This statistic shows an assessment of living standards by Germans from 2007 to 2011. In 2011, 23 percent of respondents stated that their standard of living is getting worse.

This statistic presents the results of a survey on the development of the standard of living in Germany from 2015 to 2018. During the 2018 survey period it was found that roughly **** million Germans aged 14 years and older stated that they fully agreed with the statement "Today I have more money than before for treating myself."

A wide-ranging representative longitudinal study of private households that permits researchers to track yearly changes in the health and economic well-being of older people relative to younger people in Germany from 1984 to the present. Every year, there were nearly 11,000 households, and more than 20,000 persons sampled by the fieldwork organization TNS Infratest Sozialforschung. The data provide information on all household members, consisting of Germans living in the Old and New German States, Foreigners, and recent Immigrants to Germany. The Panel was started in 1984. Some of the many topics include household composition, occupational biographies, employment, earnings, health and satisfaction indicators. In addition to standard demographic information, the GSOEP questionnaire also contains objective measuresuse of time, use of earnings, income, benefit payments, health, etc. and subjective measures - level of satisfaction with various aspects of life, hopes and fears, political involvement, etc. of the German population. The first wave, collected in 1984 in the western states of Germany, contains 5,921 households in two randomly sampled sub-groups: 1) German Sub-Sample: people in private households where the head of household was not of Turkish, Greek, Yugoslavian, Spanish, or Italian nationality; 2) Foreign Sub-Sample: people in private households where the head of household was of Turkish, Greek, Yugoslavian, Spanish, or Italian nationality. In each year since 1984, the GSOEP has attempted to re-interview original sample members unless they leave the country. A major expansion of the GSOEP was necessitated by German reunification. In June 1990, the GSOEP fielded a first wave of the eastern states of Germany. This sub-sample includes individuals in private households where the head of household was a citizen of the German Democratic Republic. The first wave contains 2,179 households. In 1994 and 1995, the GSOEP added a sample of immigrants to the western states of Germany from 522 households who arrived after 1984, which in 2006 included 360 households and 684 respondents. In 1998 a new refreshment sample of 1,067 households was selected from the population of private households. In 2000 a sample was drawn using essentially similar selection rules as the original German sub-sample and the 1998 refreshment sample with some modifications. The 2000 sample includes 6,052 households covering 10,890 individuals. Finally, in 2002, an overrepresentation of high-income households was added with 2,671 respondents from 1,224 households, of which 1,801 individuals (689 households) were still included in the year 2006. Data Availability: The data are available to researchers in Germany and abroad in SPSS, SAS, TDA, STATA, and ASCII format for immediate use. Extensive documentation in English and German is available online. The SOEP data are available in German and English, alone or in combination with data from other international panel surveys (e.g., the Cross-National Equivalent Files which contain panel data from Canada, Germany, and the United States). The public use file of the SOEP with anonymous microdata is provided free of charge (plus shipping costs) to universities and research centers. The individual SOEP datasets cannot be downloaded from the DIW Web site due to data protection regulations. Use of the data is subject to special regulations, and data privacy laws necessitate the signing of a data transfer contract with the DIW. The English Language Public Use Version of the GSOEP is distributed and administered by the Department of Policy Analysis and Management, Cornell University. The data are available on CD-ROM from Cornell for a fee. Full instructions for accessing GSOEP data may be accessed on the project website, http://www.human.cornell.edu/che/PAM/Research/Centers-Programs/German-Panel/cnef.cfm * Dates of Study: 1984-present * Study Features: Longitudinal, International * Sample Size: ** 1984: 12,290 (GSOEP West) ** 1990: 4,453 (GSOEP East) ** 2000: 20,000+ Links: * Cornell Project Website: http://www.human.cornell.edu/che/PAM/Research/Centers-Programs/German-Panel/cnef.cfm * GSOEP ICPSR: http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/studies/00131

Cost comparison table showing community type costs by location

In 2024, there were ******* German households with a household net income of under 500 euros per month. ***** households had a monthly income of 5,000 euros and more. Disposable net income While at first glance the aforementioned monthly income may seem manageable, based on general German standards of living, it is worth noting that flexibility and expenditure depends on the number of people living in a household, or rather the number of earners in relation to that number. In the case of employed population members, what remains as disposable net income is influenced by various regular payments made by households after the already taxed salary arrives. These payments include, but are not limited to, rent, different types of insurance, repaying loans, fees for internet and mobile phone services. Food and housing When looking at private household spending in Germany, consistent patterns emerge. Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuel made up the largest share and will increase even further in the coming months, followed by food, beverages, and tobacco.

