60% of lone mothers are in employment

Press release No. 268 / 2010-07-29 As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), about 60% of the total of 1.4 million lone mothers were in employment in 2009. The proportion of the 6.7 million mothers in couple families (married couples and unions of cohabiting partners) who were actively engaged in work was almost as high (58%). As regards the number of hours worked, however, there were substantial differences between lone mothers and mothers in couple families. The percentage of mothers in employment who worked full time was far higher among lone mothers (42%) than among mothers in couple families (27%).

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Indicator Report 2010 on Sustainable Development

Press release No. 265 / 2010-07-28

This photo shows the President of the Federal Statistical Office, Roderich Egeler, presenting the Indicator Report to the Head of the Federal Chancellery and Federal Minister for Special Tasks, Ronald Pofalla.

Today, the President of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), Roderich Egeler, presented the Indicator Report 2010 on Sustainable Development in Germany to the Head of the Federal Chancellery and Federal Minister for Special Tasks, Ronald Pofalla. This was now the third stock-taking exercise following those in 2006 and 2008. The Report describes the current state of development, using 35 indicators for which concrete targets have been set at the political level as part of the national strategy for sustainable development. The evaluation makes use of eye-catching weather symbols to give a first orientation on the progress achieved by the German sustainable development strategy. The symbols show to what extent the targets will presumably be achieved if the current trends are extrapolated mathematically.

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Employment in June 2010: upward trend continues

Press release No. 266 / 2010-07-29 The labour market continues to show a positive employment trend. According to provisional results of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the number of persons in employment living in Germany amounted to 40.3 million in June 2010. Compared with June 2009, that was an increase of 131,000 persons or 0.3%. With a rise by 0.2%, in May 2010 the number of persons in employment was higher for the first time in twelve months than in the corresponding period of the previous year.

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Sales of beer down 0.7% in the first half of 2010

Press release No. 267 / 2010-07-29 As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the beer producing and storing establishments in Germany sold 49.0 million hectolitres of beer in the first half of 2010. That was a decrease of 0.4 million hectolitres (–0.7%) from the corresponding period of the previous year.

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Newly published: Non-smokers on the advance - Health protection has priority

Smoking is considered today's highest avoidable health risk. Reduced tobacco consumption and maximum protection against the risks of passive smoking are therefore priority health policy goals pursued by the Federation and the Länder through various preventive and legal measures. This includes raising the tobacco tax, prohibiting the sale of cigarettes to children and juveniles, carrying out prevention campaigns, limiting advertisement, and protecting non-smokers at work and in restaurants. More information on our latest STATmagazin.

Report "Education in Germany 2010"

The third National Report on Education, too, presents a comprehensive empirical account of the entire structure of the German educational system, from early childhood education and care to the different types of continuing education of adults. Based on indicators, the report informs about the present conditions in the German education system, its performance and its problematic features. In an in-depth analysis of prospects of the German educational system in the demographic change initial results of the education forecast of the Federal Statistical Office and Länder Statistical Offices are presented.
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New country profiles for South Africa and Italy

To mark the start of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, the Federal Statistical Office has published a new statistical profile for the host country South Africa and the defending World Cup champion Italy. The international section of this website offers further statistical country profiles for other G20 states.

International statistics: New web platform launched

This graphic shows a stylized map of the world.

Destatis now offers a range of key data on all countries worldwide. The data is a selection from a wide range of international databases, published by organisations such as the World Bank, the IMF, the WHO and many others. Find out which country's GDP is rising despite the global recession and where expenditure on education is highest. From teachers in Ecuador to transport in Egypt … explore the world of international data!
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Statistics to go: "Pocketbook: Germany"

Do you know Germany? Our first Pocketbook shows you Germany at a glance and, despite the compact format, it contains a whole lot of information on the country, people, life and economy of Germany. Take the tour and be enlightened by high-quality information presented in short texts, comprehensible tables and plain graphics!
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Hands-on basket of goods – the price kaleidoscope

How does the price trend of a single product influence the index?
With the new price kaleidoscope of the Federal Statistical Office, you will get an overview of the price trends and weights of various product groups in the consumer price index. It allows getting a more intuitive impression of the complex connections.

Economic and Financial Data for Germany

The actual data corresponding to the data described on the International Monetary Fund's Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board (DSBB) is available here.
For a fuller explanation of the DSBB and the statistical standards to which Germany has committed, please click on DSBB Home Page.

Interactive Applications

We are offering interaction and communication applications typical of online environments, such as our interactive applications of the Animated population pyramids on the population forecast, the Regional Atlas, the Personal inflation calculator, the Atlas of foreign trade data and the Air transport atlas (some interactive applications only in German). Get an easy overview of complex matters by using the new forms of presentation you can alter as required.

Personal inflation calculator