In 2022, dwellings in Germany provided around 47.4 square meters of living space per inhabitant. Figures increased by a small amount in recent years, though more noticeably compared to the 1990s.
Living space per inhabitant in dwellings in Germany from 1991 to 2022
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Living space per inhabitant in square meters
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Apartments in residential and non-residential buildings
Supplementary notes
Figures from 2021 onwards can be retrieved via the source link. To access the data, click the web link and type the code "31231-0001" into the search bar. Figures preceding 2021 were calculated from statistics on inhabitants and living space in Germany. Population numbers can be retrieved via the source link. To access the data, click the web link and type the code "12411-0001" into the search bar. Figures on dwellings are based on the report Gebäude und Wohnungen - Bestand an Wohnungen und Wohngebäuden, Bauabgang von Wohnungen und Wohngebäuden, Lange Reihen 1969 - 2021 (published on July 28, 2022).
Figures on dwellings from 2010 onwards are updates based on the final results of the buildings and dwellings census of 2011, including hostels/ dorms. Figures until and including 2009 are based on updates of building and dwelling census from May 25, 1987.
Figures on inhabitants from 2011 onwards are based on updates of population numbers based on the 2011 census.
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Statistisches Bundesamt. (August 1, 2023). Living space per inhabitant in dwellings in Germany from 1991 to 2022 (in square meters) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 27, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1414973/living-space-per-inhabitant-dwellings-germany/
Statistisches Bundesamt. "Living space per inhabitant in dwellings in Germany from 1991 to 2022 (in square meters)." Chart. August 1, 2023. Statista. Accessed July 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1414973/living-space-per-inhabitant-dwellings-germany/
Statistisches Bundesamt. (2023). Living space per inhabitant in dwellings in Germany from 1991 to 2022 (in square meters). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1414973/living-space-per-inhabitant-dwellings-germany/
Statistisches Bundesamt. "Living Space per Inhabitant in Dwellings in Germany from 1991 to 2022 (in Square Meters)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Aug 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1414973/living-space-per-inhabitant-dwellings-germany/
Statistisches Bundesamt, Living space per inhabitant in dwellings in Germany from 1991 to 2022 (in square meters) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1414973/living-space-per-inhabitant-dwellings-germany/ (last visited July 27, 2024)
Living space per inhabitant in dwellings in Germany from 1991 to 2022 (in square meters) [Graph], Statistisches Bundesamt, August 1, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1414973/living-space-per-inhabitant-dwellings-germany/