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Date: November 28, 2024 Internet users and online shoppers 2024

Tables on the subject: This table shows data to the internet users and online shoppers 2024 by age group and sex

Date: August 5, 2024 Average debt per type of creditor, 2023

The table of the subject: Average debt per type of creditor, year 2023

Date: March 28, 2024 Time use Survey 2022

This table shows data from the average time use of persons by social status in hours and minutes per day 2022 in Germany

Date: March 28, 2024 Time use Survey 2022

This table shows data from the average time use of persons by age in hours and minutes per day 2022 in Germany

Date: March 28, 2024 Time use Survey 2022

This table shows data from the time use survey to the time use in hours and minutes per day Germany 2022 by typ of households

Date: March 28, 2024 Time use Survey 2022

This table shows data from the average time use of persons aged 10 years or over by sex in Germany 2022

Date: March 28, 2024 Time use Survey 2022

This table shows data from the leisure time activities of persons aged 10 years or over by sex in Germany 2022

Press release No. 190 of 16 May 2023 Just over one-fifth of Germany’s population at risk of poverty or social exclusion

Just over 17.3 million people in Germany were affected by poverty or social exclusion in 2022. This equated to 20.9% of the population, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports on the basis of first results of the survey on income and living …

Press release No. 106 of 15 March 2023 Household final consumption expenditure up 3.4% in 2022

The consumption behaviour of households in Germany was strongly affected by high inflation in 2022. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that, based on the national accounts concepts, household final consumption expenditure in the …

Press release No. N 015 of 7 March 2023 Gender pension gap: retirement income of women almost one third below that of men in 2021

In terms of both their average income and their retirement income, women are worse off than men. According to results of the survey of income and living conditions (EU-SILC) 2021, women aged 65 or over received gross retirement income of 17,814 euros …

Press release No. N013 of 2 March 2023 CORRECTION: Older people have fewer traffic accidents

CORRECTION: As a proportion of the total population, older people are involved in fewer traffic accidents than younger people. In 2021, 66,812 people aged 65 years or over were involved in accidents resulting in personal injury. The Federal …

Press release No. N 012 of 1 March 2023 In 2022, 87% of the imported photovoltaic power stations came from China

From Germany's perspective, China is by far the most important country of origin of photovoltaic power stations. Roughly 87% of the photovoltaic power stations imported to Germany in 2022 came from the People's Republic. The Federal Statistical …

Press release No. 034 of 26 January 2023 Microcensus 2023 has started: official survey of 1% of the population

The microcensus 2023 has started. Using a statistical random method, a total of roughly 810,000 people in about 380,000 households and collective living quarters are selected and surveyed from January to December 2023. This is approximately 1% of the …

Press release No. N 001 of 12 January 2023 28% of overindebted individuals owed money to online dealers in 2021

Online shopping is getting ever more popular, an effect that is reinforced by the Covid pandemic. However, the easy order and payment procedures offered on the internet may lead to financial problems for some people. The Federal Statistical Office …

Press release No. 536 of 15 December 2022 New app available for the survey of income and expenditure

Participation in the sample survey of household income and expenditure 2023 is possible via app for the first time. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that the mobile app is now available from the Google Play Store and the Apple App …

Press release No. 534 of 14 December 2022 20% of internet users attach importance to energy efficiency when buying digital devices

The price is the most important criterion for people buying an information and communication technology (ICT) device. The price was a major criterion when buying a smartphone, tablet, laptop or desktop computer for almost two thirds (64%) of internet …

Press release No. 509 of 2 December 2022 Household final consumption expenditure up 4.6% in 2021 year on year

Households in Germany spent an average 2,623 euros per month on private consumption in 2021. This was an increase of 4.6%, or 116 euros, compared with 2020 (2,507 euros). Private consumption expenditure thus exceeded the level of 2019 (2,574 euros) …

Press release No. N 067 of 17 November 2022 10.5% of Germany's population lived in overcrowded dwellings in 2021

400,000 new dwellings, including 100,000 social dwellings, will be constructed every year to counteract the lack of affordable dwellings, according to Federal Government plans. Roughly 8.6% million people in Germany lived in overcrowded dwellings in …

Press release No. N066 of 16 November 2022 37.9% of students in Germany at risk of poverty in 2021

The third relief package of the Federal Government is intended to support students, who are especially affected by the current high prices because of their low incomes. In 2021, 37.9% of the students in Germany were at risk of poverty. Based on first …

Press release No. 455 of 27 October 2022 One in ten households have smart energy management systems

In view of high energy prices and energy shortage, many households are trying to reduce their energy consumption. Smart energy management systems that are connected to the internet and can be controlled online may help to save energy. The Federal …

Date: October 27, 2022 Equipment of households with smart devices and systems by territory

Tables on the subject: This table shows data from the continuous household budget surveys to the equipment of households with smart devices and systems 2022 by territory

Date: October 27, 2022 Equipment of households with smart devices and systems (Germany)

Tables on the subject: This table shows data from the continuous household budget surveys to the equipment of households with smart devices and systems in Germany

Date: October 27, 2022 One in almost every fourth households have a fully automatic coffee machine

At the beginning of 2022, 24% of house­holds in Germany had a fully automatic coffee machine. Five years earlier, in 2017, only 15% of the house­holds had such a machine. There were dish­washers in 75% of all house­holds in 2022. Every house­hold had …

Press release No. N 063 of 21 October 2022 2.6 million people did not have a sufficiently heated home in 2021, due to a lack of money

Now that the cold season is coming, the continuing high energy prices dramatically increase the costs of heating. But even before the energy crisis started as a result of the war in Ukraine, not everyone was able to afford sufficient heating. …

Press release No. N 062 of 5 October 2022 One fifth of the population in Germany had an annual net income of less than 16,300 euros in 2021

Introducing an electricity price freeze, raising the children's allowance, one-off payments to students and pensioners and a higher housing allowance for more people entitled – the Federal Government has adopted a variety of measures as part of the …

Press release No. 417 of 4 October 2022 Recruiting households for participation in survey of income and expenditure

How much money do people in Germany spend on what? How is their expenditure on food, housing, transport and other things distributed? Answers to the above and other questions are provided by the sample survey of income and expenditure. Under the …

Press release No. 403 of 22 September 2022 Where has time gone? – Recruiting households with children for diary-based study

How much time do people in Germany have for friends and family in addition to spending time on work, school or housework? How much time do men and women spend on care work, that is, unpaid work such as child care, housework, voluntary work or care of …

Press release No. N 058 of 15 September 2022 Car density at record high in 2021

The number of cars in Germany is rising despite the public debate on a mobility transition. Car density has risen continuously in the past ten years. There were 580 passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants in 2021, which is a record high. This is …

Press release No. N 054 of 26 August 2022 Housing costs: 10.7% of the population regarded as overburdened in 2021

For millions of people in Germany, the money spent on housing accounts for large part of their cost of living. Housing expenditure and rents in particular usually are fixed monthly costs with little nor no reduction potential. In 2021, housing costs …

Press release No. 327 of 4 August 2022 Relative risk of poverty in Germany at 15.8% in 2021

Roughly 13.0 million people in Germany were at risk of poverty in 2021. This is 15.8% of Germany's population. The proportion of people at risk of poverty in the population thus is at roughly the same level as a year earlier, as reported by the …