Equipment with consumer durables Equipment of households with information and communication technology by territory

Continuous household budget surveys (LWR)

Equipment1 of house­holds with information and communication technology by territory in the time comparison
Information and communication technologyGermanyFormer territory of the Federal Republic
excluding Berlin-West
New Länder and Berlin
201720222017202220172022

1: As at 1 January of the year concerned. Excluding households of self-employed and
excluding households with a monthly net household income of 18,000 euros and over.
. = Numerical value unknown or not to be disclosed.

Source: Continuous household budget surveys.

Households total (1,000)37,38138,05829,55030,2067,8317,852
Share of the households in percent (equipment rate)
Personal computer90.092.090.492.288.591.4
Fixed48.642.949.144.346.537.5
Mobile 79.085.279.885.676.183.5
Laptop/notebook, netbook70.875.571.575.967.874.0
Tablet42.655.043.556.139.150.5
Printer (also in combination devices)76.976.177.376.775.473.7
Internet access91.195.591.795.789.194.7
Fixed85.988.787.189.281.686.7
Mobile 53.163.453.762.250.668.1
Telephone10099.910099.9100100
Telephone. fixed  90.982.991.583.988.579.3
Mobile phone 95.598.195.498.195.798.2
Including smartphone.88.1.88.2.87.4
Car navigation system50.639.351.840.245.935.9
Number of the goods per 100 households (equipment stock)
Personal computer214.9243.4220.6250.0193.0218.0
Fixed60.753.762.456.154.144.4
Mobile 154.2189.7158.2193.8138.9173.7
Laptop/notebook, netbook98.4111.8100.7113.289.6106.3
Tablet55.877.957.580.649.367.4
Printer (also in combination devices)86.984.088.185.382.878.9
Internet access......
Fixed......
Mobile......
Telephone301.9290.4309.1295.2274.5271.8
Telephone, fixed  122.8102.6127.3105.6105.691.3
Mobile phone179.1187.7181.8189.6168.9180.5
Including smartphone.164.7.167.0.156.0
Car navigation system59.345.661.246.952.240.9

As at October 27, 2022

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Sample Survey of Income and Expenditure (EVS)

Equipment of households with information and communication technology1
by territory in the time comparison
Information and communicationtechnologyGermanyFormer territoryof the Federal RepublicNew Länder and Berlin
201320182013201820132018

1: As at 1 January of the year concerned.

2: Until 2008, data were collected on the equipment as such. Since 2013, only the availability of a connection has been recorded.

. = Numerical value unknown or not be disclosed.

Source: Sample Survey of Income and Expenditure.

Households projected (1,000)40,03240,59631,44032,1938,5928,403
Share of the households in percent (equipment rate)
Personal computer85.290.485.991.082.688.4
fixed53.344.254.345.149.740.8
mobile 65.281.266.382.061.378.1
laptop, notebook, netbook.73.9.74.5.71.4
tablet.47.5.48.7.42.8
PC printer (also in combination device)73.375.274.075.570.873.8
Internet access280.292.781.293.176.591.1
fixed.86.7.87.6.82.9
mobile.56.0.55.6.57.6
Telephone99.899.999.899.899.899.9
fixed 90.584.991.585.986.681.1
mobile (also smartphone)92.796.792.796.792.696.7
incl. smartphone.77.9.78.6.75.1
Fax machine, fixed (also in combination device)23.8.24.7.20.3.
Car navigation system46.345.847.747.141.040.6
Number of the goods per 100 households (equipment stock)
Personal computer164.9223.5170.3229.2145.4201.7
fixed66.954.469.056.158.947.9
mobile98.1169.1101.3173.186.4153.7
laptop, notebook, netbook.107.1.109.0.100.0
tablet.62.0.64.1.53.7
PC printer (also in combination device)85.985.287.486.280.181.6
Internet access2......
fixed......
mobile......
Telephone296.3290.3303.8296.1268.4268.2
fixed 124.5107.1129.3110.6106.894.1
mobile (also smartphone)171.8183.2174.6185.5161.6174.1
incl. smartphone.144.2.147.9.129.6
Fax machine, fixed (also in combination device)24.4.25.4.20.8.
Car navigation system54.353.956.556.046.245.8
Number of the goods in millions
Personal computer66.090,753.573.812.516.9
fixed26.822.121.718.15.14.0
mobile39.368.631.855.77.412.9
laptop, notebook, netbook.43.5.35.1.8.4
tablet.25.2.20.6.4.5
PC printer (also in combination device)34.434.627.527.86.96.9
Internet access2......
fixed......
mobile......
Telephone118.6117.995.595.323.122.5
fixed 49.843.540.735.69.27.9
mobile (also smartphone)68.874.454.959.713.914.6
incl. smartphone.58.5.47.6.10.9
Fax machine, fixed (also in combination device)9.8.8.0.1.8.
Car navigation system21.721.917.818.04.03.8

As at October 30, 2018

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