8-December-2016
English
As part of the STI Outlook 2016, the OECD has released policy profiles by country. These include cross-country analyses that draw on the first joint EC-OECD survey on STI policies. They focus on major STI policy areas, instruments and trends.
6-December-2016
English, PDF, 1,172kb
This country note presents student performance in science, reading and mathematics, and measures equity in education in Germany.
30-November-2016
English
This publication provides detailed country notes on Value Added Tax/Goods and Services Tax (VAT/GST) and excise duty rates in OECD member countries.
30-November-2016
English
This annual publication presents detailed country notes and internationally comparable tax data for all OECD countries from 1965 onwards.
23-November-2016
English, PDF, 674kb
Germany is the EU country that spends the most on health, allocating 11.1% of its GDP to health expenditure in 2015. Recent health spending trends closely follow economic growth, with an annual increase of around 2%.
5-October-2016
English, PDF, 645kb
The number of young people not in employment, education or training (NEETs) remains elevated in many countries since the crisis. This country note examines the characteristics of those at risk of being NEET in Germany along with policies to help meet the challenge. It also includes many new youth-specific indicators on family formation, self-sufficiency, income and poverty, health and social cohesion.
30-September-2016
English
Population ageing is setting in earlier in Germany than in most other OECD economies and will be marked.
30-September-2016
English
Non-residential investment has fallen over the past 20 years as a share of GDP and is now lower than in several other high-income OECD countries.
26-September-2016
English, PDF, 513kb
This country note provides an environmental tax and carbon pricing profile for Germany. It shows environmentally related tax revenues, taxes on energy use and effective carbon rates.