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Labour costs in the 4th quarter of 2009: -0.5% on the previous quarter

Press release No. 093 / 2010-03-11 
Larger view of the chart Development of labour costs per hour worked
As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), a seasonally and calendar adjusted decline of 0.5% was recorded for labour costs per hour worked in Germany in the fourth quarter of 2009 compared to the third quarter of the same year. Hence the trend observed in the third quarter of 2009 (–0.2%) continued. At the same time, the marked increase in labour costs stopped, which had been recorded at the beginning of the economic crisis in the fourth quarter of 2008 (+2.3) and the first quarter of 2009 (+1.4%).

2008: 76,000 additional jobs in the health sector

Press release No. 094 / 2010-03-11  At the end of 2008, a total of 4.6 million people or roughly one in nine employees worked in the health sector in Germany. As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), this was an increase of some 76,000 people or 1.7% on a year earlier. Since 2000, the number of employees in the health sector has increased by 500,000 or 12.2%.

Public debt rose by 7.1% to Euro 1.69 trillion in 2009

Press release No. 095 / 2010-03-11  According to first provisional results of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the debt of public budgets had risen by Euro 112.7 billion or 7.1% at the end of 2009. This was the second-highest absolute increase of debt against the preceding year since the Federal Republic of Germany was founded. All in all, the overall burden of public debt in Germany (core budgets of the Federation, the Länder , the municipalities and associations of municipalities, and their extra budgets) amounted to Euro 1,692.2 billion at the close of 2009.

3.3% less abortions in 2009

Press release No. 096 / 2010-03-11  As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the number of abortions notified was about 110,700 in 2009. That was a decrease of about 3,800 (–3.3%) compared with the previous year.


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Most striking price changes in February 2010

Here you find products with especially remarkable price changes in February 2010 compared to February 2009.


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Newly published: Caesarean sections and the like: Surgery and treatment in hospitals

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Since early in 2004, hospital services have been remunerated on the basis of case flat rates. This means that remuneration is no longer based on a patient's length of stay in hospital, but depends on the diagnosis and the treatment required. The system of case flat rates was introduced with the aims of reducing the length of stay in German hospitals, standardising the remuneration for medical services provided in hospitals, and containing the increasing costs of hospital stays. More information on our latest STATmagazin.

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.

New: Statistical Yearbook 2009

Every sixth recipient of parental allowance in Berlin is a man +++ Internet chats used more frequently by men than by women +++ The type of school attended by children depends, among other things, on their parents’ educational attainment +++ Every eighth household cannot afford a full meal every two days +++
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The new Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany will give you a lot of information on social and economic structures in Germany – also in an international context.
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Economic and Financial Data for Germany

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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.





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