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    Germany

    Benchmark
    Europe · #7 of 32 curated markets · IEPA 2024 (final) · 2026 current estimate available
    66.4▼ -1.4 YoY
    ●●●0.89IEPA COMPOSITE
    SIX FACTORS · CLICK ANY SCORE FOR ITS EVIDENCE
    IEPA TRAJECTORY · 2010–2026
    2010201220142016201820202022202420266366697275
    CAPITAL FLOWS · FDI NET INFLOWS % OF GDP
    2010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202402468
    IE FDI intelligence · synced weekly
    PRODUCTIVE CAPABILITY
    IE COMPLEXITY LAYER · VINTAGE 2024
    #6of 145 ranked economies▼ 1 place since 2010
    How much productive know-how this market has demonstrated, read from the range and rarity of what it makes competitively.
    2010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320244567
    CAPABILITY RANK · HIGHER IS BETTER
    1.19% / yr
    Implied growth
    Annual growth the current capability base points to.
    498
    Diversity
    Distinct products made at competitive scale.
    +1.36
    Capability score
    Standardized: 0 is the world average.
    -1.68
    Outlook
    Already makes most of what its capability allows.
    READ ALONGSIDE THE INDEX
    This market sits in the top 4% on productive capability but the top 20% on the IEPA composite. The productive base is running ahead of the system converting it, which points the diagnosis at conversion rather than capacity. Both figures rank the same 115 markets that carry each measure.
    INDUSTRY STRENGTHS · REVEALED FROM TRADE EVIDENCE
    VINTAGE 2022-2024
    POSITION IN THE PRODUCT SPACE
    IE COMPLEXITY LAYER · VINTAGE 2024
    Metalworking and Electrical Machinery and Parts121 of 155 made · 94% of the rest within reach
    Industrial Chemicals and Metals82 of 157 made · 79% of the rest within reach
    Construction, Building, and Home Supplies51 of 104 made · 75% of the rest within reach
    Electronic and Electrical Goods30 of 73 made · 74% of the rest within reach
    Agriculture49 of 200 made · 50% of the rest within reach
    Minerals11 of 48 made · 43% of the rest within reach
    Textile and Home Goods13 of 78 made · 52% of the rest within reach
    Textile Apparel and Accessories5 of 50 made · 40% of the rest within reach
    MADE COMPETITIVELYONE STEP AWAY
    Widest opening is Electronic and Electrical Goods. This market makes 41% of that cluster today, and 74% of what it does not make sits one step from something it already does.
    READ ON THE 362 OF 498 COMPETITIVE PRODUCTS THAT CARRY A POSITION IN THE CAPABILITY MAP
    POSITIONED TO BUILD NEXT
    IE COMPLEXITY LAYER · VINTAGE 2024
    Machines for working materials by laser and similar means$43B world market
    Machinery & Industrial EquipmentOPENS 0.18 · COMPLEXITY +1.92
    BatteriesENERGY TRANSITION$131B world market
    Machinery & Industrial EquipmentOPENS 0.15 · COMPLEXITY +0.77
    Carboxyamide-function compounds$8B world market
    Chemicals & PlasticsOPENS 0.14 · COMPLEXITY +1.24
    Apparatus and equipment for photographic laboratories, n.e.c.$49B world market
    Electronics & SemiconductorsOPENS 0.14 · COMPLEXITY +1.95
    Tapes, cassettes, records and compact disks$20B world market
    Electronics & SemiconductorsOPENS 0.13 · COMPLEXITY +1.33
    Nucleic acids and their salts$30B world market
    Chemicals & PlasticsOPENS 0.11 · COMPLEXITY +1.79
    THE NEAREST OPTIONS AMONG 257 PRODUCTS ASSESSED · RANKED BY HOW MUCH EACH OPENS UP NEXT
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    Germany Trade & Invest (GTAI) · FDI
    PEERS · BENCHMARK
    🇮🇱Israel65.5→🇺🇸United States65.6→🇫🇮Finland70.4→🇸🇬Singapore80.8→
    ECOSYSTEM DENSITY
    IE Ecosystem Registry · 2026-07-17
    6,124organizations indexed across 10 types · 5,931 mapped
    Corporate R&D
    2,088
    Universities & research bodies
    1,467
    Research organizations
    1,302
    Health research
    669
    Government bodies
    289
    Incubators
    141
    Fab labs & makerspaces
    87
    Science & tech parks
    51
    Innovation hubs
    25
    Accelerators
    5
    Universities, corporate R&D, government bodies, incubators, accelerators, science parks, and special economic zones, indexed today.Explore the directory →
    ORGANIZATIONS
    a sample of 6,124 indexed
    Startplatz
    Accelerators · 2012
    TUM.ai
    Accelerators · 2020
    WeiberWirtschaft
    Incubators · 1989
    Festspielhaus Hellerau
    Science & tech parks · Dresden · 1911
    Gasteig
    Science & tech parks · Au-Haidhausen · 1985
    Heidelberg University
    Universities & research bodies · Heidelberg · 1386
    University of Cologne
    Universities & research bodies · Cologne · 1388
    Saint-Gobain (Germany)
    Corporate R&D · Aachen · 1665
    Merck KGaA, Darmstadt (Germany)
    Corporate R&D · Darmstadt · 1668
    Stadtarchiv Worms
    Research organizations · Worms · 1074
    Staatsarchiv Bremen
    Research organizations · Bremen · 1221
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