International Rankings of Germany 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Germany, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Germany, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	8	43.71	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	5	35.072 million	0
Internet users - percent of population	28	89.74 %	2018
Internet users - total	11	72.203 million	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	14	50.35	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	5	40.400 million	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	54	133.61	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	17	107.200 million	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	5	1.619 trillion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	5	1.665 trillion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	21	1.3 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	12	74.1	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	18	79.7	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	75	83.7	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	25	91.8	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	5	3.861 trillion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	64	47.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	53	19.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	137	53.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	73	39.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	84	20.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	60	0.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	144	0.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	61	30.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	60	68.6 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	89	24 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2000
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	15	3.6 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	55	3.3 %	2017
Labor force	15	44.585 million US Dollars	2020
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	134	1.4 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	41	24.2 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	33	74.3 %	2016
Population below poverty line	116	14.8	2018
Public debt	22	63.9 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	5	4.482 trillion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	16	53919 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	22	45 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	7	847.600 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	63	6569	2017
Crude oil - imports	7	1.836 million	2017
Crude oil - production	55	41000	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	59	129.600 million	2018
Electricity - consumption	7	536.500 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	2	78.860 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	57	41	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	67	2	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	15	5	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	3	52	2017
Electricity - imports	6	28.340 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	7	208.500 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	8	612.800 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	9	93.360 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	12	34.610 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	2	119.500 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	46	7.900 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	62	39.500 billion	2018
Refined petroleum products - consumption	10	2.460 million	2017
Refined petroleum products - exports	18	494000 bbl/day	2017
Refined petroleum products - imports	10	883800 bbl/day	2017
Refined petroleum products - production	10	2.158 million bbl/day	2017
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	6	727.97 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	35	49.92 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	150	11.71 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	63	48	2018
Land use - arable land	23	34.1	2018
Land use - forest	91	31.8	2018
Land use - other	116	20.2	2018
Land use - permanent crops	79	0.6	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	98	13.3	2018
Revenue from coal	29	0.02 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	92	0.03 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	52	154.000 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	113	299.700 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	5	19.750 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	23	4.388 billion cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	158	0.13	2025
Urbanization - urban population	53	77.5	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	7	51.046 million tons	2015
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	2	24.415 million tons	2015
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	7	47.8 %	2015
Geography
Area - land	64	348672 sq km	0
Area - total	64	357022 sq km	0
Area - water	73	835064 sq km	0
Coastline	55	2389 km	0
Elevation - highest point	55	2963 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	37	3.5 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	114	263 meters	0
Irrigated land	52	6500 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	54	3694 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	63	48	2018
Land use - arable land	23	34.1	2018
Land use - forest	91	31.8	2018
Land use - other	116	20.2	2018
Land use - permanent crops	79	0.6	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	98	13.3	2018
Total renewable water resources	52	154.000 billion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	187	9.81 %	4471
Age structure - 25-54 years	128	38.58 %	0417
Age structure - 55-64 years	4	15.74 %	6024
Birth rate	193	8.63 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	36	67 %	2018
Current Health Expenditure	8	11.4 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	13	12.22 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	6	33.7 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	115	3 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	82	55.4 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	158	21.7 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	107	0 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	99	0 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	70	0 % of population	0
Education expenditures	30	4.9 % of GDP	2017
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	37	0.1	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	44	N/A	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	35	93000	2020
Hospital bed density	8	8 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	191	2.84 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	194	3.61 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	194	3.24 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	30	83.8 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	29	78.93 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	33	81.3 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	108	7	2017
Median age - female	3	49.1 years	2020
Median age - male	4	46.5 years	0
Median age - total	4	47.8 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	10	29.8	2019
Net migration rate	51	1.5 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	61	22.3 %	2016
Physicians density	16	4.25 physicians/1,000 population	2017
Population	19	79.903 million	2021
Population growth rate	152	0.21 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	120	0 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	113	0 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	107	0 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	5	17 years	2018
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	4	17 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	5	17 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	9	1.06 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	20	1.04	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	24	1.01	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	22	1	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	32	0.79 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	21	0.96 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	131	1.48 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	130	4.8	2019
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	110	6.6	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	124	5.8	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	159	0.13	2025
Urbanization - urban population	53	77.5	2021
Transportation
Airports	12	539	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	13	60	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	5	49	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	11	70	2017
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	13	14	2017
Airports - with paved runways - total	7	318	2017
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	2	125	2017
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	29	1	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	28	35	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	17	221	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	15	185	2013
Heliports	11	23	2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	8	7.970 billion	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	9	109.796 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	3	1113	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	9	20	2020
Railways - total	6	33590 km	2017
Roadways - paved	7	625000 km	2996
Roadways - total	11	625000 km	2017
Waterways	18	7467 km	0

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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