Science & Technology in Germany 125 indicators covering science & technology for Germany. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Researchers (in full-time equivalent) per million inhabitants 5,926 2023 up 35.3% 14th Research & development spending as a share of GDP 3.2% 2023 up 13.4% 9th Medical technology availability 37.96 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants 2024 up 7.4% 11th High-tech patent applications to the EPO by priority year and NUTS 3 2,453 Number 2012 down 39.1% 1st Proportion of adults (15 years and older) with an account at a 98.3% 2024 down 0.5% 15th Individuals who accessed the internet away from home or work 77.0% 2019 up 147.5% 20th R&D personnel by sector of performance - Regions — Researchers 359,321 Persons 2023 up 62.3% 3rd Number of R&D researchers per million people 5,926 per million people 2023 up 35.3% 13th Researchers (HC) - % Female 29.6% 2023 up 6.1% 93rd GERD by sector of performance and fields of R&D 135,570 Million euro 2024 up 60.9% 3rd GERD by sector of performance and type of R&D 135,570 Million euro 2024 up 60.9% 3rd Electricity production capacities for combustible fuels by technology 45,063 Megawatt 2024 — 1st R&D personnel by sector of performance, professional position and sex 839,700 Full-time equivalent (FTE) 2024 up 38.7% 2nd R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, fields of R&D 839,700 Full-time equivalent (FTE) 2024 up 38.7% 2nd Technicians in R&D 2,007 per million people 2017 up 52.2% 8th Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (HC) - Higher 42.7% 2023 up 12.6% 61st Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (HC) 38.6% 2023 up 10.5% 67th Human resources in science and technology (HRST) by category, sex and 26,845 Thousand persons 2025 up 21.0% 1st Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (HC) 16.6% 2023 up 17.6% 73rd Patent applications to the EPO by priority year 18,882 Number 2017 down 22.6% 4th Researchers by sector of performance, age class and sex 742,803 Head count 2023 up 35.2% 2nd Researchers by sector of performance, country of citizenship and sex 742,803 Head count 2023 up 35.2% 2nd Researchers (FTE) - % Female 24.3% 2023 up 7.1% 73rd Individuals - internet use 94.6% 2025 up 8.0% 21st Individuals - frequency of internet use 93.6% 2025 up 10.8% 23rd Patent applications to the EPO by country of applicants and inventors 24,476 Number 2025 down 1.3% 1st Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (FTE) 39.3% 2023 up 11.1% 58th Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (FTE) 35.5% 2023 up 11.0% 59th Share of female researchers by sector of performance 29.6% 2023 up 6.0% 46th Annual patents filed for carbon capture and storage technologies 3 patents 2024 down 90.0% 17th Annual patents filed for electric vehicle technologies 3 patents 2025 down 99.8% 18th Heat pumps - ambient heat captured by technology and climate 19,476 Gigawatt-hour 2024 up 105.1% 3rd Female researchers as a percentage of total researchers (FTE) 16.0% 2023 up 16.9% 56th National public funding to transnationally coordinated R&D 1,394 Million euro 2025 up 30.5% 1st Co-patenting at the EPO according to applicants'/inventors' country 18,390 Number 2013 down 14.2% 3rd Patents related to recycling and secondary raw materials 78.85 Number 2021 down 28.7% 8th Patent applications to the EPO by priority year by international 2,375 Number 2013 down 21.2% 3rd Internet access by NACE Rev. 2 activity 99.9% 2025 up 1.6% 13th High-tech patent applications to the EPO by priority year 2,271 Number 2013 down 38.1% 6th Type of connections to the internet by NACE Rev. 2 activity 95.1% 2025 up 0.6% 21st Mobile broadband internet traffic 10.86 Exabyte 2025 up 1,740.7% 6th Broadband internet coverage by technology 94.7% 2025 down 2.0% 12th Patent applications to the EPO by priority year by institutional 9,149 Number 2012 down 53.8% 1st Triadic patent families by earliest priority year 881.46 Number 2012 down 81.2% 4th Medical technology - historical data 2,929 Number 2018 up 14.5% 1st Persons who cannot afford internet connection for personal use at 2.2% 2025 down 43.6% 11th Persons not having internet connection for personal use at home for 8.1% 2025 down 26.4% 20th Persons not having internet connection for personal use at home for 8.1% 2025 down 26.4% 20th Patent cooperation treaty (PCT) applications designated to the EPO by 1,084 Number 2013 down 31.9% 4th High-tech exports - Exports of high technology products as a share of 14.5% 2022 up 2.0% 10th R&D personnel in ICT sector as % of total R&D personnel by NACE Rev. 1.8% 2023 down 33.7% 6th Proportion of youth and adults with information and communications 37.5% 2023 up 2.2% 18th Patent applications to the EPO by priority year by NACE Rev. 2 62.46 Number 2013 down 40.9% 3rd Internet purchases by individuals 70.4% 2025 down 6.2% 8th Financial activities over the internet 11.5% 2025 up 91.5% 26th Fixed broadband internet traffic 175 Exabyte 2025 up 929.4% 1st Internet purchases by individuals 71.0% 2019 up 57.2% 4th Patent applications to the EPO by priority year and other typologies 9,139 Number 2012 down 20.7% 1st Internet purchases - goods or services 48.5% 2024 — 8th Patent applications to the EPO by priority year, international patent 1,166 Number 2012 down 17.8% 1st ← Previous Page 2 of 3 Next →