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Germany

Capital: BerlinRegion: Europe & Central AsiaIncome: High income
GDP
$5.33T
2026
Population
83.5M
2024
GDP per Capita
$64K
2026
Life Expectancy
80.5 years
2023

Economy

IndicatorValueYear
GDP (Current USD, Billions)$5.33T2026
Real GDP Growth (%)0.9%2026
GDP per Capita (USD)$64K2026
GDP, PPP (Billions Intl $)$6.32T2026
GDP per Capita, PPP (Intl $)$75K2026
Share of World GDP, PPP (%)2.88%2026
GNI (Current USD)$4.85T2024
GNI per Capita (USD)$55K2024
GNI per Capita, PPP (USD)$76K2024
Industry Value Added (% of GDP)25.6%2024
Services Value Added (% of GDP)64.0%2024
Agriculture Value Added (% of GDP)0.9%2024
Government Consumption (% of GDP)21.1%2023
Household Consumption (% of GDP)49.5%2023
Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP)21.5%2024
Gross Savings (% of GNI)27.1%2024
GDP Deflator (%)3.1%2024
GDP per Person Employed (USD)$123K2024
Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP)18.0%2024
Medium/High-Tech Manufacturing (% of total)57.9%2022
Adjusted Net National Income per Capita (USD)$43K2021
Adjusted Net Savings (% of GNI)14.5%2021
External Balance on Goods & Services (% of GDP)3.8%2024
Coal Rents (% of GDP)0.01%2021
Mineral Rents (% of GDP)0.00%2021
Oil Rents (% of GDP)0.01%2021
Natural Gas Rents (% of GDP)0.02%2021
Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP)0.1%2021
Forest Rents (% of GDP)0.03%2021
Industry Value Added (Current USD)$1.20T2024

Fiscal & Monetary

IndicatorValueYear
Inflation, Consumer Prices (%)1.8%2026
Govt Gross Debt (% of GDP)66.0%2026
Fiscal Balance (% of GDP)-3.4%2026
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)5.1%2026
Unemployment Rate (%)3.4%2026
Inflation, CPI (%, World Bank)2.3%2024
Government Revenue (% of GDP)28.3%2023
Tax Revenue (% of GDP)10.6%2023
Taxes on Goods & Services (% of revenue)20.1%2023
Taxes on Income, Profits & Capital Gains (% of rev)16.8%2023
Net Investment in Nonfinancial Assets (% of GDP)0.9%2023
Total Reserves incl. Gold (USD)$377.94B2024
Total Reserves (months of imports)2.22024
Official Exchange Rate (per USD)0.922024

Trade

IndicatorValueYear
Trade (% of GDP)79.1%2024
Imports of Goods & Services (% of GDP)37.7%2024
Exports of Goods & Services (USD)$1.94T2024
Imports of Goods & Services (USD)$1.76T2024
Merchandise Exports (USD)$1.68T2024
Merchandise Imports (USD)$1.42T2024
FDI Inflows (% of GDP)1.0%2024
FDI Outflows (% of GDP)1.7%2024
FDI Net Inflows (USD)$47.60B2024
Personal Remittances Received (USD)$21.23B2024
Personal Remittances Received (% of GDP)0.5%2024
High-Tech Exports (% of manufactured)18.0%2024
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)5.8%2024
Current Account Balance (USD)$270.45B2024

Finance

IndicatorValueYear
Domestic Credit to Private Sector (% of GDP)77.3%2023
Stock Market Capitalization (% of GDP)43.6%2024
Stock Market Capitalization (USD)$2.04T2024
Stock Market Turnover (% of GDP)19.7%2024
Listed Domestic Companies4352024
Bank Capital to Assets Ratio (%)7.3%2023
Bank Nonperforming Loans (%)1.5%2023
Account Ownership at Financial Institution (%)98.3%2024
Account Ownership, Female (%)98.9%2024
Account Ownership, Male (%)97.7%2024
Firms Using Banks to Finance Investment (%)30.4%2021

