In recent decades, Germany and Japan have been the world's most important manufacturing powers, and various industrial products of the two countries have sold well all over the world, and many well-known manufacturing brands have emerged.
For example, Volkswagen, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Siemens, Bayer, Zeiss, Porsche, BASF and so on; Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Toshiba, Hitachi, Panasonic and many more in Japan.
There are so many world-famous manufacturing brands, it can be seen that the industrial level of Germany and Japan is very high, and both have their own merits!
So the question is, from the point of view of objective analysis, who is more powerful in the industry of Germany and Japan?
In fact, to compare the level of industry, it is mainly to look at two aspects: one is to look at the scale of industry, and the other is to look at the technical gold content of industry.
In terms of industrial scale, Japan is stronger than Germany!
Japan's industry is larger, largely due to a larger population.
After all, Germany has a population of just over 83 million, while Japan has a whopping 126 million!
Therefore, Japan has an advantage over Germany in terms of population size, and it is normal for the industrial scale to be larger.
Japan's manufacturing output is about 7% of the world's total, ranking third in the world, while Germany's manufacturing output is slightly inferior to Japan's, accounting for 6%, ranking fourth.
In other words, Japan's manufacturing industry is 20% larger than Germany's!
The reason why Japan leads in terms of scale is mainly because it has a larger number of engineers and workers, and it basically relies on the number of piles.
If we only look at the per capita manufacturing output, Germany is actually better than Japan!
So, in terms of industrial efficiency and gold content, it is clear that Germany is superior!
If you look at the total value of goods exports, Germany is still stronger!
According to the statistics of 2023, Germany's total export of goods is as high as 7.66% of the world's total, ranking third in the world. Uh-uh, Japan's share of the world is only 3.6%, ranking sixth, less than half of Germany's!
The comparison of the export value of goods can most intuitively reflect the gap between the industrial strength of Germany and Japan!
Because the two countries basically have no resources to export, they rely on the export of industrial products, and Germany's industrial exports are much larger than Japan's!
Germany has a stronger industrial heritage and more top-notch industries!
In terms of the development of modern industry, it is indisputable that Japan started much later than Germany!
Global industrial development can be divided into three important stages: the first industrial revolution, the age of steam, led by the United Kingdom; And the second industrial revolution, the electric age, is played by Germany!
The second industrial revolution began in 1870, more than 150 years ago, which shows the depth of Germany's industrial heritage!
Germany's first-mover advantage is incomparable! In terms of top industries and technology accumulation, Japan is completely inferior to Germany!
Germany is currently leading in at least three areas!
First, the chemical industry. Germany's chemical industry is developing in an extremely comprehensive way, which can not only make some basic chemical products, but also make great achievements in biotechnology and high-end pharmaceuticals! The most representative chemical company in Germany is BASF, which is also the world's largest and most comprehensive chemical giant!
Second, mechanical engineering. Machinery is the most traditional and oldest project in the manufacturing field, and it is also the most comprehensive and difficult project. Germany itself started as a mechanical industry, from small precision instruments to large heavy equipment, which can be at the forefront of the world. The most representative companies such as Siemens, whose business involves many fields such as medical care, energy equipment, automation engineering, etc., do not need to be repeated!
Thirdly, the automotive industry. Germany and Japan are the world's most important automotive countries, and both countries are home to many of the world's major car companies.
Although the sales of Japanese cars represented by Toyota are very high, they are mostly concentrated in the middle and low-end economic cars, and in the field of high-profit luxury cars, they are completely dominated by German cars!
At present, most of the mainstream luxury car brands are German, such as Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Audi, Porsche, etc.
There are also many high-end brands in Japan, such as Lexus, Crown, Toyota Century, etc., but they are all niche in comparison, and their market competitiveness is completely inferior to that of German luxury cars.
The fact that it can occupy an absolute advantage in the field of expensive high-end cars is enough to show that the level of the German automobile industry is still above that of Japan, because word of mouth may lie, but money does not!
Therefore, in a comprehensive comparison, Japanese industry only has the advantage of scale, and in terms of technology accumulation, gold content and profit, German industry is the biggest winner!