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1. The International Lake Constance Region 2. Population 3. Economy

Key data for the Lake Constance region

4 nation states: Germany,Switzerland,Austria, PrincipalityofLiechtenstein

Surface area: 14,797km2

Population: 4.0million(2015)

Highest point: 3,312m,PizBuin(Vorarlberg) Lowest point: 332m,RhinenearWeiach(cantonofZurich)

TheinternationalLakeConstanceregioniscomposedoftheterritoriesoftenstatesorcantonsinfournationstates.Itisanattractiveplacetoliveandwork,boastingarichnaturalandculturallandscapeandfeaturingvibrantcross-borderalliances.

1 Populationforecastsbythestatisticsagenciesshowthedevelopmentofthe populationinkeepingwithpastdemographictrends.

2 Populationperkm2ofproductiveland(i.e.excludingbodiesofwaterandwithout unproductivelandsuchassandorgravel)

Population in the Lake Constance region 1

Development of the population structure in the Lake Constance region 1(thousands)

Employees in the Lake Constance region by economic sector (2014)

Employees in the Lake Constance region by economic sector (2014)

Around73%ofemployeesworkingintheLakeConstanceregionareintheservicesindustry(tertiarysector),while25%workinthemanufactu-ringindustry(secondarysector).Alittleover2%areemployedinagricul-ture(primarysector).Thelargestindividualindustryis“Publicandotherservices,education,healthcare”with600,000employees.

3 Includingcommuters.InthecaseofVorarlberg,the2000figuresrefertothenumberof employeesattheirplaceofresidence,whilethefiguresfrom2010and2014relateto employeesattheirplaceofwork.Asaresult,thedevelopmentoftheLakeConstanceregion between2010and2014isslightlyunderestimated.

Rank Industry (sector)

Employees (thousands) Percentage

1 Publicandotherservices,education,healthcare(tertiary) 600 27.0%

2Retail,transport,hotelsandrestau-rants,informationandcommunication(tertiary)

583 26.2%

3Financial,insuranceandconsultingservices,propertyandhousing(tertiary)

431 19.4%

4 Manufacturingindustry(secondary) 392 17.6%

5 Construction(secondary) 144 6.5%

6 Agricultureandforestry,fishing(primary) 53 2.4%

7 Mining,energyandwatersupply,wastedisposal(secondary) 20 0.9%

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3,567 4,008 4,439

Lake Constance in figures*

Max. length: 63kmMax. width: 14kmShoreline: 273kmSurface area: 536km2Max. depth: 251mWater volume: 48km3Altitude above sea level: 395m *Source: www.igkb.de,asatJune2014

Employees with their place of work in the Lake Constance region 3

Year No. of employees (thousands)

Average annual change

2000 1,930 –

2010 2,094 +0.8%

2014 2,223 +1.5%

Theemployeeconcentration(employeesperthousandinhabitants)variesstronglyintheregion.ThehighestconcentrationscanbefoundinLiechten-steinwith982andinthecantonofZurichwith621employeesperthousandinhabitants.

Overthelast15years,thepopulationintheLakeConstanceregionhasgrownbyalittleover12%.Oftheregion’s4millioninhabitantstoday,62%arebetween20and64yearsofage,and20%areyoungerthan20yearsold.ThemostdenselypopulatedareasareGreaterZurich,aroundLakeConstanceandintheRhinevalley.

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Erwerbstätigendichte(Erwerbstätige am Arbeitsort 2014 / 1000 Einwohner 2014)

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Population 2015

(thousands)

Population 2030

(thousands)

Average annual change

Germanterritory 1,203 1,236 +0.2%

Swissterritory 2,383 2,748 +1.0%

Liechtenstein 38 41 +0.6%

Vorarlberg 385 414 +0.5%

Lake Constance region 4,008 4,439 +0.7%

Age structure in the Lake Constance region 1(%andthousands)

Population under20years 20to64years 65yearsandolder

25.0%

72.6%

2.4%

2.2 million

Agriculture and forestry(primarysector)

Manufacturing industry (secondarysector)

Services (tertiarysector)

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Liechtenstein

Switzerland

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Population density (2015) 2

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Employee concentration 3 (Employees at their place of work 2014 / thousand inhabitants in 2014)

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Übernachtungsdichte in der Hotellerie(Übernachtungen 2015 / Einwohner 2015)

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3. Economy 4. Tourism

TheStatisticPlatformLakeConstanceisaworkinggrouporganizedbytheEconomicsCommissionoftheInternationalLakeConstanceConference(IBK).Itcomprisesrepresentativesofstatisticsofficesandotherinstitu-tionsintheLakeConstanceregion.TheBureauforStatisticsoftheCantonofSt.Gallenisresponsibleformanagingthisproject.ThemissionoftheStatisticPlatformLakeConstanceistoprovideallinterestedpartiesfromgovernments,businessandsocietywithstatisticalfiguresfortheinternatio-nalLakeConstanceregion(IBKregion)onvariousthemes.Tothisend,itdrawsprimarilyonexistingdatafromthevariouspublicstatisticssystemsinGermany,Liechtenstein,AustriaandSwitzerland,alignedacrossbordersasfaraspossible.BackgroundinformationonthefigurespublishedinthisleafletaswellasmoredetaileddataontheLakeConstanceregioncanbefoundatwww.statistik-bodensee.org.