Selected scientific publications. Publications of official statistics.

The original surveys have been designed to monitor trends in attitudes, behavior, and societal change in the Federal Republic of Germany. The main topics of this cumulative study are:

1.) Economy 2.) Politics 3.) Social inequality 4.) Ethnocentrism and minorities 5.) Family 6.) Lifestyle and personality 7.) Health 8.) Religion and world view 9.) Personal and collective values 10.) Social networks and social capital 11.) Deviant behavior and sanctions 12.) ALLBUScompact-Demography 13.) Geographic data 14.) Added value

Topics:

1.) Economy: assessment of the present and future economic situation in Germany and in one´s own federal state, assessment of present and future personal economic situation.

2.) Politics: satisfaction with the federal and state government, with German democracy and with the performance of the German political system (political support);

basic political attitudes: self-placement on left-right continuum, placement of political parties on a left-right-continuum, political interest, party inclination;

voting intention (Sonntagsfrage), participation in last federal elections, recall of vote in last federal elections, party-sympathy-scales, likelihood of voting for different political parties;

political participation: personal participation and willingness to participate in selected forms of protest and other political activities, norms for political participation; frequency of discussing politics with friends, acquaintances, strangers, and family;

political issues: attitudes towards nuclear energy, the death penalty for terrorists, towards the privatization of publicly owned companies; support for less government interference in the economy, for stricter environmental protection measures, for harsher punishment of criminals, for making social security government´s top priority, for a redistribution of income in favor of the common people; for the view that immigrants are good for the economy, for access to abortion without legal limitations, for more global free trade; attitude towards expanding or cutting budgets for social services and defense, perceived position of the federal government in these matters;

democracy scale;

political knowledge questions (party affiliation of top-level politicians, functioning of democratic institutions etc.);

political efficacy: perception of individual influence on politics, gap between politicians and citizens, self-assuredness with regard to political group work, too much complexity in politics, perception of politicians´ closeness to constituents, participation in the vote as a civic duty;

perceived strength of conflicts between social groups;

confidence in public institutions and organizations;

identification with various political entities: identification with own municipality, the federal state, the old Federal Republic or the GDR, unified Germany and the EU;

attitudes relating to the process of German unification: attitude towards the demand for increased willingness to make sacrifices in the West and more patience in the East, unification is advantageous, for East and West respectively, future of the East depends on the willingness of eastern Germans to make an effort, strangeness of citizens in the other part of Germany, performance pressure in the new states, attitude towards dealing with the Stasi-past of individuals, evaluation of socialism as an idea;

evaluation of administration services and assessment of treatment by the administration;

national pride and right-wing extremism: pride in German institutions and German achievements, pride in being a German, extremism scale.

3.) Social Inequality: fair share in standard of living, self-assessment of social class and classification on a top-bottom-scale, evaluation of personal occupational success, comparison with father´s position and personal occupational expectations for the future, attitudes towards the German economic system and evaluation of policies supporting the welfare state, assessment of access to education, perceived prerequisites for success in society, income differences as incentive to achieve, acceptance of social differences, evaluation of personal social security.

4.) Ethnocentrism and minorities: attitude towards the influx of eastern European ethnic Germans, asylum seekers, labor from EU or non-EU countries; perceived consequences of presence of foreigners in Germany, attitudes towards refugees, treatment of foreigners by the administration, ranking in terms of...

Comprehensive cost of living breakdown for Germany including housing, food, transportation, and healthcare costs for retirement planning.

