CRAFT – FACTS AND FIGURES
General
5.53 million 36,833 612 billion
employees in the craft trades in
Germany (2018), which is:
trainees in craft trades in
Germany (2018), which is:
of all employees
12% in Germany 28%
of all trainees
in Germany
sales in Germany in Euros (2018)
1,001,748
companies in Germany, of which
60,100 are in the electrical
engineering sector (2018)
Records
783.81 kg
the weight of the largest pretzel in the world,
baked in Spain in 2015 (8.93 x 4.06 m)
700,000
the number of coffins made
by the Austrian carpenter
Herbert Wehner over 30 years
578 AD
the year the oldest company in the world was
founded in Japan: Construction company
Kongo Gumi (insolvent in 2007)
Roofing nightmare:
923
the number of tiles
smashed by British
Lisa Dennis in one minute
Oldest craft in
the world:
12,000
year-old baskets were
found in dry areas of the
Middle East, woven from
thin wooden branches
German craftsmen –
facts and figures …
24
... the number of
cigarettes smoked
per second
24
... the length of pipe laid
in meters per second
2
18,000
… the turnover achieved
in Euros per second
UPDATE 5/20
294
... the amount
of paint applied
in liters per second
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20%
10%
0%
Portion of all households that are smart
homes
Germany
11.7%
The Netherlands
16.0%
Denmark
18.4%