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Press release No. 460 of 4 December 2024 2025 Bundestag election: at least 59.2 million people eligible to vote

If the German Bundestag is dissolved and the election to the 21^st German Bundestag is held on 23 February 2025, as anticipated, at least 59.2 million Germans in the federal territory are expected to be eligible to vote, according to an estimate of …

Press release No. 453 of 26 November 2024 IDEV reporting system back online: statistics production is ensured

The IDEV reporting system of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) went back online on 25 November 2024 as planned. As a precautionary measure, the Federal Statistical Office took its IDEV system offline in mid-November 2024 immediately after a …

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. 030 of 20 January 2023 Dr. Ruth Brand is the new President of the Federal Statistical Office

Federal Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser: “Statistics are indispensable for our democracy and for political decision-making. The data of the Federal Statistical Office are highly, and rightly, trusted because they are independent and …

Press release No. 563 of 27 December 2022 A look back at the year: 2022 reflected in statistics

The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) has published about 700 press releases in 2022, reflecting reality through a wide range of statistics. Now it's time to take a statistical look back at the year (only in german).

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

Whether it' a Norway spruce or Nordmann fir – for many people Christmas is not complete without a real Christmas tree. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that Christmas trees were grown on an area of 20,100 hectares outside the forests …

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 …

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

The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) will get a new head of office on 1 January 2023: the Federal President today appointed Dr. Ruth Brand as successor to Dr. Georg Thiel, the current President of the Federal Statistical Office, who will retire …

Press release No. 528 of 12 December 2022 Mobility Compass provides orientation when striving for climate neutral cities

By amending the Climate Change Act, the Federal Government has set itself the goal of reducing CO₂ emissions in traffic by 61 million tonnes by 2030. To achieve the goal, German cities and towns have to review their strategies of traffic and mobility …

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

Economic sentiment in Germany continues to be pessimistic despite a slight upturn. Current data do however not indicate a deep recession yet. This is the assessment of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) given during the presentation of the …

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? …

Press release No. 487 of 18 November 2022 Federal Statistical Office awards research prizes 2022

On 17 November 2022, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) gave the prize for junior scientists “Statistical Science for the Society” to two outstanding scientific projects. In addition, a Covid-19 special prize was awarded. The award-winning …

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 …

Press release No. 430 of 10 October 2022 Federal Statistical Office takes over security guard register from the Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control

The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) took over the security guard register on 10 October 2022, which up to then had been maintained by the Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control (BAFA). The BAFA supports the Länder authorities in …

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

There is widespread awareness now of how important data literacy is for a society’s future viability. However, transparency is still insufficient regarding the multitude of projects, initiatives and offers that have been initiated in the last few …

Press release No. 278 of 1 July 2022 Federal Statistical Office offering Covid-19 special prize in 2022

In 2022, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) offers the Covid-19 Scientific Special Prize – Impact of the Pandemic on the Economy and Society. The prize is to encourage researchers to deal with issues of official statistics within the scope of …

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 …

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

Global crises such as the Covid-19 pandemic and Russia’s attack on Ukraine and the reactions to them have a major impact on the economy and society. In view of the challenges involved in managing such crises, the question arising here is how, and how …

Press release No. 158 of 8 April 2022 Federal Statistical Office offering prize in 2022

In 2022, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) will again give a prize to young researchers. It will be awarded for outstanding scientific projects which deal with theoretical subjects closely related to the tasks of official statistics or study …

Press release No. 034 of 26 January 2022 Statistical Advisory Committee’s recommendations for the 20^th legislative term

Modernising and extending registers, using the opportunities offered by digitalisation and creating a reliable legal basis for that – those are the key items of the Statistical Advisory Committee's recommendations for the 20^th legislative term. The …

Press release No. 603 of 28 December 2021 A look back at the year: 2021 reflected in statistics

More than 700 facts about social reality expressed in figures: the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) published official data in more than 700 press releases in 2021. Now it's time to take a statistical look back at the year. (only in German).

Press release No. N072 of 17 December 2021 Christmas facts

Christmas is coming. Many children and adults have been looking forward all year especially to the Christmas tree, whether it is put up and decorated in Advent or just before Christmas Eve. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that …

Press release No. 530 of 19 November 2021 Federal Statistical Office awards prize to junior scientists

The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) gave the 2021 Gerhard Fürst Award to four outstanding scientific projects. The prize was awarded for three examination papers and one doctoral thesis discussing issues in the field of statistics, data …

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

Voluntary commitment and (reciprocal) monitoring as a basis for quality assurance.

The third round of European Statistical System (ESS) peer reviews is being carried out between 2021 and 2023. This exercise assesses the national statistical …

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. 254 of 31 May 2021 Statistical Advisory Committee re-elects Thomas Bauer as chair

The Statistical Advisory Committee, advisory body of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), elected Prof. Dr. Thomas K. Bauer, Vice-President of the RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research in Essen, as its chairman for the third time. …

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

In 2019, the Parish of Garding on the Eiderstedt peninsula in the administrative district of Nordfriesland in Schleswig-Holstein was the youngest municipality in Germany. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that the average age of its …

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 …

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 …

Press release No. N084 of 22 December 2020 Christmas facts

Christmas in the corona year of 2020 – this means cancelled Christmas markets, no Christmas parties, and then the hard lockdown one week before Christmas Eve. This is why festively decorated Christmas trees at home will be all the more important for …