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Date: December 15, 2023 WISTA edition 6/2023

WISTA is a scientific journal regularly published by the Federal Statistical Office Germany. It offers articles on topics relating to official statistics.

Date: November 7, 2023 15th Scientific Conference of the ADM, the ASI and the Federal Statistical Office on "Data collection, data quality and data ethics in the age of artificial intelligence"

Date: November 6, 2023 March 2025: Financial deficit in the core budgets of central government, state government and social security funds

The monthly data released in accordance with the EU Budgetary Frameworks Directive show in March 2025 a financial deficit for the core budgets of central government, state government and social security funds.

Date: October 18, 2023 Germany largest EU milk producer

Germany is the largest EU milk producer, with an output of around 32.4 million tons of cows’ milk in 2023. EU milk production amounted to 144.7 million tons.

Date: October 16, 2023 WISTA edition 5/2023

WISTA is a scientific journal regularly published by the Federal Statistical Office Germany. It offers articles on topics relating to official statistics.

Date: October 10, 2023 Master's degrees in STEM subjects: Germany with highest share

In a knowledge economy, there is a great demand for highly qualified workers. The so-called STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) subjects are of particular interest in this context.

Date: October 9, 2023 R&D expenditure: Stuttgart ranks top of EU regions

Stuttgart, Brunswick and Tübingen are the top 3 EU regions (NUTS 2 level) in terms of research and development (R&D) expenditure.

Date: October 5, 2023 German is third most common foreign language in EU secondary schools

German is the third most common foreign language at lower secondary level taught in the EU. The most common languages are English and French.

Date: August 29, 2023 Childlessness and motherhood

In addition to birth statistics, the microcensus provides data on women by the number of children born. This information is the only official data source currently available on the structure of women by the number of children born, and therefore for …

Date: August 15, 2023 WISTA edition 3/2023

WISTA is a scientific journal regularly published by the Federal Statistical Office Germany. It offers articles on topics relating to official statistics.

Date: August 4, 2023 Economic activity of German multinational enterprises, 2021, in Germany and worldwide

Eight interactive maps visualise the economic activities of German enterprises operating multinationally in 2020, both within Germany and worldwide.

Date: July 27, 2023 List of Municipalities Information System (GV-ISys)

The List of Municipalities (GV-ISys) lists every politically independent municipality in Germany including variables such as:

Date: June 20, 2023 7.1 million EU citizens working in other EU Member States

Freedom of movement within the European Union enables EU citizens to take up employment in all member states.

Date: June 16, 2023 WISTA edition 3/2023

WISTA is a scientific journal regularly published by the Federal Statistical Office Germany. It offers articles on topics relating to official statistics.

Date: June 12, 2023 Labor market indicator: LinkedIn Hiring Rate

Since the outbreak of the Corona pandemic in the spring of 2020, and continuing with the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine, social and political interest in readily available economic indicators has increased noticeably. In times of crisis, the …

Date: June 5, 2023 EU-Monitor COVID-19

The EU Member States are facing enormous challenges: The spread of the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) and the associated protective measures to contain the pandemic have had profound economic and social consequences all across Europe.

Date: May 30, 2023 Road transport: car dominance unbroken

Congested roads, high maintenance costs and air pollution: the negative effects of travelling by car are obvious. Nevertheless, the car is still the main form of transport in today´s society, and the number of passenger cars is increasing.

Date: April 14, 2023 WISTA edition 2/2023

WISTA is a scientific journal regularly published by the Federal Statistical Office Germany. It offers articles on topics relating to official statistics.

Date: April 5, 2023 Gross electricity production in 2024: 57% came from renewable energy sources

Approximately 497 billion kilowatt hours of electricity were produced in Germany in 2024, 57% of which came from renewable energy sources. Green electricity was generated mainly from wind power (27.9%), biomass (8.0%) and photovoltaics (11.0%)

Date: March 13, 2023 Brexit monitor

The United Kingdom is no longer a member of the European Union (EU). After a transition period that lasted until the end of 2020, a partnership agreement negotiated between the EU and the United Kingdom came into force provisionally on 1st January …

Date: February 22, 2023 Price Monitor

Date: February 15, 2023 WISTA edition 1/2023

WISTA is a scientific journal regularly published by the Federal Statistical Office Germany. It offers articles on topics relating to official statistics.

Date: February 1, 2023 Transport index

of goods transport by mode

Date: January 31, 2023 Loan agreements of the credit services sector and information regarding online transactions

Date: January 3, 2023 Truck toll mileage index

Press release No. 496 of 22 December 2023 Import prices in November 2023: -9.0% on November 2022

Import prices were 9.0% lower in November 2023 compared with November 2022. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the year-on-year change rate was -13.0% in October 2023 and -14.3% in September 2023. The large decreases are …

Date: December 21, 2023 Place-to-place index numbers for cost-of-living allowances for the remuneration of public service staff working abroad (last issue - reporting discontinued)

Place-to-place index numbers, December 2023

Date: December 21, 2023 Fostering the coherence of Environmental-Economic Accounting and extending by Environmental Subsidies and Similar Transfers (ESST) and Potentially Environmentally Damaging Subsidies (PEDS) - Project report

Environmental subsidies and similar transfers are important economic instruments for achieving environmental policy objectives by incentivising environmentally beneficial behaviour and activities. As part of an Eurostat grant project, a reporting …

Date: December 21, 2023 Preliminary debt

Tables on the subject: Preliminary debt of the municipalities/municipalities as of 30.06.2023

Date: December 21, 2023 Preliminary debt

Tables on the subject: Preliminary debt state of the countries on the 30.06.2023