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

Gross domestic product

6,7

6,5

6,8

8,7

8,3

7,9

8,8

8,3

9,3

11,4

12,4

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

6,4

5,5

6,8

7,3

7,3

7,0

7,3

7,6

8,2

9,2

9,4

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

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

28,0

Retail turnover, including public catering

7,0

8,6

9,1

9,2

9,4

10,1

10,2

11,2

19,9

29,5

28,2

External trade  turnover

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21,9

25,4

21,3

23,9

15,2

16,7

30,5

33,7

Exports of goods

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15,5

16,3

13,3

15,3

7,2

7,9

34,3

38,9

Imports of goods

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27,4

32,9

29,1

31,6

22,0

24,1

27,6

30,0

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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 2009-2010 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”.

 

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

 

 

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

Number of small enterprises at year-end, entities

28310

27768

29044

30987

32824

33094

37660

51240

67991

77402

84164

Average number  of employees, persons

385829

380622

384723

433938

450402

456180

478988

514152

643832

773362

784944

Payroll number of employees on average per year, persons

333705

334674

333112

377036

396576

404640

423813

453214

570066

691060

695275

Average number of outside multiple job holders, persons

27225

25916

26323

28054

24624

24748

25923

28427

36675

42509

45273

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

24899

20032

25288

28848

29202

26792

29252

32511

37091

39793

44396

Nominal gross average monthly wages, rubles

48053

93797

145250

190553

271953

346329

433253

544501

682301

844052

1031658

Output of goods and services, bln. rubles

1561,7

2627,9

4294,0

6049,7

8516,1

10331,5

13649,2

16531,0

25373,6

33903,1

43657,4

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

bln. rubles

667,6

1028,5

1702,8

2432,8

3536,7

4371,0

5660,8

7247,1

10749,6

11658,4

15581,7

at constant prices; as percent of the previous year

113,5

113,7

112,5

121,1

131,6

122,6

124,7

122,4

144,5

103,2

131,9

Investments in fixed capital, bln. rubles

117,2

200,3

310,6

598,9

943,8

1032,7

1436,6

2749,0

4887,7

10368,1

14928,3

Retail turnover including public catering, bln. rubles

211,5

463,8

690,0

863,2

1279,4

1605,2

2087,8

2845,2

6955,1

11942,8

14368,1

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

4126,6

7912,3

12630,7

18625,0

26862,3

31768,4

43609,5

44388,2

70158,8

99662,0

127004,5

Net profit / net loss (-), bln. rubles2)

197,7

224,9

302,9

500,3

498,0

778,7

1090,6

1524,3

2831,7

2767,8

4318,1

Profitability of products, works and services sold, percent

15,5

9,9

9,8

11,1

12,1

10,6

13,3

13,7

17,1

13,5

15,7

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

Volume of external trade in goods, mln. USD

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4710,0

7680,0

6972,9

10068,5

8055,8

12113,0

15190,9

20279,4

exports

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1544,7

2248,9

2118,8

3018,9

1748,3

2605,9

7298,0

9820,5

imports

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3165,3

5431,1

4854,1

7049,6

6307,5

9507,1

7892,9

10458,9

balance

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-1620,6

-3182,2

-2735,3

-4030,7

-4559,2

-6901,2

-594,9

-638,4

 


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 2009-2010 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)  For 2000-2003, balance-sheet profit is provided.

 

 

 

Number of small enterprises by branch of the economy1)

(at year-end, entities)
 

 

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

Total

28310

27768

29044

30987

32824

33094

37660

51240

67991

77402

84164

by branches of the economy:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

industry

5895

5860

6046

6877

7450

7793

8409

10849

14251

15394

16756

agriculture2)

