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  • DzU article from 22.12.2025 | Last changed: 22.12.2025

    Indicator: National Welfare Index

    A graph shows the national welfare index (NWI) and gross domestic product (2000 = 100) for the years between 1991 and 2024. Since 2000, the NWI has increased by 10.7 percent, while GDP rose by 27.4 percent.

    … performance of an economy and has been recognised as an internationally comparable statistical parameter. However, GDP is not a suitable measure of social welfare. The … performance of an economy and has been recognised as an internationally comparable statistical parameter. However, GDP is not a suitable measure of social welfare. The …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 17.12.2024

    BAU-R-1: Recreation areas

    The picture shows an aerial photograph of the ‘Straße des 17. Juni’, a street commemorating the building of the Berlin Wall (the anniversary of German unification takes place annually on 17th June). To the right and left of this street, you can see the canopy of trees in the Große Tiergarten park. The city’s silhouette is visible in the picture’s horizon, including the Reichstags building, tv tower, cathedral and the Brandenburg Gate.

    … improved. BAU-R-1: Recreation areas Source: LiKi with data from the AK UGRdL of the statistical offices of the federal states (indicator C4 – recreation area) Urban … (ALKIS) was first introduced in 2015. This process has led to changes in land use statistics which were not based on actual changes of use. Especially in 2000 and …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2024

    FiW-I-1:Claims ratio, combined ratio in homeowners’ comprehensive insurance

    The picture shows the top view of a building roofed with red tiles. To the right and left of the roof ridge you can see numerous large hailstones. Some of the roof tiles are broken.

    … ratio and combined ratio in homeowners’ comprehensive insurance Source: GDV (branch statistics) 2021 – so far the most expensive year for underwriters Increasing claims … positive development very suddenly. So far it has not been possible to identify a statistically significant trend in respect of the combined ratio. Looking at the …

  • News from 16.07.2020 | Last changed: 28.07.2020

    An estimated 310,000 vehicles with unknown whereabouts

    end-of-life vehicles

    … year of the environmental premium in 2009. The source of these data is the Federal Statistical Office data on waste disposal. The increase is likely to be partly due … have offered since August 2017. Based on the data provided by the Federal Statistical Office, a rate of 87.1 percent for the reuse and recycling of ELVs and a …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 05.01.2026

    BO-R-1: Humus contents in soils of arable land and grassland soils

    The picture shows a hand forming a small mound of dark-brown, humus-rich soil.

    … also affect humus formation. For the time being, it is not possible to make any statistically-assured statements on climate-change dependent alterations in the … are measuring inaccuracies. Hence, long time series would be required to draw any statistically assured conclusions.   100 - Wessolek G., Asseng S. 2006: Trade-off … also affect humus formation. For the time being, it is not possible to make any statistically-assured statements on climate-change dependent alterations in the …

  • Press release 15/2020 from 08.04.2020 | Last changed: 15.04.2020

    CO2 emissions per kilowatt hour of electricity in further decline in 2019

    overhead electicity line and wind power plants

    … the German Environment Agency, data from the Working Group on Renewable Energies Statistics (AGEE-Stat), data from other official sources, and calculations by the … Strommix in den Jahren 1990 - 2019 All press releases Tags emission factor energy statistics energy-related CO2 emissions energy import renewable energy greenhouse …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 17.12.2024

    BAU-I-5: Claims expenditure for property insurance

    The picture shows a badly damaged single-family house. The exterior wall has been breached in several places, some windows are missing, and the exterior rendering is pitted to well above the ground floor. Mud and debris have accumulated all round the house.

    … BAU-I-5: Claims expenditure for property insurance Source: GDV (branch and risk statistics; Naturgefahrenreport) Time and again – years with severe damage from … of the market), even regionally limited damage events are reflected well in statistics. Any change in reported claims and associated damage – settled by …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.12.2024

    BS-R-3: Exercise volume

    The picture shows a THW member from behind; he is in uniform and wears a helmet. It is possible to make out a scaffold with other THW members standing on it.

    … only with severe limitations. BS-R-3: Exercise volume Source: THW (training statistics) Exercises – basis for appropriate action in an emergency By means of … than in 2005. By contrast, the number of exercise participants, in terms of statistics, had already declined significantly prior to the outbreak of the …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 17.12.2024

    VE-I-4: Road accidents due to weather conditions and weather patterns

    The picture shows a car driving on a road covered in water. It is clear to see that the headlights and windscreen wipers are switched on. Heavy rain is falling.

    … VE-I-4: Road accidents due to weather conditions and weather patterns Source: StBA (statistics of road traffic accidents) Weather and weather patterns affect road … at that time of year. The accident situation in 2010 as assessed by the Federal Statistical Office (StBA) 168 demonstrates the various ways in which the weather and …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    FW-I-8: Forest fire hazards and forest fires

    The picture shows an extensive forest fire. Greyish-white smoke is rising from the seat of the fire. A burnt forest area is visible in the background.

    … forest fires. FW-I-8: Forest fire hazards and forest fires Source: BLE (forest fire statistics Germany)/ DWD (regionalised Canadian FWI) Forest fire hazards rising, … spread with particular rapidity. Up until 2017, according to Federal forest fire statistics, both the number of forest fires and the size of forests affected in …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 12.12.2024

    FW-I-5: Damaged timber – extent of random use

    The picture shows a dense spruce forest. Several trees are dead, and in the foreground there is deadwood lying on the forest floor.

    … FW-I-5: Damaged timber – extent of random use Source: BMEL and StBA (timber logging statistics) High volume of damaged timber hinders planned management Poor forest … woodlands of Germany. These events led to an increase in the damaged timber statistics for 2018. As of 2019, the situation changed insofar, as pest insects …

  • News from 24.07.2015 | Last changed: 10.08.2015

    Who is doing what in the Energiewende?

    eine Frau und ein Mann mit blauen Bau-Schutzhelmen stehen mit einem Tablet und Papierunterlagen in der Hand auf einer Wiese und zeigen auf eine Windkraftanlage

    … is also a brief introduction to the Energiewende in Germany and who can provide statistics and market information. Associated content Links Foreign Office brochure …