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Press release No. 344 of 12 July 2021 “Coronavirus data for Germany”: new data are online now
...Against this background, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) is publishing new coronavirus data for Germany. The “Coronavirus data for Germany” platform provides timely and detailed regional data sets from official and non-official sources, which are of relevance in terms of the coronavirus crisis....
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Press release No. 113 of 10 March 2021 Risks of poverty have become further entrenched in Germany
...These findings on living conditions are presented in the new Data Report 2021, a social report for the Federal Republic of Germany. In this report, experts from official statistics and social research have compiled figures and facts on important areas of life. More people are permanently at risk of poverty In 2018, almost one in six people (15.8%) lived below the at-risk-of-poverty threshold in Germany. ...
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Press release No. 509 of 15 December 2020 Dashboard Germany: new data portal is online now
The “Dashboard Germany“ is now online: the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) provides highly up-to-date information on the economy, finance, health and mobility on this interactive portal. The Dashboard, which was developed on behalf of the …
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Press release No. N058 of 1 October 2021 Covid-19 crisis has similar consequences for the economic branches in eastern and western
...Accommodation and food service activities: massive losses in turnover in the eastern and western parts in the 1st year of the pandemic, recovery until now only in western Germany Manufacturing: slumps in turnover due to Covid-19 more marked in the western part Main construction industry: raw materials shortages recently slowed the economy in eastern and western Germany Economic performance deteriorated less in the Länder of eastern Germany in 2020 WIESBADEN – The consequences of the Covid-19 crisis were similarly severe for the economy in eastern and western Germany. ...
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Press release No. 441 of 6 November 2020 Ad-hoc evaluation shows mobility in coronavirus hotspots
...Mobility down again after restrictions entered into force on 2 November 2020 all over Germany...
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Press release No. 184 of 13 April 2021 Mobility declined less at Easter 2021 compared to Easter 2020
People in Germany travelled more during Easter in the second year of the coronavirus pandemic than at Easter 2020. This is shown by a special evaluation of experimental data carried out by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) to represent …
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Press release No. 137 of 18 March 2021 Despite easing of corona restrictions: mobility down in the first half of March 2021
Mobility in Germany in the first half of March 2021 (Weeks 9 and 10 from 1 to 14 March) was by 13% below the pre-crisis level of March 2019. This means that the upward trend recorded in the second half of February 2021 (15 to 26 February), when …
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Press release No. 100 of 4 March 2021 Mobility in the second half of February 2021 approaching pre-crisis level
Mobility in Germany in the second half of February 2021 (15 to 26 February) came close to the pre-crisis level. The mobility of the population in the first two weeks of February (1 to 14 February 2021) was 19% below the pre-crisis level of February …
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Press release No. 073 of 18 February 2021 Mobility in the first half of February 2021 lower than in January
Mobility in Germany in the first half of February 2021 (Weeks 5 and 6 from 1 to 14 February) was by 19% below the pre-crisis level of February 2019. This means that the decrease in mobility was larger than in January when it had been -14%. This is …
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Press release No. 050 of 4 February 2021 Mobility in the second half of January higher than at the beginning of 2021
Mobility in Germany increased in the second half of January 2021 (weeks 3 and 4 from 18 to 31 January) compared with the first half of the month. However, mobility (national average) in week 3 was 11.5% and in week 4 10.6% below the pre-crisis level …
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Press release No. 520 of 21 December 2020 Coronavirus pandemic: Mobility down 11% on 16 December 2020 on a year earlier
Compared with the previous year, average mobility in Germany was down 11% on 16 December 2020, the first day of the so-called hard lockdown in the country to tackle the coronavirus pandemic. This was shown by an ad hoc evaluation of experimental data …
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Press release No. 013 of 7 January 2021 Coronavirus pandemic: mobility decreased strongly at Christmas and on New Year’s Eve 2020
...Due to the coronavirus pandemic and the current restrictions to contain new infections, many people in Germany spent the Christmas holidays and New Year’s Eve 2020 in a different way than usual. A special evaluation of experimental mobility data of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) shows that regulations and recommendations to reduce contacts strongly changed people’s behaviour at Christmas and on New Year’s Eve....
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Press release No. 479 of 3 December 2020 Coronavirus pandemic: mobility down 8.5% in November 2020 on a year earlier
Average mobility in Germany fell by 8.5% in November 2020 on the same month of the preceding year. This is shown by a special evaluation of experimental data of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) one month after the partial lockdown to contain …
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Press release No. 030 of 21 January 2021 Travel over longer distances down markedly in the first half of January 2021
In the first week of January 2021, mobility in Germany fell by 19.1% compared with the average recorded for January in the pre-crisis year of 2019. This was shown by an ad hoc evaluation of experimental data of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis …
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Press release No. 459 of 18 November 2020 Coronavirus pandemic: mobility of the population continues to decrease
...In the second week after the partial lockdown to contain the corona pandemic came into effect, average mobility in Germany went down another 2.6% from the previous week (Week 46, 2020 as compared with Week 45). An ad-hoc evaluation of experimental data by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) shows that in the two weeks from 2 to 15 November 2020 mobility was an average 8.8% below the previous year’s level....
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Press release No. 453 of 12 November 2020 Coronavirus pandemic: population’s mobility decreases for the first time since June 2020
...In the week when the new restrictions aimed at containing the coronavirus pandemic took effect in Germany, average mobility fell by 4.7% in towns and districts as a whole, compared with the previous week. An ad-hoc evaluation of experimental data by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) shows that mobility in Week 45 (2 to 8 November) was below the previous year’s level throughout the week for the first time since June 2020....
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Press release No. 426 of 28 October 2020 Ad-hoc evaluation shows mobility in coronavirus hotspots
As the number of COVID-19 cases is rising rapidly, many regions of Germany are crossing the critical threshold of more than 50 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants within the previous seven days. An ad-hoc evaluation of experimental data by the …
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Press release No. 421 of 21 October 2020 Mobility going down in coronavirus hotspots
As the number of COVID-19 cases is rising rapidly, many regions of Germany are crossing the critical threshold of more than 50 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants within the previous seven days. An ad-hoc evaluation of experimental data by the …
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Press release No. 035 of 3 February 2020 Experimental data: Federal Statistical Office is testing early indicator of economic development
...The so-called GDP nowcast is to provide a reliable estimate of short-term economic development in Germany as early as 10 days after the end of a quarter of the year. The Federal Statistical Office thus aims to provide high-quality data on the development of the gross domestic product (GDP) even more quickly in the future. ...
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Press release No. 108 of 23 March 2020 Information is important for coping with the coronavirus crisis
The spread of the coronavirus has an impact also on statistics production in Germany. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that all necessary measures are being taken to protect the staff members and maintain the production of statistics …