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Date: December 6, 2022 Satellite-based early estimate of short-term economic development

...Further new digital data will be developed to improve such estimates and provide GDP flash estimates even earlier (from flash estimate to nowcast). The results of the first project phase were published in of the WISTA scientific journal under the title "Moving from GDG flash estimates to GDP nowcasts: first results of a feasibility study to further accelerate early GDP estimation". ...

Date: March 26, 2021 German regions within EU ranking

...Gross domestic product per capita in german EU--European Union regions 2019 Rank German EU--European Union region GDP--gross domestic product per capita NUTS--Nomenclature des Unités territoriales statistiques2 Region (name) PPP--Purchsing power parities in % above / below EU--European Union average Euros 6 DE60 Hamburg +95 67,300 8 DE21 Oberbayern +73 59,700 16 DE11 Stuttgart +57 54,000 18 DE71 Darmstadt +54 53,000 23 DE91 Braunschweig +46 50,200 24 DE50 Bremen +44 49,500 29 DE25 Mittelfranken +35 46,400 30 DE12 Karlsruhe +33 45,700 33 DE14 Tübingen +29 44,600 35 DEA2 Köln +28 44,100 37 DE23 Oberpfalz +26 43,400 42 DE30 Berlin +23 42,300 43 DEA1 Düsseldorf +23 42,500 44 DE26 Unterfranken +22 39,800 DE Germany +20 41,500 47 DE27 Schwaben +18 40,700 51 DE22 Niederbayern +16 39,800 55 DE13 Freiburg +15 39,600 56 DE92 Hannover +15 39,200 60 DE24 Oberfranken +14 39,300 61 DEA4 Detmold +13 39,000 64 DEB3 Rheinhessen-Pfalz +10 37,700 67 DE73 Kassel +9 37,600 74 DEC0 Saarland +7 36,800 76 DE94 Weser-Ems +6 36,500 78 DEA5 Arnsberg +4 35,700 81 DE72 Gießen +3 35,500 EU28 European Union 0 31,200 93 DEA3 Münster -1 34,100 94 DEB1 Koblenz -1 34,100 99 DEF0 Schleswig-Holstein -2 33,900 101 DED5 Leipzig -3 33,500 109 DED2 Dresden -7 32,200 112 DEB2 Trier -10 31,000 124 DEG0 Thüringen -13 29,900 127 DE40 Brandenburg -14 29,700 128 DED4 Chemnitz -14 29,500 136 DE80 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern -16 29,000 137 DE93 Lüneburg -16 28,900 138 DEE0 Sachsen-Anhalt -16 28,900...

Press release No. 493 of 25 November 2022 Gross domestic product: detailed economic performance results for the 3^rd quarter of 2022

...The GDP--gross domestic product growth rates of most other EU Member States are higher than in Germany in a year-on-year comparison. Compared with the fourth quarter of 2019, the quarter preceding the Covid-19 pandemic, German GDP--gross domestic product exceeded its pre-crisis level (+0.3%) for the first time in the third quarter of 2022. ...

Date: July 30, 2020 GDP flash estimate t+30

...Especially in times of crisis such as the current corona pandemic, up-to-date fact-based economic data are indispensable for users from politics, business, society, science and the media. Up to now, first official results on the overall economic development in Germany were available 45 days after the end of the quarter with the publication of the GDP. The Statistical Office of the European Union, Eurostat, has been publishing a so-called "Preliminary Flash Estimate" for the GDP of the European Union (EU) and the eurozone 30 days after the end of the quarter since 2016. ...

Press release No. 457 of 28 October 2022 Gross domestic product in the 3^rd quarter of 2022 up 0.3% on the previous quarter

...The GDP--Gross domestic product is also available on the Corona statistics webpage (www.destatis.de/corona) and in the Dashboard Germany (www.dashboard-deutschland.de), together with other indicators which can be used to assess the economic consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic. ...

Date: February 17, 2020 Private consumption in Germany

The article focuses on private consumption expenditure. It examines its contribution to the short-term economic development in 2019 and the different concepts and breakdowns. Additionally, the article explains the calculation of household purchases …

Press release No. 357 of 25 August 2022 Gross domestic product: detailed economic performance results for the 2^nd quarter of 2022

...The GDP--gross domestic product growth rates of most other EU Member States were higher than in Germany in a year-on-year comparison. Compared with the fourth quarter of 2019, the quarter preceding the Covid-19 pandemic, German GDP--gross domestic product was back to its pre-crisis level (0.0%) for the first time in the second quarter of 2022. ...

