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Date: April 28, 2022 Switzerland is most common European destination for German emigrants

Of all European countries, Switzerland remains the most popular destination for German emigrants: at the beginning of 2022, approximately 311,300 German citizens resided in the Alpine republic.

Date: April 5, 2022 European Union: Consumer prices

The consumer price index, which is harmonised within the EU (including the inflation rate) plays an important role in the assessment of overall economic development.

Date: December 7, 2021 15% of 15-24 year olds in the EU smoke regularly

In the European Union, around 15% of young people aged 15-24 smoked every day in 2019. In Germany, 18% of 15-24 year olds smoked regularly, according to EU statistics office Eurostat.

Date: March 26, 2021 German regions within EU ranking

This table covers information on gross domestic product per capita in german EU-Regions

Date: November 20, 2020 Economic growth in the EU

GDP is the most important economic indicator and is indicative of a country's economic situation. It measures the economic performance of a country over a given period. This page offers access to the most recent quarterly data for EU countries.

Date: October 23, 2020 61% of employed persons in the EU have no influence on their working hours

The majority of employed persons in the European Union (EU) has no say in how their working hours are organized. In 2019, 61% of the 15-74 year old workforce had working hours which were determined either by employers, customers, orders or …

Date: May 25, 2020 International mortality statistics

Death rates fluctuate within a given year and from one year to the next. Influencial factors include aspects auch as the severity of a flu season or the length of a seasonal heat wave. The number of deaths also depends on the size of the population …

Date: April 29, 2020 European statistics on mortality

Within a given year mortality rates are subject to seasonal variation. The figures also differ significantly from one year to the next, for example depending on the severity of a flu epidemic or a heat wave. The number of deaths also depends on the …

Date: March 25, 2019 Data by topic

Date: March 23, 2019 Focus on Europe

The EU is facing a number of challenges, including the ageing of society, the question of social cohesion, the opportunities arising from increasing digitalization and climate change. How are the EU and its Member States faring as far as these topics …

Date: March 22, 2019 EU Member States

Date: January 14, 2019 About us

Eurostat bietet eine sehr große Menge an vergleichbaren Statistiken zur Europäischen Union und den Mitgliedstaaten in seiner kostenfreien Online-Datenbank an. Wenn Sie bei der Suche nach Zahlen zu Europa Hilfe benötigen, stehen wir Ihnen zur …

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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. 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 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 057 of 12 September 2022 Petrol and diesel fuel cost more in Germany again than in all neighbouring EU countries

As the fuel discount ended, motor fuel prices in Germany went up once more, with filling stations in Germany again charging more for petrol and diesel fuel recently than the petrol stations in all EU countries neighbouring Germany. Drivers in Germany …

Press release No. N 051 of 11 August 2022 International Youth Day: half of the 15 to 24 year olds mainly lived on the income of family members in 2021

Looking at how young people live often leads to the question how they make their living. The fact that most of the 15 to 24 year olds are still in school, university or training has an impact on their financial situation. To mark the International …

Press release No. N 049 of 1 August 2022 10 year high: nearly one third of the 15 to 24 year olds no longer lived in their parents’ household in 2021

Having reached adulthood, many young people also move out of the parental home sooner or later. Although rising rents and the Covid-19 pandemic made it more difficult in the last few years to take that step, more young people between 15 and 24 years …

Press release No. N048 of 29 July 2022 June 2022: number of air passengers more than tripled compared with June 2021

Approximately 16.3 million air passengers arrived at, or departed from, the 23 largest commercial airports in Germany in June 2022. Their number has more than tripled (+215.1%) compared with June 2021, according to the Federal Statistical Office ( …

Press release No. N 046 of 25 July 2022 Number and proportion of young people aged between 15 and 24 years at all-time low

The number of young people living in Germany is lower than ever. At the end of 2021, just over 8.3 million people were between 15 and 24 years old. This is a proportion of 10.0% of the total population, as reported by the Federal Statistical Office ( …

Press release No. N 039 of 27 June 2022 Petrol and diesel fuel currently more expensive in most countries neighbouring Germany

Petrol and diesel fuel cost less at German petrol stations recently than in most of the countries neighbouring Germany, or roughly the same, although motor fuel prices had been rising again after the “fuel discount” was introduced on 1 June 2022. …

Press release No. N 035 of 7 June 2022 25% less plastic waste exported in 2021 year on year

Germany exports markedly less plastic waste than a few years ago. In 2021, just over 766,200 tonnes of plastic waste was exported from Germany – that is one quarter less (-25.2%) than in 2020. At the time, just over one million tonnes had been …

Press release No. N 031 of 23 May 2022 Ticket prices in short-distance transport up 19% on 2015

In view of sharp rises in energy costs, the Federal Government intends to make public short-distance passenger transport more attractive by introducing a temporary 9-euro ticket. Significant rise in short-distance passenger transport prices since …

Press release No. N 029 of 17 May 2022 Switzerland again the most popular European destination for German emigrants

Germans emigrating to another European country most often choose Switzerland as their destination. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that roughly 309,000 German citizens were residing in this neighbouring country at the beginning of …

Date: May 5, 2022 Labour cost comparison across EU countries (annual estimate of labour costs)

Tables on the subject: Labour costs per hour worked in 2023 by economic sectors (NACE). Position of computations: 4th quarter 2023 by B to N Business economy, C Manufacturing and G to N Business services

Press release No. 190 of 5 May 2022 One hour worked cost an average of 37.30 euros in 2021

Employers in industry and the support services sector in Germany paid an average of 37.30 euros per hour worked in 2021. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that Germany ranked seventh in terms of labour costs in the European Union …

