This is the 17th National Report for Germany as part of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM). It describes and explains the entrepreneurial activities undertaken in Germany in 2016. It compares the findings with those of the other 64 countries participating in GEM in 2016 and with the data on the previous years. The 2016 GEM national report on Germany provides answers to the following key questions: • How do the entrepreneurial activities here in Germany differ from those in other countries? • How has the volume of entrepreneurial activity changed, and why? • What are Germany’s strengths and weaknesses with regard to the entrepreneurial framework conditions (e.g. funding, support schemes, education/training) compared with other innovation-driven nations? Authors: Rolf Sternberg – Johannes von Bloh