National Statistical Committee
      of the Republic of Belarus  

 

Official statistics

Small enterprises

 

 

Share of small enterprises of the Republic of Belarus in main economic indicators1)

 

(percent)

 

 

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

Gross domestic product

6,7

6,5

6,8

8,7

8,3

7,9

8,8

8,3

9,3

11,4

12,3

15,72)

Volume of industrial production, including the value of  raw materials processed under contracts (unpaid by product manufacturer) 3)

6,4

5,5

6,8

7,3

7,3

7,0

7,3

7,6

8,2

9,2

9,4

11,8

Investments in fixed capital

6,5

6,6

6,9

8,4

8,7

6,9

7,1

10,6

13,1

23,9

27,0

25,9

Revenues from sales of goods, products, works and services

17,2

18,3

20,9

22,0

22,5

21,2

22,8

18,1

20,7

28,3

27,8

29,4

External trade  turnover

ő

ő

ő

21,9

25,4

21,3

23,9

15,2

16,7

30,5

33,7

29,6

Exports of goods

ő

ő

ő

15,5

16,3

13,3

15,3

7,2

7,9

34,3

38,9

33,9

Imports of goods

ő

ő

ő

27,4

32,9

29,1

31,6

22,0

24,1

27,6

30,0

25,8

 

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1) Data for the years 2000-2008 refer to legal persons that are defined as small business entities in accordance with the criteria as determined by the Law of the Republic of Belarus of 16 October 1996 No. 685-XIII “On state support for small business in the Republic of Belarus”.

Data for the years 2009-2011 refer to legal persons that are defined as small business entities in accordance with the criteria as determined by the Law of the Republic of Belarus of 1 July 2010 No. 148-Z “On state support for small and medium business”.

2) Preliminary data.

3) Starting 2011 data are given in accordance with OKED.

 

 

 

Main economic indicators of small enterprises in the Republic of Belarus1)

 

 

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

Number of small enterprises at year-end, entities

28 310

27 768

29 044

30 987

32 824

33 094

37 660

51 240

67 991

77 402

84 164

88 673

Average number  of employees, persons

385 829

380 622

384 723

433 938

450 402

456 180

478 988

514 152

643 832

773 362

784 944

  794 743

Payroll number of employees on average per year, persons

333 705

334 674

333 112

377 036

396 576

404 640

423 813

453 214

570 066

691 060

695 275

703 437

Average number of outside multiple job holders, persons

27 225

25 916

26 323

28 054

24 624

24 748

25 923

28 427

36 675

42 509

45 273

45 543

Average number of persons who performed work under civil law contracts, persons

24 899

20 032

25 288

28 848

29 202

26 792

29 252

32 511

37 091

39 793

44 396

45 763

Nominal gross average monthly wages, thsd. rubles

48,1

93,8

145,3

190,6

272,0

346,3

433,3

544,5

682,3

844,1

1 031,7

1 651,9

Output of goods and services, bn. rubles

1 561,7

2 627,9

4 294,0

6 049,7

8 516,1

10 331,5

13 649,2

16 531,0

25 373,6

33 903,1

43 657,4

99 000,7

Volume of industrial production, including the value of raw materials processed under contracts (unpaid by product manufacturer) 2), bn. rubles

