Foreign trade in Germany remains below pre-pandemic levels, despite annual increase
Foreign trade volumes in Germany remained below pre-pandemic levels in 2025, despite seeing their first annual increase for several years,…
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Employment in Germany sees marginal decline in the first quarter of 2026
Some 45.6 million people were employed in Germany in the first quarter of this year, a marginal decline (0.1%) on…
Full-time employees in Germany worked an average of 39.9 hours per week in 2025
New data from Germany‘s federal statistics office (Destatis) has shown that full-time employees worked an average of 39.9 hours per…
Fuel prices in Germany up by a fifth compared to a year ago
Fuel prices in Germany were 20% more expensive in March 2026 than in the same month a year ago, according…
Birth rate in Germany falls 3.4%, hits lowest level since post-war period
The birth rate in Germany is now at its lowest level since 1946, with an estimated 654,300 children born last…
A quarter of Germans worked from home at least occasionally last year
Some 25% of Germany‘s employed population worked from home at least occasionally last year, according to new data from Destatis,…
Germany public transport passengers reach 11.5 billion in 2025
Passenger numbers on public transport in Germany remained roughly on a par with that of the previous year, preliminary data…
Germany health spending hits €538.2bn in 2024, up 7.6%
Health expenditure rose to €538.2 billion in Germany in 2024, or €6,444 per capita, a 7.6% increase on the previous…
Germany wine production falls to 7.55 million hectolitres, down 2.6%
Wine production in Germany fell by 2.6% last year, to 7.55 million hectolitres, according to new data from the federal…
Germany night shift workers reach 9.3% of employed population, nearly four million people working nights
Nearly four million of Germany‘s employed population – or 9.3% – work night shifts, according to the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). The…