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Germany

28/10/2021 by

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Germany

Country context

  • GDP per capita: 58 674 USD (2021)
  • Government debt: 78.7% of GDP (2021)
  • Population: 83.2 million (2020)
  • General Governance Investment: 11.6% of GFCF (2021)
  • Subnational direct investment: 67.8% of general government (2019)
  • Infrastructure quality: 90.2/100 (2019)
  • Internet access: 91.9% of all households (2021)
  • Air and GHG emissions: 7t CO2 emissions/capita (2020)
  • Energy Transition Index: 68/100 (2021)

Source: OECD and World Economic Forum

Germany data

Long-term strategic vision for infrastructure

Fiscal sustainability, affordability, and value for money

Efficient and effective public procurement

Coherent, predictable, and efficient regulatory framework

Evidence-informed decision making

Strengthen critical infrastructure resilience

Ensuring asset performance throughout its life

Consistency of country performance in each pillar

Good infrastructure governance requires improvements across different dimensions. Preferably, countries should make progress in all dimensions involved in each of the pillars. Consistency is measured using the coefficient of variation; pay particular attention to pillars with low consistency as they may require more nuanced analysis.

  • Low
  • High

Case studies

  • German National Emissions Trading System
  • Integrity training by the Procurement Office of the Federal Ministry of the Interior
  • 2030 Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan
  • Brenner Base Tunnel
  • Sponge cities to tackle heat and flooding

Related publications

  • Federal budget – Federal budget digital (2022)
  • Fostering Effective Energy Transition, World Economic Forum (2021)
  • ITF Transport Outlook 2021
  • Budgetary Governance in Practice: Germany (2019)
  • Regional Development Policy in Germany.pdf (2019)
  • Challenges in the expansion of the digital infrastructure (2018)

Links to useful data

  • 2022 OECD Governance of Infrastructure Dataset
  • 2020 OECD Governance of Infrastructure Dataset
  • 2018 OECD Governance of Capital Budgeting and Infrastructure Dataset
  • Germany – Country Overview, InfraCompass, Global Infrastructure Hub
  • Country profile of Germany, OECD
  • World Observatory on Subnational Government Finance and Investment, Germany

Relevant public institutions

  • Federal Ministry of Finance
  • Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport
  • Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action
  • Federal Ministry for Housing, Urban Development and Building

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