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That's why I'll keep it short and let the numbers speak for themselves.

On this page you can discover data on Hessen's infrastructure, economy and labor market in exciting graphics.

Did you know that DE-CIX Frankfurt, with a data throughput of 17 Terabits per second, is one of the largest Internet exchanges in the world? And that there are 40 cluster and network initiatives with almost 3,500 members in Hessen?

No? Then let yourself be surprised by interesting and impressive facts about our state.

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The gateway to Europe

448

million consumers in the European Union

Europe‘s connecting city

all European business centers are within a

3-hour

flying radius

In the center of European markets

access to the German and European markets

Frankfurt Airport

100

countries

342

destinations

133

airlines

4,088

direct flights per week

59

million passengers in 2023

1.9

million metric tons of cargo in 2023

50%

transfer passangers

114

nationalities work at the airport

  

 In 2023 Aircraft movements (in thousands) Cargo (total traffic in 1,000 of metric tons) Passengers (total traffic in millions)
Frankfurt (FRA) 419 1,93 59.4
Paris (CDG) 448 1,815 67.4
Amsterdam (AMS) 441 1,378 61.9
London (LHR) 454 1,437 79.2

 

With peak traffic of more than 17 Tbit/s, DE-CIX Frankfurt is one of the world's leading Internet exchanges.

Frankfurt is gigabyte city (over 90% of Frankfurt's households can surf the Internet at speeds of at least 1 gigabyte/second).

Hessen is one of the top German states for optical fibre expansion.

54,810

Gross Domestic Product per capita 
(EUR )

75.9

tertiary sector in %

(measured by gross value added)

6.4

population (millions)

21,116

area in km²

2.7

employees (millions)

2.7

million of employees in Hessen

 

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Economic sectors Employees
total
Employees
in %
 
Manufacturing industry 433,531 15.8  
Trade; vehicle maintenance, and repair 354,291 12.9  
Real estate, freelance, scientific and technical services 272,699 10.0  
Transportation and warehousing 198,636 7.3  
Healthcare 187,072 6.8  
Residential facilities and social services 178,899 6.5  
Public administration, defense, social security, ext. organization 163,508 6.0  
Other economical services 147,269 5.4  
Financial and insurance services 148,234 5.4  
Construction 144,181 5.3  
Information and communication 121,688 4.4  
Education and teaching 109,111 3.9  
Other services, private households 87,883 3.2  
Hospitality industry 83,747 3.1  
Employee leasing 51,581 1.9  
Mining, energy and water supply, waste disposal industry 43,148 1.6  
Agriculture, forestry and fisheries 10,016 0.4  

  

Vocational training is crucial to Hessenʼs innovative strength and competitiveness, and an essential part of the dual training system. Vocational training supplies companies with qualified, practically trained specialists who can contribute to their companies’ value chains as soon as they have passed their final examinations. Dual vocational training gives trainees advanced occupational qualifications or access to higher education without a school leaving certificate. Companies value these skilled workers highly.

In addition to standard university programs, young people can get ahead through dual study programs, which combine practical on-the-job training with academic teaching in a more practically oriented course of study. More and more companies, universities, and young people are recognizing the advantages of dual study programs: 153 courses at 18 universities, universities of applied sciences, and universities of cooperative education speak for themselves.

Around

80

universities, research institutes, and other institutions for academic education

6.8

universities

per 1 million inhabitants 

(Germany: 5.1)

3,500

businesses in about

40

cluster and network initiatives

22

national institutes for

basic and applied research

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8

Universities

16

Universities of applied sciences

15

Other universities

1

Helmholtz Institute

8

Max Planck Institutes

8

Fraunhofer Institutes

5

Gottfried-Wilhelm-Leibnitz Research Institutes

40

Other research institutes

183

new start-ups

were founded in 2023

+ 281%

the growth in new start-ups

(2012 - 2023)

Over

40%

of start-ups in Hessen have at least one international investor

Frankfurt's TechQuartier

serves as a central contact point for Start-ups and FinTech companies

More than 1,500 start-ups are currently active in Hessen in the areas of software, e-commerce, life sciences, finance, food, mobility and industry.

151

German banks

56

foreign banks

Home to 207 German and foreign banks, including Deutsche Bundesbank and the European Central Bank (ECB), Frankfurt is Germany's premier financial centre.

The Frankfurt Stock Exchange is one of the world’s largest securities trading platforms.

At Frankfurt's House of Finance 200 scientists research capital market issues.

28

international trade fairs and exhibitions

782

thousend visitors

23,163

exhibitors

584

sqm of total space

Leading international trade fairs for consumer goods, manufacturing and environmental technologies, electronics, automation, mobility, and logistics.

2,326 employees generated a revenue of EUR 609 million and organised 103 events abroad in 2023.

Imports

122,151

EUR million

Exports

80,339

EUR million

  

Hessen’s businesses exported goods worth EUR 80.34 billion in 2023, while imports totaled EUR 122.2 billion.

Chemical and pharmaceutical products are Hessen’s biggest export success story. They again come top of the list in 2023, accounting for almost EUR 23.5 billion or 29.2% of Hessen's exports. They are followed by machinery and vehicles, vehicle parts and accessories. These product groups, along with electrical engineering products, are also some of the state’s most important imports. Chemical and pharmaceutical products ranked here at EUR 21.1 billion, followed by electrical engineering products at EUR 18.3 billion.

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Product groups Exports in 2023
in EUR Million
Exports in 2023
in %
 
Chemical and pharmaceutical products 23,421 29.2  
Machinery 9,392 11.7  
Vehicles, vehicle parts and accessoires 7,845 9.8  
Intermediate products 7,388 9.2  
Electrical engineering products 7,279 9.1  
Food industry 4,317 5.4  
Other goods 1,681 2.1  
Raw materials 0,430 0.5  
Other finished goods 28,94 36.0  

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Product groups Imports in 2023
in EUR Million
Imports in 2023
in %
 
Chemical and pharmaceutical products 21,119 17.3  
Electrical engineering products 18,306 14.9  
Vehicles, vehicle parts and accessoires 15,832 12.9  
Machinery 11,491 9.4  
Intermediate products 10,385 8.5  
Food industry 6,751 5.5  
Other goods 5,607 4.6  
Raw materials 4,808 3.9  
Other finished goods 27,852 22.8  

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Exports to selected countries in 2023
Country Value
in EUR million
USA 9,897
France 6,211
United Kindom 5,118
Poland 4,779
Netherlands 4,371
China 3,957
Spain 3,519
Austria 3,468
Czech Republic 3,262
Other countries 35,757
Total 80,339

  

Imports from selected countries in 2023
Country Hessen
in EUR million
USA

14,633

China 12,572
France 10,098
Netherlands 7,600
Switzerland 6,390
Belgium 6,230
Italy 5,489
Czech Republic 4,312
United Kindom 4,309
Other countries 50,519
Total 122,151

Europe

USA

China

Japan

India

South Korea

USA

China

United Kingdom

Japan

France

India

South Korea

Netherlands

39

international and multilingual schools

Almost 6.4 million people live in Hessen, over one million of whom are not of German origin.

100

consulates

Over 13,000 foreign companies have already chosen to locate in Hessen.

More than

40

international business and culture clubs

More than 

10

foreign chambers of commerce