Industry, trade and services

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3.7% EU manufacturing

1.2% EU retail trade: turnover

2.0% building permits in the EU

News

Foreign-controlled enterprises

In 2021, foreign-controlled enterprises accounted for roughly 17% of gross value added in Germany. In many other EU countries those enterprises are of much greater importance for the economy.

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Gross value added by foreign-controlled enterprises

Industrial sector in Germany remains stronger than in many other EU Member States

In 2023 the industrial sector accounted for 20.4% of the gross value added generated in the German economy.

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Croatia, Spain and Italy most popular

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is the most popular holiday region in Germany. Touristic centres in Croatia, Spain and Italy are leaders in EU-wide ranking.

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Production in industry - Manufacturing (NACE C)

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Turnover in services excl. distributive trades (NACE H-N)

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Turnover index in accommodation and food service activities (NACE I)

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Turnover in wholesale and retail trade (deflated)

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Building permits, residential

Publications

Key figures on European business - 2023 edition

Statistics explained: Encyclopedia of European statistics

Statistics on tourism for the enlargement countries — 2020 edition

Tourism statistics: early adopters of big data? - 2017 edition

Eurostat publications

Data

Key indicators

Eurostat database

Links

Further data on Germany on this topic

International comparative data on this topic

Europe in figures: More Topics

Gen­er­al and re­gion­al statis­tics

themenübergreifend

Econ­o­my and fi­nance

 Wirtschaft & FinanzenZeichenfläche 1

Pop­u­la­tion, labour and so­cial is­sues

Population, labour and social issues

bevoelkerung

Agri­cul­ture, forestry, fish­eries

landwirtschaft

For­eign trade

aussenhandel

Trans­port

transpport_verkehr

En­vi­ron­ment and en­er­gy

 Umwelt & EnergieZeichenfläche 1

Sci­ence, tech­nol­o­gy, dig­i­tal so­ci­ety

wissenschaft