Data

Data sets

• Raw materials production 2017-2023 (xlsx)

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The figures for lignite are based on statistics from the coal industry. The figures for crude oil and natural gas were taken from the report „Crude oil and natural gas in the Federal Republic of Germany 2023” by the State Office for Mining, Energy and Geology. The figures for potash and potash salt products, special clay, rock salt, boiled salt, industrial brine, kaolin, quartz gravel and sand, gravel and sand, broken natural stone, artificial stone and lime, marl & dolomite stone are based on the report „Germany – Raw materials situation 2023“ of the German Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources. This is an annual publication, which also includes information about the extraction of natural resources in Germany.

Furthermore, the data on the value of the associated production volumes is not included in the official statistics. Data is therefore taken from other publications, such as the annual reports of the associations (with regard to aggregates, in particular the Bundesverband Mineralische Rohstoffe e.V. [Federal Association of Mineral Resources] (MIRO)) or various publications of the Federal Statistical Office. In detail, the production values of crude oil and natural gas are based on estimates from average cross-border prices 2023 (cf. BGR). The values for potash and potash salt products, special clays (values according to Destatis), rock salt and industrial brine (values according to Destatis) and kaolin (values according to Industrial Materials database) are also taken from the same publication. The values for the production of quartz sand and gravel, gravel and sand and broken natural stone are also taken from BGR report. The values for the production of natural stone, limestone, marl and dolomite stone are taken from the data provided by the Federal Statistical Office.

The sources and methods for calculating production volumes and values can be found in the Destatis database of the Federal Statistical Office.

The data was not subjected to any additional verification procedure.

Additional information regarding the data on potash salt: The D-EITI report includes production volumes and values for the marketable extracted production of potash and potash salt products. Potash salt is not sold in its raw form. Therefore, the chart and dataset do not include any value data for the production volumes of potash salt.

Sources

State Office for Mining, Energy and Geology (LBEG): Annual reports “Crude oil and natural gas in the Federal Republic of Germany

Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe [Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources] (BGR): Germany – Natural resources situation 2023

Federal Statistical Office – Destatis: Table code 42131-0004 Production of the manufacturing companies: Germany, years, goods list (9-digit)

Industrial Materials (IM): Price Database

Bundesverband Mineralische Rohstoffe e.V. [Federal Association of Mineral Resources]: Annual reports

Data sets

• Employment figures 2017-2024
• Further breakdown of employment figures 2023-2024 (job level)

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The information on employment figures in the German extractive sector may vary depending on the source. Differences can generally be attributed to differences in allocating statistical units.

In the employment statistics of the Federal Employment Agency (BA), the economic activities of enterprises are differentiated based on the classification of the economic sectors 2008 (WZ 2008). The decisive factor for the allocation of an enterprise to an economic sector is the main activity (the activity which makes the greatest contribution to the total value creation of this unit). Enterprises for which an activity in the stated economic sectors is only a secondary activity are therefore not included in the listed date from the Federal Employment Agency, as these are allocated to another economic sector in line with the main activity.

In the case of data which, in contrast to this, is based on a functional consideration of the economic sector, all companies/enterprises that operate in this field are taken into consideration, irrespective of whether it is the main activity of the unit. As a result of this, the statistics for employment figures may vary.

Sources

Federal Employment Agency: Employees subject to social security contributions by economic sectors (reference date 31 December 2024)

Additional sources per category of natural resources

Crude oil and natural gas: Bundesverband Erdgas, Erdöl und Geoenergie: BVEG annual report 2024

Hard coal: German hard coal production was declining steadily for years and production was terminated in a socially-acceptable manner at the end of 2018.

Lignite: The data of the statistics from the coal industry include, in addition to the employees in open-cast lignite mining, the employees in the lignite-fired power plants.

Salts: The figures were provided by the Verband der Kali- und Salzindustrie e. V. (Association of the Potash and Salt Industry, VKS) based on the information provided by the member companies. The figures relate exclusively to employees in potash and salt mining.

