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Date: June 26, 2025 EU Business Cycle Monitor
...The Statistical Office of the EU, Eurostat, harmonizes national data to make them comparable at European level. The data published by Eurostat for Germany may differ from the data published by Destatis for Germany due to this harmonization. Last update: 26 June 2025. Further information European Statistical Monitor Federal Statistical Office Germany: Short-term indicators...
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Date: June 5, 2025 7.4 million EU citizens working in other EU Member States
...Whether someone decides to migrate in search of employment depends not only on the condition of the domestic labour market, but also on the labour supply in the destination country. Particularly Germany was a popular destination: 2.7 million EU foreigners were employed in Germany in 2024. Spain (0.9 million), Italy (0.7 million) and France (0.6 million) were also important destination countries for employees from other EU states. ...
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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.
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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: 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 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 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: April 29, 2025 Government deficit: 16 EU member states do not exceed 3% of GDP
...Greece’s government debt amounted to 153.6% in 2024, representing the highest ratio among all euro countries. Italy (135.3%) and France (113.0%) were also at the top end of the scale. Germany’s government debt amounted to 62.5% of GDP, which is above the 60% GDP limit as well. EU Stability and Growth Pact Destatis is responsible for reporting Germany’s budget data to Eurostat as part of the EU Stability and Growth Pact. ...
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Date: February 13, 2025 Germany
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Date: January 16, 2025 Germany in the European Union: Key figures 2025
...Which Member State invests most in education? Compare the key economic, environmental and social indicators for Germany and all other EU states....
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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.
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Date: January 14, 2025 Businesses with high speed broadband: Germany above EU average
...Of all enterprises with at least 10 employees in Germany, 93% had high-speed web access in 2024. Compared to other EU Member States, this places Germany above the EU average....
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Date: January 17, 2025 606kg municipal waste per capita in 2022: Germany above EU average
...In 2022, the municipal waste per inhabitant in Germany amounted to a total of 606 kilograms. This was significantly above the EU average of 513 kilograms....
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Date: February 21, 2025 Public transport: most popular in Austria and Hungary
...In 2022, travel by bus, tram, metro and rail accounted for 18% of motorized passenger transport in the EU. Germany’s public transport share is below EU average....
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Date: November 7, 2024 Germany has highest health expenditure in EU
In 2022, current health expenditure in Germany amounted to 12.6% of its gross domestic product (GDP). This was the highest share of all 27 EU Member States.
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Date: December 2, 2024 Messenger services: German user rate significantly lower than EU average
...80% of 16- to 74-year-olds in Germany use messenger services such as WhatsApp, Signal and Telegram. The highest rate was recorded in the Netherlands....
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Date: September 13, 2024 Women in executive positions: Germany below EU average
...In 2024, 29% of the executive positions in Germany were held by women....
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Date: December 2, 2024 One in five enterprises provide IT training for their employees
...In 2024, 38% of all enterprises in Finland contributed towards developing their employees’ IT skills. Germany also positioned itself above the EU average with 26%. In other countries, such as Bulgaria, the number continues to stay at a low level with 9% in 2024. For this EU-wide survey, enterprises with at least 10 employees were interviewed. ...
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Date: May 6, 2025 Foreign trade in goods
Current Eurostat statistics on EU foreign trade in goods (exports, imports, foreign trade balance).
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Date: May 6, 2025 Labour market
Current Eurostat statistics on employment and unemployment in the EU countries.
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Date: May 6, 2025 Transport
Current Eurostat statistics on air transport passengers, passenger transport (passenger cars, trains) and freight transport (railways) of the EU countries.
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Date: May 6, 2025 Agriculture, forestry and fisheries
Current Eurostat statistics on gross value added in agriculture, forestry and fisheries, organic farming, roundwood production and fishing in the EU countries.
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Date: May 6, 2025 Health
Current Eurostat statistics on hospital beds, deaths due to cancer and healthy life years in the EU countries.
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Date: May 6, 2025 Population
Current Eurostat statistics on population, population projections, children per woman and life expectancy in the EU countries.
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Date: May 6, 2025 Industry, trade and services
Current Eurostat statistics on gross value added in industry, manucturing production index, retail trade turnover and building permits of the EU countries.
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Date: May 6, 2025 Science and technology
Current Eurostat statistics on gross domestic expenditure on Research and Development (R&D), share of women researchers, internet use and broadband access in the EU countries.
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Date: May 6, 2025 General and regional statistics
Current Eurostat statistics on land area, gross domestic product (GDP), unemployment rate, online shopping and broadband connection for the EU countries.
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Date: May 6, 2025 Environment and energy
Current Eurostat statistics on greenhouse gas emissions, energy dependency and renewable energy of the EU countries.
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Date: May 6, 2025 Social issues and living conditions
Current Eurostat statistics on people at risk of poverty or social exclusion, at-risk-of-poverty rate, overburding by housing cost and inability to face unexpected financial expenses in the EU countries.
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Date: May 6, 2025 Economy and finance
Current Eurostat statistics on gross domestic product (GDP), GDP growth rate, inflation rate, general government deficit/surplus and general government gross debt in the EU countries.
