Venture capital investments in Germany
Germany: Venture capital investments was 0.0548 Percentage of GDP in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Venture capital investments in Germany, 2007–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of GDP.
Analysis
In 2025, venture capital investments in Germany stood at 0.0548 Percentage of GDP.
That represents a change of down 17.8% on the previous year and up 82.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, venture capital investments in Germany peaked at 0.1119 Percentage of GDP in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.0207 Percentage of GDP, in 2012.
Germany ranks 14th of 28 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Venture capital investments in Germany, year by year
| Year | Percentage of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 0.0309 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 2008 | 0.0406 Percentage of GDP | +31.1% |
| 2009 | 0.0255 Percentage of GDP | -37.0% |
| 2010 | 0.0256 Percentage of GDP | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 0.0255 Percentage of GDP | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 0.0207 Percentage of GDP | -19.1% |
| 2013 | 0.0241 Percentage of GDP | +16.8% |
| 2014 | 0.0226 Percentage of GDP | -6.4% |
| 2015 | 0.0301 Percentage of GDP | +33.2% |
| 2016 | 0.0429 Percentage of GDP | +42.6% |
| 2017 | 0.0412 Percentage of GDP | -4.0% |
| 2018 | 0.043 Percentage of GDP | +4.4% |
| 2019 | 0.0593 Percentage of GDP | +37.9% |
| 2020 | 0.0538 Percentage of GDP | -9.3% |
| 2021 | 0.1119 Percentage of GDP | +107.8% |
| 2022 | 0.0839 Percentage of GDP | -25.0% |
| 2023 | 0.0564 Percentage of GDP | -32.8% |
| 2024 | 0.0666 Percentage of GDP | +18.2% |
| 2025 | 0.0548 Percentage of GDP | -17.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0323 Percentage of GDP | 0.0255 Percentage of GDP | 0.0406 Percentage of GDP | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.0335 Percentage of GDP | 0.0207 Percentage of GDP | 0.0593 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0712 Percentage of GDP | 0.0538 Percentage of GDP | 0.1119 Percentage of GDP | 6 |
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- Manufacturing, value added (constant LCU), per capita 7,949 constant LCU per person (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current US$), annual 5.84 % change on previous year (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current US$), per 0.2516 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current US$), per 15,220 current US$ per person (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current LCU), annual 1.39 % change on previous year (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current LCU), per 0.2226 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current LCU), per 13,469 current LCU per person (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (constant 2015 US$) -1.08 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is venture capital investments in Germany?
- Venture capital investments in Germany was 0.0548 Percentage of GDP in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest venture capital investments recorded in Germany?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1119 Percentage of GDP in 2021.
- What is the lowest venture capital investments recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0207 Percentage of GDP in 2012.
- How does Germany rank for venture capital investments?
- Germany ranks 14th out of 28 countries with data for 2025.
- Is venture capital investments rising or falling in Germany?
- Over the last ten years it is up 82.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Germany data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Venture capital investments (market statistics). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
In the OECD Entrepreneurship Financing Database, venture capital is made up of the sum of early stage (including pre-seed, seed, start-up and other early stage) and later stage venture capital. As there are no harmonised definitions of venture capital stages across venture capital associations and other data providers, original data have been re-aggregated to fit the OECD classification of venture capital by stages. Korea, New Zealand, the Russian Federation and South Africa do not provide breakdowns of venture capital by stage that would allow meaningful international comparisons. The attached table shows the correspondences between original data and OECD harmonised data for venture capital investments by stage. https://webfs-sdd.oecd.org/files/.Stat/VC_INV/VC_OECD_HarmonisedStages.xlsx Venture capital is a form of equity financing particularly relevant for young companies with innovation and growth potential but untested business models and no track record; it replaces or complements traditional bank finance. The development of the venture capital industry is considered an important framework condition to stimulate innovative entrepreneurship. Aggregate data on venture capital provide useful information on trends in the venture capital industry. These data are typically compiled by national or regional Private Equity and Venture Capital Associations, often with the support of commercial data providers. The quality and availability of aggregate data on venture capital have improved considerably in recent years; international comparisons, however, remain complicated because of two main problems. The first difficulty comes from the lack of a standard international definition of venture capital. While there is a general understanding, the definition of the types of investments included in venture capital varies across countries and regions. In some cases, differences are purely linguistic; in others, they are more substantive. The second problem relates to the diverse methodologies employed by data compilers. The completeness and representativeness of venture capital statistics with respect to the venture capital industry of a country will differ depending on how data were collected. The units used are : Millions of US Dollars and share of GDP. OECD statistics contact: stat.contact@oecd.org