311

297

299

316

333

317

2312

2223

2346

2582

2743

forestry

26

30

45

49

53

38

51

58

63

65

67

transport

1576

1603

1599

1742

1861

1833

1930

4106

5929

6490

6819

communications

105

112

119

148

155

167

172

212

235

288

295

construction

3260

3246

3412

3585

3921

4069

4400

5308

6556

7895

8999

trade and public catering

12085

11898

12899

13147

13552

13634

14716

20779

28897

32501

34452

procurements and sales

222

178

158

185

222

424

394

444

515

627

683

information and computer services

192

194

222

228

209

182

192

291

392

493

617

real estate activities

440

502

553

692

768

866

1040

1314

1586

1965

2317

general commercial activities to support market functioning

968

891

901

1055

1120

883

1031

1379

1671

2154

2589

housing and utilities

91

270

84

110

114

101

95

134

153

318

355

non-productive personal services

233

219

249

358

439

504

594

1315

1961

2379

2691

health, physical culture and social security

596

572

614

672

740

702

747

975

1166

1364

1517

education

178

169

175

197

197

138

135

195

269

370

415

culture and arts

288

273

272

281

303

386

403

535

802

1065

1268

science and related services

543

444

414

374

324

274

268

274

271

301

317

finance, credit, insurance and pension funding

209

192

219

224

256

244

221

226

235

265

295

other

1092

818

764

747

807

539

550

623

693

886

969

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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 2009-2010 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) Data for 2000-2005 do not include private (peasant) farms previously not subject to survey as small enterprises.

 

 

 

Share of small enterprises by branch of the economy 1)

(percent of total)

 

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

Total

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

by branches of the economy::

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

industry

20,8

21,1

20,8

22,2

22,7

23,6

22,3

21,2

21,0

19,9

19,9

agriculture2)

1,1

1,1

1,0

1,0

1,0

1,0

6,1

4,3

3,5

3,3

3,3

forestry

0,1

0,1

0,2

0,2

0,2

0,1

0,1

0,1

0,1

0,1

0,1

transport

5,6

5,8

5,5

5,6

5,7

5,5

5,1

8,0

8,7

8,4

8,1

communications

0,4

0,4

0,4

0,5

0,5

0,5

0,5

0,4

0,3

0,4

0,4

construction

11,5

11,7

11,7

11,6

11,9

12,3

11,7

10,4

9,6

10,2

10,7

trade and public catering

42,7

42,8

44,4

42,4

41,3

41,2

39,1

40,5

42,5

42,0

40,9

procurements and sales

0,8

0,6

0,5

0,6

0,7

1,3

1,0

0,9

0,8

0,8

0,8

information and computer services

0,7

0,7

0,8

0,7

0,6

0,6

0,5

0,6

0,6

0,6

0,7

real estate activities

1,6

1,8

1,9

2,2

2,3

2,6

2,8

2,6

2,3

2,5

2,8

general commercial activities to support market functioning

3,4

3,2

3,1

3,4

3,4

2,7

2,7

2,7

2,5

2,8

3,1

housing and utilities

0,3

1,0

0,3

0,4

0,3

0,3

0,2

0,3

0,2

0,4

0,4

non-productive personal services

0,8

0,8

0,9

1,2

1,3

1,5

1,6

2,6

2,9

3,1

3,2

health, physical culture and social security

2,1

2,1

2,1

2,2

2,3

2,1

2,0

1,9

1,7

1,8

1,8

education

0,6

0,6

0,6

0,6

0,6

0,4

0,4

0,4

0,4

0,5

0,5

culture and arts

1,0

1,0

0,9

0,9

0,9

1,2

1,1

1,0

1,2

1,4

1,5

science and related services

1,9

1,6

1,4

1,2

1,0

0,8

0,7

0,5

0,4

0,4

0,4

finance, credit, insurance and pension funding

0,7

0,7

0,8

0,7

0,8

0,7

0,6

0,4

0,3

0,3

0,3

other

3,9

2,9

2,7

2,4

2,5

1,6

1,5

1,2

1,0

1,1

1,1

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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 2009-2010 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) Data for 2000-2005 do not include private (peasant) farms previously not subject to survey as small enterprises.

 

 

 

Goods and services output of small enterprises by branch of the economy 1)

(million rubles)
 

 

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

Total

1561738

2627929

4293993

6049692

8516138

10331486

13649155

16530979

25373640

33903126

43657392

by branches of the economy::

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

industry

711647

1192814

1795579

2207975

3585913

4461686

5384133

6801540

9681375

10965748

14369371

agriculture2)

