Performance Overview
GERMANY finds itself in the top 10 in three pillars: Technology (10th), People (10th), and Impact (8th). The strong performance with respect to the Impact pillar is primarily due to the positive SDG Contribution (6th) and the outcomes in the Economy (7th) sub- pillar. Germany’s showing in the Technology pillar is more checkered, though, as a world-class level of Future Technologies (2nd) is offset by lower degrees of Access (27th) and Content (17th). As for the People pillar, strong ICT usage and skills by firms and national authorities (6th in both the Businesses and Governments sub-pillars) is hampered by a weak ICT usage by Individuals (41st). Germany does not feature in the top 10 in any of the sub-pillars related to Governance (15th), where issues on Trust (19th) and Inclusion (17th) appear to be the most pressing.

1. Mobile tariffs | 90.26 | 11 |
2. Cost of cheapest internet-enable device (% of monthly GDP per capita) | 58.03 | 41 |
3. Households with internet acccess | 89.22 | 18 |
4. 4G mobile network coverage (% of population) | 97.5 | 44 |
5. Fixed-broadband subscriptions, 10Mbit/s or above (% of totaal subscriptions) | 88.06 | 34 |
6. International internet bandwidth, kb/s per Internet user | 68.24 | 63 |
7. Proportion of primary schools with access to Internet for pedagogical purpose | n/a | n/a |
1. Digital participation | n/a | n/a |
2. Mobile apps development | 84.14 | 21 |
3. Receipts for the use of intellectual property | 7.4 | 17 |
1. Availability of latest technologies | 85.98 | 16 |
2. Company investment in emerging technology | 85.74 | 7 |
3. Government procurement of advanced technology products | 84.2 | 6 |
4. ICT PCT patent applications per million population | 64.79 | 13 |
5. Total computer software spending (% of GDP) | 54.55 | 8 |
6. Robot density | 100 | 1 |
1. Medium and high-tech industry | 78.58 | 4 |
2. High-tech exports | 29.87 | 28 |
3. PCT patent applications | 62.95 | 8 |
4. Labour productivity per employee | 55.89 | 21 |
1. Happiness | 84.59 | 15 |
2. Freedom to make life choices | 80.65 | 38 |
3. Income inequality | 82.37 | 23 |
4. Healthy life expectancy at birth | 83.15 | 26 |
1. Access to basic services | 99.49 | 21 |
2. Pollution | 93.25 | 25 |
3. Road safety | 95.62 | 8 |
4. Reading proficiency in schools | n/a | n/a |
5. Maths proficiency in schools | n/a | n/a |
5. Use of clean fuels and technology | 100 | 1 |
1. Internet users | 88.97 | 16 |
2. Active mobile-broadband subscriptions | 30.97 | 57 |
3. Use of virtual social networks | 44.91 | 82 |
5. Tertiary enrolment | 51.13 | 28 |
5. Adult literacy rate | n/a | n/a |
6. ICT skills | 89.44 | 6 |
1. Firms with website | 89.3 | 8 |
2. Internet shopping | 85.73 | 11 |
3. Professionals | 46.06 | 31 |
4. Technicians and associate professionals | 98.91 | 2 |
5. Extent of staff training | 79.37 | 10 |
6. R&D expenditure by businesses | 53.39 | 7 |
1. Government online services | 92.31 | 17 |
2. Publication and use of open data | 69.52 | 16 |
3.ICT use and government efficiency | 78.12 | 14 |
4. R&D expenditure by governments and higher education | 85.11 | 5 |
1. Rule of law | 90.52 | 16 |
2. Software piracy rate | 93.24 | 8 |
3. Secure Internet servers | 93.34 | 8 |
4. Cybersecurity | 91.01 | 24 |
5. Online trust and safety | 40.79 | 76 |
1. Regulatory quality | 89.94 | 12 |
2. Ease of doing business | 87.52 | 21 |
3. Legal framework's adaptability to digital business models | 81.62 | 13 |
4. E-commerce legislation | 100 | 1 |
5. Social safety net protection | 76.98 | 19 |
6. ICT regulatory environment | 95.56 | 15 |
1. E-Participation | 91.08 | 23 |
2. Socioeconomic gap in use of digital payments | 96.12 | 13 |
3. Availability of local online content | 89.25 | 9 |
4. Gender gap in internet use | 55.49 | 64 |
5. Rural gap in use of digital payments | 75.2 | 31 |