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Date: May 14, 2025 Economic and financial data for Germany
The data shown in the table "Economic and financial data for Germany" correspond to the data described on the International Monetary Fund's Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board (DSBB). The additional "National Summary Data Page" gives an overview …
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Date: May 14, 2025 Noticeable price changes in April 2025
Get an overview of the most noticeable price changes for selected goods and services.
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Date: May 14, 2025 Producer prices of logging products in March 2025: +6.4% on March 2024
The index of producer prices of logging products from state forests (excluding turnover tax) stood at 112.8 (2015 = 100) in March 2025. It was 1.0% higher than in the previous month and 6.4% higher than in the same month of the previous year.
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Date: May 14, 2025 Producer prices of agricultural products in March 2025: +1.5% on March 2024
According to provisional calculations, the index of producer prices of agricultural products (excluding turnover tax) decreased by 0.3% between February and March 2025 to stand at 143.3 (2020 = 100). That was a year-on-year increase of 1.5%. In …
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Date: May 14, 2025 Classification overview
This section offers an overview of the most frequently used statistical classifications. More EU statistics classifications are provided on the "EU vocabularies" website of the Publications Office of the European Union.
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Date: May 9, 2025 Public and private flows for development cooperation
In 2023, Official Development Assistance (ODA) and other official and private flows from the Federal Republic of Germany to developing countries amounted to euro 62.5 billion euros - before revision of the Deutsche Bundesbank (previous year: 49.1 …
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Date: May 7, 2025 304 million migrants worldwide
In 2024, the number of international migrants worldwide was 304 million. They accounted for 3.7 percent of the world's population in 2024.
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Date: May 6, 2025 Evaluation of the infra-annual mortality figures since 2020
13 May 2025 – How do extraordinary events such as high incidences of respiratory diseases or heat waves impact the current number of deaths? To make first assessments possible, the Federal Statistical Office provides provisional counts of the deaths …
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Date: May 6, 2025 Overcrowded households
In 2024, 11,5% of Germany’s population lived in overcrowded dwellings. This means that the household had too few rooms compared to the number of inhabitants. In the EU, the average was significantly higher.
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Date: May 6, 2025 Germany: 12.0% living in households overburdened by housing costs
In 2024, 12.0% of Germany’s population lived in households which were overburdened by housing costs – i.e. they spent more than 40% of the total disposable household income on housing.
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Date: May 5, 2025 Not enough money to keep homes heated in winter
The EU-SILC survey 2024 shows that 9.2% of the population in the European Union was financially unable to adequately heat their homes. This problem was most wide-spread in Bulgaria and Greece (each 19.0%).
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Date: May 5, 2025 Working poor: at-risk-of-poverty rate among employed persons
In 2024, 6.5% of all employed persons in Germany were living below the at-risk-of-poverty threshold. Employees with temporary contracts and part-time workers were disproportionately affected.
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Date: May 5, 2025 Germany has the highest proportion of rental tenants in the EU
In 2024, more than half of the population (52.8%) of Germany lived in rented accommodation.
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Date: April 29, 2025 Government deficit: 16 EU member states do not exceed 3% of GDP
The EU Stability and Growth Pact stipulates that Eurozone members must adhere to certain rules and ensure budgetary discipline. The annual government deficit is not to exceed 3% of the gross domestic product. The public debt must not exceed 60% of GDP.
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Date: April 25, 2025 Labour market participation: gender gap remains
Despite the gap narrowing, women are still less frequently in employment than men. Globally, in 2024, 46% of women were in employment compared to 70% of men. In the G7 countries the difference between the sexes is smaller.
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Date: April 24, 2025 Information on the measures of the German government and their impact on consumer price indices
The development of consumer prices, especially regarding energy prices (household energy and fuel), placed a particular burden on private households in 2022, but also posed and will continue to pose a challenge for many people in subsequent years. …
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Date: April 17, 2025 The main German export product: motor vehicles
Accounting for 17.0% of exports, motor vehicles and parts thereof were Germany's main export product in 2024. Machinery (14.0%) and chemical products (9.0%) ranked second and third, respectively, among the most important export items.
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Date: April 17, 2025 The United States is Germany's main trading partner
According to preliminary results, goods worth 252.9 billion euros were traded between Germany and the United States in 2024 (exports and imports).
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Date: April 16, 2025 WISTA edition 2/2025
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 15, 2025 Amount of damaged timber logged dropped to 27.3 million cubic metres in 2024
A total of 61.2 million cubic metres of timber were logged in German forests in the calendar year of 2024. Damaged trees accounted for 27.3 million cubic metres.
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Date: April 14, 2025 Bee colonies: worldwide population on the rise
Bees not only provide honey but are also irreplaceable as pollinators of many plants in agriculture, fruit growing and horticulture. The worldwide population is on the rise.
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Date: April 9, 2025 The largest cities worldwide in 2025
According to the United Nations, the urban population is set to increase by almost 800 million by the year 2035, reaching a total of 5.6 billion. In 2025 approximately 4.8 billion of the more than 8 billion people worldwide lived in towns or cities. …
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Date: April 1, 2025 Long-term comparison: global number of new HIV infections is decreasing by 39%
From 2010 to 2023, the annual number of new HIV infections has decreased by 39%. Approximately 1.3 million adults and children were newly infected in 2023, compared to about 2.1 million in 2010.
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Date: April 1, 2025 Literacy of the world population
The worldwide illiteracy rate amounted to 13% in 2023. The data points to a significant gender gap: the illiteracy rate among women was significantly higher than among men.
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Date: March 28, 2025 733 million people were undernourished in 2023
According to estimates from the FAO, the number of undernourished people in the world reached a total of 733 million in 2023.
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Date: March 27, 2025 World trade 2023: Germany third largest trading nation
In 2023, Germany ranked third in the world in terms of trade in goods and services. According to UNCTAD estimates, China and the United States were the largest trading nations.
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Date: March 25, 2025 Money transfers from migrants: India is the largest recipient of remittances globally
International migrants are sending increasing amounts of money back to their countries of origin, with a significant portion of these transfers directed to low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).
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Date: March 24, 2025 Wine must harvest 2024: 9.7 % less than in 2023
7.8 million hectoliters of wine must German winemakers harvested in 2024. The entire wine must harvest fell by 0.8 million hectoliters (- 9.7 %) in contrast to the previous year.
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Date: March 20, 2025 EU Business Cycle Monitor
Interactive graphics and statistics on the current economic situation in the EU states.
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Date: March 14, 2025 Foreign-controlled enterprises
In 2022, foreign-controlled enterprises accounted for roughly 17% of gross value added in Germany. In many other EU countries those enterprises are of much greater importance for the economy.
