9
Porc chop (1 kg) 8.2 Medical consultation, general
Fresh milk (1 l) 1.2 practitioner 36.8
Eggs (a dozen) 3.6 Med. cons., specialist (int. medicine) 37.2
Butter (500 g) 3.3 Petrol 95 octane (1 l) 1.4
Potatoes (5 kg) 5.9 Diesel (1 l) 1.2
Coffee (250 g) 3.4 Taxi ride, one way (4 km) 14.2
Mineral water without fizz (1.5 l) 0.6 Telephone (monthly subscription) 18.4
Soft drinks (1 l) 1.0 Movie ticket 8.2
National consumer price index
2009 2010 2011
change rate in %
General index (= Inflation rate) 0.4 2.3 3.4
Food, non-alcoholic beverages 1.4 0.9 2.6
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco 4.1 2.9 1.8
Clothing and shoes 0.5 0.1 0.0
Housing, water, electricity and combustible -2.7 4.7 6.9
Furniture, household outfit and repair 2.1 1.2 1.7
Health -1.0 1.2 11.6
Transport -2.4 3.8 4.2
Communication -0.7 0.0 0.2
Leisure, spectacle and culture 5.2 0.8 0.8
Education 2.2 3.2 6.7
Hotels, cafes and restaurants 2.7 2.4 2.6
Miscellaneous goods and services 0.7 1.3 3.0
Building price index
Index 100 in 1970 (annual average)
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
613.32 629.56 649.17 669.88 677.10 682.08 702.03
Social minimum wage in January 2012
Rate Min. hourly
gross wage
Min. monthly
gross wage
in % in EUR in EUR
(Index 737.83)
Skilled adults 120 12.50 2161.78
Non skilled adults 100 10.41 1801.49
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Consumption
Final consumption of households on the economic territory
(including VAT and self-consumption)
2007 2008 2009 2010
in millions of EUR
1. Food, non-alcoholic beverages 1180 1281 1319 1343
2. Alcoholic beverages and tobacco 1227 1199 1270 1262
3. Clothing and shoes 493 504 523 537
4. Housing, water, electricity, gas
and other fuels 3090 3304 3389 3570
5. Furniture, household outfit and repair 928 989 979 996
6. Health 275 311 314 310
7. Transport 2471 2606 2330 2502
8. Communication 243 247 252 254
9. Leisure, entertainment and culture 1111 1159 1185 1205
10. Education 89 107 113 128
11. Hotels, cafes and restaurants 1003 1033 1027 1021
12. Miscellaneous goods and services 1459 1613 1617 1538
Total (at current prices) 13570 14352 14317 14667
in %
1. Food, non-alcoholic beverages 8.7 8.9 9.2 9.2
2. Alcoholic beverages and tobacco 9.0 8.4 8.9 8.6
3. Clothing and shoes 3.6 3.5 3.7 3.7
4. Housing, water, electricity, gas
and other fuels 22.8 23.0 23.7 24.3
5. Furniture, household outfit and repair 6.8 6.9 6.8 6.8
6. Health 2.0 2.2 2.2 2.1
7. Transport 18.2 18.2 16.3 17.1
8. Communication 1.8 1.7 1.8 1.7
9. Leisure, entertainment and culture 8.2 8.1 8.3 8.2
10. Education 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.9
11. Hotels, cafes and restaurants 7.4 7.2 7.2 7.0
12. Miscellaneous goods and services 10.8 11.2 11.3 10.5
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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Individual consumption of residents
2007 2008 2009 2010
in millions of EUR
1. Actual individual consumption on the
economic territory 13570 14352 14317 14667
2. Actual individual consumption of nonresidents
on the economic territory 3173 3282 3063 3093
3. Actual individual consumption of
residents abroad 1049 1109 1121 1172
4. Actual individual consumption
of residents (4) = (1) - (2) + (3) 11446 12179 12376 12746
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
140
Diesel
Motor petrol
120
100
80
60
40
20
95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11
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International comparison
Prices and finances
Harmonised
inflation
Price
level
index
Social
protection
expenditures
General
government
consolid. debt
2011 2011 2009 2011
in % EU-27=100 in % of GDP in % of GDP
EU (27 countries) 3.1 100.0 29.5 82.5
Belgium 3.5 112.9 30.4 98.0
Bulgaria 3.4 45.9 17.2 16.3
Czech Republic 2.1 73.5 20.4 41.2
Denmark 2.7 136.8 33.4 46.5
Germany 2.5 104.5 31.4 81.2
Estonia 5.1 70.8 19.2 6.0
Ireland 1.2 109.4 27.9 108.2
Greece 3.1 92.0 28.0 165.3
Spain 3.1 93.3 25.0 68.5
France 2.3 113.6 33.1 85.8
Italy 2.9 102.9 29.8 120.1
Cyprus 3.5 89.6 20.9 71.6
Latvia 4.2 66.5 16.8 42.6
Lithuania 4.1 61.3 21.3 38.5
Luxembourg 3.7 119.9 23.1 18.2
Hungary 3.9 61.0 23.4 80.6
Malta 2.5 72.9 20.0 72.0
Netherlands 2.5 109.7 31.6 65.2
Austria 3.6 110.5 30.8 72.2
Poland 3.9 59.2 19.7 56.3
Portugal 3.6 82.5 26.9 107.8
Romania 5.8 52.0 17.1 33.3
Slovenia 2.1 82.6 24.3 47.6
Slovakia 4.1 68.9 18.8 43.3
Finland 3.3 121.7 30.3 48.6
Sweden 1.4 129.1 32.1 38.4
United Kingdom 4.5 101.8 29.2 85.7
Iceland 4.2 114.3 25.4 98.8
Norway 1.2 148.5 26.4 29.0
Switzerland 0.1 153.9 … …
USA … 93.6 … …
Japan … 125.5 … …
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