Press release No. 174 of 8 April 2021 Marked long-term increase in gross wages and salaries

Based on national accounting results, gross wages and salaries per employee in Germany fell by 0.1% in nominal terms (not price adjusted) in 2020 compared with 2019. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that the development of earnings …

Press release No. 322 of 29 July 2022 Gross domestic product stagnant in 2^nd quarter of 2022

...The GDP--Gross domestic product is also available on the Corona statistics webpage (www.destatis.de/corona) and in the Dashboard Germany (www.dashboard-deutschland.de), together with other indicators which can be used to assess the economic consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic. ...

Press release No. 215 of 25 May 2022 Gross domestic product: detailed results on the economic performance in the 1^st quarter of 2022

...The GDP--gross domestic product growth rates of most other EU Member States are higher than in Germany in a year-on-year comparison. GDP--gross domestic product in Spain was still markedly lower (-3.4%) in the first quarter of 2022 than in the fourth quarter of 2019, the quarter before the Covid-19 crisis began. ...

Date: July 2, 2019 Major Revision of National Accounts 2019

In 2019, a major revision of the National Accounts took place in Germany, as in most member states of the European Union.

Date: November 20, 2020 Economic growth in the EU

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Press release No. 184 of 29 April 2022 Gross domestic product in the 1^st quarter of 2022 up 0.2% on the previous quarter

...The GDP--Gross domestic product is also available on the Corona statistics webpage (www.destatis.de/corona) and in the Dashboard Germany (www.dashboard-deutschland.de), together with other indicators which can be used to assess the economic consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic. ...

Press release No. 117 of 17 March 2022 Approximately 334 billion euros for education, science and research in 2020

...According to provisional calculations, public budgets and the private sector spent a total of 334.1 billion euros on education, science and research in Germany in 2020. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this was an increase of 4.3 billion euros, or 1.3%, compared with the previous year. In 2020, the relevant expenditure accounted for 9.9% of the gross domestic product (GDP), following 9.5% in the preceding year. ...

Date: October 12, 2021 Sustainable Development in Germany - Indicator Report 2021

The refinement made in the German Sustainability Strategy 2021 has been the most extensive one since the strategy was realigned after the United Nations adopted the Agenda 2030. A number of new indicators were incorporated, some indicators were …

Press release No. 153 of 7 April 2022 Health expenditure exceeded 440 billion euros in 2020

...Both increases were accompanied by a decline in nominal GDP (2009: -4.0%; 2020: -3.0%)....

Press release No. 074 of 25 February 2022 Gross domestic product: detailed results on the economic performance in the 4^th quarter of 2021

...The GDP growth rates of nearly all EU Member States and the United States were higher than in Germany also in a year-on-year comparison. Compared with the fourth quarter of 2019, the quarter before the Covid-19 pandemic, the economic recovery differed more at the international level. ...

Date: March 23, 2019 Focus on Europe

...Germany is the leading export nation in the EU, followed by the Netherlands and France. Public finance: Which countries have the highest level of general government gross debt? According to the European Stability and Growth Pact, the general government gross debt of EU Member States is expected to remain below 60 % of GDP--gross domestic product. ...

Date: April 6, 2022 ESA 2010 methods and sources for the German GNI and its components - Edition 2021 (nur in englischer Version verfügbar)

The present document contains the detailed description of the methods and sources used for the compilation of the gross domestic product and the gross national income of the Federal Republic of Germany in compliance with the European System of …

Press release No. 020 of 14 January 2022 Gross domestic product up 2.7% in 2021

...German exports of goods and services were up a price-adjusted 9.4% on 2020. Imports increased by a price-adjusted 8.6% in the same period. In 2021, Germany’s trade with foreign countries was thus only slightly below the level of 2019. Labour market robust under still difficult circumstances On an annual average in 2021, the economic performance was achieved by 44.9 million persons in employment whose place of employment was in Germany. ...

