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Press release No. 236 of 1 July 2025 Employment continued to stagnate in May 2025
Roughly 45.8 million persons resident in Germany were in employment in May 2025. According to provisional calculations of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the seasonally adjusted number of persons in employment therefore remained almost …
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Press release No. 189 of 28 May 2025 Employment unchanged in April 2025 after seasonal adjustment
Roughly 45.8 million persons resident in Germany were in employment in April 2025. According to provisional calculations of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the seasonally adjusted number of persons in employment therefore remained …
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Press release No. 156 of 30 April 2025 Little movement in employment figures in March 2025
Roughly 45.7 million persons resident in Germany were in employment in March 2025. According to provisional calculations of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the seasonally adjusted number of persons in employment was almost unchanged …
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Press release No. 120 of 28 March 2025 Employment down slightly in February 2025
Roughly 45.6 million persons resident in Germany were in employment in February 2025. According to provisional calculations of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the seasonally adjusted number of persons in employment decreased slightly by …
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Press release No. 077 of 28 February 2025 Employment down slightly in January 2025
Roughly 45.6 million persons resident in Germany were in employment in January 2025. According to provisional calculations of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the seasonally adjusted number of persons in employment fell slightly by 9,000 …
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Press release No. 069 of 25 February 2025 Gross domestic product: detailed results on economic performance in the fourth quarter of 2024
The gross domestic product (GDP) fell by 0.2% in the 4th quarter of 2024 compared with the 3rd quarter of 2024 after adjustment for price, seasonal and calendar variations. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this confirms the …
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Press release No. 041 of 31 January 2025 Employment stagnates in December 2024
Roughly 46.0 million persons resident in Germany were in employment in December 2024. According to provisional calculations of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the seasonally adjusted number of persons in employment rose only marginally by …
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Press release No. 002 of 3 January 2025 Employment in November 2024 slightly up on the previous month
Roughly 46.1 million persons resident in Germany were in employment in November 2024. According to provisional calculations of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the seasonally adjusted number of persons in employment rose slightly by 24,000 …
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Press release No. 451 of 29 November 2024 Employment almost unchanged in October 2024
Roughly 46.1 million persons resident in Germany were in employment in October 2024. According to provisional calculations of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the seasonally adjusted number of persons in employment remained virtually …
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Press release No. 438 of 22 November 2024 Gross domestic product: detailed results on economic performance in the 3rd quarter of 2024
The gross domestic product (GDP) rose by 0.1% in the 3rd quarter of 2024 compared with the 2nd quarter of 2024, after adjustment for price, seasonal and calendar variations. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that economic growth was …
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Press release No. 407 of 30 October 2024 Employment down slightly in September 2024
Roughly 46.0 million persons resident in Germany were in employment in September 2024. According to provisional calculations of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the seasonally adjusted number of persons in employment fell slightly by 18,000 …
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Press release No. 371 of 27 September 2024 Employment down slightly in August 2024
Roughly 45.9 million persons resident in Germany were in employment in August 2024. According to provisional calculations of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the seasonally adjusted number of persons in employment declined slightly by …
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Press release No. 331 of 30 August 2024 Employment up slightly in July 2024
Roughly 46.0 million persons resident in Germany were in employment in July 2024. According to provisional calculations of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the seasonally adjusted number of persons in employment rose slightly by 5,000 …
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Press release No. 325 of 27 August 2024 Gross domestic product: detailed results on economic performance in the 2nd quarter of 2024
The gross domestic product (GDP) fell by 0.1% in the 2nd quarter of 2024 compared with the 1st quarter of 2024 after adjustment for price, seasonal and calendar variations. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this confirms the …
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Press release No. 293 of 31 July 2024 Employment slightly up in June 2024
Roughly 46.0 million persons resident in Germany were in employment in June 2024. According to provisional calculations of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the seasonally adjusted number of persons in employment rose slightly by 8,000 …
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Press release No. 254 of 28 June 2024 Employment in May 2024: slight upward trend continues
Roughly 45.9 million persons resident in Germany were in employment in May 2024. According to provisional calculations of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the seasonally adjusted number of persons in employment was up by 20,000 (0.0%) …
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Press release No. 217 of 4 June 2024 Number of persons in employment continued to increase in April 2024
Roughly 45.8 million persons resident in Germany were in employment in April 2024. According to provisional calculations of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the seasonally adjusted number of persons in employment rose by 25,000 (+0.1%) on …