Judgement on the condition of the Republic of Germany and the role in the world. Progress in unification. Topics: most important problems in the country; party preference (Sunday question); problem-solving ability of the politicians; understanding of democracy in the sense of willingness to compromise, strong political leadership and restriction of democratic processes to the area of politics; speculation about future existence of a democracy in Germany and integration of Germany in an all-encompassing European state; assessment of the functioning of the political system in the country; the socially-oriented market economy having proven itself; jeopardy to democracy through unemployment; expected development in the next 10 years regarding unemployment, social expenditures, government indebtedness, the position of the country in international competition, military conflicts, inflation; considering GDR past and National Socialism finished; trust in public institutions, organizations, constitutional organs, media and selected associations; knowledge about the term "Berlin Republic"; expected effects of the government's moving to Berlin; current and earlier attitude to unification of the two German states; expected political changes from the government's moving to Berlin; judgement on the correctness of the decision to move; expected economic and cultural influences of the move on other German cities; image of Berlin tarnishd as capitol of old Reich; characterization of East Germans as well as West Germans (scale); expected time to achievement of equivalent standard of living in Eastern and Western Germany; justified dissatisfaction of East Germans with the adjustment of living conditions; adequate effort of the Federal Government for achievement of equivalent living conditions; joy about overcoming the division; most important problems of unification solved; identity as West German, East German or German; trip to the new or old states since the fall of the wall; attitude to an increased effort to solve conflict in the world; arrogant German foreign policies since reunification; increasing importance of decisions in Brussels or in Berlin; preference for independence or integration in the European Union; claim of Germany to a leading role in Europe in the areas of security policy and finance policy; expected increase in significance of Western or Eastern Europe; assessment of the popularity of the Germans with their European neighbors; judgement on the economic development of Eastern Germany and Western German after the war; preparedness for the challenges of the future. Demography: age; marital status; school education; occupational training; occupational status; employment; household size and number of persons 18 years old and older; sex; state; city size.

Onlinesurvey Self-administered questionnaire: CAWI (Computer-Assisted Web Interview)

The International Social Justice Project (ISJP) is a collaborative effort among 13 countries to conduct a comparative study of popular perceptions of economic and social justice in advanced industrialized nations. For this collection, the 1996 and 2000 merged data includes only the country of Germany. The survey, which employed standardized survey procedures and data collection instruments across all countries, focused on normative social justice concepts such as entitlement, equality of economic opportunity, and reward distribution. The study design provides analysis of normative justice at a micro level, involving respondents' evaluation of justice or rewards received by individuals and small groups, and at a macro level, through the evaluation of fairness of reward distribution at the aggregate or societal level. Variables in the dataset include demographic characteristics of the respondent, such as age, sex, marital status, education, employment, and occupation. In this survey, occupation has been classified utilizing the International Standard Classification of Occupations, and the Goldthorpe Class Categories, with the addition of the English-language version of the German "Berufsstellungen". Respondents were also queried about actual and desired income, what factors respondents believe determine level of pay and their fairness, dependence on pension or social welfare programs, satisfaction with the sociopolitical system, perceived and/or preferred role of the government in job allocation, and standard of living.

