German economic growth in the 20th century Regarding this great animation:


Animation: The World’s 10 Largest Economies by GDP (1960-Today)


I have the following questions:


Why did Germany's GDP shrink so much from 1995 to 2000, while the GDP of the US grew very healthily? 
What was the factor of US growth in that period and why did other economies did so poorly, especially Germany's? 
Is it because the GDP is counted in US dollars which makes other countries' GDP under-counted?
$1.$ My guess is that your videographic's data were simply from the World Bank's GDP (current US\$). This is nominal GDP in US\$ and does not take into account (a) changes in the exchange rate; or (b) inflation.

$\color{red}{\text{2.}}$ And it turns out that the chief culprit here is (a). To correct for (a), we look instead at GDP (current LCU), where Germany's LCU = Local Currency Unit is the euro.

$\color{blue}{\text{3.}}$ We can also further correct for (b) by looking at GDP (constant LCU).





P.S. I would not trust the website VisualCapitalist.com. Here for example, it simply took this videographic from a tweet, which in turn gives no sources.