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Environmental Economic Accounting
The environmental economic accounts (EAA) provide a comprehensive view of the interactions between the environment and the economy.
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Date: December 19, 2022 WISTA edition 6/2022
WISTA is a scientific journal regularly published by the Federal Statistical Office Germany. It offers articles on topics relating to official statistics.
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Date: November 29, 2022 Revision in the Consumer price statistics
The consumer price index is regularly revised and adapted to a new base year. With the results for the reference month January 2023, the adaptation will take place from the previous base 2015 to the base year 2020.
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Date: October 27, 2022 Services in 2020: information technology sector employed 903,000 people
In 2020, roughly 901,000 people worked in the 95,100 businesses in Germany whose main activity was in the field of information technology. The number of people working in that branch rose by approximately 42,000 (+0.3%) year-on-year, while the number …
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Date: October 27, 2022 One in almost every fourth households have a fully automatic coffee machine
At the beginning of 2022, 24% of households in Germany had a fully automatic coffee machine. Five years earlier, in 2017, only 15% of the households had such a machine. There were dishwashers in 75% of all households in 2022. Every household had …
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Date: October 17, 2022 WISTA edition 5/2022
WISTA is a scientific journal regularly published by the Federal Statistical Office Germany. It offers articles on topics relating to official statistics.
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Date: August 15, 2022 WISTA edition 4/2022
WISTA is a scientific journal regularly published by the Federal Statistical Office Germany. It offers articles on topics relating to official statistics.
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Date: July 25, 2022 57.2 billion euros of revenue from environmental taxes in 2021
Environmental tax revenue totalled 57.2 billion euros in 2021. This is a slight increase of 0.2% on the previous year. Environmental taxes accounted for 7.5% of total cash tax revenue in 2021.
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Date: July 11, 2022 Covid-19 data for Germany
Information on regional containment measures supplemented by epidemiological and socio-economic variables
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Date: July 6, 2022 Interactive grid map on "Experimental georeferenced population figure"
To meet the growing demand for small-area population data, experimental georeferenced population figures were compiled based on intercensal population updates and using mobile network data. In a distribution procedure, the results of intercensal …
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Date: July 6, 2022 Revision of the industrial production index with regard to automotive production
When the provisional result for the industrial production index was released for reference month May 2022 on 7 July 2022, a change of method took effect in the calculation of the production index for the "Manufacture of motor vehicles". The reason is …
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Date: June 17, 2022 WISTA edition 3/2022
WISTA is a scientific journal regularly published by the Federal Statistical Office Germany. It offers articles on topics relating to official statistics.
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Date: April 28, 2022 Switzerland is most common European destination for German emigrants
Of all European countries, Switzerland remains the most popular destination for German emigrants: at the beginning of 2022, approximately 311,300 German citizens resided in the Alpine republic.
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Date: April 5, 2022 Renewable energy: Almost two thirds (57%) were generated by hydropower
A sustainable use of limited natural resources is inconceivable without increasing the use of renewable energy. However, some countries have so far not used renewable energy sources at all or only to a limited extent.
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Date: April 5, 2022 European Union: Consumer prices
The consumer price index, which is harmonised within the EU (including the inflation rate) plays an important role in the assessment of overall economic development.
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Date: February 19, 2022 WISTA edition 2/2022
WISTA is a scientific journal regularly published by the Federal Statistical Office Germany. It offers articles on topics relating to official statistics.
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Date: February 15, 2022 WISTA edition 1/2022
WISTA is a scientific journal regularly published by the Federal Statistical Office Germany. It offers articles on topics relating to official statistics.