Business Environment

IndicatorValueYear
Time to Get Electricity (days)402021

Private Sector

IndicatorValueYear
Firms Expected to Pay Bribes (%)4.3%2021
Firms with Female Top Manager (%)33.5%2021
Firms with Female Participation in Ownership (%)14.2%2021
Average Firm Age (years)122 years2021
Firms Using Computers (%)16.2%2021

People

IndicatorValueYear
Population83.5M2024
Population Growth (%)0.3%2024
Population Density (per km²)2382023
Surface Area (sq km)357,6802023
Land Area (sq km)349,4302023
Urban Population (%)82.0%2024
Urban Population (total)68.5M2024
Rural Population (%)18.0%2024
Life Expectancy at Birth80.5 years2023
Life Expectancy, Male78.2 years2023
Life Expectancy, Female83.0 years2023
Fertility Rate (births per woman)1.42023
Birth Rate (per 1,000)8.32023
Death Rate (per 1,000)12.32023
Net Migration-334,0722025
Population Ages 0–14 (%)13.9%2024
Population Ages 15–64 (%)62.9%2024
Population Ages 65+ (%)23.2%2024
Age Dependency Ratio (%)59.0%2024
Mortality Rate, Adult Male (per 1,000)85.02020
Mortality Rate, Adult Female (per 1,000)46.22020

Labor

IndicatorValueYear
Total Labor Force43.2M2025
Labor Force Participation (%)60.6%2025
Female Labor Force Participation (%)55.3%2025
Male Labor Force Participation (%)66.1%2025
Unemployment (%)3.7%2025
Female Unemployment (%)3.4%2025
Male Unemployment (%)4.0%2025
Youth Unemployment (%)6.9%2025
Employment in Agriculture (%)1.1%2025
Employment in Industry (%)26.0%2025
Employment in Services (%)73.0%2025
Vulnerable Employment (%)4.3%2025
Wage & Salaried Workers (% of total)91.9%2025
Part-Time Employment (%)44.2%2024
Employers (% of total employment)3.8%2025
Labor Force, Female (% of total)46.5%2025

Education

IndicatorValueYear
Education Spending (% of GDP)5.2%2022
Education Spending (% of govt expenditure)10.7%2022
Primary School Enrollment (%)102.2%2023
Secondary School Enrollment (%)100.6%2023
Tertiary School Enrollment (%)78.6%2023
Primary Completion Rate (%)99.3%2023
Lower Secondary Completion Rate (%)64.1%2023
Out-of-School Children, Primary6,5592023
Out-of-School Girls, Primary22,6892022
Primary School Teachers264,9842022
Secondary School Teachers600,9122022
Pupil-Teacher Ratio, Primary122017
Pupil-Teacher Ratio, Secondary122017
Expenditure per Student, Primary (% of GDP/cap)12.9%2016

Health

IndicatorValueYear
Health Spending (% of GDP)12.3%2024
Health Spending per Capita (USD)$7K2024
Government Health Spending (% of GDP)9.3%2023
Out-of-Pocket Health Spending (% of total)10.7%2024
Physicians (per 1,000 people)4.52022
Nurses & Midwives (per 1,000)12.32022
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)7.52023
Infant Mortality (per 1,000 live births)3.72023
Under-5 Mortality, Female (per 1,000)3.42023
Under-5 Mortality, Male (per 1,000)3.92023
Cause of Death, Communicable (%)4.8%2019
Cause of Death, Non-Communicable (%)90.6%2019
Cause of Death, Injury (%)4.6%2019
Measles Immunization (% of children)96.0%2024
DPT Immunization (% of children)89.0%2024
HIV Incidence (per 1,000)0.102024
Tuberculosis Incidence (per 100,000)52024
Smoking Prevalence, Males (%)23.2%2022
Smoking Prevalence, Females (%)19.3%2022
Suicide Mortality Rate (per 100,000)12.92021
Alcohol Consumption (liters per capita)11.82020

Energy & Environment

IndicatorValueYear
Energy Use (kg oil eq. per capita)2,9282023
Electric Power Consumption (kWh per capita)5,9472023
Renewable Electricity Output (%)39.8%2021
Renewable Energy Consumption (%)17.6%2021
Access to Clean Fuels for Cooking (%)100.0%2023
PM2.5 Air Pollution (µg/m³)10.32020
Forest Area (%)32.7%2023
Forest Area (sq km)114,1902023
Terrestrial Protected Areas (%)40.1%2024
Marine Protected Areas (%)45.4%2024
Access to Basic Drinking Water (%)100.0%2024
Access to Basic Sanitation (%)99.2%2024