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Press release No. 205 of 24 May 2024 Gross domestic product: detailed results on economic performance in the 1st quarter of 2024
The gross domestic product (GDP) rose by 0.2% in the 1st quarter of 2024 compared with the 4th quarter of 2023 after adjustment for price, seasonal and calendar variations. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this confirms the …
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Press release No. 173 of 30 April 2024 Gross domestic product in the 1st quarter of 2024 up 0.2% on the previous quarter
The gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 0.2% in the first quarter of 2024 compared with the fourth quarter of 2023 - following adjustment for price, seasonal and calendar variations - after falling at the end of 2023 (by a revised -0.5% in the …
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Press release No. 171 of 30 April 2024 Rate of increase in employment continued to slow in March 2024
Roughly 45.7 million persons resident in Germany were in employment in March 2024. According to provisional calculations of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the seasonally adjusted number of persons in employment rose slightly by 8,000 …
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Press release No. 127 of 28 March 2024 Employment in February 2024: slight upward trend continues
Roughly 45.7 million persons resident in Germany were in employment in February 2024. According to provisional calculations of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the seasonally adjusted number of persons in employment rose slightly by 14,000 …
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Press release No. 038 of 30 January 2024 Gross domestic product in the 4th quarter of 2023 down 0.3% on the previous quarter
The gross domestic product (GDP) fell by 0.3% in the fourth quarter of 2023 compared with the third quarter of 2023 after adjustment for price, seasonal and calendar variations. After the German economy more or less stagnated in the first three …
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Press release No. 420 of 30 October 2023 Gross domestic product in the 3rd quarter of 2023 down 0.1% on the previous quarter
The gross domestic product (GDP) fell slightly by 0.1% in the third quarter of 2023 compared with the second quarter of 2023 after adjustment for price, seasonal and calendar variations. In the second quarter of 2023, economic performance had …
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Press release No. 393 of 5 October 2023 Exports in August 2023: -1.2% on July 2023
In August 2023, German exports were down 1.2% and imports dropped 0.4% on a calendar and seasonally adjusted basis compared with July 2023. Based on provisional data, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that exports decreased by …
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Press release No. 347 of 4 September 2023 Exports in July 2023: -0.9% on June 2023
In July 2023, German exports were down 0.9% and imports were up 1.4% on a calendar and seasonally adjusted basis compared with June 2023. Based on provisional data, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that exports decreased by 1.0% …
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Press release No. 335 of 23 August 2023 Exports to non-EU countries in July 2023: expected decrease of 2.9% on June 2023
On a calendar and seasonally adjusted basis, German exports to countries outside the European Union (third countries) decreased by 2.9% in July 2023 compared with June 2023. According to provisional data of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), …
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Press release No. 315 of 11 August 2023 German exports in first half of 2023: +3.3% on the same period a year earlier
Total German exports rose by 3.3% to 797.8 billion euros in the first half of 2023 compared with the same period a year earlier. Goods to the total value of 699.1 billion euros were imported to Germany in the first six months of 2023. This was a …
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Press release No. 306 of 3 August 2023 Exports in June 2023: +0.1% on May 2023
In June 2023, German exports were up 0.1% and imports were down 3.4% on a calendar and seasonally adjusted basis compared with May 2023. Based on provisional data, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that exports decreased by 1.9% …
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Press release No. 299 of 28 July 2023 Gross domestic product stagnant in 2nd quarter of 2023
The gross domestic product (GDP) did not continue to fall (0.0%) in the 2nd quarter of 2023 compared with the 1st quarter of 2023 after adjustment for price, seasonal and calendar variations. In the two previous quarters, German economic performance …
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Press release No. 286 of 20 July 2023 Exports to non-EU countries in June 2023: expected increase of 0.5% on May 2023
On a calendar and seasonally adjusted basis, German exports to countries outside the European Union (third countries) increased by 0.5% in June 2023 compared with May 2023. According to provisional data of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), …
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Press release No. 273 of 12 July 2023 Exports to the United States up 7.0% from January to May 2023 compared with the same period a year earlier
Goods to the value of 64.3 billion euros were exported from Germany to the United States in the period from January to May 2023. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that exports therefore rose by 7.0% compared with the same period a …
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Press release No. 277 of 11 July 2023 Mortality figures in June 2023 close to the median of the previous years, at +2%
76,630 people died in Germany in June 2023, according to extrapolated figures of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). This corresponds roughly to the 2019 to 2022 median for that month (+2%). An examination of individual calendar weeks reveals, …
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Press release No. 261 of 4 July 2023 Exports in May 2023: -0.1% on April 2023
In May 2023, German exports were down 0.1% and imports were up 1.7% on a calendar and seasonally adjusted basis compared with April 2023. Based on provisional data, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that exports decreased by 0.7% …
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Press release No. 243 of 22 June 2023 Exports to non-EU countries in May 2023: expected increase of 1.0% on April 2023
