Only at rank 12 out of 35 industrialized and emerging economies. The Innovation Indicator 2025 by BDI, Roland Berger, Fraunhofer ISI and ZEW shows that Germany’s innovative capacity is stagnating — despite rising private and public innovation expenditures. Other countries are developing more dynamically, with far-reaching implications for Germany’s competitiveness as a business location. How does Germany perform in terms of innovative capacity in the key future areas of key enabling technologies and sustainability? And how do a country’s openness and the efficiency of research and commercialization contribute to its innovative strength? The Innovation Indicator 2025 has the answers.