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Germany · euro · share price index, latest 2026-09

The city is a label: every national figure here is Germany's own, and the cost of living is one survey's answer for one adult, with its method and its year.

Benefit standard or reference budget

What the state pays as a basic benefit, or prices a basket of essentials at.

€1,012a month · 2026

Excluding housing €563

Monthly basic need plus the Berlin rent ceiling, one adult.

  • Housing: a welfare ceiling: The Berlin AV-Wohnen ceiling for one person is €449 (€494 in social housing, plus a €24 climate bonus for class C or better)
  • In euros, no conversion
  • BMAS (RBEG §5) and Jobcenter Berlin, 2026

What the figure is made of

Rent ceiling · €449 · 44.4%All 12 parts
  • Rent ceiling · a ceiling, not a spend€449 44.4%
  • Food€195.36 19.3%

    34.7% of €563: RBEG §5's 2018-based structure applied to the uprated basic need; the law earmarks no specific euro amount

  • Leisure€55.17 5.5%

    9.8% of €563: RBEG §5's 2018-based structure applied to the uprated basic need; the law earmarks no specific euro amount

  • Transport€50.67 5.0%

    9% of €563: RBEG §5's 2018-based structure applied to the uprated basic need; the law earmarks no specific euro amount

  • Communication€50.11 5.0%

    8.9% of €563: RBEG §5's 2018-based structure applied to the uprated basic need; the law earmarks no specific euro amount

  • Energy and repairs€47.86 4.7%

    8.5% of €563: RBEG §5's 2018-based structure applied to the uprated basic need; the law earmarks no specific euro amount

  • Clothing€46.73 4.6%

    8.3% of €563: RBEG §5's 2018-based structure applied to the uprated basic need; the law earmarks no specific euro amount

  • Other€45.04 4.5%

    8% of €563: RBEG §5's 2018-based structure applied to the uprated basic need; the law earmarks no specific euro amount

  • Furnishing€34.34 3.4%

    6.1% of €563: RBEG §5's 2018-based structure applied to the uprated basic need; the law earmarks no specific euro amount

  • Health€21.39 2.1%

    3.8% of €563: RBEG §5's 2018-based structure applied to the uprated basic need; the law earmarks no specific euro amount

  • Restaurants€14.64 1.4%

    2.6% of €563: RBEG §5's 2018-based structure applied to the uprated basic need; the law earmarks no specific euro amount

  • Education€2.25 0.2%

    0.4% of €563: RBEG §5's 2018-based structure applied to the uprated basic need; the law earmarks no specific euro amount

How it has changed since 2022

Berlin's benefit standard rose 16% from 2022 to 2025, faster than prices, while what a person in Germany spends on average rose 13%.

10010511011512020222025Benefit standard+16%Spending+13%Prices+11%

Each line is 100 in 2022. The basic need plus the Berlin rent ceiling for one person as it stood at the end of each year; the ceiling rose from €426 to €449 in October 2023.

The whole record

Stock market

At 160 in September 2026, 60% above its 2015 level, in euros and before inflation.

House prices, after inflation

28% above 2010, and still under the 2021 peak.

The economy

Inflation, one year
2.2%
2025
Average spending per person
€2,373 a month
2025
Income per person, adjusted for local prices
$78,140
2025
Unemployment
3.7%
2025
Life expectancy
80.8 years
2024

What the economy is made of

What the country produces, which is what most people there work in; not which companies move the stock market.

  • Services 64.5%
  • Industry 25.2% (manufacturing 17.6%)
  • Agriculture 0.9%
  • Taxes less subsidies 9.4%
How this is calculated
Benefit standard or reference budget
Bürgergeld basic need plus Berlin AV-Wohnen rent ceiling is Germany's own method: The statutory basic need (€563) plus the rent ceiling for one person (€449, gross cold rent; heating is paid at actual cost and excluded). It is not interchangeable with another country's survey, which is why no other city's figure sits beside it.
Prices
No carry-forward. The survey (2026) is not older than Germany's latest CPI year (2025), so nothing is carried: a year of inflation not yet published is not guessed. World Bank FP.CPI.TOTL, annual average.
In euros
Germany uses the euro: no conversion. the euro.
Change since 2022
Each series divided by its 2022 value. Prices: World Bank FP.CPI.TOTL, annual average. Spending: World Bank NE.CON.PRVT.CN ÷ SP.POP.TOTL, current local currency, household final consumption divided by population, per month. The basic need plus the Berlin rent ceiling for one person as it stood at the end of each year; the ceiling rose from €426 to €449 in October 2023.
Stock market
OECD via FRED SPASTT01DEM661N, monthly, 2015 = 100, in euros and before inflation, on a logarithmic scale: equal distance is equal percentage change. Latest 2026-09.
House prices, after inflation
BIS via FRED QDER628BIS, quarterly, 2010 = 100. Indexed to Germany's own 2010, so only the direction compares across countries, never the level. Latest 2026-Q1.
Sources

Jobcenter Berlin, AV-Wohnen table · rent ceiling for one person · retrieved 14 Oct 2026

RBEG §5 · the 2018-based structure of the basic need · retrieved 14 Oct 2026

World Bank NE.CON.PRVT.CD ÷ SP.POP.TOTL, ECB annual average · World Bank NY.GNP.PCAP.PP.CD · World Bank SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS · World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN · World Bank FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG · World Bank NV.AGR.TOTL.ZS · World Bank NV.IND.TOTL.ZS · World Bank NV.SRV.TOTL.ZS · World Bank NV.IND.MANF.ZS · derived: 100 less agriculture, industry and services. Taxes less subsidies is 100 less the three sectors.