The employee figures that can be taken from the annual reports of K+S and Südwestdeutsche Salzwerke AG deviate from the figures of the association, as these figures relate to the respective company as a whole.

K+S annual reports

Südwestdeutsche Salzwerke annual reports

Data sets

• Foreign trade by sectors 2018-2024 (xlsx)
• Foreign trade by raw materials 2022-2024 (xlsx)

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The German natural resources export data is based on information on the goods divisions of the goods catalogue from the production statistics of the Federal Statistical Office. These calculations include “coal” (GP09 5), “crude oil and natural gas” (GP09 6), “ores” (GP09 7) and “quarried natural resources, other mining products” (GP09 8). The data on exports were taken from the “Foreign trade” statistics, table code 51000-005 “Export and import (foreign trade): Germany, years, commodity classification GP2019 (2-digit)“ of the Destatis database of the Federal Statistical Office on 24 February 2025.

The sources and methods for calculating export volumes and values can be found in the Destatis database of the Federal Statistical Office (foreign trade).

The German natural resources export and import data is based on information on the goods divisions of the goods catalogue from the production statistics of the Federal Statistical Office, table code 51000-005 “Export and import (foreign trade): Germany, GP2019 (4 digits) and on information on the list of goods for the foreign trade statistics of the Federal Statistical Officet table code 51000-005 “Export and import (foreign trade): Germany, list of goods foreign trade statistics (4 digits). The data was taken on 24 February 2025.

The sources and methods for calculating export volumes and values can be found in the Destatis database of the Federal Statistical Office

Sources

Federal Statistical Office – Destatis: Table code 51000-005 “Export and import (foreign trade): Germany, years, commodity classification, GP2019 (2-digit)

Federal Statistical Office – Destatis: Table code 51000-005 “Export and import (foreign trade): Germany, years, commodity classification, GP2019 (4-digit)

Federal Statistical Office – Destatis: Table code 51000-005 “Export and import (foreign trade): Germany, years, commodity classification, list of goods foreign trade statistics (4-digit)

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The D-EITI Secretariat requests information on changes to mining rights from the mining authorities of the federal states on an annual basis. The information provided is then compiled in a central Excel list. The last request was made in July 2025. The spreadsheets contain links to the relevant mining authority and, where available, the online license register of the respective federal state.

Most federal states publish mining licences systematically via online licence registers. An overview of the registers and the relevant mining offices can be found on the interactive map for D-EITI reporting.

Since 21 July 2017, the following information on granted and maintained mining licenses can be inspected upon request to the mining authorities in accordance with Section 76(3) BBergG without having to demonstrate a legitimate interest:

• Owner
• Fields to which the mining license relates
• Date of application and granting
• Duration
• Mineral resource to which the mining license relates

Source

Mining authorities of the federal states

Data sets

• Government revenue from taxes 2022-2023

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The tax amounts shown in the table are based on special evaluations of the corporate tax statistics from 2010 to 2020, the trade tax statistics of 2010 to 2020 and the statistics on the partnerships and communities from 2010 to 2012 and 2014 to 2020 as well as estimates and updates of the Federal Ministry of Finance.

Only the “Mining and quarrying” economic sector was addressed. The “Mining and quarrying” sector includes the extraction of the following naturally-occurring mineral natural resources: solids (such as coal, salt and ores), liquids (crude oil) and gaseous resources (natural gas). A detailed list of these sub-sectors can be found in the publication “Classification of economic activities” (Klassifikation der Wirtschaftszweige) of the Federal Statistical Office, pages 175 to 185.

Since the most recent statistical data relate to 2020, the following years were extrapolated to 2023. The rate of change in gross value added by the economic sector B, “Mining and quarrying” as stated in the national accounts was used for the purpose of the update (source: “VGR – National Accounts – An Overview of Key Facts”, page 20 et seq.) (Wichtige Zusammenhänge im Überblick).

