Germany is the 3rd largest export economy in the world and the 3rd most complex economy according to the Economic Complexity Index (ECI). In 2015, Germany exported $1.24T and imported $989B, resulting in a positive trade balance of $252B. In 2015 the GDP of Germany was $3.36T and its GDP per capita was $48k.

The top exports of Germany are Cars ($153B), Vehicle Parts ($56.2B), Packaged Medicaments ($50.3B), Planes, Helicopters, and/or Spacecraft ($32.8B) and Human or Animal Blood ($16.3B), using the 1992 revision of the HS (Harmonized System) classification. Its top imports are Cars ($46.7B), Vehicle Parts ($34.9B), Crude Petroleum ($30.5B), Computers ($26.1B) and Packaged Medicaments ($24.1B).

The top export destinations of Germany are the United States ($122B), France ($101B), the United Kingdom ($93.9B), China ($78.6B) and the Netherlands ($72.1B). The top import origins are China ($97.4B), the Netherlands ($91.3B), France ($72.3B), the United States ($63.3B) and Italy ($51.5B).

Germany borders Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Poland by land and the United Kingdom and Sweden by sea.