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Date: May 6, 2025 Overcrowded households
In 2024, 11,5% of Germany’s population lived in overcrowded dwellings. This means that the household had too few rooms compared to the number of inhabitants. In the EU, the average was significantly higher.
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Date: May 6, 2025 Germany: 12.0% living in households overburdened by housing costs
In 2024, 12.0% of Germany’s population lived in households which were overburdened by housing costs – i.e. they spent more than 40% of the total disposable household income on housing.
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Date: May 5, 2025 Working poor: at-risk-of-poverty rate among employed persons
In 2024, 6.5% of all employed persons in Germany were living below the at-risk-of-poverty threshold. Employees with temporary contracts and part-time workers were disproportionately affected.
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Date: May 5, 2025 Germany has the highest proportion of rental tenants in the EU
In 2024, more than half of the population (52.8%) of Germany lived in rented accommodation.
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Date: April 29, 2025 Government deficit: 16 EU member states do not exceed 3% of GDP
The EU Stability and Growth Pact stipulates that Eurozone members must adhere to certain rules and ensure budgetary discipline. The annual government deficit is not to exceed 3% of the gross domestic product. The public debt must not exceed 60% of GDP.
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Date: April 14, 2025 Bee colonies: worldwide population on the rise
Bees not only provide honey but are also irreplaceable as pollinators of many plants in agriculture, fruit growing and horticulture. The worldwide population is on the rise.
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Date: March 20, 2025 EU Business Cycle Monitor
Interactive graphics and statistics on the current economic situation in the EU states.
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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 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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Date: January 17, 2025 606kg municipal waste per capita in 2022: Germany above EU average
In 2022, the municipal waste per inhabitant in Germany amounted to a total of 606 kilograms. This was significantly above the EU average of 513 kilograms.