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Date: February 14, 2022 42 million tonnes of cereals harvested in 2021
Farmers in Germany harvested 42 tonnes of cereals (including grain maize and corn cob mix) in 2021 according to final results of the special harvest and quality survey. This was a 2% decline on a year earlier. The yield per hectare was 70.0 …
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Date: December 16, 2021 Redesigned microcensus as of 2020
On our special webpage we provide information on the changes in microcensus methodology from 2020, their impact on the comparability of results over time and the new publication practice for microcensus results. It also describes the impact of the …
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Date: December 16, 2021 Online trade is steadily gaining in importance
Online sales of clothing, computers, electronic goods and of other goods are booming; the turnover figures have been rising for years.
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Date: December 14, 2021 WISTA edition 6/2021
WISTA is a scientific journal regularly published by the Federal Statistical Office Germany. It offers articles on topics relating to official statistics.
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Date: December 7, 2021 15% of 15-24 year olds in the EU smoke regularly
In the European Union, around 15% of young people aged 15-24 smoked every day in 2019. In Germany, 18% of 15-24 year olds smoked regularly, according to EU statistics office Eurostat.
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Date: December 1, 2021 Flu vaccination for senior citizens: High vaccination rates in Denmark and Ireland
Influenza is a common infectious disease. Most people who get sick recover quickly, but the elderly in particular are at a higher risk of severe complications.
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Date: November 9, 2021 G20 responsible for approximately 81% of global CO2 emissions
Global CO2 emissions reached a level of 38.0 billion tonnes in 2021. The G20 states were responsible for 81% of these emissions. The largest carbon dioxide emitters among the G20 members were China, the United States and the EU.
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Date: October 21, 2021 WISTA edition 5/2021
WISTA is a scientific journal regularly published by the Federal Statistical Office Germany. It offers articles on topics relating to official statistics.
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Date: September 28, 2021 Global animal farming, meat production and meat consumption
Intensive livestock farming has negative consequences for the environment. It is characterised by high land and water consumption, pollutes soil and water and contributes to climate change with its emissions. Nevertheless, animal farming is expanding …
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Date: September 3, 2021 Global air transport: new passenger record in 2019
According to the World Bank a total of 4.4 billion flight passengers travelled in 2019. With a total global population of approximately 7.7 billion people, this represents an average of one flight (single journey) for more than every two people.
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Date: August 12, 2021 WISTA edition 4/2021
WISTA is a scientific journal regularly published by the Federal Statistical Office Germany. It offers articles on topics relating to official statistics.
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Date: June 21, 2021 Special survey of consumption to evaluate the economic stimulus package
Household surveys commissioned by the Federal Ministry of Finance were conducted every month from August to December 2020. The aim was to determine what effect the measures taken under the economic stimulus package 2020 had on households. The focus …
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Date: June 17, 2021 WISTA edition 3/2021
WISTA is a scientific journal regularly published by the Federal Statistical Office Germany. It offers articles on topics relating to official statistics.
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Date: May 17, 2021 Changes to reporting obligations for ITGS from 2022 onwards
The new European Regulations on International Trade in Goods Statistics lead to major changes for providers of statistical information or reporting companies as of reporting month January 2022.
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Date: April 15, 2021 WISTA edition 2/2021
WISTA is a scientific journal regularly published by the Federal Statistical Office Germany. It offers articles on topics relating to official statistics.
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Date: March 26, 2021 Hamburg and Oberbayern among the ten most wealthy EU regions
Hamburg and Oberbayern were among the ten most economically powerful EU regions in 2019. In Hamburg the gross domestic product per capita (adjusted for purchasing power) was 95% above the EU average.
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Date: March 26, 2021 German regions within EU ranking
This table covers information on gross domestic product per capita in german EU-Regions
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Date: March 11, 2021 Stock of road motor vehicles continues to grow in 2023
At the beginning of 2023, 60.1 million road motor vehicles (passenger cars, lorries, road tractors for semi-trailers, buses and coaches, motorcycles, motorcycles n.e.c. and other road motor vehicles) were registered in Germany. The growth, which has …
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Date: February 16, 2021 WISTA edition 1/2021
WISTA is a scientific journal regularly published by the Federal Statistical Office Germany. It offers articles on topics relating to official statistics.
