Economy
Currency: Euro.
Annual Budget: U.S. $ 1.551 trillion (2011).
GDP: U.S. $ 3.577 trillion (2011) - 4th in the world.
GDP growth: 3.1% per year (2010-2011).
GDP per capita: U.S. $ 43,751.28 (2011) - 18th in the world.
Inflation rate: 2.3% (2011).
Labor force: 43.62 million (2011).
Agricultural products: potatoes, beets, barley, wheat, fruits, meat (cattle, pigs, sheep, poultry) and fish - 2012.
Mining: Coal, lignite, potash, peat - 2012.
Industry: Iron, steel, chemicals, cement, general machinery, transport equipment (aerospace and automotive), food, machinery (non-electrical), electronics and textiles.
Tourism: Tourists Germans invested 67 billion euros in international travel (2008 - 1st in the world). Considered the country's most valuable and best influence in the world, according to BBC study (2008).
Railways: 41,981 km, of which 20,053 km electrified (2008).
Highways: 644,480 km, all paved, with 12,800 km highways are called "autobahn" (2011).
Airports: 541 322 being asphalted - There are also 22 registered heliports (2012).
Ports: The main are of Hamburg (2nd in Europe after Rotterdam), Bremen, Bremerhaven, Duisburg, Karlsruhe, Lubeck, Dusseldorf, Rostock, and the oil port of Wilhelmshaven Brunsbuttel Channel Terminals - 2012.
Merchant Navy: 427 ships large and medium-sized enterprises (including 24 tankers) registered in the country and 3,420 ships registered in other countries - 2010.
Electricity production: 556.4 billion kWh (2009).
Electric power consumption: 544.5 billion kWh (2008).
Landlines: 45.6 million (2009).
Cell phones: 105.0 million (2009).
External debt: U.S. $ 5.624 trillion (2011).
Exports: U.S. $ 1.408 trillion (2011) - 3rd in the world (after China and the United States).
Principal partners: France (9.4%), United States (6.8%), Netherlands (6.6%), UK (6.2%), Italy (6.2%), China (5.7 %), Austria (5.5%), Belgium (4.7%) and Switzerland (4.4%).
Imports: U.S. $ 1.198 trillion (2011) - 3rd in the world (after China and the United States).
Main partners: China (9.7%), Netherlands (8.4%), France (7.6%), United States (5.7%), Italy (5.2%), UK (4.7 %), Belgium (4.2%), Austria (4.1%) and Switzerland (4.1%).