Cost comparison table showing 2023 and 2024 median costs by location

The Data-compilation is a selection of time-series on wage- and salary development as well as on the development of the national income in Germany from 1850 to 1985. The following studies has been included: - Walther G. Hoffmann (1965): Das Wachstum der deutschen Wirtschaft seit der Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts.- Rüdiger Hohls (1991): Arbeit und Verdienst. Entwicklung und Struktur der Arbeitseinkommen im Deutschen Reich und in der Bundesrepublik.- Pierenkemper, Toni (1987): Arbeitsmarkt und Angestellte im deutschen Kaiserreich 1880-1913. Interessen und Strategien als Elemente der Integration eines segmentierten Arbeitsmarktes.- Wiegand, Erich/Zapf, Wolfgang (1982): Wandel der Lebensbedingungen in Deutschland. Wohlfahrtsentwicklung seit der Industrialisierung. Tables in ZA-Online-Database HISTAT: A. Hoffmann, Walther G.: The Growth of the German Economy since the mid of the 19th centuryA.1 The average earned income per annum by industrial sector (1850-1959)A.2 The average earned income per annum in mining and saline (1850-1959)A.3 The average earned income per annum in industry and craft (1850-1959)A.4 The average earned income per annum in transport (1850-1959)A.5 The average earned income per annum in other services (1850-1959)A.6 Net national product (NNP) in factor costs in current prices and national income per capita according to Hoffmann (1850-1959)A.7 Gross value added and real national income per capita in prices of 1913 according to Hoffmann (1850-1959)A.8 The development of average earned income of employees in industry and craft, Index 1913 = 100 (1850-1959) B. Hohls, Rüdiger: The Sectoral Structure of Earnings in GermanyB.1 Nominal annual earnings of employees by industrial sector in Germany in Mark, 1885-1985B.2 Nominal earnings of white collar workers and blue collar workers in Germany, 1890-1940 C. Living costs, prices and earnings, consumer price indexC.1 Development of living costs (index) of medium employees’ households (1924-1978)C.2 Preices and earnings, index 1962 = 100 (1820-2001)C.3 Living costs, consumer price index (1820-2001) D. Pierenkemper, Toni: Employment market and employees in the German ‘Reich’ 1880-1913.D.1 Income of selected white collar categories in Mark (1880-1913)D.2 Real income of selected white collar categories (1880-1913) E. Wiegand, E.: Historical Development of Wages and Living Costs in Germany.E.1 Development of real gross income of blue collar workers in industry, index 1970 = 100 (1925-1978)E.2 Development of real gross income of blue collar workers in industry (1925-1978)E.3 Development of nominal and real national income per capita (1950-1978) E.4 Development of nominal and real national income per capita (1925-1939)E.5 National income: monthly income from dependent personal services per employee (1925-1971)E.6 Overlook: Development of wages, employed workers and gross income from dependent personal services in Germany (1810-1989)

Objectives: Aims of this study were to Schmitt (Advances in Life Course Research, 2021, 47: 100402) analyze the association of working poverty with mental and physical health-related quality of life and (Wang and Ford, J Organ Behav, 2020, 41 (9): 895–914) to explain these associations by behavior-related factors (heavy drinking, smoking status, body mass index), socioeconomic insecurity (deprivation in living standards, economic worries), and mental working conditions (effort-reward imbalance, job insecurity).Methods: A total of 11,500 employees aged 17–67 from the German Socioeconomic Panel (2014, 2015, and 2016) were used, and mediation analyses with inverse odds weighting stratified by gender were conducted.Results: Working poverty was significantly associated with both outcomes for both genders. Deprivation in living standards contributed the most to differences in mental health, with a mediated proportion of 60.3% (men) and 44.4% (women). Differences in physical health were significantly mediated by inadequate living standards in women, with a mediated proportion of 73.7%, whereas none of the mediators considered were significant in men.Conclusion: Indicators of socioeconomic insecurity contributed most to the association of working poverty with mental and physical health. Results highlight the relevance of policy initiatives to strengthen the socioeconomic living conditions of the working poor.

The DACH region in Europe comprises the countries of Germany (D), Austria (A), and Switzerland (CH). In 2024, the gross domestic product (GDP) of all DACH countries amounted to approximately **** trillion U.S. dollars. Just under ** percent of this was from Germany, while ** percent came from Switzerland, and * percent from Austria. In comparison to population distribution across the region, Switzerland's GDP per capita was much higher than the other two countries. Germany’s economy Germany’s economy is the largest in Europe, with the majority of the country’s GDP coming from its service sector. The country’s service sector encompasses tourism, financial services, real estate, and other industries. This reflects Germany’s standing as a central financial and political pillar of the European Union, and its position as a popular tourist destination. Grouping the DACH countries The DACH countries are closely associated both geographically and culturally, primarily through shared use of the German language. The region hosts over 100 million inhabitants, with a life expectancy at birth of around 82 years, ten years more than global life expectancy. The DACH countries enjoy a high standard of living, which is reflected in a large GDP per capita in each country.

Persons between 16 and 75 years of age who lived in private households at the time of recruitment.

Publications of the German Central Bank and of the Banks of the German states; publications by DIW, OECD as well as individual publications.