11917

26306

44057

52701

112339

185999

234184

245369

377843

825680

1051883

forestry

182

482

1483

1064

1537

1861

3640

7300

10392

20741

21124

transport

90609

195047

302364

426070

617259

679127

912022

1308491

2184124

2049113

2624212

communications

4011

13998

23843

24849

46748

43923

65417

80955

86865

218461

222466

construction

181886

346027

509994

756028

1177400

1442930

1952801

2508943

3889998

5423448

6804203

trade and public catering

327510

543910

1139001

1118647

1520317

1838163

2842507

3207861

6080563

9150173

13077169

procurements and sales

12932

15237

13594

17021

28676

56388

77276

91010

126829

301821

456466

information and computer services

3279

7059

14481

16858

23341

27686

28161

56880

68128

161287

224887

real estate activities

9218

26208

34870

55170

63997

97060

145314

264357

498877

858207

1104629

general commercial activities to support market functioning

20720

82197

133025

1031482

817943

787741

1140941

638645

824703

1316580

980525

housing and utilities

3292

3985

10979

6678

12507

14883

14449

20075

32661

243677

271912

non-productive personal services

2940

5935

10662

14709

20304

33501

49642

54827

123553

207312

238057

health, physical culture and social security

8771

14494

21388

29657

43065

54795

75222

86010

148845

253807

312998

education

4702

7984

15369

17563

23697

18947

19071

28065

45810

107819

101785

culture and arts

6956

13151

22673

28064

41627

72544

98786

139491

287242

473325

483784

science and related services

12833

20430

37024

48507

68346

70870

91420

105141

113945

159595

223778

finance, credit, insurance and pension funding

19509

39888

75633

113238

195583

346167

403559

753635

608981

706341

550994

other

128824

72777

87974

83411

115539

97215

110610

132384

182906

459991

537149

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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 2009-2010 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) Data for 2000-2005 do not include private (peasant) farms previously not subject to survey as small enterprises.

 

Pattern of output of goods and services produced by small enterprises

by branches of economy 1)

(as percent of total)

 

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

Total

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

by branches of the economy::

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

industry

45,6

45,4

41,8

36,5

42,1

43,2

39,4

41,1

38,2

32,3

32,9

agriculture2)

0,8

1,0

1,0

0,9

1,3

1,8

1,7

1,5

1,5

2,4

2,4

forestry

0,0

0,0

0,0

0,0

0,0

0,0

0,0

0,1

0,0

0,1

0,1

transport

5,8

7,4

7,0

7,0

7,2

6,6

6,7

7,9

8,6

6,0

6,0

communication

0,3

0,5

0,6

0,4

0,5

0,4

0,5

0,5

0,3

0,6

0,5

construction

11,6

13,2

11,9

12,5

13,8

14,0

14,3

15,2

15,3

16,0

15,6

trade and catering

21,0

20,7

26,5

18,5

17,9

17,8

20,8

19,4

24,0

27,0

30,0

material supply and sales

0,8

0,6

0,3

0,3

0,3

0,6

0,6

0,6

0,5

0,9

1,1

information and computer services

0,2

0,3

0,3

0,3

0,3

0,3

0,2

0,3

0,3

0,5

0,5

real estate transactions

0,6

1,0

0,8

0,9

0,8

0,9

1,1

1,6

2,0

2,5

2,5

general commercial activities to support market functioning

1,3

3,1

3,1

17,1

9,6

7,6

8,4

3,9

3,3

3,9

2,3

housing and communal services

0,2

0,2

0,3

0,1

0,1

0,1

0,1

0,1

0,1

0,7

0,6

non-productive personal services

0,2

0,2

0,2

0,2

0,2

0,3

0,4

0,3

0,5

0,6

0,5

public health, physical culture and social security

0,6

0,6

0,5

0,5

0,5

0,5

0,5

0,5

0,6

0,8

0,7

education

0,3

0,3

0,4

0,3

0,3

0,2

0,1

0,2

0,2

0,3

0,2

culture and arts

0,4

0,5

0,5

0,5

0,5

0,7

0,7

0,8

1,1

1,4

1,1

science and science services

0,8

0,8

0,9

0,8

0,8

0,7

0,7

0,6

0,4

0,5

0,5

finance, credit, insurance, pension scheme

1,2

1,5

1,8

1,9

2,3

3,4

2,9

4,6

2,4

2,1

1,3

other

8,3

2,7

2,1

1,3

1,5

0,9

0,9

0,8

0,7

1,4

1,2

___________________

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 2009-2010 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) Data for 2000-2005 do not include private (peasant) farms previously not subject to survey as small enterprises.