Walking trips by purpose in Germany 2021

Published by Statista Research Department, Jul 2, 2024

In 2021, Germans made nearly 20.8 billion trips on foot. The largest number of these trips, nine billion, were made for leisure purposes. Over 6.8 billion trips were made on foot by Germans to go shopping. Trips to work and to an education place only ranked third and fourth and accounted for 1.5 and 1.3 billion trips, respectively.

Number of people walking for transport in Germany in 2021, by purpose (in millions)

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March 2024

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Germany

Survey time period

2021

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preliminary data. Modelling adapted due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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