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Press release No. 344 of 12 July 2021 “Coronavirus data for Germany”: new data are online now
The significance of timely data and statistics - providing information on the current 7-day incidence through to coronavirus regulations in an administrative district - has again increased substantially since the beginning of the coronavirus …
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Press release No. N 017 of 6 April 2020 “Coronavirus statistics” webpage shows economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic
Reliable statistical information is particularly important in times of crisis as it provides a realistic picture of an otherwise unclear and confusing situation. To show the economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Federal Statistical …
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Press release No. 310 of 30 June 2021 0.2% of the pigs for fattening slaughtered in 2020 unfit for consumption
Roughly 101,200 of the 51.7 million pigs slaughtered in slaughterhouses in Germany in 2020 were unfit for consumption, according to official meat inspection, and were declared as such by the authorities. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) …
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Press release No. 234 of 8 June 2022 0.2% of the pigs for fattening slaughtered in 2021 were unfit for consumption
In 2021, 114,500 of the roughly 50.4 million pigs for fattening that were slaughtered in German slaughterhouses were unfit for human consumption, according to official meat inspection. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this …
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Press release No. 105 of 21 March 2018 0.6% less start-ups of larger businesses in the year 2017
In the year 2017, roughly 125,400 businesses were started whose legal form and number of employees suggest that they have greater economic importance. Based on an evaluation of business notifications, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also …
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Press release No. 459 of 19 December 2016 0.6% more start-ups of larger businesses from January to September 2016
From January to September 2016, roughly 96,000 businesses were started whose legal form and number of employees suggest that they have greater economic importance. Based on an evaluation of business notifications, the Federal Statistical Office …
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Press release No. 325 of 16 September 2016 0.7% more start-ups of larger businesses in the first half of 2016
In the first half of 2016, roughly 66,000 businesses were started whose legal form and number of employees suggest that they have greater economic importance. Based on an evaluation of business notifications, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) …
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Press release No. 329 of 19 September 2017 0.8% more start-ups of larger businesses in the first half of 2017
In the first half of 2017, some 67,000 businesses were started whose legal form and number of employees suggest some economic importance. Based on an evaluation of business notifications, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that …
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Press release No. 130 of 12 April 2017 1,026,000 recipients of basic security benefits in old age and in cases of reduced earning capacity in December 2016
In December 2016, roughly 1,026,000 people aged 18 or over in Germany received basic security benefits in old age and in cases of reduced earning capacity in accordance with the German Social Code, Book XII (SGB XII), Chapter 4. The Federal …
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Press release No. 136 of 19 April 2016 1,038,000 recipients of basic security benefits in old age and in cases of reduced earning capacity in December 2015
In December 2015, roughly 1,038,000 people aged 18 or over in Germany received basic security benefits in old age and in cases of reduced earning capacity in accordance with the German Social Code, Book XII, Chapter 4 (SGB XII). The Federal …
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Press release No. 114 of 28 March 2018 1,059,000 recipients of basic security benefits in old age and in cases of reduced earning capacity in December 2017
In December 2017, just under 1,059,000 people aged 18 or over in Germany received basic security benefits in old age and in cases of reduced earning capacity in accordance with the German Social Code, Book XII, Chapter 4 (SGB XII). The Federal …
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Press release No. 297 of 10 August 2018 1,337 full in-patient hospital treatments due to heat in 2016
In 2016, a total 1.337 patients were treated in hospital on a full in-patient basis because of health problems due to heat and light, especially heat stroke or sun stroke. Multiple counts may occur for patients who are treated more than once in the …
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Press release No. 266 of 29 July 2016 1,395 gigawatt-hours of electricity produced from sewage gas in 2015
In 2015, a total of 1,395 gigawatt-hours of electricity were produced from sewage gas by sewage treatment plants in Germany. Compared with 2014, this was a 3.6% increase. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this output would …
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Press release No. 274 of 11 August 2017 1,450 gigawatt-hours of electricity produced from sewage gas in 2016
In 2016, a total of 1,450 gigawatt-hours of electricity were produced from sewage gas of sewage treatment plants in Germany. Compared with 2015, this was a 3.9% increase. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that sewage gas …
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Press release No. 286 of 3 August 2018 1,491 gigawatt-hours of electricity produced from sewage gas in 2017
In 2017, a total of 1,491 gigawatt-hours of electricity were produced from sewage gas of sewage treatment plants in Germany. Compared with 2016, this was a 2.8% increase. This output would have been sufficient to provide a city like Frankfurt am Main …
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Press release No. 340 of 6 September 2019 1,491 gigawatt-hours of electricity produced from sewage gas in 2018
In 2018, a total of 1,491 gigawatt-hours of electricity were produced from sewage gas by sewage treatment plants in Germany. This was roughly the previous year’s value. This output would have been sufficient to provide a city like Frankfurt am Main …
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Press release No. 310 of 14 August 2020 1,515 gigawatt-hours of electricity produced from sewage gas in 2019
In 2019, a total of 1,515 gigawatt-hours of electricity were produced from sewage gas of sewage treatment plants in Germany. Compared with 2018, this was an increase of 1.6%. This output would have been sufficient to provide a city like Frankfurt am …
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Press release No. 017 of 14 January 2025 1.0 million deaths in 2024
In 2024, slightly more than 1.0 million people died in Germany, according to provisional results of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). The number of deaths therefore decreased by 2.5%, or roughly 25,500, compared with the previous year.
