Germany
Federal Republic of Germany
- Region
- Europe · Western Europe
- Capital
- Berlin
- Population
- 83,491,249 (2025)
- Government
- federal parliamentary republic
- Currency
- Euro (EUR)
- Official languages
- German
- Spoken languages
- German (official)
- Written scripts
- Latin
- Area
- 357,114 km²
- Coastline
- Coastal
- UN member
- Yes
- Affiliations
- EU, G7, G20, IMF, NATO, OECD, WCO, WTO
- Borders
- Austria , Belgium , Czechia , Denmark , France , Luxembourg , Netherlands , Poland , Switzerland
Political stability
68 / 100
Economic stability
85 / 100
Population stability
37 / 100
0–100, higher is more stable. Political: World Bank governance score. Economic: government effectiveness, regulatory quality, and inflation proximity to 2% (World Bank). Population: stability of growth and net migration rates (World Bank).
Trade profile
- Key exports
- cars, vehicle parts/accessories, packaged medicine, plastic products, vaccines (2023)
- Key imports
- cars, vehicle parts/accessories, garments, natural gas, vaccines (2023)
- Natural resources
- coal, lignite, natural gas, iron ore, copper, nickel, uranium, potash, salt, construction materials, timber, arable land
- Luxury goods
- luxury vehicles, premium optics and instruments
- Primary route
- Hamburg and Bremerhaven on Asia–Europe mainlines
- Secondary route
- Rhine barge and European rail distribution network
The xin.bz view
- Germany’s industry feels drought through the Rhine: record-territory lows at Kaub cut barge payloads, pushed cargo onto rail and road, and triggered low-water surcharges before late-August rain lifted the gauge to ~60 cm — autumn precipitation is now an operating-margin variable.
- Its winter energy position is the region’s most exposed: gas storage just above 50% against an EU average near 62%, backstopped by a new 15-year Uniper–Equinor deal (~2.8B m³/year from 2027) and growing U.S. LNG dependence.
- Germany is also the world’s fifth-largest potash miner (3M t K2O equivalent in 2025, ~6.1% of world output) through K+S — a European counterweight in a market dominated by Canada, Russia, and Belarus.
xin.bz coverage
El Niño Is Arriving as Western Europe Rebuilds Its Water Reserves — While Energy and Arctic Trade Reprice the Atlantic Economy
The Rhine recovering from record lows, England 71% in drought, French crops down hard, Qatar's LNG collapse pushing Europe to U.S. gas, and Iceland and Greenland turning the Atlantic into Western Europe's organizing system.
A New Sea Road to Europe: China and South Korea Move First on the Arctic Container Route
China and South Korea open commercial Arctic container service to Europe in 2026, Russia builds the icebreaker and port backbone, and Finland and Canada position for the shipbuilding and Northwest Passage phases ahead.
Commodity Deep Dive ·
Potash Is the Potassium Backbone of Global Agriculture — and Its Supply Is Concentrated in a Handful of Countries
Potash (potassium chloride/MOP) deep dive — Canada, Russia, China, and Belarus at 76% of mine output, the rail-and-port chokepoints, storage, price history, and why potassium is agriculture's irreplaceable nutrient.
Future Insight ·
Rearming the World Is Becoming a Race for Explosives, Factories, Critical Minerals, and Trusted Supply Chains
Future Insights deep dive — the 2026–2032 global rearmament cycle: a ~2.6 million tonne military replacement obligation, and the industrial race in explosives, propellant, rare-earth magnets, and trusted supply chains.
Trade research
- WTO trade profile — tariffs, trade in goods and services, top partners
- World Bank country data — GDP, trade share of GDP, logistics indicators
- OEC trade profile — export/import composition and partners, visualized
- ITC Trade Map — detailed trade statistics by product (ITC/UN Comtrade)
- CIA World Factbook — geography, economy, transportation infrastructure
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Sources: mledoze/countries (ODbL), CIA World Factbook (public domain), World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), flag-icons (MIT). Stability scores are xin.bz composites of the cited World Bank indicators; routes and commodity notes are xin.bz assessments. Informational only — verify with official sources.