Tag Archives: Federal Statistical Office

Destatis: Germany’s Employment Sees Modest Uptick in November 2023, Reaching New High

(IN BRIEF) In November 2023, approximately 46.1 million persons residing in Germany were employed, marking a slight increase in employment. According to provisional calculations from the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the seasonally adjusted number of persons in employment rose by … Read the full press release

Survey on diversity and coexistence in Switzerland – Federal Statistical Office

Attitudes of the Swiss population: between openness and distance towards certain population groups Neuchâtel, 12-Oct-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — In 2016, 36% of the population said they might feel uncomfortable in the presence of people perceived to be different, due to, for … Read the full press release

Switzerland involved in global action plan on role of statistics in sustainable development

The first UN World Data Forum was held in Cape Town, South Africa on 15-18 January. It concluded with the presentation of a global action plan in which Switzerland has been actively involved. Switzerland was represented by a mixed delegation … Read the full press release

ASEAN member states accorded Switzerland sectoral dialogue partner status

Neuchâtel, Switzerland, 04-Aug-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — (FSO) – Turnover in the retail sector fell by 4.6% in nominal terms in June 2016 compared with the previous year. The decline has been ongoing since January 2015. This is the largest decline … Read the full press release

Destatis reports public debt in 2015 decreased by 1.0% (21.4 billion euros) compared with the revised results as at 31 December 2014

WIESBADEN, 02-Aug-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The debt owed by the overall public budget (Federation, Länder, municipalities/associations of municipalities and social security funds, including all extra budgets) to the non-public sector amounted to 2,022.6 billion euros at the end of 2015. Based … Read the full press release

Destatis: price-adjusted new orders in manufacturing decreased 2.0% in April vs March 2016

WIESBADEN, 06-Jun-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Based on provisional data, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that price-adjusted new orders in manufacturing had decreased in April 2016 a seasonally and working-day adjusted 2.0% on March 2016. For March 2016, revision of the … Read the full press release

Destatis: 4.8% increase of newborn children in Germany in 2014 vs 2013

WIESBADEN,  21-8-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — In 2014, the number of live births in Germany was 715,000. Based on provisional figures, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this was an increase of 33,000 newborn children, or 4.8%, compared with … Read the full press release

Federal Statistical Office (Destatis): 2.1% decline in manufacturing sector turnover in real terms adjusted for seasonal fluctuations and working-day variations in June 2015 vs May 2015

WIESBADEN, 10-8-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) on the basis of provisional data, the manufacturing sector saw turnover fell in real terms adjusted for seasonal fluctuations and working-day variations 2.1% in June 2015 compared with May … Read the full press release

Federal Statistical Office (Destatis): Germany achieved 216.9 billion euros export surplus in 2014

WIESBADEN, 24-3-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Germany exported goods to the value of 1,133.5 billion euros and imported goods to the value of 916.6 billion euros in 2014. Based on preliminary results, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that Germany achieved an export surplus … Read the full press release

Destatis: The index of import prices fell by 2.2% on an annual average in 2014 compared with 2013

WIESBADEN, 28-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The index of import prices fell by 2.2% on an annual average in 2014 compared with 2013, as reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). In December it decreased by 3.7% compared with the corresponding month … Read the full press release