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Featured · Value calculator · 2026

What is your money worth?

Type any amount. Choose how far back. Pick what kind of inflation you want to measure. See what your money buys today.

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EUROS · REAL TERMS78.149 €87.099 €96.050 €105.000 €NOMINAL2022 · +6.9%Energy shock2024 · +2.2%2025 · +2.2%82.262 €202120222023202420252026Source · Destatis · ONS · BLS · StatCan · monthly · May 2021May 2026
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Worth today
82.262 €
17.738 € · −17.7%4.0% / yr avg
Savings · Counterfactual · Germany

The cost of doing nothing.

For most people, savings sit in cash and slowly lose value. See what those same euros would have done in stocks, gold, or even just a savings account.

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Most savings sit in cash and slowly lose value. See what those same euros would have done in stocks, gold, bonds, or even just a savings account.

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EUR50k €100k €150k €200k €250k €300k €350k €MSCI WorldSavings accountCash (vs inflation)20162019202220252027
Of €100,000would now be
Cash (vs inflation)
€76,860−23.1 %
Savings account
€112,204+12.2 %
MSCI World
€335,895+235.9 %
Source · Yahoo Finance · ECB · Destatis · Bundesbank Tagesgeld average
Salary · Inflation hurdle · Germany

What your salary is really worth.

Inflation, average wage growth, and your pay packet rarely move together. Enter your salary and the date of your last raise to see how far you've kept up — and the case to bring to your next review.

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Enter your salary. See it against German inflation and the average wage.

You've kept your purchasing power.
Earned then
€55,000
Jun 2023
Need today
€59,704
to keep your purchasing power
Earn today
€60,000
+0.5 % real
€296 ahead of inflation each year. You've kept your purchasing power.
For your next salary review

Since June 2023, German consumer prices have risen by 8.6 % and average wages by 14.7 %. My salary has risen by 9.1 %. To keep my purchasing power, I'd need to earn €59,704 today.

SALARY€55,000€57,500€60,000€62,500€65,000Avg DE wage€63,088Your salary€60,000Inflation€59,704Jun '23Jun '24Jun '25May '26
Source · Destatis Consumer Price Index · Destatis Nominal Wage Index (press release 02/2026)
The other hurdle · Tax & social contributions

Where the rest of your salary goes.

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Inflation isn't the only thing eroding your salary. Tax and social contributions are the other. Here's where your gross goes.

Of €60,000 gross, you keep €37,812 63% of every euro earned.
  • Take-home€37,812 (63.0%)
  • Income tax€9,498 (15.8%)
  • Pension€5,580 (9.3%)
  • Health€4,890 (8.1%)
  • Long-term care€1,440 (2.4%)
  • Unemployment€780 (1.3%)
Per month€3,151
Estimate based on: tax class I, NRW, childless, no church tax.
Source · §32a EStG (2026) · Bundessozialversicherung contribution rates 2026 · BMG
Source · §32a EStG (2026) · Bundessozialversicherung Beitragssätze 2026 · Bundesgesundheitsministerium
Economy · Activity, prices, sentiment · Monthly

The economy, six readings.

Two years of recession ended in 2025, with annual GDP growth of +0.2%. The path is choppy: weak exports, persistent industrial drag, a chemicals sector hollowing out. Domestic consumption has done most of the lifting.

Ifo Business Climate · Monthly · 2015 = 100

German business sentiment back at COVID-era lows.

84.4
Apr 2026
INDEX7081921031142015 = 100'06'11'16'21'268484Source · ifo Institut, München
Source · ifo Konjunkturumfragen · 9,000 firms surveyed monthlyApril fell to lowest level since May 2020
Live · Energy mix · Power & price

Germany ran on 40% renewables in the latest window, with wholesale prices following the wind.

Live generation mix overlaid with the day-ahead wholesale price. Switch between day, month and year. Refreshing every five minutes from Bundesnetzagentur.

