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Date: March 3, 2025 Electric cars: low number of new registrations
In Germany, consumers are still fairly reluctant to purchase electric cars. In 2023, only 18.4% or 524,219 of 2,844,609 newly registered passenger cars ran on electricity.
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Date: February 28, 2025 The area under vines decreased by almost 400 hectares compared to the previous year
In 2024, wine was grown on 103,295 hectares in Germany. The area under vines thus decreased compared with 2023 (- 392 hectares). White grape varieties increased by 0.1 % or 45 hectares to 71,423 hectares.
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Date: February 26, 2025 Germany has fourth-highest minimum wage in the EU
In Germany, the statutory minimum wage was adjusted to 12.82 euros per hour as of 1 January 2025. For a full-time job, this corresponds to a minimum wage of 2,161 euros gross per month.
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Date: February 21, 2025 Public transport: most popular in Austria and Hungary
In 2022, travel by bus, tram, metro and rail accounted for 18% of motorized passenger transport in the EU. Germany’s public transport share is below EU average.
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Press release No. 252 of 11 July 2025 Wholesale prices in June 2025: +0.9% on June 2024
In June 2025, the selling prices in wholesale trade were 0.9% higher than in June 2024. Compared with the same month a year earlier, the rate of change was +0.4% in May 2025, and +0.8% in April 2025. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also …
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Date: February 17, 2025 WISTA edition 1/2025
WISTA is a scientific journal regularly published by the Federal Statistical Office Germany. It offers articles on topics relating to official statistics.
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Date: July 10, 2025 Price trends of selected goods and services
Tables on the subject: Price trends of selected goods and services, base year of 2020, year-on-year changes in June 2025 in %
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Press release No. 250 of 10 July 2025 Inflation rate at +2.0% in June 2025
The inflation rate in Germany, measured as the year-on-year change in the consumer price index (CPI), stood at +2.0% in June 2025. This was the lowest rate since October 2024 (also +2.0%). The inflation rate was +2.1% in both May and April 2025. "The …
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Date: February 13, 2025 Gender Pay Gap: Germany remains among EU states with highest disparity
The gender pay gap, which measures the percentage difference in average gross hourly earnings between men and women, amounted to 16% in Germany.