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Overview Germany

Frankfurt Am Main-Stadtansicht von der Deutschherrnbruecke am fruehen Abend-20110808.jpg
Frankfurt, financial capital of Germany.
Rank 4th (nominal) / 5th (PPP)
Currency Euro (EUR)[1]
Fiscal year calendar year
Trade organisations EU, WTO (via EU membership) andOECD
Statistics
GDP $3.577 trillion, €2.570 trillion (2011)[2]
GDP growth 3.056% (2010–2011)[2]
GDP per capita Nominal: $43,741, €31,437 (2011)[2]
GDP by sector agriculture: 0.8%; industry: 28.1%;services: 71% (2011 est.)
Inflation (CPI) 1.3% (October 2010)[3]
Population
below poverty line 		15.6% (2010)
Gini coefficient .27 (2006)
Labour force 43.59 million (2009 est.)
Labour force
by occupation 		agriculture (2,4%), industry (29,7%), services (67,8%) (2005)
Unemployment 5.5% (July 2012)[4]
Average gross salary 4,217 € / 5,692 $, monthly (2006)[5]
Average net salary 2,040 € / 2,754 $, monthly (2006)[5]
Main industries iron, steel, coal, cement, chemicals,machinery, vehicles, machine tools,electronics, food and beverages,shipbuilding, textiles
Ease of Doing Business Rank 19th[6]
External
Exports €1.288 trillion (2011)[7]
Export goods machinery, vehicles, chemicals, metalsand manufactures, foodstuffs, textiles
Main export partners France 9.4%, U.S. 6.8%, Netherlands6.6%, U.K. 6.2%, Italy 6.2%, China5.7%, Austria 5.5%, Belgium 4.7%,Switzerland 4.4% (2011 est.)
Imports €1.155 trillion (2011)[7]
Import goods machinery, vehicles, chemicals, foodstuffs, textiles, metals
Main import partners China 9.7%, Netherlands 8.4%, France7.6%, U.S. 5.7%, Italy 5.2%, U.K.4.7%, Belgium 4.2%, Austria 4.1%,Switzerland 4.1% (2011 est.)
FDI stock $1.057 trillion (31 December 2010 est.)
Gross external debt $4.713 trillion (30 June 2010)
Public finances
Public debt 81.2% of GDP (26 April 2012)
Revenues $1.551 trillion (2011 est.)
Expenses $1.588 trillion (2011 est.)
Economic aid

donor: $7.5 billion (€5 billion), 0.28% ofGDP GDP Germany is ranked on the CPI [2] 2009 as 14th for the perceived level of public sector corruption, with a confidence range between 7.7-8.3.

(2004)[8]
Foreign reserves US$233.813 billion, €200 billion (April 2011)[11]
Main data source: CIA World Fact Book
All values, unless otherwise stated, are in US dollars

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