Definition: Employees or persons in dependent employment comprise all public officials, salaried employees, wage earners and apprentices. Persons performing a so-called "marginal part-time work" as defined by the social insurance regulations (mini job), soldiers, persons doing compulsory military service and conscripts on compulsory community service are also included. Revision 2005 Major revisions of national accounting results are performed at intervals of about five to ten years. Such comprehensive revisions are required to - integrate new statistical calculation bases not yet used;
- apply new calculation methods;
- change over to a new price basis;
- introduce new concepts, definitions, classifications, etc. in the accounting system;
- modernise the way of presentation and introduce new terms where necessary.
For further Details please go to: http://www.destatis.de/themen/e/thm_volksw.htm Data: average annual values Source: Statistische Landesämter, Arbeitskreis Volkswirtschaftliche Gesamtrechnung National Accounts |