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USD 198.2 billion (2018)
International Monetary Fund (IMF), data retrieved October 2019
USD 4,000.4 billion (2018, estimate)
Intl$ 4,356.4 billion (2018, estimate)
2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
3.4% | 0.8% | -5.6% | 3.9% | 3.7% | 0.7% | 0.6% |
2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | ||
2.2% | 1.5% | 2.2% | 2.5% | 1.5% |
*Estimate
USD 48,264.0 (2018, estimate)
1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2019* |
6.54% | 5.96% | 4.82% | 3.63% | 3.1% |
*Estimate
(2018 estimate)
3% (2017)
OECD, data retrieved October 2019
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
0.7% | 0.4% | 1.7% | 1.9% | 1.5% |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
4.6% | 4.2% | 3.8% | 3.4% | 3.2% |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
72% | 69.1% | 65.2% | 61.7% | 58.6% |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
0.9% | 1.2% | 1.2% | 1.9% | 1.1% |
*Estimate
Standard & Poor's: AAA
Moody's: Aaa
Standard & Poor's / Moody's
2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
USD 1,1716.0 billion | USD 2,262.2 billion | USD 1,755.2 billion |
Evonik, RWE Group, Porsche Automobil Holding, Deutsche Boerse, Uniper, Covestro, Infineon Technologies, EnBW-Energie Baden, Deutsche Wohnen, ThyssenKrupp Group, Beiersdorf, TUI, Schaeffler, Knorr-Bremse, Metro Group, Brenntag, Volkswagen Group, Allianz, Daimler, BMW Group, Siemens, BASF, Deutsche Telekom, Munich Re, Bayer, SAP, Deutsche Post, Continental, Fresenius, E.ON, Henkel, Deutsche Lufthansa, Adidas, HeidelbergCement, Talanx, Commerzbank, Deutsche Bank, Merck, Vonovia, Wuestenrot & Wuerttembergische, KION Group, Ceconomy, HELLA, MTU Aero Engines AG, LEG Immobilien AG, Deutsche Pfandbriefbank, BayWa, Wirecard, Aareal Bank, Nuernberger Beteiligungs, Zalando, Fraport, Lanxess
7.3 % (2018 estimate)
47% (2018)
8.01% (2018)
5.64% (2018)
Motor vehicles, machinery, chemicals, computer and electronic products, electrical equipment, pharmaceuticals, metals, transport equipment, foodstuffs, textiles, rubber and plastic products
Machinery, data processing equipment, vehicles, chemicals, oil and gas, metals, electric equipment, pharmaceuticals, foodstuffs, agricultural products
US 8.8%, France 8.2%, China 6.8%, Netherlands 6.7%, UK 6.6%, Italy 5.1%, Austria 4.9%, Poland 4.7%, Switzerland 4.2% (2017)
Netherlands 13.8%, China 7%, France 6.6%, Belgium 5.9%, Italy 5.4%, Poland 5.4%, Czechia 4.8%, US 4.5%, Austria 4.3%, Switzerland 4.2% (2017)
2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
USD 23,500 million | USD 36,931 million | USD 25,706 million |
2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
USD 71,244 million | USD 91,799 million | USD 77,076 million |
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
USD 47,640 million |
USD -6,559 million |
USD 31,879 million | USD 72,812 million |
Bayer AG, Merck & Co Inc-Consumer Care Business, United States, USD 14.2 billion / Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG, E-Plus Mobilfunk GmbH & Co KG, Germany, USD 11.2 billion / Volkswagen AG, Scania AB, Sweden, USD 9.1 billion / Kronen Tausend985 GmbH, Sky Deutschland AG, Germany, USD 4.9 billion / Dragonfly GmbH & Co KgaA, Celesio AG, Germany, USD 4.8 billion / TUI AG, TUI Travel PLC, United Kingdom, USD 4.6 billion
Merck KGaA, Sigma-Aldrich Corp, United States, USD 16.9 billion / ZF Friedrichshafen AG, TRW Automotive Holdings Corp, United States, USD 12.5 billion / Deutsche Annington Immobilien SE, Gagfah SA, Luxembourg, USD 10.4 billion / Siemens AG, Dresser-Ran
Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business. A high ease of doing business ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.
Overall ranking:
22 out of 190 countries
Subcategories:
Starting a Business: 125 out of 190 countries
Dealing with Construction Permits: 30 out of 190 countries
Getting Electricity: 5 out of 190 countries
Registering Property: 76 out of 190 countries
Getting Credit: 48 out of 190 countries
Protecting Minority Investors: 61 out of 190 countries
Paying Taxes: 46 out of 190 countries
Trading across Borders: 42 out of 190 countries
Enforcing Contracts: 13 out of 190 countries
Resolving Insolvency: 4 out of 190 countries
7 out of 141 countries
(2019)
Ranking: 24 / Score: 73.5 (Mostly free)
(100=totally free 0=totally repressed)
Roman Catholic 28.2%, Protestant 26%, Muslim 5%, Orthodox 1.9%, other Christian 1.1%, other .9%, none 37% (2017 est.)
1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2015* | 2020* |
78.95 million | 81.46 million | 80.29 million | 81.96 million | 82.98 million |
*Estimate
1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2018 |
71.4% | 72.8% | 75% | 77.3% |
0% (last available estimate, 2015)
31.7 (last available estimate, 2015)
(0=perfect equality, 100=absolute inequality)
Free
Political Rights: 1
Civil Liberties: 1 (2019)
(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating)
Fixed: 51.7%
Mobile: 129.3%
(2018)
(fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)
Munich: 67th
Frankfurt: 74th
Berlin: 81st
Düsseldorf: 92nd
Hamburg: 100th
Stuttgart: 126th
Nürnberg: 151st
Leipzig: 156th
(2019)