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  • DzU article from 29.07.2025 | Last changed: 30.07.2025

    Indicator: Taxes related to the environment

    A graph shows the development of environmental taxes for the year 1995 (39.9 billion euros), the year 2000, and the period 2005 to 2023 (69.5 billion euros, preliminary data) as well as their share of total tax revenues in the public budgets.

    … contents Indikator: Umweltmanagement Indikator: Beschäftigte im Umweltschutz Tags ecological tax reform electricity tax energy tax indicator mineral oil tax …

  • DzU article from 27.05.2025 | Last changed: 30.05.2025

    Indicator: Global environmental footprint of consumption

    A graph shows the global environmental footprint of household consumption, represented by the indicator’s energy consumption, CO₂ emissions and raw material use. The indicators show the environmental footprint generated by the consumption activities of private households in Germany and abroad.

    … and associated carbon dioxide emissions decreased overall. Raw material use stagnated at the level of 2010. In its Sustainability Strategy the German government … are viewed together, the picture is mixed: While the use of raw materials is stagnating and requires further efforts to achieve the German government’s target, … Konsum, Energienutzung, Emissionen privater Haushalte' (in German only) . Tags carbon dioxide energy consumption indicator emission greenhouse gas emission …

  • DzU article from 18.12.2025 | Last changed: 19.12.2025

    Indicator: Primary energy consumption

    A graph shows primary energy consumption between 1990 and 2024 as well as the target value for 2030. Until 2008, the value fluctuated around 14,500 Petajoules, but has fallen considerably since then.

    … Anteil Erneuerbare am Bruttoendenergieverbrauch Indikator: Endenergieproduktivität Tags energy indicator primary energy consumption … Primary energy consumption (PEC) …

  • 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.

    … German only) : ‘Energieverbrauch nach Energieträgern, Sektoren und Anwendungen‘ . Tags energy final energy consumption indicator … The use of energy resources (energy …

  • DzU article from 16.12.2024 | Last changed: 16.12.2024

    Indicator: Environmentally friendly consumption

    A graph shows the market shares of products with official eco-labelling. Between 2012 and 2022 this figure rose from 3.6 % to 12.2 %. In 2020 there was a significant increase from 7.9 % to 12.0 %. The target for 2030 is 34 % market share.

    … of 12.2% in the product groups surveyed. After a significant increase of 4.1 percentage points in 2020, it is only slightly higher in 2022 than in 2020. This is mainly … subsidy. In 2022, however, the market share of 31.2% was only a few percentage points above the 2020 figure. With a market share of 6.3% in 2022, organic food … Related contents Indikator: Engagement im Umweltschutz Indikator: Umweltschutzgüter Tags indicator sustainable consumption private household environmentally friendly …

  • DzU article from 02.07.2025 | Last changed: 03.07.2025

    Indicator: Air quality in agglomerations

    A graph for three air pollutants shows the extent to which the WHO recommendations from 2021 will be exceeded on average in urban areas between 2000 and 2024. The development of the various pollutants varies. Between 2000 and 2024, values for NO2 are between 172 and 28 percent, for ozone between 44 and 28 percent and for PM2.5 between 255 and 61 percent

    … Bevölkerungsgewichtete Feinstaubbelastung (PM2,5) Umweltzonen in Deutschland Tags conurbation indicator nitrogen dioxide ozone particulate matter PM2.5 World …

  • 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 … Zustand der Seen Indikator: Ökologischer Zustand der Übergangs- und Küstengewässer Tags bathing water quality coastal water cyanobacteria Kolibakterien indicator …

  • 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.

    … Flüsse Indikator: Ökologischer Zustand der Seen Reaktiver Stickstoff in der Umwelt Tags acidification agriculture eutrophication indicator nitrogen nitrogen input …

  • 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.

    … Indikator: Belastung der Bevölkerung durch Feinstaub (PM2,5) Lärmbelästigung Tags EU Environmental Noise Directive indicator noise noise abatement noise …