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Press release No. 011 of 9 January 2024 1.02 million deaths in 2023
In 2023, 1.02 million people died in Germany, according to provisional results of an ad hoc evaluation carried out by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). The number of deaths therefore decreased by 4%, or roughly 45,000, compared with the …
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Press release No. 012 of 10 January 2023 1.06 million deaths in 2022
In 2022, 1.06 million people died in Germany, according to provisional results of an ad-hoc evaluation carried out by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). The number of deaths rose by 3.4%, or 35,000, compared with the previous year. In …
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Press release No. 174 of 27 May 2016 1.1 million air passengers more in the first quarter of 2016
In the first three months of 2016, a total of 22.6 million passengers departed from German airports. As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), that was an increase of 1.1 million on the corresponding period on the previous year which …
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Press release No. N010 of 16 February 2023 1.1 million arrivals of people from Ukraine in 2022
Since Russia attacked Ukraine on 24 February 2022, millions of people have left the country. Roughly 1.1 million arrivals of people from Ukraine were recorded in Germany in 2022. This is reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) on the …
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Press release No. 245 of 14 July 2017 1.2% more academic staff (primary employment) at higher education institutions
Roughly 242,200 people were employed as academic or artistic staff in primary employment at German institutions of higher education or university clinics at the end of 2016. Based on provisional figures, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also …
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Press release No. 231 of 26 June 2018 1.4 million minimum wage jobs in April 2017
In April 2017, there were just under 1.4 million jobs in Germany for which workers were paid the statutory gross minimum wage of 8.84 euros per hour worked. This was a decrease of roughly 0.4 million from the preceding year, when the minimum wage …
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Press release No. 551 of 20 December 2022 1.4% more pensioners in the public service in 2022
On 1 January 2022, the number of public service pensioners amounted to 1,380,300 in accordance with the public officials’ and soldiers’ pensions law. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this was an increase of 1.4% on a year …
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Press release No. N 005 of 31 January 2020 1.5 million passengers from China with destination Germany from January to November 2019
Owing to the risk of coronavirus spread, several airlines have discontinued their regular services to and from China. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that from January to November 2019 approximately 1.5 million passengers flew from …
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Press release No. 587 of 20 December 2021 1.5% more pensioners in the public service in 2021
On 1 January 2021, the number of public service pensioners amounted to 1,360,800 in accordance with the public officials’ and soldiers’ pensions law. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this was an increase of 1.5% on a year …
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Press release No. 387 of 2 November 2017 1.6 million people seeking protection in Germany at the end of 2016
On 31 December 2016, 1.6 million people seeking protection were registered in Germany. They accounted for 16% of the country's foreign population. Based on the Central Register of Foreigners (AZR), the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also …
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Press release No. 181 of 23 May 2018 1.7% increase in naturalisations in 2017
Roughly 112,200 foreigners became naturalised German citizens in 2017. This was the highest number since 2013. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this was an increase of just over 1,800, or 1.7%, compared with a year earlier.
