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Environmental Economic Accounting

The environmental economic accounts (EAA) provide a comprehensive view of the interactions between the environment and the economy.

Date: October 29, 2024 Area balance sheet of ecosystems: Agricultural land

Tables on the subject: This table contains data on agricultural land for the years 2015, 2018 and 2021 in hectare.

Date: October 29, 2024 Overview of Ecosystem Divisions

Tables on the subject: This table contains data on overview of ecosystem divisions in hectare for 2015, 2018 and 2021.

Date: October 29, 2024 Area balance sheet of ecosystems: Settlement areas and transport infrastructure

Tables on the subject: This tabele contains data on settlement areas and transport infrastucture for the years 2015, 2018 and 2021.

Date: September 20, 2024 Mileage and fuel consumption of household's cars

The table shows data for 2014, 2015, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 on mileage in million kilometres, fuel consumption in million litres and specific fuel consumption in litres per 100 kilometres of private owned cars.

Date: June 21, 2024 Transport taxes by economic activities

Tables on the subject. This table contains data on transport taxes by economic activities for the years 2017 to 2022 in million euros.

Date: June 21, 2024 Energy-related taxes

Tables on the subject: This table contains data on energy-related taxes by economic activities for the years 2017 to 2022 in million euros.

Press release No. 542 of 16 December 2022 Household consumption of housing energy down 0.9% in 2020

Households in Germany consumed less housing energy in the first Covid-19 year of 2020 than in 2019 although people spent more time at home on account of the pandemic. The temperature adjusted consumption of housing energy amounted to a total of 715 …

Press release No. 510 of 2 December 2022 Energy consumption in transport down by a fifth in 2020

Transport was responsible for a good fifth (21.4%, or 2,562 petajoules) of German energy consumption in 2020. Energy consumption in transport thus dropped by 18.4% compared with 2019, when it had accounted for nearly a fourth (24.1%) of total energy …

Press release No. 437 of 12 October 2022 CO₂ emission intensity of German businesses decreased again in 2020

The total CO₂ emission intensity of all economic sectors amounted to 205 kilograms of carbon dioxide (CO₂) per 1,000 euros of gross value added in 2020, which is 8.4% less than a year earlier. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports …

Press release No. 590 of 21 December 2021 Before the coronavirus crisis: tourism accounted for 4% of value added and for 2.6% of greenhouse gas emissions

Domestic tourism generated 124 billion euros in the year prior to the coronavirus crisis and thus accounted for 4% of Germany’s value added. In 2019, tourists spent a total of 330 billion euros on tourism-related goods and services within Germany. …

Date: December 7, 2021 Ecosystem Accounts - Methods of the Ecosystem Extent Account

This paper gives a short overview of the main objectives, the structure and the technical challenges in building a nationwide extent account. We aim to lay out and discuss general guidelines for each step, including a thorough description of …

Date: December 7, 2021 Ecosystem Accounts - National Ecosystem Classification for Germany

Ecosystem Accounts - National Ecosystem Classification for Germany

Press release No. 526 of 18 November 2021 New digital atlas shows ecosystems in Germany

There is a wide variety of ecosystems in Germany whose sizes vary considerably between regions. Their great importance for climate protection and biodiversity is increasingly a focus of public attention. The Ecosystem Atlas (only in German) of the …

Press release No. 397 of 23 August 2021 Business profits in forestry down 61% in 2019 compared with 2018

In 2019, forestry in Germany produced goods and services to the value of 6.9 billion euros. Based on results of the forest accounts, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that output declined by more than one fifth (-21%) compared with a …

Press release No. 383 of 13 August 2021 Household energy consumption for housing continued to increase in 2019

In 2019, households in Germany used more energy for housing purposes than a year earlier. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that the temperature adjusted amount of energy used was 722 billion kilowatt hours. This was an increase of …

Press release No. 323 of 7 July 2021 Raw material footprint, 2018: share of regrowing raw materials amounted to 16%

Germany’s raw material footprint for 2018 was 1,373 million tonnes. The use of regrowing biotic raw materials (e.g. cereals, wood) accounted for 16%, or 224 million tonnes. Based on provisional figures, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) …

Press release No. 150 of 26 March 2021 Imports of raw materials, semi-finished and finished products down 5.8% in 2020

German imports and exports of raw materials, semi-finished and finished products in the corona year 2020 saw the strongest year-on-year decline since 2009. Imports and exports of materials declined to a similar extent. Based on provisional results of …

Date: May 4, 2020 Development of mileage of passenger cars of households, by performance

Tables on the subject: This table contains data on development of mileage of passenger cars of households, by performance for the years 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2017 in billion kilometres.

Date: April 17, 2020 Land use for food products

This table shows: Land use for food products 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2017.

Press release No. 088 of 11 March 2020 Environmental protection expenditure in 2017: highest increase in environmental investments since 2011

In 2017, enterprises, households and general government in Germany spent 70.4 billion euros on environmental protection. According to calculations of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), this was an increase in the environmental protection …

Press release No. 006 of 7 January 2020 Emission-relevant energy consumption down 4.7% from 2010 to 2017

Energy consumption directly related to greenhouse gas and air pollutant emissions in Germany was down 4.7% from 12,320 to 11,736 petajoules between 2010 and 2017. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that the consumption of mineral oil …

Press release No. 041 of 6 February 2019 Environmental protection expenditure up 2.9% in 2016 year on year

Total expenditure on environmental services amounted to roughly 66.2 billion euros in 2016. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that environmental protection expenditure increased by 2.9% on a year earlier. In 2016, enterprises in …

Press release No. 459 of 26 November 2018 Increase in engine performance of passenger cars leads to rising CO₂ emissions

The carbon dioxide emissions caused by passenger cars in Germany are continuously increasing. In 2017, a total 115 million tonnes of CO₂ was emitted. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this is a 6% increase on 2010.

Press release No. 378 of 4 October 2018 Household energy consumption for housing continued to increase in 2017

In 2017, households in Germany used 1.5% more energy for housing purposes (not including motor fuels) compared with 2016. According to calculations of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), they used 679 billion kilowatt hours (kWh) of energy …

Press release No. 049 of 15 February 2018 Raw material input for consumption and investments in 2014: 1.3 billion tonnes

According to provisional calculations of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), Germany's raw material footprint amounted to 1.30 billion tonnes in 2014. The footprint indicates how much raw material is used globally for the production of goods …

Press release No. 027 of 25 January 2018 Foodstuffs consumed in Germany are mostly grown abroad

A cultivation area of just over 19.4 million hectares (not including agricultural buildings and farmyards) was needed to grow the foodstuffs consumed in Germany in 2015. To coincide with the International Green Week 2018 in Berlin, the Federal …

Press release No. 418 of 17 November 2017 Balance of greenhouse gas emissions in land use deteriorated between 2010 and 2015

Although more greenhouse gases were absorbed from the environment than released into it by land use, land-use change and forestry activities in 2015, too, this balance has deteriorated since 2010. To coincide with the World Climate Conference …

Press release No. 414 of 16 November 2017 Primary energy consumption again slightly up since 2014

Besides developing renewable energy sources, reducing energy consumption by saving energy and increasing energy efficiency is the second major pillar in the process of transforming the energy system. To coincide with the World Climate Conference …

Press release No. 410 of 15 November 2017 Percentage of environmental taxes in total tax receipts down to 4.9%

The percentage of environmental taxes in all receipts from taxes and social contributions amounted to 4.9% in Germany in 2016. To coincide with the World Climate Conference currently taking place in Bonn, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) …