Press release No. N014 of 17 March 2022 On the way out of the Covid crisis: comparison between German and European economies

...“This is shown by the pre-crisis comparison in a European context, especially regarding household final consumption expenditure and gross value added in manufacturing, but also employment.” The GDP fell farther below the pre-crisis level than in Germany (-1.1%) only in Spain (-4.0%), the Czech Republic (-1.9%), Portugal (-1.4%) and Slovakia (-1.2%). The EU countries with the largest economic growth when compared with the pre-crisis level were Ireland (+15.3%), Estonia (+7.2%) and Slovenia (+6.6%), according to the European statistical office Eurostat. ...

Date: April 9, 2020 Nowcast of the overall economic development

...The figure below presents common features of, and major methodological differences between the planned early overall economic indicator and the GDP flash estimate. First of all, the early indicator of the overall economic development is designed as a purely model-based estimation based on econometric models. This means that, unlike the GDP flash estimate, only one of the pillars of the three-pillar model successfully applied in the GDP flash estimate will be used (see also the paper "" in the WISTA journal). ...

Press release No. 532 of 25 November 2021 Gross domestic product: detailed results on the economic performance in the 3^rd quarter of 2021

...The economic performance of the United States (+0.5%, converted figure) increased less strongly than the German GDP--gross domestic product (+1.7%) in the third quarter of 2021. The GDP--gross domestic product growth rates of most EU Member States were higher than in Germany also in a year-on-year comparison. Italy (+3.8%), France (+3.3%) and Spain (+2.7%) recorded stronger economic growth on the third quarter of 2020 than Germany (+2.6%) after price, seasonally and calendaradjustment. ...

Press release No. 039 of 28 January 2022 Gross domestic product in the 4^th quarter of 2021 down 0.7% on the previous quarter

The gross domestic product (GDP) fell by 0.7% in the fourth quarter of 2021 on the third quarter of 2021 after adjustment for price, seasonal and calendar variations. After economic performance had increased again in summer despite growing delivery …

Press release No. 085 of 3 March 2022 600 million euros spent on non-university research related to Covid-19 in 2020

...Non-university research totalled 15.6 billion euros in 2020 Total expenditure on research and development amounted to 105.9 billion euros, or 3.1% of GDP, according to provisional calculations WIESBADEN – In 2020, non-university institutions in Germany spent 15.6 billion euros on research and development. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this was an increase of approximately 4% compared with the previous year. ...

Press release No. 398 of 24 August 2021 Gross domestic product: detailed gross domestic product results for the 2^nd quarter of 2021

...The GDP--gross domestic product growth rates of most EU Member States are higher than Germany’s GDP--gross domestic product growth rate also in a year-on-year comparison. Spain (+19.8%), France (+18.7%) and Italy (+17.3%) recorded a markedly stronger economic growth on the second quarter of 2020 than Germany (+9.4%) after price, seasonally and calendar adjustment. ...

Date: December 16, 2019 Moving from GDP flash estimates to GDP nowcasts: First Results of a feasibility study to further accelerate early GDP estimation

...The Federal Statistical Office of Germany (Statistisches Bundesamt) is currently conducting a feasibility study to test whether it would be possible to produce an estimate of the German gross domestic product (GDP) as early as t+10 days after the end of the reference quarter. ...

Press release No. 139 of 9 April 2019 Automotive industry: production down 7.1% in 2^nd half of 2018 in Germany's most important industry

Due to its size and interdependence, the automotive industry in Germany has considerable importance for the overall economic development. In the course of 2018, however, the production of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers decreased markedly. …

Press release No. 075 of 25 February 2022 General government deficit remains high: 132.5 billion euros in 2021

...The deficit thus remains high although it fell by 12.8 billion euros on the previous year. When measured as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) at current prices, the deficit ratio was 3.7% in 2021. This means that the 3% reference value of the European Stability and Growth Pact, which is currently suspended, would have been exceeded for the second time in a row....

Press release No. 244 of 25 May 2021 Gross domestic product: detailed results on the economic performance in the 1^st quarter of 2021

...International and European comparison Trends were diverging within Europe. In the first quarter of 2021, the price-, seasonally and calendar-adjusted GDP declined for example in Spain (-0.5%) and Italy (-0.4%) on the fourth quarter of 2020, while a slight increase was seen in France (+0.4%). According to provisional calculations, the Statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat) reported a GDP decline of 0.4% on the previous quarter for the European Union (EU) as a whole, which was markedly smaller than for Germany (-1.8%). ...