General Overview

Economic Structure & Activity

Economic Activity (2017)
GDP	EUR 3.26 trillion
GDP per Capita	EUR 38,183
GDP by Sector	Services 68%, Manufacturing Industry 26%, Construction 5%, Agriculture >1%
GDP Growth	2.2%
Inflation Rate	1.8%
Exports of Goods	EUR 1,279 billion
Imports of Goods	EUR 1,035 billion

Economic Structure (latest figures as of 2015)
Number of Companies	3.5 million
Percentage of which are SMEs	99.6%
Total Turnover All Companies	EUR 6.33 trillion
Total SME Turnover	35%
Total Employees	29 million
Number of Employees in SMEs	58.5%

Constitutional Order, Population & Land Area

Constitutional Order
Form of Government	Parliamentary federal republic
Head of State	Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier
Head of Government	Federal Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel
Legislative Body	Bundestag (Parliament) and Bundesrat (Council of Constituent States)
Administration	16 state parliaments

Population & Land Area (2017)
Area	357,340 km²
Population	82 million
Working Population	44.3 million
Largest Cities	Berlin (3.5 million), Hamburg (1.8 million), Munich (1.5 million)

Infrastructure

(2017)

Area	357,340 km²
Coastline	2,389 km
International Passenger Airports	22
Seaports	24
Inland Ports	250
Waterways	7,350
Roadways	230,000 km (of which 13,000 km highway)
Railways	38,000 km

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