Environmental Indicators The following overview shows the key environmental indicators of the German Environment Agency. These indicators are particularly relevant for German and international environmental policy. Click on the images to view the indicators.Or create your own indicator report for download.This offer is also available in German language. Overview Indicators Filter by topic Chemicals Climate Energy Air Land, soil, terrestrial ecosystems Water Health and environment Resource Conservation Transport Agriculture and forestry Private households and consumption Environment and economy Climate © German Environment Agency Greenhouse gas emissions © Deutscher Wetterdienst Hot days © German Environment Agency based on AGEE-Stat Greenhouse gas emissions avoided by renewable energies © Met Office Hadley Centre Global surface temperature Energy © German Environment Agency based on AG Energiebilanzen Final energy consumption © German Environment Agency based on AGEE-Stat Share of renewables in gross electricity consumption © Working Group on Energy Balances Energy consumption for buildings © Working Group on Energy Balances Combined heat and power (CHP) © German Federal Environment Agency on basis of the Federal Statistical Office of Germany and Working Group on Energy Balances Final energy productivity © German Environment Agency based on AGEE-Stat Share of renewables in gross final energy consumption © German Environment Agency on basis of the Working Group on Energy Balances Primary energy consumption Air © German Environment Agency Emission of air pollutants © German Environment Agency Population-weighted particulate matter exposure (PM10) © German Environment Agency Air quality in agglomerations © German Environment Agency Population exposure to particulate matter (PM10) © German Environment Agency Population-weighted particulate matter exposure (PM2.5 © German Environment Agency Population exposure to particulate matter (PM2.5) Land, soil, terrestrial ecosystems © Federal Ministry of Transport Building and Digital Infrastructure a.o. Landscape dissection © UBA 2025 / BfN / DDA Species diversity and landscape quality © according to data Kranenburg et al. (2024) Nitrogen eutrophication © Federal Statistical Office of Germany Land-take for settlements and transport infrastructure Water © Federal Statistical Office of Germany Using water resources © European Commission Bathing water quality © German Environment Agency / German Federal Institute of Hydrology Ecological status of lakes © German Environment Agency / German Federal Institute of Hydrology Ecological status of rivers © German Environment Agency and the Länder Initiative on Core Indicators (LIKI) 2023 based on data from the German Working Group on water issues of the Federal States and the Federal Government Nitrate in groundwater © Research and Technology Centre West Coast a.o. Plastic waste in the North Sea © German Environment Agency according to the Federal States and River Basin Communities Eutrophication of the North Sea/Baltic Sea by nitrogen © German Environment Agency from data provided by the German Working Group on water issues of the Federal States and the Federal Government River eutrophication by phosphorus © Voß et al. Ecological status of transitional and coastal waters Resource Conservation © Federal Statistical Office of Germany Raw material footprint © Federal Statistical Office of Germany Total raw material productivity © Federal Statistical Office of Germany Amount of waste – municipal waste © Federal Statistical Office of Germany Recycling municipal waste Transport © Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport Environmentally friendly freight transport © Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport Environmentally friendly passenger transport © German Environment Agency Population exposure to traffic noise © German Environment Agency / TREMOD Final energy consumption of transport Agriculture and forestry © FSC and PEFC Sustainable forestry © German Environment Agency Mixed forest © Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture / Federal Statistical Office of Germany Grasslands © Federal Ministry of Agriculture / Food and Regional Identity and Federal Statistical Office Organic farming © Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture Agricultural nitrogen surplus Private households and consumption © BMUV / UBA Commitment to environmental protection © Statistisches Bundesamt Global environmental footprint of consumption © Held et al./Institut für Makroökonomie und Konjunkturforschung National Welfare Index © German Environment Agency Environmentally friendly consumption Environment and economy © Umweltbundesamt Environmental protection goods © EMAS-Register Environmental management © Federal Statistical Office of Germany Greenhouse gas emissions in industry © https://www.gws-os.com/de/publikationen/gws-kurzmitteilungen/detail/erneuerbar-beschaeftigt Employment in the renewable energy sector © Federal Statistical Office of Germany Energy consumption in manufacturing © German Environment Agency Environmental costs of energy and road transport © Federal Statistical Office of Germany Taxes related to the environment © Umweltbundesamt Employment in environmental protection
