The September 2013 table below compares Germany’s economy to the U.S. and the Euro area. A future concern of Germany’s is the percentage of its working-age population for each person that has reached pension age (65+). That ratio is just 3.2 workers per pension age person; in the U.S., the ratio is 5.1 to 1, in Japan it is 2.7 to 1, and in the U.K. it is 4.1 to 1.

 

Germany’s Economy

 

	Germany	Euro Area	U.S.
GDP Growth Rate	2.2%	0%	2.7%
Unemployment	5%	12%	7%
Electricity*	35 cents	28 cents	11 cents
Infrastructure	0.6% of GDP	0.9% of GDP

                   * cost per kilowatt-hour