667,6

1 028,5

1702,8

2 432,8

3 536,7

4 371,0

5 660,8

7 247,1

10 749,6

11 658,4

15 581,7

41 031,3

Investments in fixed capital, bn. rubles

117,2

200,3

310,6

598,9

943,8

1 032,7

1 436,6

2 749,0

4 887,7

10 368,1

14 928,3

25 528,5

Revenues from sales of goods, products, works and services, bn. rubles

4 126,6

7 912,3

12 630,7

18 625,0

26 862,3

31 768,4

43 609,5

44 388,2

70 158,8

99 662,0

126 388,0

267 236,9

Net profit / net loss (-) 3), bn. rubles

197,7

224,9

302,9

500,3

498,0

778,7

1 090,6

1 524,3

2 831,7

2 767,8

4 396,2

11 870,1

Profitability of products, works and services sold4), percent

15,5

9,9

9,8

11,1

12,1

10,6

13,3

13,7

17,1

13,5

15,7

12,5

Share of loss-making small enterprises, %

21,9

25,7

27,4

27,8

28,3

26,9

25,1

25,0

22,4

23,4

21,0

20,3

Volume of external trade in goods, mln. USD

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ő

ő

4 710,0

7 680,0

6 972,9

10 068,5

8 055,8

12 113,0

15 190,9

20 279,4

25 469,0

exports

ő

ő

ő

1 544,7

2 248,9

2 118,8

3 018,9

1 748,3

2 605,9

7 298,0

9 820,5

13 690,4

imports

ő

ő

ő

3 165,3

5 431,1

4 854,1

7 049,6

6 307,5

9 507,1

7 892,9

10 458,9

11 778,6

balance

ő

ő

ő

-1 620,6

-3 182,2

-2 735,3

-4 030,7

-4 559,2

-6 901,2

-594,9

-638,4

1 911,8

 

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1) Data for the years 2000-2008 refer to legal persons that are defined as small business entities in accordance with the criteria as determined by the Law of the Republic of Belarus of 16 October 1996 No. 685-XIII “On state support for small business in the Republic of Belarus”.

Data for the years 2009-2011 refer to legal persons that are defined as small business entities in accordance with the criteria as determined by the Law of the Republic of Belarus of 1 July 2010 No. 148-Z “On state support for small and medium business”.

Data in value terms are shown at current prices.

Data for 2000-2005 do not include private (peasant) farms previously not subject to survey as small enterprises.

2) Starting 2011 data are given in accordance with OKED.

3) For 2000-2003, balance-sheet profit is provided.

4) Profitability of goods, products, works, services is given for year 2011.

 

 

 

 Number of small enterprises by kinds of economic activity1)

 

(at year-end, entities)

 

 

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

Total

37 660

51 240

67 991

77 402

84 164

88 673

by kinds of economic activity:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Agriculture, hunting and forestry

2 413

2 304

2 490

2 679

2 853

2 788

Fishing and fish-farming

83

101

140

162

174

154

Mining and quarrying

22

18

32

33

41

51

Manufacturing

7 325

8 981

11 352

11 895

12 709

13 571

Production and distribution of electricity, gas and water

15

25

25

37

47

55

Construction

3 667

4 324

5 450

6 661

7 603

8 397

Trade; repair of motor vehicles and household and personal goods

15 110

21 516

30 125

33 926

36 174

37 179

Hotels and restaurants

672

993

1 243

1 772

1 948

2 123

Transport and communications

2 466

4 731

6 654

7 380

7 825

8 147

Financial activities

247

243

263

307

354

396

Real estate, rental, leasing and business services

4 130

5 418

6 647

8 161

9 520

10 625

Education

148

216

295

404

466

517

Health and social work

351

540

656

710

758

784

Community, social and personal services

1 011

1 830

2 619

3 275

3 692

3 886

 

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1) Data for the years 2000-2008 refer to legal persons that are defined as small business entities in accordance with the criteria as determined by the Law of the Republic of Belarus of 16 October 1996 No. 685-XIII “On state support for small business in the Republic of Belarus”.

Data for the years 2009-2011 refer to legal persons that are defined as small business entities in accordance with the criteria as determined by the Law of the Republic of Belarus of 1 July 2010 No. 148-Z “On state support for small and medium business”.

 

 

 

Share of small enterprises by kinds of economic activity1)

 

(percent of total)

 

 

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

Total

100

100

100

100

100

100

by kinds of economic activity:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Agriculture, hunting and forestry

6,4

4,5

3,7

3,5

3,4

3,1

Fishing and fish-farming

0,2

0,2

0,2

0,2

0,2

0,2

Mining and quarrying

0,1

0,0

0,0

0,1

0,0

0,0

Manufacturing

19,5

17,5

16,7

15,4

15,1

15,3

Production and distribution of electricity, gas and water

0,0

0,1

0,0

0,1

0,1

0,1

Construction

9,7

8,4

8,0

8,6

9,0

9,5

Trade; repair of motor vehicles and household and personal goods

40,1

42,0

44,3

43,8

43,0

41,9

Hotels and restaurants

1,8

1,9

1,8

2,3

2,3

2,4

Transport and communications

6,5

9,2

9,8

9,5

9,3

9,2

Financial activities

0,7

0,5

0,4

0,4

0,4

0,4

Real estate, rental, leasing and business services

11,0

10,6

9,8

10,5

11,3

12,0

Education

0,4

0,4

0,4

0,5

0,6

0,6

Health and social work

0,9

1,1

1,0

0,9

0,9

0,9

Community, social and personal services

2,7

3,6

3,9

4,2

4,4

4,4

 

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1) Data for the years 2000-2008 refer to legal persons that are defined as small business entities in accordance with the criteria as determined by the Law of the Republic of Belarus of 16 October 1996 No. 685-XIII “On state support for small business in the Republic of Belarus”.

