OECD Economic Surveys: Germany 2020

Abstract

This Survey is published on the responsibility of the Economic and Development Review Committee of the OECD, which is charged with the examination of the economic situation of member countries.

The economic situation and policies of Germany were reviewed by the Committee on 26 October 2020. The draft report was then revised in the light of the discussions and given final approval as the agreed report of the whole Committee on 24 November 2020.

The Secretariat’s draft report was prepared for the Committee by Andrew Barker, Ze’ev Krill, Alexandra Effenberger, David Gierten, Maximilian Reisch and Verena Weber under the supervision of Mame Fatou Diagne. Statistical research assistance was provided by Corinne Chanteloup. Publication coordination was provided by Poeli Bojorquez. The Survey benefitted from contributions by Jean-Victor Alipour and Michaela Haderer.

The previous Survey of Germany was issued in June 2018.

Information about the latest as well as previous Surveys and more information about how Surveys are prepared is available at http://www.oecd.org/eco/surveys.

Basic statistics of Germany, 2019

(Numbers in parentheses refer to the OECD average)*

* Where the OECD aggregate is not provided in the source database, a simple OECD average of latest available data is calculated where data exist for at least 29 member countries.

Source: Calculations based on data extracted from the databases of the following organisations: OECD, International Energy Agency, International Monetary Fund.