# Money worries: Google search interest for “Pfändung” (seizure of wages or accounts for debt) by state (0–100)
# Source: Google Trends (analysis: Germany Divided), Search interest by state for “Pfändung”, January–October 2026, https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?geo=DE&q=Pf%C3%A4ndung&date=2026-01-01%202026-10-31, accessed 2026-11-04, Source: Google Trends; analysis Germany Divided
# Compiled by Germany Divided, CC BY 4.0. Side: former East/West by 1949-1990 border; Berlin shown separately.
snapshot,reference_year,level,code,name,side,value_search index
now,January–October 2026,aggregate,east,Former East (excl. Berlin),east,87.5
now,January–October 2026,aggregate,west,Former West (excl. Berlin),west,66.4
now,January–October 2026,aggregate,berlin,Berlin,berlin,71
now,January–October 2026,land,10,Saarland,west,82
now,January–October 2026,land,11,Berlin,berlin,71
now,January–October 2026,land,12,Brandenburg,east,84
now,January–October 2026,land,13,Mecklenburg-Vorpommern,east,88
now,January–October 2026,land,14,Sachsen,east,89
now,January–October 2026,land,15,Sachsen-Anhalt,east,99
now,January–October 2026,land,16,Thüringen,east,77
now,January–October 2026,land,04,Bremen,west,100
now,January–October 2026,land,05,Nordrhein-Westfalen,west,81
now,January–October 2026,land,02,Hamburg,west,77
now,January–October 2026,land,03,Niedersachsen,west,69
now,January–October 2026,land,01,Schleswig-Holstein,west,68
now,January–October 2026,land,07,Rheinland-Pfalz,west,67
now,January–October 2026,land,06,Hessen,west,64
now,January–October 2026,land,08,Baden-Württemberg,west,57
now,January–October 2026,land,09,Bayern,west,49