Current Load8.4GWlatest 15-min
Renewable Share39.6%latest 15-min
Spot Price127/MWhday-ahead
UpdatedSat 09 May, 02:45CET
GW · GENERATION046092013801840PEAK · €156/MWh20 Jan€/MWh · PRICE050100150200Jan 26Feb 26Feb 26Mar 26Apr 26Apr 26
Wind onshoreWind offshoreSolarBiomassHydroGasCoal€/MWh wholesale price
Source · Bundesnetzagentur (SMARD) · CC BY 4.0
Stocks · Auto, defence, pharma · Monthly close

German equities, three sectors.

Auto giants under pressure from China and the EV transition. Defence stocks reborn since Russia's invasion. Pharma in flux: Bayer fighting Roundup litigation, Sartorius unwinding from its COVID highs. Three views of corporate Germany.

German Automakers · 3 years · Indexed

German automakers, three years on from the EV pivot.

VW +6%
since May 2023
Indexed · May 2023 = 10030507090110'24'25'26VWBMWMercedesPorsche
Source · Yahoo Finance · indexed to May 2023 · as of May '26Porsche AG -55% · Mercedes -21% · BMW -4%
DE · UK · US · 5 years · Indexed

Three benchmarks, five years.

S&P +77%
leads since May 2021
INDEX · MAY 2021 = 1007095120145170100S&P 500+76.0%DAX+56.7%FTSE 100+45.4%2021202220232024202520262026Source · Yahoo Finance · monthly closes · May 2021May 2026
Source · Yahoo Finance · monthly close, indexed to May 2021 = 100 · as of May '26S&P 500 narrowly leads DAX. FTSE 100 lags both.
Energy · Generation mix, prices · Monthly

Energy in transition.

Germany shut down its last nuclear reactor in 2023 and replaced the gap with wind, solar, and a stubborn rump of coal and gas. The annual mix has shifted further in five years than it did in the previous twenty.

Annual generation mix

Renewables now account for 58.8% of generation. Coal has fallen by more than half since 2010.

58.8%
2025
100%75%50%25%0%201020142018202120232025CoalGasNuclearOtherBiomassHydroSolarWind
Source · AGEE-Stat / BNetzA / Fraunhofer ISEUpdated annually · Latest: BNetzA Jan 2026 release
Government · Bonds, debt, budget · Daily & annual

Government, by the numbers.

Bond markets price Germany's creditworthiness in real time. The debt stock and the annual budget show what the state owes and where it spends. Three views of fiscal Germany.

10-year Bund yield · Daily

The 10-year Bund yields 2.99%, down 7bp on the session, 0.52 points higher than a year ago.

2.99%
Today
2.5%3.0%2.99%Today+0.52pp on the yearMay '25Nov '25May '26
Source · Deutsche Bundesbank+0.52pp YoY
DE in context · Cost of borrowing now · 2024

It's not how much you owe. It's what it costs to keep owing it.

1.0%
Germany 2024
INTEREST PAID · % OF GDP2024 actual2025 est. ↑2025 est. ↓1-YR · pp1%2%3%4%5%3.3% · OECD AVGUnited States122% debt/GDP5.0%+0.3Italy137% debt/GDP4.0%−0.1Greece147% debt/GDP2.7%−0.3United Kingdom102% debt/GDP2.7%−0.2Spain102% debt/GDP2.6%+0.1Portugal95% debt/GDP2.0%−0.2France113% debt/GDP2.2%+0.1Belgium105% debt/GDP2.0%+0.1Canada105% debt/GDP1.5%+0.1Japan230% debt/GDP1.5%+0.2Netherlands43% debt/GDP0.9%+0.1Germany64% debt/GDP1.1%+0.1Source · OECD Global Debt Report 2025 (2024 actuals) · 2025 estimates from OECD Outlook Dec 2025 + national budget closures · Debt/GDP from IMF WEO Oct 2025
Source · OECD Global Debt Report 2025 · gross interest paid by general governmentEight of twelve will pay more in 2025 than 2024. Italy, Greece, UK and Portugal expected to ease.

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