Report handover 2025:

The annual report was presented to Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz on February 26, 2025.

Topics of the 2025 report:

Where We Stand: Economic Development Weak and R&I System Under Pressure

Topics of the 2025 report:

20th Legislative Period: R&I Policy Nowhere Near the Proclaimed ‘German Pace’

Topics of the 2025 report:

21st Legislative Period: Making R&I Policy More Impactful

Topics of the 2025 report:

Industrial Policy

Topics of the 2025 report:

Transformative Structural Change Through Digitalization and Decarbonization

Topics of the 2025 report:

Quantum Technologies

Topics of the 2025 report:

Innovation in the Water Industry

R&I-Dashboard:

Current indicators for Germany as a R&I location

EFI's R&I Dashboard

You can view EFI's R&I Dashboard under the R&I Dashboard item in the main menu and download indicators on Germany's technological performance. 
There you can now access the core indicators updated for the 2025 reporting year and the new R&I monitoring on Germany's competitive position in selected technology areas such as artificial intelligence, microelectronics and biotechnology.

f.l.: Irene Bertschek, Guido Bünstorf, Uwe Cantner, Carolin Häussler, Friederike Welter, Christoph M. Schmidt

Commission of Experts

The Commission of Experts for Research and Innovation (Expertenkommission Forschung und Innovation - EFI) advises the German Federal Government and presents an annual report on research, innovation and technological performance in Germany.

The new report is published!

This year, the focus will be on the following topics, among others:

  • Transformative Structural Change through Digitalization and Decarbonization
  • Quantum Technologies
  • Innovation in the Water Industry

News

Upcoming events

Wednesday
26.02.2025
The EFI hands over its Annual Report 2025 to Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
Wednesday
26.02.2025
Press conference: EFI presents its Annual Report 2025 starting at 4 p.m.
Thursday
27.02.2025
Public presentation of the 2025 Annual Report starting at 2:00 p.m.

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Selection of current figures

Figures A 2-2 (2024)

Results on evaluation studies from the areas of responsibility of the BMBF and the BMWK zip (16,30 KB)

Infographic B 1 (2024)

New Technologies for Sustainable Agriculture zip (612,46 KB)

Figures B 1-2 (2024)

Use of digital and smart technologies 2023 in percent zip (34,89 KB)

Figures B 1-3 (2024)

Barriers to the use of digital and smart technologies 2023 in percent zip (36,75 KB)

Figures B 1-4 (2024)

Potential of digital and smart technologies 2023 in percent zip (34,94 KB)

Figures B 1-5 (2024)

Measures for facilitating the use of digital and smart technologies 2023 in percent zip (35,81 KB)

Figures B 1-6 (2024)

Transnational patent applications for digital and smart agricultural technologies in selected countries and regions 2000–2020 zip (41,18 KB)

Figures B 1-7 (2024)

Transnational patent applications for digital and smart agricultural technologies worldwide by technology area 2000–2020 zip (37,87 KB)

Figures B 1-8 (2024)

Percentage of selected countries and regions in transnational patent applications worldwide by technology area 2000–2020 zip (33,35 KB)

Figures B 1-9 (2024)

Overview of modifications and methods of green genetic engineering and their current regulation zip (16,58 KB)

Figures B 1-11 (2024)

Number of CRISPR publications in the field of crops for selected countries and regions 2012–2022 zip (35,18 KB)

Figures B 1-12 (2024)

Cumulative number of CRISPR publications in the field of crops in top scientific publications for selected countries and regions 2012–2022 zip (35,95 KB)

Figures B 1-13 (2024)

Number of CRISPR patent families in the field of crops for selected countries and regions 2012–2021 zip (35,59 KB)

Figures B 1-14 (2024)

Cumulative number of largest CRISPR patent families in the field of crops for selected countries and regions 2012–2021 zip (35,45 KB)

Infographic B 2 (2024)

International Mobility in the Science and Innovation System zip (377,87 KB)

Figures B 2-1 (2024)

Bilateral immigration and emigration of authors ( relating to Germany) 2005–2020 zip (34,99 KB)

Figures B 2-2 (2024)

Annual mobility balances of incoming and outgoing authors 2008–2020 zip (44,36 KB)

Figures B 2-3 (2024)

Average value of the quality indicator for publications by authors of different mobility types (relating to Germany), differentiated by scientific discipline 2005–2020 zip (36,77 KB)

Figures B 2-4 (2024)

Average value of the quality indicator for publications by authors of different mobility types (relating to Germany) 2006–2020 zip (40,38 KB)

Figures B 2-5 (2024)

Average value of the quality indicator for publications by authors by type of cooperation (relating to Germany) 2006–2020 zip (36,21 KB)

Figures B 2-6 (2024)

Germany’s top 10 partner countries for scientific co-authorships 2005– 2020 zip (38,29 KB)

Figures B 2-7 (2024)

Percentage of mobile inventors, differentiated by country 2000–2020 zip (34,43 KB)

Figures B 2-8 (2024)

Annual mobility balances of incoming and outgoing inventors 2000–2020 zip (44,89 KB)

Figures B 2-9 (2024)

Bilateral inward and outward flows of inventors (relating to Germany) 2000–2020 zip (36,17 KB)

Figures B 2-10 (2024)

Return ratio of outgoing inventors and stay ratio of incoming inventors, differentiated by country 2000–2020 zip (37,06 KB)

Figures B 2-11 (2024)

Number and quality of patents by inventors of different mobility types, differentiated by country 2000–2020 zip (42,21 KB)

Figures B 2-14 (2024)

Number of emigrating and immigrating authors and the migration balance in comparison between 1996–2011 and 2005–2020 zip (34,74 KB)

Infographic B 3 (2024)

Social Innovation – A Key Element To Address Societal Challenges zip (561,71 KB)

Figures B 3-3 (2024)

Districts by percentage of socially innovative enterprises in all enterprises zip (3,11 MB)

Figures B 3-4 (2024)

Motives and triggers of social innovations in percent zip (33,56 KB)

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