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Date: July 10, 2024 The role of official statistics in shaping the future - Opportunities from the data producer's perspective

The times when official statistics had a monopoly on statistical facts are over. Due to digitalisation, we are instead confronted with an exponentially growing volume of data. New data and new data providers are constantly emerging. This article …

Press release No. N068 of 24 November 2022 Podcast on skilled labour shortage: what is the situation of vocational training in Germany?

Many businesses in Germany complain about a shortage of junior staff. What is the situation of vocational training in our country? What has changed, not least because of the Covid-19 pandemic? What occupations do young people choose today - and why? …

Date: December 19, 2022 An informational infrastructure has emerged in Germany - the Research Data Centre of the Federal Statistical Office

...The information infrastructure in Germany has progressed significantly since the end of the 1990s although the Covid-19 crisis has shown recently that it still has considerable deficits. The insight that individual data have a value and the demand for official microdata on the part of empirical researchers led to the establishment of the Research Data Centre of the Federal Statistical Office in 2001. ...

Press release No. 522 of 8 December 2022 Economic Pulse Monitor permits real-time economic monitoring

...By combining official short-term indicators with high-frequency non-official data from institutes and other providers, the Economic Pulse Monitor enables the economic situation in Germany to be quickly assessed – it is always up to date and available any time in the Dashboard Germany (only in german) (www.dashboard-deutschland.de)....

Press release No. N 072 of 20 December 2022 Christmas facts

...Official statistics, however, do not record the number of Christmas trees grown in Germany....

Press release No. N035 of 27 May 2021 The youngest municipality in Germany has an average age of 27.7 years

...In contrast, 59% of the 130 inhabitants of Nieby were 65 years or older. Using the new Regional Atlas for Germany, it is now even easier to make such supraregional comparisons – especially at municipality level....

Date: August 15, 2022 Why we need a national competence centre for data literacy

...However, transparency is still insufficient regarding the multitude of projects, initiatives and offers that have been initiated in the last few years and that are aimed at promoting data literacy in Germany. This is why establishing a national competence centre for data literacy is urgently recommended. The purpose of that centre would be to ensure coordinated establishment and extension of the measures and offers aimed at promoting data literacy. ...

Press release No. 532 of 15 December 2022 Ruth Brand to become President of the Federal Statistical Office

...Georg Thiel for what he has achieved in restructuring the Office and for his services to official statistics in Germany." The new President of the Federal Statistical Office will also become Federal Returning Officer Besides her role as President of the Federal Statistical Office, Ruth Brand will also assume the position of Federal Returning Officer. ...

Date: October 17, 2022 Official Statistics Peer Reviews 2021 to 2023

Procedure for and evaluation of the peer review conducted in December 2021 at the Federal Statistical Office.

In 2021, the Federal Statistical Office participated for the third time in the peer review held at regular intervals by the Statistical …

Date: June 17, 2022 Responsiveness of official statistics in times of crisis

...It also focuses on measures aimed at enhancing flexibility in statistics production and describes how the statistical institutes in Germany and Europe cooperate in these times of crisis. Authors: Daniel Vorgrimler, Jörg Decker Article published in "WISTA – Scientific Journal", 3-2022...

Press release No. N084 of 22 December 2020 Christmas facts

...In 2019, roughly 3,390 businesses grew fir trees on an area of 15,900 hectares in Germany. For comparison: the area for the cultivation of other trees and woody plants in tree nurseries in Germany totalled 18.200 hectares and was approximately of the same order of magnitude....

Press release No. N 023 of 31 March 2021 10 figures on the consequences of the corona pandemic

...The coronavirus pandemic has had a massive impact across all areas of daily life in Germany since its outbreak in March 2020. Within one year, it has given rise to extraordinary developments in the economy and society, in the government budget and education, in transport and in the population figures. ...

Date: October 21, 2021 European statistical System Peer Reviews 2021 to 2023

...The present article discusses the objectives of this quality assurance tool and provides information about the planned procedure, especially for Germany. The most important result of the peer review will be an official report containing recommendations to the German official statistics bodies which will be taken up in the form of concrete improvement actions. ...

Press release No. 535 of 29 December 2020 End-of-year review: 2020 reflected in statistics

...In March, the year 2020 definitely became the "corona year". The SARS-CoV-2 virus had reached Germany, and from then on the pandemic and its consequences dominated the news and everyday life. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) published more than 650 press releases and new sets of data, many of which helped to illustrate the impacts of the crisis. ...

Press release No. 505 of 19 December 2018 Christmas decorations worth 127.2 million euros imported to Germany in 2017

...In 2017, Christmas decorations worth 127.2 million euros were imported to Germany. These included for instance Christmas tree decorations and Christmas figures. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this was an increase of 1.0% compared with the previous year. ...

Press release No. 441 of 14 November 2018 Social background has a decisive influence on the life situation of children in Germany

...Data Report 2018 – Social report for Germany is out now...

Date: June 17, 2021 The role of official statistics within the data ecosystem

The need for informative and up-to-date high-quality data on the economy and society has rarely been greater than during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to the Federal Statistical Office as a reliable and established statistics producer, …

Press release No. N 018 of 30 December 2019 Turn of the year: Imports of pyrotechnic articles at record level in 2018

...The quantities of pyrotechnic articles imported in the last few years, however, do not suggest that habits in Germany have changed in this respect, quite the contrary. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that roughly 47,400 million tonnes of pyrotechnic articles to the value of 121 million euros were imported to Germany in 2018, more than ever before. ...

Date: June 17, 2022 Core quality indicators in the 2022 Census

Census-specific arrangement of the quality data sheets in the network of official statistics

Various tools are available for systematic quality management in official statistics. This article focuses on the "core quality indicators" in the 2022 …

Press release No. N016 of 23 December 2019 Christmas facts

...Germany imports more Christmas articles and exports fewer Christmas trees...