Germany: information sector turnover 2021

The turnover of the information sector in Germany increased by 4.7 billion euros (+9 percent) since the previous year. Therefore, the turnover in Germany reached a peak in 2021 with 56.9 billion euros.
Turnover is defined by Eurostat as the total of all sales (excluding VAT) of goods and services carried out by the enterprises of a given sector during the reference period.

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Annual turnover of the information sector in Germany from 2012 to 2021 (in million euros)

Characteristic	Annual turnover in million euros
2021	56,928.84
2020	52,229
2019	56,555.6
2018b	56,771
2017	55,839.9
2016	54,750.4
2015	50,799.5
2014	55,999.6
2013	56,140.6
2012	55,365.4

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Release date

March 2024

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Germany

Survey time period

2012 to 2021

Supplementary notes

b: Break in time series.
Structural business statistics (SBS) describes the structure, conduct and performance of economic activities, down to the most detailed activity level (several hundred economic sectors)
The source adds the following information: Turnover corresponds to market sales of goods or services supplied to third parties, it includes all duties and taxes on the goods or services invoiced by the unit with the exception of the VAT invoiced to its customer, it also includes all other charges - transport, packaging, etc.
Data coverage corresponds to aggregate INF (Sections J581, J59, J60 and J639) of CE Rev. 2.

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