Agriculture

IndicatorValueYear
Agricultural Land (%)47.5%2023
Cereal Yield (kg per hectare)7,0072023
Food Production Index (2014–2016=100)92.72022
Crop Production Index (2014–2016=100)91.52022
Livestock Production Index (2014–2016=100)93.32022
Land Under Cereal Production (hectares)6.1M2023
Fertilizer Consumption (kg per hectare)128.62023
Agricultural Irrigated Land (%)3.1%2020
Annual Freshwater Withdrawals (% of internal)24.1%2022

Technology

IndicatorValueYear
Internet Users (%)93.5%2024
Fixed Broadband Subscriptions (per 100)45.42023
Secure Internet Servers (per million)152,113.82024
R&D Spending (% of GDP)3.13%2022
Patent Applications, Residents39,8222021
Patent Applications, Non-Residents18,7472021
Scientific Journal Articles113,9762022
High-Technology Exports (USD)$246.64B2024
ICT Service Exports (% of service exports)11.5%2024
Industrial Design Applications, Resident33,4482021
Researchers in R&D (per million)5,7872022

Infrastructure

IndicatorValueYear
Air Transport, Passengers Carried80.2M2023
Air Transport, Freight (million ton-km)12,766.52023
Container Port Traffic (TEU)13.7M2022
Rail Lines (total km)33,4012021
Railways, Passengers (million km)58,8222020
Railways, Goods (million ton-km)123,0672021
Logistics Performance Index (1–5)4.102022
Electricity from Oil (%)1.0%2023
Electricity from Nuclear (%)1.4%2023

Gender

IndicatorValueYear
Women in Parliament (%)35.3%2024
Female Labor Force Participation, 15+ (%)56.7%2024
Female Wage & Salaried Workers (%)94.1%2025
Girls Out-of-School Rate (%)104.9%2017
Adolescent Fertility Rate (per 1,000)5.52023
Gender Parity Index, Secondary0.952020

Governance

IndicatorValueYear
Control of Corruption1.662023
Government Effectiveness1.192023
Regulatory Quality1.462023
Voice & Accountability1.462023
Control of Corruption (percentile rank)94.3%2023
Government Effectiveness (percentile rank)85.4%2023
Rule of Law (percentile rank)92.9%2023
Political Stability (percentile rank)66.4%2023

Military

IndicatorValueYear
Military Spending (% of GDP)1.9%2024
Armed Forces (% of labor force)0.4%2020
Intentional Homicides (per 100,000)0.92023

Poverty & Inequality

IndicatorValueYear
Poverty at $2.15/day (%)0.2%2020
Poverty at $3.65/day (%)0.2%2020
Poverty at $6.85/day (%)0.5%2020
Gini Index32.42020
Income Share, Top 10%25.0%2020
Income Share, Bottom 10%2.9%2020
Income Share, Top 20%40.0%2020
Income Share, Bottom 20%7.8%2020
Shared Prosperity Premium (%)2.9%2020
Survey Mean Consumption (2017 PPP $ per day)79.632020

Social Protection

IndicatorValueYear
Human Capital Index (0–1)0.752020
Human Capital Index, Female0.772020
Human Capital Index, Male0.742020
Learning-Adjusted Years of School11.0 years2020

Tourism

IndicatorValueYear
International Tourism, Arrivals12.4M2020
International Tourism, Departures99.5M2019
Tourism Receipts (USD)$58.37B2019
Tourism Expenditures (USD)$101.23B2019
Tourism Receipts (% of total exports)3.5%2019
International Tourism, Transport Services (USD)$16.59B2019

Urban Development

IndicatorValueYear
Population in Largest City3.6M2025
Population in Agglomerations >1M (% of total)9.8%2025
Population in Slums (% of urban)0.0%2022
Rural Population Growth (%)-0.4%2024
Access to Safely Managed Sanitation (%)96.8%2024