Overview:

Germany Country Analysis Report analyzes the political, economic, social, technological, legal and environmental (PESTLE) structure of Germany. The report provides a holistic view of the country from historical, current and future perspectives. Insightful analysis on critical current and future issues is presented through detailed SCPT (strengths, challenges, prospects and threats/risks) analysis for each of the PESTLE segments. In addition, the PESTLE segments are supplemented with relevant quantitative data to support trend analysis.

Uses of Country Analysis Reports:

Understanding gained from country profiles can be used to plan business investment or market entry in a particular country. The insights provide ideas about key business opportunities. The profiles also provide an overview of the legal and regulatory framework to start or operate a business in the country. Typical uses of each PESTLE segment are:
• Political section provides understanding about the political system and key figures relevant to business in the country and governance indicators.
• Economic section deals with the economic story of a country that provides a balanced assessment of significant macro-economic issues.
• Social section enables understanding of customer demographics through income distribution, rural-urban segmentation and centres of affluence, healthcare and educational scenario.
• Technological section provides strategic information on technology and telecom, technological laws and policies, technological gaps, patents and opportunity sectors in the country.
• Legal section provides information about the legal structure, corporate laws, laws to start a new business and the tax regime.
• Environmental section provides information on the country’s performance on environmental indicators and policies.

Overview 1
Catalyst 1
Summary 1
Key facts and geographic location 9
Key facts 9
Geographic location 10
PESTLE analysis 11
Summary 11
Political analysis 12
Economic analysis 16
Social analysis 20
Technological analysis 23
Legal analysis 27
Environmental analysis 30
Political landscape 32
Summary 32
Evolution 32
Structure and policies 34
Performance 39
Outlook 40
Economic landscape 41
Summary 41
Evolution 41
Structure and policies 42
Performance 45
Outlook 55
Social landscape 56
Summary 56
Evolution 56
Structure and policies 56
Performance 60
Outlook 63
Technological landscape 64
Summary 64
Evolution 64
Structure and policies 64
Performance 65
Outlook 69
Legal landscape 70
Summary 70
Evolution 70
Structure and policies 70
Performance 73
Outlook 73
Environmental landscape 74
Summary 74
Evolution 74
Structure and policies 74
Performance 75
Outlook 76
APPENDIX 77
Ask the analyst 77
Datamonitor consulting 77
Disclaimer 77

TABLE OF FIGURES
Figure 1: Map of Germany 10
Figure 2: Germany—political events timeline 33
Figure 3: Germany—key political figures 34
Figure 4: Composition of the parliament 38
Figure 5: Evolution of German economy, 1991–2008 42
Figure 6: Market capitalization of the Frankfurt stock exchange, 2001–08, Germany 44
Figure 7: GDP and GDP growth rate in Germany, 2003–13 46
Figure 8: Composition of GDP by sector in Germany, 2009 47
Figure 9: Germany’s agricultural output, 2004–09 48
Figure 10: Germany’s industrial output, 2004–09 49
Figure 11: Germany’s services output, 2004–09 50
Figure 12: Germany—export, import and total trade, 2005–09 51
Figure 13: Consumer price index and CPI-based inflation in Germany, 2003–13 53
Figure 14: Unemployment in Germany, 2003–13 55
Figure 15: Germany—composition by religion, 2008 58
Figure 16: Expenditure on healthcare in Germany, 2002–10 61
Figure 17: Government expenditure on education in Germany, 2002–12 62
Figure 18: R&D expenditure in Germany, 2001–07 66
Figure 19: Number of R&D personnel in Germany, 2002–07 67
Figure 20: Number of internet users in Germany, 2002–12 68
Figure 21: Telecommunications market growth in Germany, 2002–12 69

TABLES
Table 1: Germany—key fundamentals 4
Table 2: Germany—key facts 9
Table 2: Analysis of Germany’s political landscape 12
Table 3: Analysis of Germany’s economy 16
Table 4: Analysis of Germany’s social system 20
Table 5: Analysis of Germany’s technological landscape 23
Table 6: Analysis of Germany’s legal landscape 27
Table 7: Analysis of Germany’s environmental landscape 30
Table 8: Mid-year population by age (millions) in 2009 57