| Year | Insolvency proceedings opened |
Rejection of insolvency proceedings for lack of assets |
Composition proceedings opened/ plan for the settlement of debts accepted2 |
Insolvencies | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| total3 | including: business insolvencies |
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| 1: Until 1990: former territory of the Federal Republic. 2: Plans for the settlement of debts accepted as of 1999. 3: Until 1998: bankruptcies and composition proceedings, excluding conversions of composition proceedings into bankruptcies. |
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| 2024 | 8.6 | 23.6 | -22.1 | 9.5 | 22.4 |
| 2023 | 4.1 | 11.7 | -26.8 | 4.4 | 22.1 |
| 2022 | -13.1 | 0.9 | -7.2 | -12.2 | 4.3 |
| 2021 | 70.4 | -10.0 | -27.5 | 60.2 | -11.7 |
| 2020 | -29.7 | -10.8 | -19.2 | -27.9 | -15.5 |
| 2019 | -4.9 | -5.1 | -10.7 | -5.0 | -2.9 |
| 2018 | -5.6 | 0.3 | -10.5 | -5.2 | -3.9 |
| 2017 | -6.2 | 1.2 | -4.1 | -5.6 | -6.6 |
| 2016 | -4.0 | -3.7 | 4.8 | -3.9 | -6.9 |
| 2015 | -6.0 | -2.1 | 9.6 | -5.5 | -4.1 |
| 2014 | -4.7 | -3.3 | -4.6 | -4.6 | -7.3 |
| 2013 | -6.1 | -5.2 | -1.1 | -6.0 | -8.1 |
| 2012 | -5.5 | -8.2 | -5.2 | -5.7 | -6.0 |
| 2011 | -5.1 | -7.6 | -10.3 | -5.4 | -5.9 |
| 2010 | 3.8 | -1.3 | 7.1 | 3.4 | -2.1 |
| 2009 | 5.0 | 6.8 | -5.6 | 5.0 | 11.6 |
| 2008 | -5.7 | -8.3 | 11.3 | -5.7 | 0.4 |
| 2007 | 4.0 | -15.4 | -6.9 | 2.0 | -14.6 |
| 2006 | 24.5 | -19.1 | 13.1 | 18.2 | -7.3 |
| 2005 | 21.5 | -10.1 | 0.9 | 15.5 | -6.0 |
| 2004 | 23.0 | -3.1 | 32.3 | 17.4 | -0.3 |
| 2003 | 25.2 | 2.7 | 14.0 | 19.3 | 4.6 |
| 2002 | 144.5 | -3.6 | -31.7 | 71.2 | 16.4 |
| 2001 | 28.1 | 4.7 | 44.2 | 16.7 | 14.3 |
| 2000 | 60.7 | -0.9 | 399.6 | 24.2 | 6.6 |
| 1999 | 36.7 | -13.8 | 703.3 | 0.2 | -4.9 |
| 1998 | 1.5 | 1.9 | -14.3 | 1.7 | 1.3 |
| 1997 | 2.6 | 7.4 | -34.0 | 6.1 | 7.6 |
| 1996 | 7.3 | 10.2 | -5.4 | 9.3 | 14.3 |
| 1995 | 17.4 | 14.8 | -16.4 | 15.5 | 18.6 |
| 1994 | 16.9 | 25.4 | -8.2 | 22.8 | 24.4 |
| 1993 | 34.0 | 31.9 | 97.3 | 32.6 | 38.7 |
| 1992 | 22.3 | 12.1 | -5.1 | 14.9 | 23.6 |
| 1991 | 10.9 | -2.9 | -7.1 | 0.4 | 1.2 |
| 1990 | -5.6 | -10.5 | -26.3 | -9.4 | -9.0 |
| 1989 | -6.7 | -8.4 | 0.0 | -8.1 | -9.2 |
| 1988 | -4.0 | -11.0 | -32.1 | -9.4 | -12.7 |
| 1987 | -7.3 | -6.5 | 2.4 | -6.7 | -10.4 |
| 1986 | -4.5 | 1.3 | -21.9 | -0.2 | -0.9 |
| 1985 | 10.8 | 13.1 | 15.4 | 12.6 | 13.4 |
| 1984 | 3.3 | 4.7 | -37.2 | 4.0 | 1.5 |
| 1983 | -7.3 | 4.1 | -4.6 | 1.5 | -0.6 |
| 1982 | 27.9 | 39.7 | 42.1 | 36.2 | 40.3 |
| 1981 | 30.7 | 26.8 | 13.8 | 27.5 | 34.5 |
| 1980 | 9.7 | 9.8 | 16.0 | 9.9 | 15.2 |
| 1979 | -1.0 | -5.7 | -22.1 | -4.6 | -7.8 |
| 1978 | -14.5 | -6.2 | -29.3 | -8.8 | -14.1 |
| 1977 | -3.5 | 4.9 | -18.8 | 2.1 | 1.8 |
| 1976 | -11.6 | 10.8 | -49.0 | 1.8 | -2.1 |
| 1975 | -12.2 | 52.1 | -23.2 | 19.1 | 16.3 |
| 1974 | 34.1 | 44.3 | 53.5 | 40.0 | 49.4 |
| 1973 | 29.0 | 11.8 | 44.0 | 20.5 | 29.2 |
| 1972 | -3.5 | 10.6 | -17.1 | 3.1 | 4.2 |
| 1971 | 0.3 | 16.4 | -22.2 | 5.6 | 9.4 |
| 1970 | 12.4 | 7.8 | 6.6 | 10.3 | 8.9 |
| 1969 | -2.9 | 3.0 | -8.2 | -0.5 | -4.2 |
| 1968 | -20.6 | 9.5 | -37.5 | -11.8 | -17.6 |
| 1967 | 17.6 | 21.4 | 38.7 | 20.0 | 24.9 |
| 1966 | 23.0 | -0.6 | 43.1 | 14.5 | 22.2 |
| 1965 | -8.3 | 4.1 | -13.6 | -3.8 | -6.0 |
| 1964 | -2.3 | 20.8 | -7.2 | 4.8 | 3.9 |
| 1963 | 17.8 | 5.3 | 12.5 | 12.4 | 5.7 |
| 1962 | -6.9 | 11.5 | -14.9 | -1.3 | -10.8 |
| 1961 | -3.0 | -9.3 | 1.5 | -4.6 | -4.7 |
| 1960 | -1.6 | 2.8 | -20.2 | -2.2 | -2.3 |
| 1959 | -13.4 | -10.9 | -24.4 | -14.4 | -18.0 |
| 1958 | -7.0 | -14.4 | -26.1 | -12.2 | -14.0 |
| 1957 | -10.0 | -9.1 | 5.2 | -6.9 | -7.4 |
| 1956 | -2.2 | -15.3 | -17.3 | -8.1 | -9.7 |
| 1955 | -16.0 | 2.7 | -29.6 | -14.2 | -17.0 |
As at 14 March 2025