ECONDEX

Economic and development data for every country, explained with the numbers checked.

Germany

Europe & Central Asia. High income. Capital: Berlin. Population 83,491,249 (2025).

Key trends

GDP per person (PPP) (constant international $)
45,913 54,663 63,413 1995 2025 62,824
GDP growth (%)
−5.4 −0.7 3.9 1995 2025 0.2
Inflation, consumer prices (% annual)
0.8 3.8 6.8 1995 2025 2.2
Life expectancy at birth (years)
76.5 78.9 81.2 1995 2024 80.8

Indicators

Each country reports for different years, so check the year beside every figure. Rank 1 is the highest value among countries with recent data.

Economy

IndicatorLatestYear 5-yr change10-yr change RankTrend
GDP per person (PPP)constant international $ 62,824 2025 +2,524 +3,155 27 of 199
GDP growth% 0.2% 2025 +4.4 pp −1.4 pp 191 of 209
GDP per person growth% 0.3% 2025 +4.5 pp −0.5 pp 172 of 209
GNI per person (Atlas method)current US$ 60,200 2025 +11,660 +13,610 20 of 201
Trade% of GDP 78.5% 2025 +5.6 pp +0.8 pp 100 of 183
Foreign direct investment, net inflows% of GDP 1.9% 2025 −2.6 pp +0.1 pp 106 of 195

Prices and jobs

IndicatorLatestYear 5-yr change10-yr change RankTrend
Inflation, consumer prices% annual 2.2% 2025 +2.0 pp +1.7 pp 117 of 180
Unemployment (modelled ILO estimate)% of labour force 3.7% 2025 −0.2 pp −0.9 pp 124 of 186

People and health

IndicatorLatestYear 5-yr change10-yr change RankTrend
Populationpeople 83,491,249 2025 +330,378 +1,804,638 19 of 217
Population growth% annual 0.0% 2025 −0.1 pp −0.9 pp 170 of 217
Urban population% of total 82.1% 2025 +0.7 pp +1.4 pp 52 of 217
Life expectancy at birthyears 80.8 2024 −0.5 −0.3 48 of 217
Infant mortalityper 1,000 live births 3.1 2024 0.0 −0.2 170 of 196
Health spending% of GDP 12.3% 2024 +0.8 pp +1.5 pp 9 of 193

Education

IndicatorLatestYear 5-yr change10-yr change RankTrend
Government spending on education% of GDP 5.2% 2022 +0.5 pp +0.4 pp 46 of 171

Access and infrastructure

IndicatorLatestYear 5-yr change10-yr change RankTrend
Internet users% of population 93.5% 2024 +5.4 pp +7.3 pp 38 of 185
Access to electricity% of population 100.0% 2024 0.0 pp 0.0 pp 35 of 215

Inequality and poverty

IndicatorLatestYear 5-yr change10-yr change RankTrend
Gini index (inequality)index, 0 to 100 33.7 2022 +2.4 +2.8 46 of 85
Poverty headcount ratio% of population, at the World Bank international poverty line 0.7% 2022 +0.5 pp +0.6 pp 52 of 85

Environment and energy

IndicatorLatestYear 5-yr change10-yr change RankTrend
Renewable energy% of final energy consumption 17.6% 2021 +3.4 pp +5.1 pp 115 of 212

* Latest figure is too old to be included in rankings or peer medians.

Advanced metrics

Indicator Own history Versus peers (latest) Growth and catch-up
10-yr meanZ-score Income group medianRegion medianVolatility (σ) 10-yr CAGR% of high-income median10 yrs earlier
GDP per person (PPP) 62,007 +0.6 49,305 42,577 1,374 +0.5% 128% 133%
GDP growth 0.9% −0.3 2.2% 2.1% 2.3 – – –
GDP per person growth 0.6% −0.2 1.7% 1.9% 2.2 – – –
GNI per person (Atlas method) 50,288 +2.4 37,020 26,410 4,143 +2.6% 167% 171%
Trade 79.2% −0.2 100.6% 100.8% 4.1 – – –
Foreign direct investment, net inflows 2.5% −0.6 2.1% 1.9% 1.1 – – –
Inflation, consumer prices 2.4% −0.1 2.3% 3.7% 2.3 – – –
Unemployment (modelled ILO estimate) 3.6% +0.2 5.1% 5.6% 0.5 – – –
Population 82,902,965 +1.1 2,930,494 5,827,802 541,148 +0.2% 2,849% 3,109%
Population growth 0.3% −1.1 0.4% 0.3% 0.3 – – –
Urban population 81.4% +1.7 81.3% 69.3% 0.5 – – –
Life expectancy at birth 80.9 −0.7 81.3 79.9 0.2 – – –
Infant mortality 3.2 −0.9 3.6 3.4 0.1 – – –
Health spending 11.6% +1.0 8.0% 7.9% 0.7 – – –
Government spending on education 5.0% +1.0 4.5% 4.6% 0.3 – – –
Internet users 88.3% +1.8 93.5% 91.9% 3.0 – – –
Access to electricity 100.0% – 100.0% 100.0% 0.0 – – –
Gini index (inequality) 31.7 +2.3 31.8 31.8 0.8 – – –
Poverty headcount ratio 0.2% +3.2 0.4% 0.4% 0.2 – – –
Renewable energy 14.9% +1.5 11.4% 19.3% 1.8 – – –

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