The tax amounts reported for the natural resources sector are amounts that had to be paid by the companies for the respective year (so-called assessment year). The statistical time frame is therefore different from that of the total income of the state which is recorded in the year of the inflow (cash year).

The stated total income was taken from the current national accounts of the Federal Statistical Office (as of June 2025). The government’s total income includes not only income from taxes, but social security contributions, proceeds from the disposal of assets or investments (government bonds) as well as fees, administrative income and profits from state-owned enterprises. Detailed explanations and definitions of the general government budget can be found on the website of the Federal Statistical Office.

Corporate tax

Statistical data from the years 2010 to 2020 was assessed. For the purposes of the assessment, the corporate tax amounts imposed on unlimited and limited corporate taxpayers before the deduction of capital gains tax or the like were taken into account. The update for the years to 2023 was made on the basis of the development of the gross value added of the economic sector B, “Mining and quarrying”

Trade tax

In Germany, trade tax is levied by around 11,000 municipalities according to varying trade tax assessment rates defined by the respective municipality. The basis for the calculation of the trade tax is trade income. This is the profit calculated pursuant to the income tax law or the corporate tax law. The amount of trade tax may be increased or reduced by additions and reductions as per the German Trade Tax Act. On the basis of the business income, a taxable amount is set uniformly throughout Germany. If the business has operating facilities in several municipalities, the taxable amount is divided between the individual municipalities where the operating facilities are based. The trade tax to be paid by the company is set by applying the respective tax factor of the municipality to the taxable amount. Trade tax is levied on corporations, co-entrepreneurships and natural persons with their commercial income.

Only the taxable amounts determined during the assessment procedure are included in the trade tax statistics. The Federal Statistical Office used the results of a special evaluation of statistics for the years 2010 to 2020 to assign the positive taxable amounts of the companies in question to the relevant tax factors charged by the respective municipalities. This enabled the trade tax to be determined in an approximate manner.

Income tax

Natural persons can make profits in the natural resources extractive sector as individual or co-entrepreneurs and are therefore subject to income and trade tax with these profits. However, income tax statistics do not include breakdowns by economic activity. This effectively means that these statistics will not be used for this study. The statistics on partnerships, however, are broken down into economic sectors, but they are only used to determine the earned income, which is subject either to corporate tax or income tax imposed on the parties involved (co-entrepreneurs).

Due to the above-mentioned problems, the income tax attributable to the natural resources extractive sector was estimated by means of the following procedures, using the trade tax statistics and the statistics on partnerships and communities:

An approximate profit was determined for the individual entrepreneurs, by means of retroactive calculation, using the positive taxable amounts assessed in the trade tax statistics for this group of persons. The sum of the income of partnerships, which, in the relevant industry, is attributable to natural persons as participants, was assessed from the statistics on partnerships and communities.

An average tax rate of 29.5% was applied to this profit or to this sum of earnings from 2019. This average tax rate was calculated using a microsimulation model for persons with commercial incomes who pay income tax. With the tax reduction for commercial income, the results in the table show the approximate income tax amounts.

Solidarity surcharge

A solidarity surcharge is levied as a supplementary tax to income tax and corporate tax. It generally amounts to 5.5% of the established corporate tax and income tax (see previous explanations). Since 2021, no solidarity surcharge has been levied on income tax if the tax does not exceed a certain limit.

Income tax and the solidarity surcharge are not included in the report.

Data sets

• Extraction royalties 2015-2024 (xlsx)
• Mine site royalties 2016-2024 (xlsx)

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The Federal States’ revenues from extraction royalties are made available to the Federal Ministry of Finance (BMF) by the Federal States for purposes related to the national financial equalisation mechanism within the framework of monthly reporting on tax revenues. They are published in the settlements of the financial equalisation of the Federal States on the website of the BMF.

The revenue from the mine site royalties is reported by the Federal States.

The mine site and extraction royalties can also be viewed via the state budgets of the individual Federal States. An overview with links to the state budgets can be found in the interactive map for D-EITI reporting.

