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  • DzU article from 30.04.2025 | Last changed: 30.04.2025

    Indicator: Final energy consumption

    A graph shows the final energy consumption from 2008 to 2023. The trend is slightly downward, but fluctuates from year to year due to the influence of the weather. The EnEfG target for the years 2030 is also shown.

    … Indicator: Final energy consumption Final energy consumption Source: German Environment Agency based on AG Energiebilanzen Figure as PDF (119.29 kB) Figure as … (43.93 kB) Overview Environmental Indicators last update on 30.04.2025 At a glance The use of energy resources (energy consumption) is associated with many negative …

  • DzU article from 27.11.2024 | Last changed: 27.11.2024

    Indicator: Agricultural nitrogen surplus

    A graph shows the agricultural nitrogen surpluses for individual years and as rolling 5-year means between 1990 and 2022. The 5-year-mean nitrogen surpluses in kilogrammes per hectare dropped from 117 to 77. The target for 2028-32 is 70 kilogrammes per hectare and year.

    … Indicator: Agricultural nitrogen surplus Nitrogen surplus of the national farm-gate balance Source: Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture Figure as PDF (221.87 kB) Figure as Excel with data (46.24 kB) Overview Environmental Indicators last update on 27.11.2024 At a glance The five-year average … to the issue of nitrogen surplus is given in the publication ’Reactive nitrogen in Germany‘ (UBA 2015) and in the UBA-Umweltatlas "Reaktiver Stickstoff" ( in German

  • DzU article from 20.06.2025 | Last changed: 14.08.2025

    Indicator: Bathing water quality

    A graph shows good and sufficient bathing water quality levels for coastal and inland waters (1992 to 2024). Bathing water quality increased significantly, especially in the 1990s. The target value of 100 % bathing waters with at least sufficient quality was almost reached in 2015 and has been constantly at a high level since then.

    … Indicator: Bathing water quality Percentage of German bathing waters that comply with the provisions of the Bathing Water Directive.. Source: European Commission Figure as PDF (46.87 kB) Figure as Excel with data (44.70 kB) Overview Environmental Indicators last update on 20.06.2025 At a glance All bathing waters in …

  • DzU article from 06.05.2025 | Last changed: 06.05.2025

    Indicator: Population exposure to traffic noise

    A graph shows the proportion of people exposed to traffic noise above 55 decibels during the day and above 50 decibels at night, as observed in the 2022 noise mappings. It differentiates between road, aircraft and rail traffic noise.

    … exposure to traffic noise Fraction of population exposed to traffic noise Source: German Environment Agency Figure as PDF (40.89 kB) Figure with data (42.05 kB) Overview … Environmental Indicators last update on 06.05.2025 At a glance According to the 2022 noise mapping, about 17.9 % of the total population was adversely affected …

  • DzU article from 08.10.2025 | Last changed: 08.10.2025

    Indicator: Recycling municipal waste

    A graph shows the proportions of processed and recycled municipal waste in the total quantity of municipal waste from 2002 to 2023. During this period the proportion of recycled municipal waste rose from 56.1 to 67.2 percent.

    … Recycling municipal waste Share of processed and recycled municipal waste in the total amount of municipal waste Source: Federal Statistical Office of Germany Figure as PDF (39.20 kB) Figure with data (38.80 kB) Overview Environmental Indicators last update on 08.10.2025 At a glance The recycling rate …

  • DzU article from 23.01.2025 | Last changed: 23.01.2025

    Indicator: Grasslands

    A graph shows the area of permanent grassland and its share of the total agricultural area from 1991 to 2024. Both indicators have been declining until 2013 and have then increased in the years that followed. Most recently, the values have stagnated.

    … Source: Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture / Federal Statistical Office of Germany Figure as PDF (53.47 kB) Figure as Excel with data (43.13 kB) Overview Environmental Indicators last update on 23.01.2025 At a glance Between 1991 and 2024 the area of grassland in Germany decreased by around 12 %. The area of permanent …

  • DzU article from 14.10.2022 | Last changed: 14.10.2022

    Indicator: Ecological status of transitional and coastal waters

    A diagram shows the distribution of the ecological status/ecological potential of transitional and coastal waters for the North Sea and the Baltic Sea for the years 2010, 2015 and 2021. The target for 2027 is shown (100 % good or very good).

    … Voß et al. Figure as PDF (70.87 kB) Figure in Excel with data (41.84 kB) Overview Environmental Indicators last update on 14.10.2022 At a glance In 2021 no water body of transitional or coastal waters in the North and Baltic Seas achieved good or very good status. According to thethe development In 2021 no water body of the coastal and transitional waters of the German parts of North and Baltic Seas achieved good or very good ecological status. …

  • DzU article from 18.12.2025 | Last changed: 19.12.2025

    Indicator: Share of renewables in gross electricity consumption

    A graph shows the share of renewable energies in gross electricity consumption. The share increased from 6.3 % to 54.1 % between 2000 and 2024.

    … consumption Share of renewable energies in gross electricity consumption Source: German Environment Agency based on AGEE-Stat Figure as PDF (43.18 kB) Figure as Excel with … (76.53 kB) Overview Environmental Indicators last update on 18.12.2025 At a glance The share of renewable energies in gross electricity consumption rose from 6.3 % to …

  • Publication from 15.05.2019

    Umweltdaten Deutschland. Umweltindikatoren 2007

    … Umwelt-Kernindikatorensystem des Umweltbundesamtes zusammen. 44 Umweltindikatoren - themenbezogene „Wegweiser im Dschungel“ der Umweltdaten - geben über den Zustand der … publications Umweltdaten Deutschland 2002 Umweltdaten Deutschland 2007 Language German Other languages Englisch Publisher Umweltbundesamt File size 889.42 kB Print version not available Tags data collection environmental data environmental indicator … Umweltdaten Deutschland. …

  • Publication from 15.05.2019

    Umweltdaten Deutschland 2007

    Coverbild der UBA-Broschüre "Umweltdaten Deutschland 2007"

    … Deutschland 2002 Umweltdaten Deutschland. Umweltindikatoren 2007 Language German Publisher Umweltbundesamt File size 1.76 MB Print version not available … …

  • Publication from 23.07.2020

    Daten zur Umwelt 2017

    Cover der Broschüre „Daten zur Umwelt 2017 Indikatorenbericht“ des Umweltbundesamtes

    … pages 152 Year of publication June 2017 Author(s) Umweltbundesamt (Hrsg.) Language German Other languages Englisch Publisher Umweltbundesamt Additional information PDF is accessible File size 8.07 MB Print version not available Tags environmental data … Daten zur Umwelt 2017 …