Germany

Highlights

  1. Internet Society gives Germany an overall Internet resilience score of 78%, which means it has high capacity to withstand unexpected faults or challenges to normal operation.
  2. Internet Society rates the choice of Internet service providers as fair.
  3. As of 2024, the population of Germany was 83,510,950.
  4. In Germany, there are 330 data centers and there are 47 active IXPs.
  5. Approximately 92% of the population is an Internet user.
ccTLD
.de
Flag of Germany
Region
Europe
Sub-region
Western Europe
Population
83,510,950
UN classification(s)
  • High income country

Internet Usage Permanent link

Internet penetration

92%

of the population used the Internet at least once over a 3-month period

90%
Europe average

Usage by gender

Proportion of the population that uses the Internet, by gender

Note: Measurement methods vary by country.

  • Female: 92%
  • Male: 94%

Urban and rural Internet penetration

Percentage of the population that uses the Internet in rural and urban areas

Note: Measurement methods vary by country.

  • Urban: 93%
  • Rural: None

Average download speed

Based on an average of 300 users

  • 4.55 Mbps
    Broadband
  • 4.08 Mbps
    Mobile

Average Internet cost

< 1%

of average income (GNI) is needed to cover a low-consumption basket, using at least 3G technology.

Network Infrastructure Permanent link

Broadband coverage

Broadband connections per 100 inhabitants

45.4

Mobile 4G and 5G coverage

  • 100%
    has access to at least one device with 4G mobile Internet
  • 98%
    has access to at least one device with 5G mobile Internet

Active networks

The building blocks of the Internet, identified by Autonomous System (AS) numbers.

2,456
active networks

International connections

Routes to the global Internet

Upstream diversity is

Very Good
More than 2 connections to the global Internet improves the ability to recover from unexpected events.

Adoption of IPv6

63%
of users can access online resources using IPv6, the new generation of the Internet Protocol
31%
Europe average

Market Overview Permanent link

Data centers

Number of data centers in operation

330

active data centers

Internet Exchange Points

47

IXPs in Germany

7
Europe average
88% of 2,456

active networks connect via an IXP

Total number of IXP members in Germany

Locally cached content

82%

of the top 1000 websites in Germany can be accessed through an in-country server or cache

70%
Europe average

Top Internet service providers

Top Internet Service Providers (ISPs) by market share

  • Deutsche Telekom AG: 34%
  • Vodafone GmbH: 21%
  • Telefonica Germany (o2): 9%
  • 1&1 Versatel Deutschland GmbH: 6%
  • GTHost: 3%

Market competition

Fair

market competitiveness for Internet customers and end users

Digital public services rating

The UN's measure of a country's e-government ecosystem readiness

94.78

Country-level domain use

17,468,827

domains registered using .de, the country code top-level domain (ccTLD).

Security Permanent link

Global Cybersecurity Index

Estimates the ability of a country or economy to prevent and manage cyber incidents

98 / 100

Routing security practices

The use of resource public key infrastructure (RPKI), which connects IP prefixes to the correct autonomous system (AS)

ROA

Route origin authorization uses a cryptographic signature to certify network announcements

  • 88%
    of IPv4 prefixes protected
  • 89%
    of IPv6 prefixes protected

ROV

Route origin validation filters out route announcements

  • 43%
    of networks are using ROV to filter out invalid prefixes and networks

DNSSEC status

  • Active

DNSSEC coverage

2%

of all domains under the ccTLD are protected with DNSSEC

10%
Europe average

Adoption of DNSSEC

80%

of DNS queries are protected by DNSSEC, across all web traffic

46%
Europe average

Footnotes Permanent link

The geographic boundaries and country names shown do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Internet Society concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area of its authorities. Regions and Sub-Regions are taken from the UN Standard Country or Area Codes for Statistical Use (Series M, No. 49).

Pulse uses the most recent possible data from international sources. For some indicators in Pulse, the source data may be updated more frequently. For more information on how often we update individual data points, see the Indicator page.