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

The continuing Covid pandemic and the delivery and material bottlenecks involved have had a stronger impact on the German economy than on the economic development of most of the other Member States of the European Union (EU). The price, seasonally …

Press release No. N 008 of 23 February 2022 Minimum wages in the EU: between 332 euros and 2,257 euros in gross terms per month

The statutory minimum wage in Germany has stood at 9.82 euros per hour since 1 January 2022. Arithmetically, this corresponds to a minimum wage level of 1,621 euros per month (in gross terms) for a full-time job. The Federal Statistical Office ( …

Press release No. N 061 of 19 October 2021 Increasing use of renewable energy in all EU Member States

Renewable energy sources have been increasingly used in all 27 Member States of the European Union (EU) over the last years. On average, renewable energy sources accounted for 19.7% of gross final energy consumption in the EU in 2019, up from 13.9% …

Press release No. N 054 of 15 September 2021 68% of the persons in employment went to work by car in 2020

For millions of commuters, the car is the most popular means of transport. In 2020, 68% of them indicated that they usually take the car to go to work. This is reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). The users of public transport such …

Press release No. N 041 of 24 June 2021 Proportion of people of retirement age continuing to work doubled in ten years

The retirement age of people in employment has been continuously raised. As of 2012 the retirement age is gradually increasing from 65 to 67 years until 2031. Most recently, a subsequent rise to 68 has been under discussion. Even today, the number of …

Date: May 3, 2021 Wide comparison of non-wage costs in the European Union

9Tables on the subject: Non-wage costs in relation to gross earnings in the business economy (NACE B-N) in 2020. Employers paid an additional x euros of non-wage costs per 100 euros of gross earnings

Press release No. N 026 of 30 April 2021 9.7% of all people in full-time employment worked more than 48 hours per week in 2019

The debate on blurred boundaries between work and personal life has gained momentum during the coronavirus pandemic. Even before the beginning of the pandemic, it was not an unusual phenomenon that employees in Germany worked excessive hours. To mark …

Press release No. 078 of 22 February 2021 3.4 million people in Germany used smart health devices in 1^st quarter of 2020

Monitoring one’s health has been an important topic for many people not only since the corona pandemic. Devices connected to the internet can facilitate everyday prevention or treatment. In the first quarter of 2020, 3.4 million people in Germany …

Press release No. N 008 of 28 January 2021 3.1 million persons in employment at risk of poverty in Germany in 2019

Many persons in employment have incurred severe income losses due to the coronavirus pandemic, for example because of short-time work. Even before the crisis, employment did not protect all persons in employment from the risk of poverty. The Federal …

Press release No. 519 of 17 December 2020 New European data offer on the impact of the coronavirus crisis

The coronavirus pandemic considerably increases the demand for reliable high-frequency data. Apart from the national development, there is a strong interest especially in comparisons with other EU Member States. European data on the impact of the …

Press release No. 514 of 16 December 2020 Coordinated response to future crises adopted for the ESS

During the High-level meeting on ESS communication and cooperation in times of crisis on 26 November 2020, the Directors-General of the National Statistical Institutes and the Statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat) agreed on a …

Press release No. N 071 of 2 November 2020 Men’s World Day: men in Germany are less satisfied with their job than men on average in the EU

Despite the fact that, in an EU comparison, the German labour market is robust even in times of crisis, men in Germany are not fully satisfied with their work situation more frequently than the average. To coincide with the Men’s World Day on 3 …

Press release No. 414 of 20 October 2020 Word Statistics Day: official statistics provide reliable data in times of crisis

The corona pandemic has a firm grip on Germany and the world. Official statistics illustrate the impact of the crisis by providing reliable data and thus create the basis for fact-based discussions and political decision-making. To coincide with …

Date: May 4, 2020 Statistics on tourism for the enlargement countries — 2020 edition

This leaflet presents the freshest Eurostat data on tourism for the candidate countries and potential candidates.

Date: April 23, 2020 Wide comparison of labour cost in the European Union (Index)

Tables on the subject: Wide comparison of labour costs in the European Union (EU), change in business economy (NACE B-N), status of calculations: 4th quarter 2019

Press release No. N 010 of 6 March 2020 Three out of four women in Germany in employment - third highest figure in the EU

In 2018, 76% of women aged 20 to 64 years were in employment in Germany. To mark the International Women's Day on 8 March 2020, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that the proportion of women in employment rose by 8 percentage points …

Press release No. N 002 of 27 January 2020 10 years after record high of global unemployment: EU labour market has largely recovered

Ten years ago, on 26 January 2010, the International Labour Organization (ILO) announced, in the wake of the economic and financial crisis, an all-time high of unemployment in 2009. At that time, a total of 212 million people were unemployed …

Date: July 19, 2019 Guide to Eurostat culture statistics - 2018 edition

Guide to Eurostat culture statistics - 2018 edition

Date: July 12, 2019 Arbeitsmarkt auf einen Blick: Deutschland und Europa 2018

This brochure of the Federal Statistical Office of Germany represents the German labour market and compares it to the situation in the other Member States of the European Union (EU).

Date: June 19, 2018 International trade in goods for the European Neighbourhood Policy - South countries - 2018 edition

This leaflet presents statisics on foreign trade for the EU's southern partner countries covered by the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP-South). The ENP-South countries comprise Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, …

Date: June 15, 2018 International trade in goods for the enlargement countries - 2018 edition

This leaflet presents statistics on foreign trade for the EU candidate countries Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, FYR of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey.

International trade in goods for the enlargement countries - 2018 edition

Date: December 12, 2017 Globalisation patterns in EU trade and investment - 2017 edition

This publication looks at the role the European Union plays in global trade and investment compared to its major trading partners. Topics include the international trade in goods and services, foreign direct investment and the structure and behaviour …

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