Germanyin the World This map provides an overview of Germany’s international engagement through diplomacy, development cooperation, culture, trade, and defense in 2020.

This map is part of the Munich Security Report Special Edition on German Foreign and Security Policy “Zeitenwende | Wendezeiten” https://doi.org/10.47342/SBID8214

The boundaries shown on this map are not intended to be exhaustive and do not imply official endorsement. Includes closed offices; branch offices are not listed separately.

Data: Federal Foreign Office, Federal Ministry of Defense, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, forsa commissioned by the Munich Security Conference, German Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Goethe Institute, OECD, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. Illustration: Munich Security Conference.

Concept: Laura Hartmann, Munich Security Conference, October 2020. Design: MetaDesign

German diplomatic missions, including 153 embassies, 54 consulates-general, 7 consulates, 12 multilateral representations, and one representative office, as well as 337 honorary consuls-general and honorary consuls on a voluntary basis

227Goethe Institutes in 98 countries – in the past 5 years, German language courses at the Goethe Institutes abroad recorded an attendance of more than 1.2 million

157Chambers of Commerce Abroad in 92 countries with more than 50,000 memberships

140+Countries with bilateral governmental development cooperation, including 42 bilateral partners, 8 global partners, and 10 nexus and peace partners

60Current Bundeswehr deployments with around 4,000 soldiers

13

Goethe Institutes Chambers of Commerce AbroadEmbassies

Multilateral representations

Consulates(-general), representative offices, German Institute

Current deployments and equivalent commitments

Completed deployments (since 1991)

Nexus and peace partners Cooperation in crisis regions to tackle causes of violence, conflict, and displacement, supporting the process of stabilization and peacebuilding

Global partnersCooperation on tackling issues defining our common global future, such as climate change

Bilateral partners Long-term cooperation to achieve shared development goals

Germany's defense spending, 1953–2019

USD billion, 2018 base yearShare of GDP

1953 1958 1963 1968 1973 1978 1983 1988 1993 1998 2003 2008 2013 2019

1%

2%

3%

4%

5%

Data: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. Illustration: Munich Security Conference

Germany's development spending (net ODA), 1960–2019

USD billion, base year 2018Share of GNI

Data: Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Illustration: Munich Security Conference

64 %

3 %

9 %

24 %

German attitudes toward Germany's influence in the world, 2020, percent

German attitudes toward Germany's reputation abroad, 2019–2020, percent

German attitudes toward crises and conflicts in the world, 2020, percent

of citizens believe there will be more crises and conflicts in the next years.

Only 2 % believe there will be fewer crises and conflicts.

75 % % (2019)

% (2019)

… rather too small

... don't know

… just right

… rather too big

Germany's influence in the world is …

Over the last years, Germany's reputation abroad has …

30

20

10

0

40

50

60

2020

52

17

30

1

2019

3530 32

3

… rather improved

… rather deteriorated

… not changed much

… don't know

Data: forsa commissioned by the Munich Security Conference, Forschungsgruppe Wahlen commissioned by the Press and Information Office of the Federal Government. Illustration: Munich Security Conference

Data: forsa commissioned by the Munich Security Conference. Illustration: Munich Security Conference

Data: forsa commissioned by the Munich Security Conference, Forschungsgruppe Wahlen commissioned by the Press and Information Office of the Federal Government. Illustration: Munich Security Conference

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20

30

40

50

60

70

5

10

15

20

25

30

1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2019

0,6%

0,7%

0,8%

0,5%

0,4%

0,3%

0,2%

0,1%