Germany - In-depth PESTLE insights
Summary
This PESTLE country analysis report on Germany provides a holistic view of the country, with insightful analysis of current and future issues, supplemented with relevant quantitative data to support trend analysis.
Synopsis
- Understand the political system in Germany through analysis of key figures in the country and governance indicators.
- Understand the economic situation in Germany through a balanced assessment of core macroeconomic issues.
- Understand customer demographics in Germany through analysis of income distribution and the rural-urban split, as well as healthcare and education.
- Understand the technological landscape in Germany through analysis of relevant laws and policies, as well as patents data.
- What is the outlook in Germany in terms of political stability, policies towards business, and the popularity of the government?
- How does Germany perform in terms of GDP growth, its fiscal situation, international investment position, monetary situation, and employment?
- How does Germany perform in terms of healthcare, income distribution, and education?
- How does Germany perform in terms of technology-intensive sectors like IT, life sciences, and R&D expenditure trends?
- The political landscape section discusses the evolution of the political scenario in Germany, as well as the country's economic, social, foreign, and defense policies. The section also discusses the country's performance according to World Bank Governance Indicators.
- The economic landscape section outlines the evolution of Germany's economy, as well as the country's performance in terms of GDP growth, composition by sector (agriculture, industry, and services), fiscal situation, international investment position, monetary situation, credit disbursement, banking sector, and employment.
- The social landscape section analyzes the government's social welfare policies, as well as the country's performance in terms of healthcare, income distribution, and education.
- Overview
- Catalyst
- Summary
- Key findings
- PESTLE highlights
- Key fundamentals
- Key Facts and Geographic Location
- Key facts
- Geographic location
- PESTLE Analysis
- Summary
- Political analysis
- Overview
- Current strengths
- Future prospects
- Future risks
- Economic analysis
- Overview
- Current strengths
- Current challenges
- Future prospects
- Future risks
- Social analysis
- Overview
- Current strengths
- Current challenges
- Future prospects
- Future risks
- Technological analysis
- Overview
- Current strengths
- Current challenges
- Future prospects
- Cyber-security research to boost competitiveness
- Future risks
- Legal analysis
- Overview
- Current strengths
- Current challenges
- Future prospects
- Future risks
- Environmental analysis
- Overview
- Current strengths
- Current challenges
- Future prospects
- Future risks
- Political Landscape
- Summary
- Evolution
- 1871–1918
- 1918–45
- 1945–89
- 1989–2017
- Structure and policies
- Key political figures
- Structure of government
- Legislative branch of government
- Executive branch of government
- State/provincial
- Key political parties
- Composition of parliament
- Key policies
- Performance
- Governance indicators
- Outlook
- Economic Landscape
- Summary
- Evolution
- Pre-1990
- 1990–2005
- Structure and policies
- Financial authorities and regulators
- German stock markets
- Performance
- GDP and growth rate
- Fiscal situation
- Exports and imports
- Current account
- External debt
- International investment position
- Monetary situation
- Key monetary indicators
- Employment
- Outlook
- Social Landscape
- Summary
- Evolution
- Structure and policies
- Demographic composition
- Education
- System of education
- Healthcare
- Social welfare policies
- Performance
- Healthcare
- Income distribution
- Education
- Outlook
- Technological Landscape
- Summary
- Evolution
- Structure and policies
- Technology agreements and pacts
- Performance
- Intellectual Property
- R&D
- ICT
- Outlook
- Legal Landscape
- Summary
- Evolution
- Structure and policies
- Judicial system
- The Federal Constitutional Court
- Taxation
- Performance
- Effectiveness of the legal system
- Outlook
- Environmental Landscape
- Summary
- Evolution
- Structure and policies
- Environmental regulations
- Participation in global efforts, agreements, and pacts
- Performance
- Environmental impact
- Outlook
- Appendix
- Ask the analyst
- List of Tables
- Table 1: Germany – key fundamentals
- Table 2: Germany – key facts
- Table 3: Analysis of Germany’s political landscape
- Table 4: Analysis of Germany’s economy
- Table 5: Analysis of Germany’s social system
- Table 6: Analysis of Germany’s technological landscape
- Table 7: Analysis of Germany’s legal landscape
- Table 8: Analysis of Germany’s environmental landscape
- Table 9: Mid-year population by age (% of total population), 2016, as of gender
- Table 10: Patents granted by the USPTO, 2010–15
- List of Figures
- Figure 1: Map of Germany
- Figure 2: Unemployment rate in Germany, 2008-16
- Figure 3: Real GDP growth in Germany vs peers, 2008-16
- Figure 4: Export performance , 2008-16
- Figure 5: Government investment has fallen, 1997-2016
- Figure 6: Ifo Business Climate, January 2000 – September 2017
- Figure 7: Policy rates of the world
- Figure 8: Healthcare resources in Germany, 2015
- Figure 9: Better Life Index, 2015
- Figure 10: Gender wage gap % of male median wage, 2014
- Figure 11: Incidence of part-time employment among women in OECD countries, 2016
- Figure 12: Difference in the average tax wedge between two- and one-earner families in 2016
- Figure 13: Old age dependency ratio, 2015 and 2050f
- Figure 14: Total dependency ratio in Germany, 2015–60f
- Figure 15: The number of immigrants and registered asylum seekers has risen
- Figure 16: Tertiary education attainment (30-34 years) in EU countries, 2016
- Figure 17: Tax wedge for single average worker in Germany, 2016
- Figure 18: Professional services regulations in Germany, 2013
- Figure 19: Deaths from ambient air pollution, 2010
- Figure 20: Share of renewable energy in gross electricity consumption, 2006-15
- Figure 21: Gross electricity generation in Germany, 2016
- Figure 22: Germany – political events timeline
- Figure 23: Germany – key political figures
- Figure 24: Composition of parliament, 2017
- Figure 24: Federal budget and financial plans, 2017-2021
- Figure 26: Performance of the German economy, 2006-16
- Figure 27: GDP and GDP growth rate in Germany, 2011–21f
- Figure 28: Composition of GDP by sector in Germany, 2016
- Figure 29: Germany’s agricultural output, 2011-16
- Figure 30: Germany’s industrial output, 2011-16
- Figure 31: Germany’s services output, 2011-16
- Figure 32: Germany external trade, 2012-16
- Figure 33: Consumer price index and consumer price index-based inflation in Germany, 2011–21f
- Figure 34: Unemployment in Germany, 2011-21f
- Figure 35: Germany – composition by religion, 2015
- Figure 36: Expenditure on healthcare in Germany, 2009-15
- Figure 37: Expenditure on education in Germany, Public, 2010-15
- Figure 38: Internet users in Germany, 2012-16
- Figure 39: Carbon dioxide emissions in Germany, 2008-15
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