Europe & Central Asia · High income
Germany: key statistics
Germany has 83.5m people (2025) and a GDP per person of $60,496. Below: 71 indicators with the latest year, world rank and change over ten years.
- Capital
- Berlin
- Region
- Europe & Central Asia
- Income group
- High income
- Currency
- euro EUR
- Languages
- German
- ISO codes
- DEDEU
- Land neighbours
- Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Czechia, Denmark, France, Luxembourg, Poland
Population83.5m2025 · rank 19 of 217GDP$5.1tn2025 · rank 3 of 211GDP per capita$60,4962025 · rank 23 of 211Life expectancy80.8 yrs2024 · rank 48 of 217Internet users93.5%2024 · rank 38 of 188Fertility1.362024 · rank 186 of 217CO₂ per person6.94 t2024 · rank 35 of 203Inflation2.2%2025 · rank 117 of 180
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Germany, topic by topic
Each profile brings together the indicators of one topic with world and regional rank, values since 2000, group averages and a comparison with neighbours.
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World rank counts countries with a value in the recent window; regional rank is within Europe & Central Asia.
PopulationFull population profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 83.5m | 2025 | 19/217 | 3/58 | +2.2% | 8.2bn | |
| Population growth | -0.03% | 2025 | 170/217 | 38/58 | −0.9 pp | 0.91% | |
| Urban share | 82.1% | 2025 | 52/217 | 16/58 | +1.4 pp | 57.8% | |
| Fertility | 1.36 | 2024 | 186/217 | 42/58 | −7.5% | 2.19 | |
| Aged 65+ | 23.7% | 2025 | 8/217 | 6/58 | +2.6 pp | 10.4% | |
| Aged 0–14 | 13.9% | 2025 | 199/217 | 48/58 | +0.7 pp | 24.4% | |
| Density | 239.0 | 2024 | 58/216 | 10/57 | +3.0% | 62.1 | |
| Birth rate | 8.1 | 2024 | 189/217 | 41/58 | −8.0% | 16.3 | |
| Area | 357,680 km² | 2024 | 64/216 | 12/57 | +0.1% | 140,539,257 km² |
EconomyFull economy profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GDP | $5.1tn | 2025 | 3/211 | 1/57 | +47% | $118tn | |
| GDP per capita | $60,496 | 2025 | 23/211 | 16/57 | +44% | $14,406 | |
| GDP per capita, PPP | $75,407 | 2025 | 23/199 | 13/53 | +55% | $25,704 | |
| GNI per capita | $60,200 | 2025 | 20/201 | 12/53 | +29% | $14,244 | |
| GDP growth | 0.2% | 2025 | 192/210 | 54/56 | −1.4 pp | 2.9% | |
| GDP per capita growth | 0.3% | 2025 | 173/210 | 50/56 | −0.5 pp | 2.0% | |
| Agriculture share | 0.9% | 2025 | 174/198 | 47/56 | +0.2 pp | 4.0% | |
| Industry share | 25.2% | 2025 | 84/201 | 18/57 | −0.7 pp | 25.0% | |
| Services share | 64.5% | 2025 | 59/201 | 20/57 | +1.9 pp | 63.3% | |
| Investment | 21.9% | 2025 | 105/175 | 36/51 | +2.4 pp | 26.3% | |
| Savings | 26.3% | 2025 | 54/163 | 15/49 | −1.3 pp | 26.0% |
Prices & public financeFull prices & public finance profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inflation | 2.2% | 2025 | 117/180 | 41/49 | +1.7 pp | 3.0% | |
| Exchange rate | 0.88 | 2025 | 185/210 | 39/57 | −1.8% | — | |
| Tax revenue | 10.9% | 2024 | 117/142 | 45/48 | −1.2 pp | 13.9% | |
| Government expense | 31.2% | 2022 | 52/142 | 35/47 | +3.2 pp | 28.5% | |
| Military spending | 2.27% | 2025 | 50/156 | 19/47 | +1.2 pp | 2.48% |
Trade & investmentFull trade & investment profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exports | 40.4% | 2025 | 81/184 | 34/52 | −2.2 pp | 29.5% | |
| Imports | 38.1% | 2025 | 109/184 | 41/52 | +2.9 pp | 28.5% | |
| Trade openness | 78.5% | 2025 | 101/184 | 40/52 | +0.8 pp | 68.5% | |
| Current account | 4.4% | 2025 | 41/185 | 11/50 | −3.6 pp | — | |
| FDI inflows | 1.9% | 2025 | 106/197 | 26/51 | +0.1 pp | 1.4% | |
