Germany

Country at a glance

Germany is a central europe member of the European Union, with its capital in Berlin. The country joined the European Communities in 1958 as one of the six founding member states. Economically, Germany is the EU's largest economy, anchored in automotive, machinery and chemical industries, with a federal Länder structure and historical industrial heartland along the Rhine-Ruhr corridor. The country has used the euro since 1999, and it is part of the Schengen area for cross-border movement. German is the official language and the country is divided into 16 NUTS-1 statistical regions for the purposes of Eurostat reporting. On Eurostat's headline indicators, Germany is currently 1st-most populous of the 27 member states with data on record.

Key insights

How Germany stands out across the EU-27 on flagship indicators — auto-generated from the latest Eurostat snapshot.

• 🟡Early school leavers 13.1% — 2nd highest in EU
• 🟢R&D expenditure 3.1% of GDP — above the EU 3% target (EU avg 2.2%)
• 🔵Among the top 2 EU destinations for first-time asylum applications (22k)
• 🔵289k acquisitions of citizenship — 1st highest volume in EU
• 🔵545k first residence permits issued — 2nd most in EU

Germany vs EU-27

Flagship indicators alongside the EU-27 average and Germany's rank across covered member states.

Indicators by topic

Every Eurostat indicator we hold for Germany, grouped by theme. Click through to the indicator profile for the cross-country timeline.

More data on Germany

This profile covers Eurostat statistical indicators. The pages below extend the picture into other strands of EU public data — parliamentary representation, public procurement, EU-funded research, cohesion-fund spending, regional statistics.

• European Parliament

  MEPs elected from Germany (current term, 2024–2029).

• Public tenders

  TED notices from Germany buyers — public contracts above EU thresholds.

• EU research grants

  CORDIS-funded R&D projects coordinated from Germany.

• Cohesion funds

  Kohesio-listed ERDF/ESF+/Cohesion Fund projects in Germany.

Sources & methodology

Data on this page comes from Eurostat (404 indicators), fetched from the official dissemination API. Each indicator card links to the cross-country profile with the full year-by-year timeline. See methodology for caveats, revision policy and ranking definitions, or sources for the complete dataset list.

Last refreshed: 2026-05-18 · Source: Eurostat dissemination API