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Date: May 30, 2025 Economic and financial data for Germany

...Euro millions Mar/25 116,819 111,367 +4.9 +3.9 International Investment Position Quarterly International Investment Position (net) 22 23 r Euro millions Q4/24 3,500,288 3,291,398 . . Deutsche Bundes­bank SDMX External Debt External Debt 24 r Euro millions Q4/24 6,377,543 6,391,947 . . Deutsche Bundes­bank SDMX Coordinated Portfolio Investment Survey Deutsche Bundes­bank Participant in IMF CPIS - Coordinated Direct Investment Survey Deutsche Bundes­bank Participant in IMF CDIS - Currency Composition of Official Foreign Exchange Reserves Deutsche Bundes­bank Participant in IMF COFER - Exchange rates Euro foreign exchange reference rates - POPULATION Population 25 p 1,000 Q3/24 84,746 84,708 +0.0 +0.2 Destatis SDMX CLIMATE CHANGE Taxes on fossil fuels Euro million 2022 47,315 49,312 0.0 0.0 Destatis SDMX Taxes on fossil fuels million USD 2022 49,758 58,316 -0.1 -0.1 Taxes on fossil fuels percent of GDP 2022 1,2 1,3 -0.1 -0.1 1a Seasonally and calendar adjusted (X13 JDemetra+). 1b Calendar-adjusted (X13 JDemetra+). 2 Persons with place of residence in Germany. 3a Persons in private households aged 15 to 74 years, German Labour Force Survey. 3b Registered unemployed persons, Federal Labour Office, Germany. 4 Without extra payments. 5 (-) debt repayment; (+) borrowing. 6 From 2005 including cumulative assumption of FDE/LAG debt (German Unity Fund/Equalisation of Burdens Fund). 7 Data are not seasonally adjusted. ...

Date: May 23, 2025 Sector Accounts - Annual results 1991 onwards - 1991 to 2024

This paper presents main annual aggregates for institutional sectors from 1991 onwards. The calculation is in line with the European System of Accounts (ESA 1995) which is based on the international System of National Accounts (SNA 1993). ESA 1995 …

Date: May 23, 2025 Sector Accounts - Quarterly results 1999 onwards - 1st Quarter 2025

Main aggregates for sectors, quarterly results 1999 onwards

published: May 2025

With the 4th quarter 2024 edition, this publication will only appear as an xlsx version.

Date: April 22, 2025 European Union (EU) Stability Pact

Tables on the subject: General government revenue and expenditure as defined for the deficit procedure in billion Euro for the years 2021 to 2024

Press release No. 070 of 25 February 2025 General government deficit increased to 118.8 billion euros in 2024

...Compared with a year earlier, government revenue was up 4.8%.  Total tax revenue of general government rose by 3.5% in 2024. A 2.4% increase was recorded for value-added tax, and income tax revenue rose by 3.6%. Social contributions were 6.5% higher than in the previous year. ...

Press release No. 069 of 25 February 2025 Gross domestic product: detailed results on economic performance in the fourth quarter of 2024

...As the number of employees increased slightly, average gross wages and salaries per employee went up by 4.4% in the 4th quarter of 2024 compared with the same period a year earlier. The increase was smaller in net terms (+4.1%). This is attributable to a base effect as premiums were paid at the end of 2023 to compensate for inflation which were not subject to tax and contribution payments. Compared with the same quarter a year earlier, the rate of growth of household final consumption expenditure at current prices (+2.7%) in the 4th quarter of 2024 was just as weak as in previous quarters. ...

Date: January 15, 2025 National Accounts - Domestic Product - First annual results - Fachserie 18 Reihe 1.1 - 2023 (Last issue as English version)

In this subject-matter series the first results for the year 2023 are published.

Current results are only available in the German version.

Date: December 5, 2024 Recording data as a separate asset in National Accounts - A workshop report

In our increasingly digitalised world, data are growing in importance as an asset in their own right. The recommendation to integrate data as an asset in the gross domestic product (GDP) has arisen from the current revision of the United Nations …

Date: September 12, 2024 Quarterly national accounts inventory based on ESA 2010 methodology - Edition 2024 (nur in englischer Version verfügbar)

Quarterly national accounts inventory based on ESA 2010 methodology - Edition 2024

Press release No. 326 of 27 August 2024 General government deficit down slightly to 38.1 billion euros in 1^st half of 2024

...At 4.4%, the increase in expenditure was somewhat lower. Tax revenue and social contributions increasing Total tax revenue of general government was up by 3.6% in the 1st half of 2024 compared with the same period a year earlier. A 2.5% increase was recorded for value-added tax, and income tax revenue rose by 4.1%. ...

