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Germany Logistics Growth Index falls to 49.6 in August 2026 — lowest in 3 months

10 September 2026 — Germany’s Logistics Growth Index, published today by the World Research Institute (WRI), registered 49.6 in August 2026, -1.7 on 51.3 in July 2026, signalling contraction in the economy’s logistics-sector activity (50 = no change).

Revised on 16 October 2026 · Corrections log

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47 48 49 50 51 52 53 50 = no change 49.6 Jan '26 Feb '26 Mar '26 Apr '26 May '26 Jun '26 Jul '26 Aug '26 Source: World Research Institute (WRI) — intelligence.worldresearch.org/lgi

Key figures

  • Germany Logistics Growth Index: 49.6 (August 2026), prior 51.3, change -1.7
  • Rank: 34th of 42 economies; 12th of 16 in Europe
  • Europe Logistics Index: 49.8
  • World Logistics Index: 51.8
  • Lowest reading in 3 months.
  • Next release (as of today): 7 November 2026, 09:00 UTC

Changes and ranks are calculated from unrounded readings, so a change can differ by 0.1 from the difference of the rounded figures shown, and economies with the same rounded reading can hold different ranks.

WRI’s assessment

Germany’s Logistics Growth Index fell to 49.6 in August, a 1.7-point decline that leaves the market back in contraction and ranked 12th of 16 regionally. The downturn was primarily driven by slowing business volume and a sharp contraction in transport capacity, where severe driver shortages and constrained road networks struggled to absorb freight displaced from low inland waterways.

Full Germany report — sub-indices, drivers and forecast →

“The downturn was primarily driven by slowing business volume and a sharp contraction in transport capacity, where severe driver shortages and constrained road networks struggled to absorb freight displaced from low inland waterways.”
— James Carter, Vice President, Research & Strategy, World Research Institute

About the Logistics Growth Index

The Germany Logistics Growth Index (LGI) is one of the 42 country readings of the World Research Institute’s monthly Logistics Growth Index (LGI), which combines them by GDP weight into four regional indexes and the World Logistics Index. A reading above 50 signals expansion and below 50 contraction. The World and regional Logistics Index readings are published openly at intelligence.worldresearch.org/lgi; country reports are available to subscribers, to accredited journalists via press access, and any reader may claim one complimentary country edition. Methodology: /methodology.

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