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Press release No. 227 of 29 June 2016 1.9 million minimum wage jobs in April 2015
In April 2015, four months after the introduction of the statutory minimum wage, there were 1.9 million jobs in Germany for which workers were paid the statutory gross minimum wage of 8.50 euros per hour worked. Based on provisional results, the …
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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 …
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Press release No. N 049 of 1 August 2022 10 year high: nearly one third of the 15 to 24 year olds no longer lived in their parents’ household in 2021
Having reached adulthood, many young people also move out of the parental home sooner or later. Although rising rents and the Covid-19 pandemic made it more difficult in the last few years to take that step, more young people between 15 and 24 years …
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Press release No. N 002 of 27 January 2020 10 years after record high of global unemployment: EU labour market has largely recovered
Ten years ago, on 26 January 2010, the International Labour Organization (ILO) announced, in the wake of the economic and financial crisis, an all-time high of unemployment in 2009. At that time, a total of 212 million people were unemployed …
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Press release No. 468 of 5 October 2021 10,000 households to be recruited for the time use survey 2022
How much time do people in Germany have for friends and family in addition to spending time on work, school or housework? How much time do the young and the old spend every day on smartphone, TV and other media? Answers to the above and other …
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Press release No. N 029 of 5 May 2021 10.5 million people aged 60 to under 70 years have increased priority for vaccination
The vaccination campaign launched at the end of 2020 is accelerating. More than a quarter of the population in Germany have already received the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine. Now, people in Group 3 with increased priority are allowed to make an …
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Press release No. N 067 of 17 November 2022 10.5% of Germany's population lived in overcrowded dwellings in 2021
400,000 new dwellings, including 100,000 social dwellings, will be constructed every year to counteract the lack of affordable dwellings, according to Federal Government plans. Roughly 8.6% million people in Germany lived in overcrowded dwellings in …
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Press release No. 422 of 1 November 2018 10% of the women had higher educational attainment than their partner in 2017
In 2017, 10% of the women living in a household together with a partner had the formally higher educational attainment in the relationship. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the opposite case was more frequent. In over a …
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Press release No. N 049 of 3 August 2021 100 years or over: the number of oldest old reached a record high in 2020
People live longer and our society grows older because of medical advances and rising prosperity. In 2020, 20,465 people in Germany were aged 100 years or over. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that the number of centenarians …
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Press release No. 135 of 29 March 2022 105,000 apprentices training to become generalist nurses in 2021
For two years, there has been a new vocational training occupation in Germany. Apprentices can train to become generalist nurses entitled to work in geriatric, paediatric and nursing care. Their number totalled 105,006 on reference date 31 December …
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Press release No. 240 of 12 July 2017 11% of the 65 to 74-year-olds are in employment
In Germany, one in nine persons aged between 65 and 74 years was in employment in 2016 (11%). Based on results of the microcensus, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this applied to 942,000 of the total of 8.3 million people …
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Press release No. 307 of 6 September 2017 11% of the people in full-time employment had excessive working hours in 2016
People spend many hours a day at work – often more time than is available for their families and leisure activities. In 2016, people in full-time employment worked an average of 41 hours per week. In connection with the press conference "Quality of …
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Press release No. 066 of 28 February 2017 111.9 million air passengers in 2016: new record high
In 2016 the number of passengers departing from German airports rose by 3.4% to 111.9 million. According to the Federal Statistical Office, this is a new all-time high.
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Press release No. 135 of 20 April 2017 12.5 billion euros for non-university research in 2015
In 2015, non-university research institutions spent approximately 12.5 billion euros on research and development in Germany. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this was an increase of 1.3 % on 2014. In the same period, the …
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Press release No. 104 of 21 March 2018 12.7 billion euros for non-university research in 2016
In 2016, non-university research institutions spent approximately 12.7 billion euros on research and development in Germany. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this was an increase of 1.9% on 2015. In the same period, the …
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Press release No. 330 of 4 August 2022 12.9 million economically active people will reach statutory retirement age in the next 15 years
The baby boomer generation plays a major role as regards the development of labour supply in Germany. The largest cohorts, born between 1957 and 1969, will retire within the next 15 years. Based on the 2021 microcensus, the Federal Statistical Office ( …
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Press release No. N 055 of 11 September 2020 12% increase in car density in Germany in the past ten years
Cars are the most popular means of transport in the German transport infrastructure. Despite the public discussion on climate protection and mobility transition, the car density in Germany increased by 12%, that is, from an average of 509 to 569 cars …
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Press release No. 147 of 5 May 2017 12% of German EU exports went to the United Kingdom in 2016
The United Kingdom's exit from the European Union (EU) will be a topic for discussion on Europe Day celebrated on 9 May. The United Kingdom is the second important sales market for German exporters among the EU Member States. According to provisional …
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Press release No. N 050 of 2 August 2022 13.7 million employees used the tax break for commuters in 2018
In the debate about providing relief for rising petrol prices, consideration is also being given to increasing the tax break for commuters. Based on tax declaration data, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that roughly 13.7 million …
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Press release No. 031 of 26 January 2017 137,300 Germans studied abroad in 2014
In 2014, the number of German students enrolled at institutions of higher education abroad was 137,300. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this was an increase of 1.9% or 2,500 students on 2013. In the past ten years, the …
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Press release No. 081 of 8 March 2018 137,700 Germans studied abroad in 2015
In 2015, roughly 137,700 German students were enrolled at institutions of higher education abroad. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this was a slight increase of 0.5%, or 700 students, compared with 2014. For every 1,000 …