Data for the years 2009-2011 refer to legal persons that are defined as small business entities in accordance with the criteria as determined by the Law of the Republic of Belarus of 1 July 2010 No. 148-Z “On state support for small and medium business”.

 

 

 

Goods and services output of small enterprises by kinds of economic activity1)

 

(million rubles)

 

 

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

Total

13 649 155

16 530 979

25 373 640

33 903 126

43 657 392

99 000 721

by kinds of economic activity:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Agriculture, hunting and forestry

240 537

253 670

408 227

849 302

1 086 497

2 028 938

Fishing and fish-farming

10 482

9 476

12 782

24 507

24 063

46 183

Mining and quarrying

12 213

13 102

21 306

24 180

19 869

45 281

Manufacturing

5 181 179

6 674 035

9 221 269

10 454 396

13 635 251

38 112 912

Production and distribution of electricity, gas and water

3 140

12 231

7 253

23 258

40 376

81 206

Construction

1 700 935

2 188 343

3 366 890

4 592 971

5 824 278

9 518 632

Trade; repair of motor vehicles and household and personal goods

3 906 547

3 578 407

6 768 031

10 035 575

13 768 895

31 035 128

Hotels and restaurants

64 782

96 554

143 062

560 859

494 123

801 121

Transport and communications

993 177

1 398 393

2 312 358

2 377 455

2 970 037

6 012 531

Financial activities

415 560

754 986

613 156

725 350

578 147

1 525 324

Real estate, rental, leasing and business services

912 343

1 290 332

1 991 014

3 314 241

4 244 717

8 169 948

Education

20 085

28 504

53 967

110 827

105 962

149 963

Health and social work

39 930

42 001

75 405

128 641

171 012

288 740

Community, social and personal services

148 245

190 945

378 920

681 564

694 165

1 184 814

 

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1) Data for the years 2000-2008 refer to legal persons that are defined as small business entities in accordance with the criteria as determined by the Law of the Republic of Belarus of 16 October 1996 No. 685-XIII “On state support for small business in the Republic of Belarus”.

Data for the years 2009-2011 refer to legal persons that are defined as small business entities in accordance with the criteria as determined by the Law of the Republic of Belarus of 1 July 2010 No. 148-Z “On state support for small and medium business”.

 

 

 

Share of output of goods and services produced by small enterprises by kinds of economic activity1)

 

(percent of total)

 

 

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

Total

100

100

100

100

100

100

by kinds of economic activity:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Agriculture, hunting and forestry

1,8

1,5

1,6

2,5

2,5

2,1

Fishing and fish-farming

0,1

0,1

0,1

0,1

0,1

0,0

Mining and quarrying

0,1

0,1

0,1

0,1

0,1

0,0

Manufacturing

37,9

40,4

36,3

30,8

31,2

38,5

Production and distribution of electricity, gas and water

0,0

0,1

0,0

0,1

0,1

0,1

Construction

12,5

13,2

13,3

13,5

13,3

9,6

Trade; repair of motor vehicles and household and personal goods

28,6

21,6

26,7

29,6

31,5

31,3

Hotels and restaurants

0,5

0,6

0,6

1,7

1,1

0,8

Transport and communications

7,3

8,5

9,1

7,0

6,8

6,1

Financial activities

3,0

4,6

2,4

2,1

1,3

1,5

Real estate, rental, leasing and business services

6,7

7,8

7,8

9,8

9,7

8,3

Education

0,1

0,2

0,2

0,3

0,3

0,2

Health and social work

0,3

0,2

0,3

0,4

0,4

0,3

Community, social and personal services

1,1

1,1

1,5

2,0

1,6

1,2

 

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1) Data for the years 2000-2008 refer to legal persons that are defined as small business entities in accordance with the criteria as determined by the Law of the Republic of Belarus of 16 October 1996 No. 685-XIII “On state support for small business in the Republic of Belarus”.

Data for the years 2009-2011 refer to legal persons that are defined as small business entities in accordance with the criteria as determined by the Law of the Republic of Belarus of 1 July 2010 No. 148-Z “On state support for small and medium business”.