Sources

Federal Ministry of Finance

Mining authorities of the federal states

Data sets

• Mining turnover, quarried natural resources 2018-2024 (xlsx)
• Relationship of turnover at home and abroad 2021-2024 (xlsx)

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The data was taken from the “Jahresbericht für Betriebe im Verarb. Gewerbe” (Annual Report for Manufacturing Companies), table code 42271-0002 “Employees and turnover of the manufacturing companies: Germany, years, economic activities (WZ2008 2/3/4 digits) and table code 42271-0001 “Employees and turnover of the manufacturing companies: Germany, years, economic activities (WZ2008 Main groups and units)” issued by the Federal Statistical Office on 2 July 2025. These statistics refer to companies with at least 20 employees. As this statistical data is not the same as the statistical data on employees covered by the mandatory social security scheme, the data in the report does not cover all extractive business operations.

Sources

Federal Statistical Office – Destatis: Table code 42271-0001 “Employees and turnover of the manufacturing companies: Germany, years, economic activities (WZ2008 Main groups and units)

Federal Statistical Office – Destatis: Table code 42271-0002 “Employees and turnover of the manufacturing companies: Germany, years, economic activities (WZ2008 2/3/4 digits)

Data sets

• Subsidies in the German hard coal industry 2014-2023

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The data has been taken from the Federal Government’s subsidy report, which is published every two years. The last subsidy report was published in September 2025

Source

Federal Ministry of Finance: 30th Federal Government Subsidy Report

Data sets

• Primary energy consumption 2016-2023

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The data on primary energy consumption are based on the data of the Working Group on Energy Balances (as of February 2025).

Further figures on the renewable energy sources sector in Germany can be found in the statistics of the Working Group on Renewable Energy Sources. The Working Group on Renewable Energy Sources Statistics (AGEE-Stat) provides up-to-date and quality-assured data on the development of renewable energies in Germany. See Federal Environment Agency (2025): Renewable energy sources in figures and Federal Environment Agency (2025): Renewable energy sources in Germany – data on the development in 2024

Source

Working Group on Energy Balances

Data sets

• Water abstraction 2022 (xlsx)
• Water abstraction 2019 (xlsx)

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The data on water abstractions are published every three years by the Federal Statistical Office on the basis of data from the Federal States. The breakdown by state and mining sector is provided by the Federal Statistical Office on request.

The information on the amount of water abstraction fees per Federal State in million euros is published by the Association of Municipal Enterprises and is based on the items set in the respective state budgets.

Data on water management in Germany can be obtained from the Federal Statistical Office.

Sources

Federal Statistical Office – Destatis: Statistical report – Survey of non-public water supply and wastewater disposal – 2022

The breakdowns shown in the graph were provided by the Federal Statistical Office on request.

Association of municipal enterprises (VKU): Comparison of water abstraction charges in the Federal States

Data sets

• Data reports from companies for the 2022 reporting period
• Data reports from companies for the 2021 reporting period
• Data reports from companies for the 2020 reporting period
• Data reports from companies for the 2019 reporting period
• Data reports from companies for the 2018 reporting period
• Data reports from companies for the 2016/2017 reporting period

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For a better overview, only the five companies with the highest payments are shown in the chart. All other companies participating in the D-EITI are included under the “Others” heading. An overview of the participating companies can be found in the data sets listed above and under Payment flows 2022.

The data is collected by the Independent Administrator (IA) of the D-EITI, who is in direct contact with the companies participating in the D-EITI. The IA subjects the data to a plausibility check.

Source

Data collection by the Independent Administrator of the D-EITI

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Data for each reporting year can be collected and downloaded in ZIP format. In addition to the data, the ZIP folder contains the status of the context reporting as a PDF for the respective reporting year.

The EITI Summary Data File provides a standardised overview of the most important data of the German extractive sector, which are published as part of the context reporting of the D-EITI Multi-Stakeholder Group.

By standardising the data over countries and years, the EITI Summary Data File enables comparative analysis and cross-country investigations.