| Remittances | 0.5% | 2025 | 139/178 | 38/50 | ±0.0 pp | 0.8% | |
| Tourist arrivals | 12.4m | 2020 | 20/196 | 12/51 | −54% | 2.4bn |
LabourFull labour profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unemployment | 3.7% | 2025 | 125/187 | 40/49 | −0.9 pp | 4.8% | |
| Youth unemployment | 6.9% | 2025 | 146/187 | 47/49 | −0.5 pp | 13.4% | |
| Participation rate | 60.6% | 2025 | 99/187 | 21/49 | +0.4 pp | 61.0% | |
| Women's participation | 55.3% | 2025 | 78/187 | 20/49 | +0.8 pp | 48.9% |
Aid, poverty & equalityFull aid, poverty & equality profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extreme poverty | 0.7% | 2022 | 100/151 | 16/47 | +0.6 pp | 10.1% | |
| Poverty, $4.20/day | 0.9% | 2022 | 108/151 | 18/47 | +0.8 pp | 18.2% | |
| National poverty rate | 14.8% | 2021 | 111/145 | 28/47 | — | — | |
| Gini index | 33.7 | 2022 | 86/151 | 11/47 | +9.1% | — | |
| Undernourishment | 2.5% | 2024 | 127/167 | 21/47 | ±0.0 pp | 8.1% | |
| Women in parliament | 32.4% | 2025 | 60/190 | 30/52 | −4.1 pp | 27.2% |
EducationFull education profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary enrolment | 102.6% | 2024 | 66/191 | 17/53 | ±0.0 pp | 102.2% | |
| Secondary enrolment | 100.2% | 2024 | 62/176 | 32/53 | −3.1 pp | 77.3% | |
| Tertiary enrolment | 76.7% | 2024 | 39/172 | 23/52 | +11.5 pp | 43.6% | |
| Primary completion | 96.8% | 2024 | 71/168 | 30/47 | −2.7 pp | 88.0% | |
| Pupils per teacher | 12.3 | 2017 | 139/173 | 27/48 | −9.7% | 23.4 | |
| Education spending | 5.2% | 2022 | 52/184 | 15/49 | +0.4 pp | 3.6% |
HealthFull health profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 80.8 yrs | 2024 | 48/217 | 28/58 | −0.4% | 73.5 yrs | |
| Infant mortality | 3.1 | 2024 | 170/196 | 31/52 | −6.1% | 27.7 | |
| Under-5 mortality | 3.7 | 2024 | 170/196 | 31/52 | −7.5% | 37.4 | |
| Maternal mortality | 4 | 2023 | 175/194 | 38/51 | −20% | 197 | |
| Health spending | 12.3% | 2024 | 9/193 | 1/52 | +1.5 pp | 10.1% | |
| Health spending per person | $6,849 | 2024 | 10/193 | 8/52 | +30% | $1,317 | |
| Physicians | 4.53 | 2022 | 15/180 | 11/50 | +16% | 1.86 | |
| Measles vaccination | 96% | 2024 | 50/193 | 16/51 | −1.0 pp | 84% | |
| HIV prevalence | 0.2% | 2024 | 95/153 | 15/35 | +0.1 pp | 0.7% | |
| Child stunting | 1.3% | 2016 | 148/154 | 23/28 | +0.1 pp | — | |
| Basic water | 100.0% | 2024 | 9/206 | 4/56 | ±0.0 pp | 91.5% | |
| Basic sanitation | 99.2% | 2024 | 46/203 | 20/54 | ±0.0 pp | 82.2% |
Digital & energy accessFull digital & energy access profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Internet users | 93.5% | 2024 | 38/188 | 20/51 | +7.3 pp | 73.6% | |
| Mobile subscriptions | 129.2 | 2024 | 61/210 | 19/56 | +5.6% | 111.5 | |
| Fixed broadband | 45.6 | 2024 | 12/208 | 7/55 | +25% | 20.1 | |
| Electricity access | 100.0% | 2024 | 39/215 | 20/57 | ±0.0 pp | 91.9% | |
| Clean cooking | 100.0% | 2024 | 16/192 | 7/51 | +1.0 pp | 75.4% |
EnvironmentFull environment profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CO₂ per person | 6.94 t | 2024 | 35/203 | 13/49 | −28% | 4.69 t | |
| Renewable energy | 17.6% | 2021 | 115/212 | 31/54 | +5.1 pp | 19.7% | |
| Renewable power | 39.8% | 2021 | 75/206 | 25/51 | +18.6 pp | 27.8% | |
| Forest cover | 32.8% | 2024 | 107/214 | 28/57 | +0.1 pp | 31.1% | |
| Arable land | 33.4% | 2024 | 22/206 | 9/53 | −0.7 pp | 10.7% | |
| Water withdrawals | 24.1% | 2022 | 54/177 | 16/47 | −7.3 pp | 9.0% |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
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