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Date: July 1, 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 …

Date: July 1, 2025 Evaluation of the infra-annual mortality figures since 2020

1 July 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 …

Date: June 26, 2025 EU Business Cycle Monitor

Interactive graphics and statistics on the current economic situation in the EU states.

Date: June 26, 2025 The structural business statistics (SBS) 

Structural business statistics (SBS) provide information on the structure and activity of enterprises in Germany for the entire economy. This enables assessments to be made on the importance and economic performance of enterprises, broken down by …

Date: June 18, 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).

Date: June 17, 2025 WISTA edition 3/2025

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

Date: June 13, 2025 Noticeable price changes in May 2025

Get an overview of the most noticeable price changes for selected goods and services.

Date: June 12, 2025 Producer prices of agricultural products in April 2025: +3.2% on April 2024

According to provisional calculations, the index of producer prices of agricultural products (excluding turnover tax) increased by 2.3% between March and April 2025 to stand at 146.7 (2020 = 100). That was a year-on-year increase of 3.2%. In March …

Date: June 12, 2025 Purchase prices of the means of agricultural production in April 2025: +0.8% on April 2024

On the cost side of agriculture, the index of purchase prices of the means of agricultural production (excluding turnover tax) increased by 0.2% from January to April 2025. Standing at 130.8 (2020 = 100), it was 0.8% above the level of a year …

Date: June 12, 2025 Producer prices of logging products in April 2025: +6.5% on April 2024

The index of producer prices of logging products from state forests (excluding turnover tax) stood at 112.6 (2015 = 100) in April 2025. It was 0.2% lower than in the previous month and 6.5% higher than in the same month of the previous year.

Date: June 5, 2025 7.4 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 3, 2025 Greece, Italy and Croatia were the most popular European holiday destinations in 2023

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is the most popular holiday region in Germany. Touristic centres in Greece, Italy and Croatia are leaders in the EU-wide ranking.

Date: May 23, 2025 Higher mean age of women at birth of first child

In 10 EU Member States the average age of women at the birth of their first child was at least 30 years in 2023. Germany ranked in the top third in an EU comparison.

Date: May 17, 2025 Germany is an attractive trading partner

In 2024, Germany was the top destination for merchandise exports in 16 of the 26 other EU Member States.

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.

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 …

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.

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.

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.

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%).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. …

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. …

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.

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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

Date: March 13, 2025 32% of the world's population do not use the Internet

The Internet connects people all over the world. However, according to International Telecommunication Union (ITU) estimates for the year 2024, 32% of the world's population are still not using the internet.

Date: March 13, 2025 Internet access: women less frequently online than men

Women are less frequently online than men. This means women are less able to benefit from the advantages of digitalization: they have less opportunity to learn, earn money and make their voices heard online.

Date: March 13, 2025 Economic Data

According to provisional data, turnover in crafts with compulsory approval decreased by 1.3% in the fourth quarter of 2024 compared to the fourth quarter of 2023

Date: March 12, 2025 Road Safety Annual Report 2024: fewer road deaths

The International Transport Forum (ITF) recorded fewer road deaths in 2023 than in 2022. However, some countries recorded an increase.

Press release No. 241 of 4 July 2025 New orders in manufacturing in May 2025: -1.4% on the previous month

Real (price adjusted) new orders in manufacturing were down 1.4% in May 2025 month on month after seasonal and calendar adjustment, according to provisional figures of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). When large-scale orders are excluded, …

Date: July 4, 2025 Expenditure, revenue, financial balance of the overall public budget (quarterly data)

Tables on the subject: The table contains quarterly cash data on total expenditure, total revenue and overall balance for all subsectors of general government.

Date: July 4, 2025 Adoptions, time series

This table contains: Adoptions, time series 1991 to 2024

Date: March 6, 2025 US most important trading partners of the EU

The US are the most important trading partners of the European Union: in 2024, the EU and the US traded goods worth €865 bn (imports and exports). This represents 17% of all EU trade in goods. The share of China amounted to 15%.

Date: March 6, 2025 Increase of the reporting thresholds from January 2025 onwards

Starting from reporting month January 2025, new reporting thresholds for intra-EU trade statistics are in place. The new reporting threshold for intra-EU exports is 1 million Euro (previously 500,000 Euro). The new reporting threshold for intra-EU …

Date: March 4, 2025 Female parliamentary representation: global ranking 2025

As of February 1, 2025, only 35.7 percent of the members of the German Bundestag were women. According to the global ranking of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), this means Germany is ranked 44th.

Date: March 3, 2025 Electric cars: low number of new registrations

In Germany, consumers are still fairly reluctant to purchase electric cars. In 2023, only 18.4% or 524,219 of 2,844,609 newly registered passenger cars ran on electricity.

Date: February 28, 2025 The area under vines decreased by almost 400 hectares compared to the previous year

In 2024, wine was grown on 103,295 hectares in Germany. The area under vines thus decreased compared with 2023 (- 392 hectares). White grape varieties increased by 0.1 % or 45 hectares to 71,423 hectares.

Date: February 26, 2025 Germany has fourth-highest minimum wage in the EU

In Germany, the statutory minimum wage was adjusted to 12.82 euros per hour as of 1 January 2025. For a full-time job, this corresponds to a minimum wage of 2,161 euros gross per month.