Press release No. 043 of 1 February 2022
Retail turnover, December 2021 (provisional, calendar and seasonally adjusted)
-5.5% on the previous month (in real terms)
-4.9% on the previous month (in nominal terms)
0.0% on the same month a year earlier (in real terms)
+3.3% on the same month a year earlier (in nominal terms)
Annual result of 2021 (provisional, unadjusted values)
+0.7% in 2021 compared with 2020 (in real terms, provisional)
+2.9% in 2021 compared with 2020 (in nominal terms, provisional)
WIESBADEN - In 2021, the real (price-adjusted) turnover of the retail enterprises in Germany was 0.7% and the nominal (not price-adjusted) turnover 2.9% higher than in 2020 according to provisional results of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). The first provisional results reported are thus within the estimated intervals. Parts of shop-based retail trade, such as retail trade in textiles, clothing, footwear and leather products, suffered losses in turnover also in the second year of the coronavirus crisis. In December 2021, turnover was down 5.5% in real terms and 4.9% in nominal terms (not price-adjusted) on November 2021 after calendar and seasonal adjustment.
Crisis Monitor enables comparison between corona crisis and financial and economic crisis
Retail turnover also forms part of the “Crisis Monitor“ (www.destatis.de/krisenmonitor), by means of which the Federal Statistical Office compares the development of major short-term indicators in the corona crisis and the financial and economic crisis of 2008/2009. The "Crisis monitor" complements the Corona statistics webpage (www.destatis.de/corona), which provides statistical information on the economic and social consequences of the coronavirus pandemic.
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