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Logistics Growth Index (LGI™)

Germany

May 2026 · vs April 2026 · forecast June 2026
Contraction · steady

Germany logistics activity is holding in modest contraction at 48.4, behind the Europe benchmark — broadly unchanged on the month.

48.4455055
Contraction · no change MoM
Breadth
4 / 10
in expansion
Monthly change
0.0
Europe rank
13 / 16
vs 5-mo range
48.4–49.8
short history
3-mo average
48.7
-0.2 vs avg
vs region / world
-1.3 / -3.2
In this reportMay 2026 edition
  • Executive summary & decision read — the verdict and the call, in prose
  • Trajectory & forecast — with the next-month model forecast
  • What changed — level vs momentum — the rotation across sub-indexes this month
  • Driver decomposition — what moved the composite this month
  • Cost & operations — capacity vs demand pressure
  • Macro & peer cross-section — vs 42 tracked economies
  • Signal watch — turning-point & lead/lag signals
  • Methodology & sub-index weights — full weighting, reconciled
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World Research Institute (WRI) computes and publishes the Logistics Index. 50 = no change vs the prior month. Each edition reports the latest completed month with a forward projection for the next. May 2026 edition, published June 2026. Cite — Source: Germany Logistics Growth Index (LGI™), World Research Institute (WRI), worldresearch.org (May 2026).