Archive:Europe 2020 indicators - Germany
- Data from June 2017. Most recent data: Further Eurostat information, Main tables. Planned article update: September 2018.
This article is part of a set of statistical articles on Europe 2020 strategy, focusing on the situation in Germany.
Source: Eurostat (see dedicated web section: Europe 2020 headline indicators) and DESTATIS
Explanations on this radar chart are available here.
Main statistical findings
Source: Eurostat (see dedicated web section: Europe 2020 headline indicators and (lfsa_ugad)) and DESTATIS
Long-term unemployment, used in Germany as a national target in the area of poverty and social exclusion, reduced by 56 % between 2008 and 2015. This allowed the country to significantly exceed its target of reducing long-term unemployment by 20 % by 2020. Germany had already met its 77 % employment target by 2013 and continued to increase its employment rate until 2016. The country slightly exceeded its target on reducing early leavers from education and training in 2016. In that year, it also surpassed its national target on tertiary educational attainment by nearly 6.1 percentage points, with 48.1 % of 30 to 34 year olds having completed post-secondary level education or equivalent. Germany’s national target differs from that of other Member States because it includes post-secondary non-tertiary education (ISCED level 4) in addition to ISCED levels 5 to 8. In addition, Germany almost closed the gap on its national targets for R&D expenditure. Between 2008 and 2015, Germany reduced the distance to its national targets on primary energy consumption and renewable energy by more than half. However, a gap of 4.7 percentage points to its target on GHG emissions in non-ETS sectors persisted in 2015.
Data sources and availability
More information about the origin of the data and the calculation of indicators can be obtained via the Europe 2020 indicators dedicated website.
Under 'Main tables', click on the icons next to the indicators:
- 'Explanatory texts (metadata)' for a detailed overview of the collection and compilation methods;
- 'Information on the leaf' for data availability per country.
A more general overview of quality procedures can be found in Implementation of standard reference metadata for indicators - the ESMS Indicator Profile (ESMS-IP) (PDF file).
Context
Europe 2020 is the EU’s agenda for jobs and growth for the current decade. It emphasises smart, sustainable and inclusive growth as a way to strengthen the EU economy and prepare its structure for the challenges of the next decade. As a main objective, the strategy strives to deliver high levels of employment, productivity and social cohesion in the Member States, while reducing the impact on the natural environment.
See also
Further Eurostat information
Publications
- Smarter, greener, more inclusive - indicators to support the Europe 2020 strategy (online publication, also downloadable as PDF file
Main tables
Dedicated section
Methodology / Metadata
- Towards robust quality management for European Statistics - Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council COM(2011) 211 final.
Other information
- Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of 11 March 2009 on European statistics