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General profile: Germany

GENERAL INFORMATION FOR 2024
Exchange rate
Population
Population
Exchange rates
GDP
GDP
84.552 Millions
0.924 EUR/US$
4 658 977 Millions current US$
Land area¹
Land area
CPI growth (%)
CPI growth
GDP growth
GDP growth
(u) 349 390 km²
..
-0.20 %
INTERNATIONAL MERCHANDISE TRADE
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-1.2 %
Merchandise exports growth rate in 2024
Total merchandise trade
(millions of US$)
2005
2010
2015
2024
Merchandise exports
970 914
1 258 924
1 326 206
1 681 655
Merchandise imports
777 073
1 054 814
1 051 132
1 421 796
Merchandise trade balance
193 842
204 110
275 074
259 859
Export structure by product group in 2024
(as % of total exports)
7 %7 %87 %87 %6 %6 %
Top 5 partners in 2024
(exports, millions of US$)
175 591125 641118 842101 44497 778175 591125 641118 842101 44497 778
INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN SERVICES
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Total trade in services²
(millions of US$)
2005
2010
2015
2024
Services exports
162 695
225 234
286 831
471 817
Services imports
209 317
263 537
304 844
551 938
Services trade balance
-46 622
-38 303
-18 013
-80 121
Services exports by main category²
(as % of total services)
2005
2010
2015
2024
Transport
22.9
24.8
21.7
20.9
Travel
17.9
15.4
12.9
8.5
Other services
54.0
56.1
60.1
64.2
TRADE INDICES
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88908891889810010210110096939295928497100941021029699102101991011021009895939496100949695
ECONOMIC TRENDS
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-0.2 %
Gross domestic product growth rate in 2024
Economic indicators
(millions of US$ unless otherwise specified)
2005
2010
2015
2024
GDP, current
2 893 393
3 468 154
3 423 568
4 658 977
GDP per capita, current US$
35 265
42 906
41 711
55 102
Real GDP growth, y-on-y, %
0.89
4.15
1.65
-0.20
Current account balance, % of GDP
4.64
5.77
8.10
5.67
Exchange rate (/US$)
0.804
0.754
0.901
0.924
GDP by expenditure in 2023
(as % of total GDP)
52.721.621.743.439.452.721.621.743.439.4
FDI AND EXTERNAL FINANCIAL RESOURCES
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+0.8 %
FDI outflows as % of GDP in 2024
Financial flows
(millions of US$ unless otherwise specified)
2005
2010
2015
2024
FDI inflows
47 449.80
65 642.99
20 283.34
5 715.94
FDI outflows
74 543.07
125 450.81
77 173.55
38 524.92
Personal remittances, % of GDP
0.27
0.41
0.43
0.46
Financial flows trends
(millions of US$)
21 225.021 021.219 596.920 256.018 819.718 338.318 653.217 208.415 259.414 887.816 266.116 172.115 375.916 407.214 234.213 748.313 211.411 195.18 643.87 813.46 515.55 748.44 653.63 883.03 603.55 71652 03953 35674 16264 39157 16867 43447 68916 04720 283-2 72512 77728 18167 51465 64323 8068 12780 21255 65547 450-10 19232 37753 52226 402198 279FDI Inwards flowsFDI Inwards flowsFDI Inwards flowsMigrant's remittances receiptsMigrant's remittances receiptsMigrant's remittances receipts
TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES
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Trade balance indicators²
(as % and index)
2005
2010
2015
2024
Balance, % of GDP
4.95
4.98
7.41
3.75
Balance, % of imports
15.94
14.51
20.99
9.84
Normalized balance
0.074
0.068
0.095
0.047
Trade openness²
(sum of imports and exports as % of GDP)
8082898073798078767877777978746676757367
LIVING AREA
Population by living area in 2024
(% of population)
Urban 78%Urban 78%Rural 22%Rural 22%
OTHER INDICATORS
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0.341 %
Share of the total world merchant fleet in 2024
Maritime transport indicators
 
2005
2010
2015
2024
Merchant fleet, national flag (thousands of DWT)
9 381
17 570
12 560
8 042
Container port throughput (TEU)
..
13 037 702
14 988 243
..
Information economy indicators
(as % of)
2005
2010
2015
2024
Share of ICT goods, % of total exports
7.75
4.60
4.41
4.55
Share of ICT goods, % of total imports
11.08
7.94
8.17
7.83
Share of workforce involved in the ICT sector
..
2.26
2.66
..
Source: UNCTADstat (http://unctadstat.unctad.org)
Notes:
1
Land area refers to the total area of a country excluding area under inland water bodies. It differs from the country area, that includes area under inland water bodies, but excludes offshore territorial waters.
2
Statistics presented correspond to the 6th edition of the IMF Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual (BPM6, 2009).
u
Estimated. Data refers to 2020.
Symbols for missing values:
0
Zero means that the amount is nil or negligible
..
No value reported or collected
_
Not applicable
...
Not available, including no quotation
#
Non-relevant calculation
-
Not publishable
***
Negative accumulation of flows; Value included in regional and global totals
Abbreviations & acronyms:
DWT:
Dead weight tons
FDI:
Foreign direct investment
GDP:
Gross domestic product
ICT:
Information and communication technology
TEU:
Twenty foot equivalent unit
US$:
United States dollar
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Generation date: 02 December 2025