Facts & Figures

• Strong growing economy over the last decade – and over the last thirty years.
• Unsurpassed purchasing power, largest number of start-ups country wide, and high volume of venture capital.   
• Low unemployment rates and low public sector and private indebtedness – and highest level of personal security.
• Home to one of the world’s top-ranked city in terms of real estate, airport and public transport – its state capitol Munich.Munich’s quality of life has been repeatedly and for the second time in a row ranked the “best in the world”.

Area

There are 1100 regions in the European Union. Of these, five of the top ten and twelve of the top twenty-five are located in Bavaria, making the state the number one base in the Union, as reported in a study commissioned by manager magazine in December 2009.

Population

Bavaria presents one of Germany's biggest federal states regarding population.

GDP

Bavaria's GDP per capita is comparable higher than the GDP of other German federal states.

Self-employment rate

Many SME’s stem from the state’s start-ups. To enable them – many of them spin-offs from local universities – to hit the ground running, the state and its communities maintain 42 incubation centers. They offer everything from low commercial rents to access to specialized equipment and business development services.

Sources

1 US Census Bureau
2 Wirtschaftsstandort Bayern
3 Federal Statistical Office of Germany
4 Bavaria's Economy - Facts and Figures Brochure 2009
5 Eurostat
6 OECD

7 Statistisches Bundesamt Deutschland
8 Statistik Bayern
9 sdw ECB europe