GERMANY

Capital Berlin
Area (km2) 357 030
Total population (thousands, 2020) 83 161
Population density (per km2) 233
National currency Euro (EUR)
National statistical office www.destatis.de
Federal Statistical Office (DESTATIS)
Women in the labour force, 2021
   percentage of total for both sexes 47%
Gender pay gap
   monthly earnings, 2018 16%
   hourly wage, 2020 18%
Women in part-time employment, 2021
   percentage of employed women 48%
Female tertiary students, 2019
   percentage of total for both sexes 49%
Female victims of homicide, 2019
   percentage of total for both sexes 43%
Women researchers, 2019
   percentage of total for both sexes 28%
Life expectancy at birth, 2020
   females, years 83.5
   males, years 78.7
Life expectancy at 65, 2020
   females, years 21.2
   males, years 18.0
Total fertility rate, 2020
   average number of children per woman 1.5
Adolescent fertility rate, 2020
   number of live births per 1000 women aged 15-19 6.5
Mean age of women at birth of first child, 2020
   age in years 29.9
 
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
Employment
 (% change over previous year)
1.2
1.4
1.4
0.9
-0.8
0.1
Unemployment rate
 (%)
3.9
3.6
3.2
3.0
3.7
3.6
Youth unemployment rate
 (%)
7.1
6.8
6.2
5.8
7.1
6.9
GDP
   current prices, millions of US dollars, PPP, 2020 4 567 730
GDP, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2020 54 926
Exports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2021 47.0
Imports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2021 41.7
Final consumption expenditure, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2020 39 702
Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
   EUR per USD, US=1, 2020 0.746
Forest resources
   Area of forest
 (percentage of land area, 2015)
 33
   Wood volume
 (m3 per inhabitant, 2015)
 45

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Transport infrastructure, road accidents and traffic
   Railways
      total length in kilometres, 2019 38 394
   Motorways
      total length in kilometres, 2020 13 192
   Persons injured in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2019 4 624
   Persons killed in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2019 37
   Traffic, railways
      million passenger-kilometres, 2018 98 161
      million tonne-kilometres, 2020 108 405
   Traffic, roads
      million passenger-kilometres, 2020 866 646
      million tonne-kilometres, 2020 304 610