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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 …

  • Press release 45/2015 from 08.12.2015 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    German diet is a strain on the climate

    Eine Vielzahl von abgepacktem und rohem Fleisch

    … "mobility", and "living". The data is based mainly on calculations by the Federal Statistical Office, covering greenhouse gas emissions, energy, land and water …

  • Press release 15/2022 from 15.03.2022 | Last changed: 17.03.2022

    Greenhouse gas emissions rose by 4.5 percent in 2021

    dampfende Kühltürme eines Kraftwerks und Hochspannungsleitung

    … – Daten zur Entwicklung im Jahr 2021 ] by the Working Group on Renewable Energy Statistics (AGEE-Stat). Initial data available on the use of renewable energies in … As such, there are corresponding uncertainties, in particular due to the limited statistical calculation bases available at the present time. The calculations are …

  • Article from 05.03.2018 | Last changed: 26.03.2018

    Nutrients in watercourses

    … (266.08 kB) guteklassen_ammonium_1982_2016e.pdf (39.70 kB) Next Previous Long-term statistical series 1955-2015 (Bimmen/Lobith/Rhine) Long-term statistical series (1955-2015) from the Bimmen/Lobith monitoring station on the … II-III, 1 % in class III and 1 measuring site in class III-IV and IV. … Long-term statistical series (1955-2015) from the Bimmen/Lobith monitoring station on the …

  • Article from 29.12.2022 | Last changed: 02.01.2023

    Identifying and managing flood risks

    Comprehensive and river basin-wide management is needed to deal with floods.

    … This differentiation of floods according to certain annualities is based on statistical evaluations of a river discharges observed over many decades … and material assets is considered in more detail (Schütte, 2021) and related to the statistical probability of occurrence (annuality). - Floodplains (§ 76 WHG): In … water. At a minimum, floodplains are defined as areas where a flood event is statistically expected to occur once every 100 years. Flood damage can therefore …

  • Article from 04.01.2023 | Last changed: 22.08.2025

    Floods - how they form and how we influence them

    Flooded elbe river near Dessau

    … directly into water bodies via sewage systems. For Germany, the official land statistics quantify 51,315 square kilometres (km²) of settlement and transport areas … end of 2018. 45.1% of this urbanised surface is sealed, according to the Federal Statistical Office. In terms of total surface area, the share of settlement and …

  • Article from 10.12.2025 | Last changed: 10.12.2025

    Resource use in Germany

    Opencast mining with large machines

    … and published in 2022 ( resource report 2022 ). The UBA resource report examines statistical key figures and trends in the "thematic field of resource and raw … and published in 2022 ( resource report 2022 ). The UBA resource report examines statistical key figures and trends in the "thematic field of resource and raw …