GDP per person employed in Saxony-Anhalt
GDP per person employed in Saxony-Anhalt stood at 83,099 EUR in 2025, according to Working Group Regional Accounts of the Federal States (Arbeitskreis VGR der Länder), Statistical Offices of the Federation and the Länder. It is one of the indicators in the GDP by federal state table (Value · Annual), with a complete series running from 1991 to 2025. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the GDP by federal state table
| Indicator | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 97,210 | 94,135 | 91,854 | 87,431 | 81,755 | 76,741 | 78,101 | 76,519 | 75,256 | 73,140 | |
| Saxony-Anhalt | 83,099 | 80,390 | 78,840 | 74,703 | 68,102 | 64,543 | 64,915 | 62,007 | 61,045 | 59,014 | |
| Schleswig-Holstein | 88,757 | 85,539 | 83,209 | 81,469 | 73,679 | 69,580 | 69,649 | 67,358 | 66,195 | 63,125 |
Understanding GDP per person employed in Saxony-Anhalt
Isolating the regional labour productivity of Saxony-Anhalt, the dataset expresses the state's gross domestic product relative to its active working population. The measure takes the total current-price valuation of all final goods and services produced within the territory and distributes it across the total count of employed persons stationed there. By strictly adopting the workplace principle, it ensures that output generated by incoming commuters is properly matched with their presence in the local workforce, contrasting with resident-based income statistics. The tally of employed persons is unconditional on the hours contracted, absorbing freelancers, civil servants, and marginally employed individuals into a single denominator.
Analysts examining the time series should prioritise year-on-year assessments, as the annual frequency naturally bypasses the need for seasonal adjustment. Subsequent revisions to the initial releases are standard practice, occurring as preliminary indicators are replaced by exhaustive annual tax and enterprise data. When benchmarking this EUR figure against sibling series from other territories, it is vital to account for differing regional industry mixes and part-time ratios, which naturally distort raw headcount-based productivity measures. Additionally, the lack of price adjustment means that pure volume changes in output cannot be easily separated from broader inflationary pressures affecting the nominal valuation.
Frequently asked questions
- What valuation is used for the economic output in this series?
- The underlying gross domestic product is calculated at current market prices, making the resulting per-worker figure a nominal indicator.
- Are the self-employed factored into the employment count?
- Yes, the denominator covers all economically active individuals at their place of work, including business owners and freelancers.
- Why might this metric differ from household income statistics?
- This dataset attributes output to the location of the workplace, whereas household income surveys allocate earnings based on where the worker lives.