EditingThispublicationhasbeendrawnupbytheStatisticPlatformLakeConstanceworkinggroupoftheInternationalLakeConstanceConference(IBK)undertheaegisof:

Bureau for Statistics of the Canton of St.GallenDavidstr.35,CH-9001St.GallenLutzBensonPhone:+41(0)582292258,e-mail:lutz.benson@sg.chSt.Gallen,July2017

Coverphoto:AchimMende/InternationaleBodenseeTourismusGmbH

Statistic Platform Lake Constance

The International Lake Constance Region in Figures 2017

www.statistik-bodensee.org

Overnight stays and average length of stays in the hotel business (hotels with 10 and more beds, 2016)

Most important countries of origin of hotel guests in the Lake Constance region (2016)

Concentration of overnight stays in the hotel industry(overnight stays 2015 / inhabitants 2015)

Academic landscape in the Lake Constance region (2015)

Development of overnight stays in the hotel industry in the Lake Constance region Index(2006=100)

Overnight stays (thousands)

Average length of stay (days)

Germanterritory 8,170 2.6

Swissterritory 6,745 1.8

Liechtenstein 109 1.8

Vorarlberg 5,233 3.2

Lake Constance region 20,258 2.4

Rank Country of originNumber of

overnight stays (thousands)

Share of overall overnight stays

1 Germany 10,474 52%

2 SwitzerlandandLiechtenstein 3,838 19%

3 Austria 971 5%

4 USA 579 3%

5 GreatBritain 523 3%

UniversitiesOther institutes

of higher education

Total

Institutes 7 28 35

Students 66,667 54,011 120,678

Share of women 45.7% 48.4% 46.9%

TheGDPoftheLakeConstanceregionamountedto229billioneurosor278billionSwissfrancsin2014.Itthereforeaccountsforaround6%ofthetotalGDPofthefourparticipatingnationstatesandisroughlyequi-valenttothenationalGDPofFinland(2014:205billioneuros).

Cross-border commuter flows in the Lake Constance region (2015)

Imprint

Thefiguresdisplayedonlyapplytoaccommodationinthehotel segment (hotels,inns,guesthouses)withatleast10beds(withtheexceptionofLiechtenstein,whichincludesverysmallbusinesses).Datawasnotavailableonovernightstaysoncampsites,inyouthhostels,recreationandholidayhomes,privateandcommercialholidayapartmentsandisthereforenotin-cludedhere.Accordingtoexpertestimations,theovernightstaysaccountedforhererepresentapproximately50%ofallovernightstaysbytouristsintheLakeConstanceregion.Thelengthofstayreferstothenumberofnightsspentinthesamehotel.Groupsofcustomers(e.g.bicycletourists)whostayintheregionforalongerperiodbutfrequentlychangetheiraccommodationarethereforenotincludedinthesefigures.

Gross domestic product (GDP) at current market prices (2014)

GDP (2014)

absolute(billioneuros) 229 43 165 5 16

perinhabitant(thousandeuros)

58 36 70 135 41

Atanexchangerateof1=1.21CHF(2014).IninterpretingtheGDPfigures,incomingandoutgoingcommutersshouldbetakenintoaccount(seefollowingillustration).Inthecaseoflargenumbersofcommuters,itisdifficulttodrawconclusionsontheincomesituationoftherespectiveregionalpopulationfromtheGDP.

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Daten 2014 Von Nach Pendler Landkreis Konstanz Kanton Zürich 2.108 Landkreis Konstanz Kanton Schaffhausen 2.766 Landkreis Konstanz Kanton St.Gallen 481Landkreis Konstanz Kanton Thurgau 3.351Landkreis Lindau Vorarlberg 1.000 Landkreis Oberallgäu Vorarlberg 1.000 Kanton Thurgau Landkreis Konstanz 867 Kanton St.Gallen Liechtenstein 6.289Liechtenstein Kanton St.Gallen 1.235 Vorarlberg Landkreis Lindau 403 Vorarlberg Kanton St.Gallen 6.760 Vorarlberg Liechtenstein 8.268

5. Education

Morethan120,000studentsarematriculatedatoneof35institutesofhighereducationintheLakeConstanceregion.TheInternationalLakeConstanceUniversity(IBH)incorporates31ofthese35institutesaswellasotherinstitutesofhighereducationintheLakeConstanceregion,makingitthelargestnetworkwithdifferentkindsofinstitutesofhighereducationinEurope.www.bodenseehochschule.org

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TheInternational Lake Constance Conference (IBK)isajointplat-

formsetupbytheadministrationsofthefederalstatesandcantonsof

Baden-Württemberg,Schaffhausen,Zurich,Thurgau,St.Gallen,Appenzell

Ausserrhoden,AppenzellInnerrhoden,ThePrincipalityofLiechtenstein,

VorarlbergandBavaria.TheaimoftheIBKistopreserveandcultivatethe

LakeConstanceregionasanattractiveliving,naturalandculturalenviron-

mentandtostrengthenasenseofregionalidentity.Itisatthecentreof

awidespreadnetworkofregionalcross-borderalliancesintheLakeCon-

stanceregion.www.bodenseekonferenz.org

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