Bavaria Germany Bayern Facts and Figures

These figures are dated from 2000

Area: 70548 km2 (approx. size of the US-state Missouri; area of Germany: 357022 km2; thus largest German district)
Inhabitants: 12.2 million (Germany: 82.1 million, Bavaria ranking 2nd after North Rhine-Westphalia 18 mio.)
Employed: 48.3 % (Germany 44.6 %)
Self-employed: 11.6 % of work force (Germany 10 %)
Unemployed: 5.5 % of work force (Germany 9.6 %).
Gross domestic product: 688 million DM (in comparison: Bavaria surpassed 9 out of 15 EU member states)
Gross domestic product per inhabitant: almost 29.000 Euro
Economic performance per inhabitant: 56.560 DM (in comparison: this value clearly exceeds the German and European average; Germany-wide only Hesse is higher due to Frankfurt)
Export: 175.2 million DM
more than 1,000 companies from abroad

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