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Date: October 9, 2023 R&D expenditure: Stuttgart ranks top of EU regions

...The table R&D expenditure 2021 offers more data on the 10 leading EU regions. More data on R&D expenditure in Germany can also be accessed on the main Destatis website. The methodology section of our website also offers more information on the NUTS  classification....

Date: May 30, 2023 Road transport: car dominance unbroken

...Number of passenger cars reaches new peak In total, there are more than 49 million passenger cars on Germany´s roads. In 2023, car density in Germany reached a new peak of 588 passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants. In the EU, Germany was ranked 9th. The EU´s highest motorisation rate was registered in Italy with 694 passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants, the lowest in Latvia (418). ...

Date: June 5, 2023 EU-Monitor COVID-19

...The Statistical Office of the EU, Eurostat, harmonizes national data to make them comparable at European level. The data published by Eurostat for Germany may differ from the data published by Destatis for Germany due to this harmonization. Status of data extraction: 05 June 2023. Further information European Statistical System ESS: European Statistical Recovery Dashboard...

Press release No. 164 of 26 April 2023 One hour worked cost an average of 39.50 euros in 2022

...Germany in seventh place in the ranking of labour costs across the EU...

Press release No. N019 of 22 March 2023 5.5 kilograms per capita: 462,500 tonnes of old clothes and second-hand textiles were exported from Germany in 2022

...In relation to the total population in Germany, this represented 5.5 kilograms of second-hand textiles which were exported per capita in 2022....

Press release No. N 009 of 15 February 2023 Nearly one third of births by Caesarean section in 2021

...Roughly 237,000 women delivered by Caesarean in 2021, which means that nearly one out of three births in hospitals in Germany was by Caesarean section. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that the Caesarean rate was 30.9% for the whole of Germany. It is slightly higher than in 2020 (29.7%). The proportion of such surgical interventions doubled over the last 30 years. 15.3% of women gave birth by Caesarean section in 1991. ...

Press release No. N 011 of 23 February 2023 Most energy products cost significantly more than before Russia’s attack on Ukraine

...Russia’s attack on Ukraine on 24 February had a decisive impact on energy prices in Germany in the course of 2022. Although the trend had finally been downward, producer prices of energy were 32.9% higher in January 2023 than in January 2022, according to the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). ...

Date: January 5, 2023 United Kingdom

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