GERMANY

Capital Berlin
Area (km2) 357 030
Total population (thousands, 2019) 83 093
Population density (per km2) 233
National currency Euro (EUR)
National statistical office www.destatis.de
Federal Statistical Office (DESTATIS)
Women in the labour force, 2020
   percentage of total for both sexes 47%
Gender pay gap
   monthly earnings, 2018 16%
   hourly wage, 2019 19%
Women in part-time employment, 2020
   percentage of employed women 48%
Female tertiary students, 2018
   percentage of total for both sexes 48%
Female victims of homicide, 2019
   percentage of total for both sexes 43%
Women researchers, 2017
   percentage of total for both sexes 28%
Life expectancy at birth, 2019
   females, years 83.7
   males, years 79.0
Life expectancy at 65, 2019
   females, years 21.4
   males, years 18.3
Total fertility rate, 2019
   average number of children per woman 1.5
Adolescent fertility rate, 2019
   number of live births per 1000 women aged 15-19 6.9
Mean age of women at birth of first child, 2019
   age in years 29.8
 
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
Employment
 (% change over previous year)
0.9
1.2
1.4
1.4
0.9
-1.0
Unemployment rate
 (%)
4.6
4.1
3.8
3.4
3.1
3.8
Youth unemployment rate
 (%)
7.2
7.1
6.8
6.2
5.8
7.0
GDP
   current prices, millions of US dollars, PPP, 2020 4 516 935
GDP, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2020 54 316
Exports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2020 43.4
Imports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2020 37.7
Final consumption expenditure, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2020 39 719
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, 2019 13 183
   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, 2019 122 805
   Traffic, roads
      million passenger-kilometres, 2019 996 500
      million tonne-kilometres, 2019 311 869