Germany’s economy contracted in the second quarter of 2014, and has grown by a mere 3.6% since the 2008 global financial crisis – slightly more than France and the United Kingdom, but less than half the rate in Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States. Since 2000, GDP growth has averaged just 1.1% annually, ranking 13th in the 18-member eurozone.
德国经济在2014年第二季度出现了收缩，而且自2008年全球金融危机以来仅仅增长了3.6%，这仅仅比法国和英国高一点，却只是瑞典，瑞士和美国的不到二分之一。自2000年以来，德国的GDP增长仅为年均1.1个百分点，在拥有十八个成员国的欧元区中排名第十三。