Datatable in the search- and downloadsystem HISTATInformation: HISTAT is offered only in German language. 01. Durchschnittslöhne und Lebenshaltungskosten in Ost- und Westdeutschland (= Average wages and cost of living in East and West Germany) (1938-1989) 02. Kaufkraftbereinigte Nettodurchschnittseinkommen der Arbeiter- und Angestelltenhaushalte der DDR in Relation zu denen der Bundesrepublik (= Net average income, adjusted for purchase power, of workers and employees households in the GDR in relation to those of the Federal Republic) (1950-1988) 03. Anteil der Eigentumsformen am Nettoprodukt der Wirtschaftsbereiche (= Share of different modes of ownership in the net product of economic sectors) (1950-1988) 04. Ausstattungsbestand der Haushalte in der DDR mit langlebigen technischen Konsumgütern (= Stock of Equipment of homes in the GDR with durable consumer goods) (1955-1989) 05. Entwicklung der Wohnungsversorgung in der SBZ/DDR und in der Bundesrepublik, Wohnungseinheiten (WEH) (= Development of housing supply in the former Sovjet occupation zone / GDR and the Federal Republic, housing units) (1939-1989) 06a. DDR/NBL: Struktur der Haushaltsausgaben nach Haushaltstypen, in Mark/DM (= Structure of household expenses by household types, in mark/DM) (1949-1992) 06b. BRD/ABL: Struktur der Haushaltsausgaben nach Haushaltstypen, in DM (Structure of household expenses, in DM) (1950-1992) 07. Sparquoten in der Bundesrepublik und der DDR (= Savings rates of the Federal Republic of Germany and of the former GDR) (1950-1989)

Attitudes to the current political situation and expectations of the development after unification. Topics: Evaluation of personal prospects for the future and future development on the territory of the GDR; prediction on the length of time for of achievement of equivalent living conditions in East and West; judgement on the economic situation on the territory of the GDR; judgement on one's own economic situation currently, a year ago and in one year; Sunday question; decision for H. Kohl or O. Lafontaine given possible elections of the all-German federal chancellor; stand on municipal right to vote for foreigners; personal identity; prediction on economic development of Eastern Germany; stand on German-German unification; effects of unification on personal social security, the standard of living and life happiness; dominance of differences or things in common between the two German states; assessment of the possibility of a real community of the two German states and length of time for the process; description of personality traits of the West Germans and the citizens of the GDR (scale); sympathy assessment for other peoples (scale); personal basic position on life; time span for planning for the future; goals in life (scale); feeling of threat in view of threat to the environment, danger of war, falling standard of living, North-South conflict, loss of job; assessment of condition of health; self-assessment of dealing with problems in life; assessment of changes in emotional condition; feeling of being threatened in view of the increase of aggressiveness and violence, right-wing radicalism, unemployment and egoism; interest in politics; self-classification on the left-right scale; religiousness; stand on remaining in the territory of the GDR; full-time or part-time employment; job security; length of unemployment and prospect of a new job; assessment of the significance of work in life; stand on living in the GDR and working in the west; confidence in personal development until the year 2000; confidence in political development, preservation of peace, natural environment and occupational development until the year 2000; satisfaction with housing situation; amount of monthly rent; existence of building owners from the FRG; concern for termination of residence lease; assessment of the closeness of contact with relatives or friends and acquaintances in Western Germany; comparison of standard of living of these relatives, acquaintances and friends with one's own and self-assessment of emotional consequences; frequency of various leisure activities (scale); average daily television time; satisfaction with time for reading; preference for more leisure time or more income; amount of monthly net income; assessment of experiences with the market economy; intended participation in state parliament elections and party preference.

Germany P&C: Gross Claims Incurred: Legal Expenses data was reported at 3,576.000 EUR mn in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 3,217.634 EUR mn for 2022. Germany P&C: Gross Claims Incurred: Legal Expenses data is updated yearly, averaging 2,626.000 EUR mn from Dec 2006 (Median) to 2023, with 18 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3,576.000 EUR mn in 2023 and a record low of 2,215.000 EUR mn in 2006. Germany P&C: Gross Claims Incurred: Legal Expenses data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by German Insurance Association. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Germany – Table DE.RG013: Non Life Insurance: Property & Casualty: Claims.