European Union countries issued a total of 3.9 million new residence permits to non-EU citizens in 2025, a 10 percent increase compared to 2024, and the “highest level” since records began, according to new data. But which countries issue the most?
A recent survey by the Pew Research Centre delved into what people feel proudest about in their country, with Europeans pointing to history, food and culture among the main reasons.
The former traffic-light coalition oversaw a steep rise in the number of qualified workers coming to Germany, new figures from the Interior Ministry reveal. Has the skilled worker law really been a resounding success?
Statistics compiled by the German police suggest violent crime is on the rise while overall crime is decreasing. Here are the latest figures and what they tell us about crime in Germany.
Germany is known for being a country of well-paid workers. But new statistics from the government reveal that more than eight million people are taking home less than €14 per hour, prompting fresh calls to raise the minimum wage.
Germany is among the most popular destinations in the world for foreign workers to migrate to, according to a new study. But Germans themselves are reluctant to move abroad.
Almost 32,000 people were told they had to leave Germany in the first nine months of 2023, new data from Eurostat has revealed. But where are they all from?
Germany is seeing fewer immigrants from within the EU than before the pandemic, according to new figures from the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (Bamf). Why have the numbers of EU migrants dropped so dramatically?
From women in the workplace to income inequality, the differences between European countries are getting greater in lots of areas. Find out who's best at having babies, who's most dependent on the state and who's most likely to get cancer.
Friday 13th may be deemed unlucky for some, but German statisticians have calculated it is safer than other Fridays if you are travelling on the country's roads.
Inflation in Germany dropped 0.5 percent last month compared to the same period in 2008 – the first such decline in 22 years – raising the spectre of deflation amidst the worst economic downturn since World War II.
The German economy, Europe's biggest, shrank by 2.1 percent in late 2008, its sharpest contraction since the country was reunited in 1990, official data confirmed on Wednesday.
The German economy shrivelled 2.1 percent in the fourth quarter of 2008, the worst decline since reunification and significantly more than expected, the Federal Statistics Office (Destatis) reported on Friday.
