#Destatis
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German Households Spend Nearly One Euro in Ten on Leisure
New official data show leisure, sport and culture took 9.5% of average German household spending in 2024, up from 8.6% i...
German Auto Industry Employment Falls Below 700,000, Lowest Since 2005
Official data show 42,300 German auto jobs disappeared in a year, with parts suppliers hit hardest as the wider manufact...
German Inflation Hits 2.8% as Fuel Subsidy Ends and Energy Costs Jump
Germany’s annual inflation hit 2.8% in July after the fuel tax rebate expired, with energy prices up 8.3% year on year a...
Germany's Destatis to Close Economic Indicators Page; Data Moves to Two Portals
Destatis will stop updating its Konjunkturindikatoren webpage in October 2026 and shut it down in early 2027; the data s...
Fake 'Destatis' Letters Again Demand Data for Nonexistent Study
Germany's statistics office warns that letters forged in its name demand data for a study that does not exist and threat...
How Germany Tracks Its Businesses: SMEs, Global Giants and the EU Data Reset
Destatis explains its enterprise statistics — from an SME-dominated business register to a dedicated unit policing how m...
German Construction Orders Rise 3.3% in May, but Building and Civil Engineering Diverge
A sharp 8.7% jump in civil engineering orders lifted overall German construction intake in May, even as building constru...
Germany’s Building Prices Climb 5% in May 2026, Housing Costs Up 90% Since 2010
Latest Destatis data reveals that construction costs for new residential buildings surged 5% year-on-year in May 2026, w...
7% of German Full-Time Workers Log 49+ Hours a Week, Self-Employed Bear Brunt
New data from Destatis shows 7.1% of full-time employed people in Germany worked 'overlong' weeks in 2025. Self-employed...
Germany’s hazardous waste output rises 2.4% to 23.1 million tonnes in 2024
The volume of dangerous industrial, construction and municipal waste climbed by half a million tonnes, reversing a dip i...
Price-Adjusted Health Spending in Germany Grows 3.9% in 2024, Outpacing Economy
Destatis reports a real increase of 3.9% in health expenditure after a historic slump in 2023, while nominal spending su...