Russian Special Economic Zones and Prosperity Analysis
2. Regional economy
a) Saint Petersburg and Leningrad region in the economy of Russia in 2017
Saint Petersburg
Leningrad region
Value
Share in Russia's total
Value
Share in Russia's total
GDP (billion €)
58.2
5.1 %
14.6
1.3 %
Economically active population (thousand)
2 991
3.9 %
943
1.2 %
Retail trade (billion €)
20.1
4.5 %
5.6
1.2 %
Investment in fixed capital (billion €)
10.2
4.2 %
5.1
2.1 %
FDI (billion $)
5.9
3.9 %
5.3
3.5 %
Exports (billion $)
21.8
6.2%
6.0
1.6%
Imports (billion $)
22.9
9.6%
3.4
1.7 %
Enterprises (thousand)
329.9
8.7 %
25.2
0.7%
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In St. Petersburg all indicators are larger than in Russia on average per capita; in Leningrad region everything except
number of companies, economically active population and retail trade are larger than in Russia on average per capita
Import to St. Petersburg is almost three times larger than Russian average per capita
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Petrostat 2019, Central Bank of Russia 2019
Rosstat 2019, Rustat based on data from Russian customs 2019
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