On a calendar and seasonally adjusted basis, German exports to countries outside the European Union (third countries) increased by 1.0% in May 2023 compared with April 2023. According to provisional data of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), …
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Press release No. 225 of 13 June 2023 Death figures in May 2023 4% above the median of previous years
81,114 people died in Germany in May 2023, according to extrapolated figures of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). This is 4%, or 2,758 cases, above the median of the years 2019 to 2022 for that month. Coinciding with flu waves, death figures …
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Press release No. 222 of 13 June 2023 Exports to CIS countries (excluding Russia) rose strongly from January to April 2023 compared with January to April 2021
A strong increase of German exports to the CIS countries (Commonwealth of Independent States, here: excluding Russia) has been observed since the start of Russia’s attack on Ukraine. Goods to the value of 2.9 billion euros were exported to the CIS …
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Press release No. 215 of 5 June 2023 Exports in April 2023: +1.2% on March 2023
In April 2023, German exports were up 1.2% and imports were down 1.7% on a calendar and seasonally adjusted basis compared with March 2023. Based on provisional data, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that exports increased by …
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Press release No. 203 of 25 May 2023 Gross domestic product: detailed economic performance results for the 1st quarter of 2023
The gross domestic product (GDP) fell by 0.3% in the first quarter of 2023 on the fourth quarter of 2022 after adjustment for price, seasonal and calendar variations. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that economic performance at the …
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Press release No. 198 of 22 May 2023 Exports to non-EU countries in April 2023: expected decrease of 5.7% on March 2023
On a calendar and seasonally adjusted basis, German exports to countries outside the European Union (third countries) declined by 5.7% in April 2023 compared with March 2023. According to provisional results of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis …
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Press release No. 191 of 16 May 2023 Mortality figures in April 2023 (+1%) around the median of the previous years
83,503 people died in Germany in April 2023, according to extrapolated figures of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). This corresponds roughly to the 2019 to 2022 median for that month (+1%). Coinciding with a high incidence of respiratory …
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Press release No. 182 of 12 May 2023 Trade with China in 1st quarter of 2023 down 10.5% year on year
The People's Republic of China was Germany’s most important trading partner again in the 1st quarter of 2023, but the volume of German trade (value of exports and imports) with China decreased by 10.5% to 64.7 billion euros from the same quarter of …
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Press release No. 181 of 11 May 2023 Study pathway 2022: transition rate to master’s degree course unchanged at 45%
45% of the 251,200 bachelor’s graduates from German higher education institutions who earned their degree in the 2020 examination year (2019/2020 winter semester and 2020 summer semester) had started a master’s programme in Germany by the 2021/2022 …
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Press release No. 177 of 8 May 2023 Production in March 2023: -3.4% on the previous month
In March 2023, production in industry in real terms was down by 3.4% on the previous month on a price, seasonally and calendar adjusted basis, according to provisional data provided by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). This decrease follows …
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Press release No. 173 of 4 May 2023 Exports in March 2023: -5.2% on February 2023
In March 2023, German exports were down by 5.2% and imports by 6.4% on a calendar and seasonally adjusted basis compared with February 2023. Based on provisional data, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that exports increased by …
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Press release No. 169 of 28 April 2023 Gross domestic product stagnant in 1st quarter of 2023
The gross domestic product (GDP) was unchanged (0.0%) in the first quarter of 2023 compared with the fourth quarter of 2022 after adjustment for price, seasonal and calendar variations, after decreasing at the end of 2022 (by a revised -0.5% in the …
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Press release No. 165 of 27 April 2023 Sharp rise in labour migration in 2022
At the end of 2022, approximately 351,000 people from countries outside the European Union (EU) who had a temporary residence title for employment purposes were registered in Germany in the Central Register of Foreigners (AZR). The Federal …
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Press release No. 157 of 20 April 2023 Exports to non-EU countries in March 2023: expected decline of 4.4% on February 2023
On a calendar and seasonally adjusted basis, German exports to countries outside the European Union (third countries) dropped by 4.4% in March 2023 compared with February 2023. According to provisional data of the Federal Statistical Office …
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Press release No. 154 of 18 April 2023 Mortality figures in March 2023: 8% above the median of previous years
Approximately 94,000 people died in Germany in March 2023, according to extrapolated figures of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). This is 8%, or roughly 7,000 cases, above the median of the years 2019 to 2022 for that month. In February …
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Press release No. 151 of 17 April 2023 Household natural gas price up 16.2% in the second half year of 2022
As reported by the Federal Statistical Office, the average household price for natural gas was 9.34 cent per kilowatt-hour in the second half year 2022. The average household electricity price in the second half year 2022 was 34.96 cent per …
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Press release No. 150 of 14 April 2023 Timber logged remaining at high level - 78.7 million cubic metres in 2022
In 2022, a total of 78.7 million cubic metres of timber was logged in German forests. The amount of timber logged dropped by 5.1% from the record high of 83.0 million cubic metres seen in 2021, according to the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). …