Press release No. 325 of 27 August 2024 Gross domestic product: detailed results on economic performance in the 2^nd quarter of 2024

...There was a corresponding rise of 5.1% in average gross wages and salaries per employee in the 2nd quarter of 2024 from the same quarter of the previous year. Net average earnings increased slightly more (+5.3%). It is likely that the main contributors to these wage increases are higher wage settlements agreed in view of the rising overall price level and tax-free premiums paid to compensate for inflation. ...

Date: August 27, 2024 National Accounts - Domestic Product - Quarterly results - Fachserie 18 Reihe 1.2 - 2nd Quarter 2024 (Last issue as English version)

In this subject-matter series the results for the 2nd quarter of 2024 are published for the first time.

Current results are only available in the German version.

Date: July 29, 2024 Quality Report - Earnings Survey

Quality Report - Earnings Survey

Purpose of the statistics: Data input for several sets of short-term economic and structural statistics, representation of short-term trends in gross earnings and working hours (by sex and requirement level) as well …

Press release No. 205 of 24 May 2024 Gross domestic product: detailed results on economic performance in the 1^st quarter of 2024

...Average gross wages and salaries per employee rose 6.1% in the 1st quarter of 2024 compared with the same period a year earlier. In terms of net average earnings the increase was somewhat more marked (+7.1%), which was mainly due to the receipt of premiums to compensate for inflation which were not subject to tax and contribution payments. Total gross wages and salaries rose by 6.5% on a year earlier as the number of employees also increased once more. ...

Date: May 24, 2024 Seasonally adjusted quarterly results using Census X-13 - Fachserie 18 Reihe 1.3 - 1st Quarter 2024 (Last issue as English version)

In this subject-matter series the results for the 1st Quarter of 2024 are published for the first time.

Current results are only available in the German version.

Press release No. 067 of 23 February 2024 Government deficit dropped slightly to 87.4 billion euros in 2023

...The financial surplus of the social security funds (10.0 billion euros) increased slightly in 2023. Positive development of social contributions, slight increase in tax revenue The altogether moderate rise in revenue seen in 2023 was due, in particular, to the slight increase in tax revenue by 0.7%. This was not only due to the weak overall economic development but also to extensive relief measures aimed at citizens and businesses. ...

Date: December 13, 2023 Quality Report - Consumer Price Index for Germany

As regards the consumer price index, price index series are provided for household final consumption expenditure in Germany in the form of totals and for individual aggregates. Year-on-year and month-on-month inflation rates are also available. …

Press release No. 451 of 24 November 2023 Gross domestic product: detailed economic performance results for the 3^rd quarter of 2023

...Average gross wages and salaries per employee went up by 6.4% year on year in the third quarter of 2023. Net average earnings increased even more (+7.9%) due to the weak development of wage tax revenue. This can probably be attributed mainly to tax-free payments of premiums compensating for inflation and to higher wage settlements. ...

Press release No. 337 of 25 August 2023 General government deficit increased to 42.1 billion euros in the first half of 2023

...Social security funds recorded a surplus of 7.0 billion euros in the first half of 2023, 0.7 billion euros less than in the first six months of 2022. Tax revenue down, social contributions up Tax revenue fell by a total of 0.3% in the first half of 2023 from the same period of the previous year. A slight increase of 0.5% was recorded for value-added tax, whereas the revenue from tax on acquisition of real estate dropped by 33.5% as there was a notable reluctance to purchase land and buildings. ...

Press release No. 336 of 25 August 2023 Gross domestic product: detailed economic performance results for the 2^nd quarter of 2023

...There was a corresponding rise of 6.7% in average gross wages and salaries per employee in the second quarter of 2023 from the same quarter of the previous year. Net average earnings increased even more (+8.7%) due to the weak development of wage tax revenue. Apart from another decline in the volume of short-time work, the main contributing factors probably were tax-free premiums paid to compensate for inflation and higher wage settlements agreed in view of the rising overall price level. ...