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China vs Germany

126 shared metrics.

ChinaLeads in 58

vs126 shared

GermanyLeads in 68

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China

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Identity

Formal name: People's Republic of China.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

China's population began shrinking in 2022, its first annual decline in about six decades.

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Germany

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Identity

Formal name: Federal Republic of Germany.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Germany's Mittelstand companies account for almost 60% of jobs.

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Analysis

Germany leads in 68 of 126 shared metrics, while China leads in 58.

China's Irrigated Land is 135.2x that of Germany (690.1K km² vs 5.1K km²).

China's Domestic Patents is 34.8x that of Germany (1.43M vs 39.8K).

China's Land Area is 25.9x that of Germany (9.39M km² vs 349.4K km²).

China's Political Corruption Index is 22.1x that of Germany (0.55 vs 0.02).

China's Total CO2 Emissions is 21.6x that of Germany (13.1K Mt CO2e vs 579.94 Mt CO2e).

Key Comparisons

Irrigated LandChina leads

China

690.1K km²

Germany

5.1K km²

Domestic PatentsChina leads

China

1.43M

Germany

39.8K

Land AreaChina leads

China

9.39M km²

Germany

349.4K km²

Political Corruption IndexChina leads

China

0.55

Germany

0.02

Total CO2 EmissionsChina leads

China

13.1K Mt CO2e

Germany

579.94 Mt CO2e

Water WithdrawalChina leads

China

$18,743,803,170,827.2

Germany

$4,685,592,577,804.69

300% higher

Comparison of China and Germany across 126 metrics
				Winner
Irrigated Land	690.1K km²	5.1K km²	13524% higher	China
Domestic Patents	1.43M	39.8K	3483% higher	China
Land Area	9.39M km²	349.4K km²	2587% higher	China
Political Corruption Index	0.55	0.02	2208% higher	China
Total CO2 Emissions	13.1K Mt CO2e	579.94 Mt CO2e	2163% higher	China
Water Withdrawal	568.48 B m³	25.79 B m³	2104% higher	China
Electricity Generation	10.1K TWh	476.87 TWh	2012% higher	China
Forest Area	2.26M km²	114.2K km²	1876% higher	China
Shipping Traffic	268.99M	13.73M	1859% higher	China
Population	1.41B	84.01M	1575% higher	China
Merchant Fleet Size	8.3K	595	1297% higher	China
Armed Forces Personnel	2.54M	183.0K	1285% higher	China
Electric Generating Capacity	2.95B kW	275.66M kW	970% higher	China
Foreign Patents	159.0K	18.7K	748% higher	China
Scientific Publications	898.9K	114.0K	689% higher	China
Air Passengers	619.22M	80.20M	672% higher	China
Land Border Length	22.5K km	3.7K km	508% higher	China
Coastline Length	14.5K km	2.4K km	507% higher	China
Road Traffic Death Rate	17.4 per 100k	3.3 per 100k	427% higher	China
GDP (Nominal)	$18,743,803,170,827.2	$4,685,592,577,804.69	300% higher	China
Railway Length	150.0K km	39.4K km	281% higher	China
Nuclear Electricity Share	4.9%	1.4%	250% higher	China
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	34.81 µg/m³	10.29 µg/m³	238% higher	China
Railway Network	109.8K km	33.4K km	229% higher	China
Seafood Consumption per Person	40.33 kg/person/yr	12.66 kg/person/yr	219% higher	China
Highest Elevation	8.8K m	3.0K m	199% higher	China
Coal Electricity Share	54.35%	20.61%	164% higher	China
Tourist Arrivals	30.40M	12.45M	144% higher	China
Youth Unemployment Rate	15.79% of youth labor force	6.9% of youth labor force	130% higher	China
Time Zones Count	4.0 time zones	2.0 time zones	100% higher	China
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0.22 per 100k people	51.31 per 100k people	100% lower	Germany
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0.01 per 1M people	0.99 per 1M people	99% lower	Germany
Liberal Democracy Index	0.04	0.78	95% lower	Germany
Freedom of Expression Index	0.04	0.91	95% lower	Germany
Inflation Rate	0.20%	2.3%	91% lower	Germany
Electoral Democracy Index	0.07	0.83	91% lower	Germany
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	0.10% of GDP	1.0% of GDP	90% lower	Germany
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	1.6 per 1M people	16.38 per 1M people	90% lower	Germany
Health Spending Per Capita	$672.45	$6,232.59	89% lower	Germany
Milk Consumption per Person	32.66 kg/person/yr	258.7 kg/person/yr	87% lower	Germany
Firms Making Informal Payments	0.29% of firms	1.5% of firms	80% lower	Germany
Beer Consumption	1.1 L/person/yr	5.3 L/person/yr	78% lower	Germany
Border Neighbors	16	9.0	78% higher	China
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	5.0 days/yr	20 days/yr	75% lower	Germany
GNI Per Capita	$13,660	$55,090	75% lower	Germany
Nurses & Midwives	3.5 per 1k	12.3 per 1k	71% lower	Germany
Vehicles per 1,000 People	212.35 per 1k people	687.59 per 1k people	69% lower	Germany
Insufficient Physical Activity	23.84% of adults	14.08% of adults	69% higher	China
Child Mortality	6.2 per 1k births	3.7 per 1k births	68% higher	China
Researchers	1.8K per 1M	5.8K per 1M	68% lower	Germany
Obesity Rate	8.2%	24.16%	66% lower	Germany
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$27,104.87	$72,295.24	63% lower	Germany
Wind Electricity Share	10.73%	27.18%	61% lower	Germany
Alcohol Consumption	4.6 L/adult/yr	11.84 L/adult/yr	61% lower	Germany
Protected Land (%)	15.6%	39.3%	60% lower	Germany
Electricity Carbon Intensity	525.34 gCO2/kWh	329.65 gCO2/kWh	59% higher	China
Imports (% GDP)	17.18% of GDP	37.66% of GDP	54% lower	Germany
Health Spending (% GDP)	5.4% of GDP	11.8% of GDP	54% lower	Germany
Exports (% GDP)	20.02% of GDP	41.43% of GDP	52% lower	Germany
Firms Asked for Bribes	0.14% of firms	0.10% of firms	47% higher	China
Firms with Female Top Manager	19.6% of firms	13.29% of firms	47% higher	China
High-Tech Exports (%)	26.28%	17.98%	46% higher	China
Infant Mortality	4.5 per 1k births	3.1 per 1k births	45% higher	China
Homicide Rate	0.50 per 100k	0.91 per 100k	45% lower	Germany
Corruption Perceptions Index	43 pts	77 pts	44% lower	Germany
Average Weekly Work Hours	46.1 hrs/week	33.2 hrs/week	39% higher	China
Women's Political Empowerment	0.59	0.94	38% lower	Germany
Solar Electricity Share	11.1%	17.91%	38% lower	Germany
Population Density	150.26 /km²	238.35 /km²	37% lower	Germany
Elderly Population (%)	14.67%	23.2%	37% lower	Germany
Firms Hit by Power Outages	3.7% of firms	5.8% of firms	37% lower	Germany
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	5.0 per 1k	7.8 per 1k	36% lower	Germany
Unemployment Rate	4.6%	3.4%	34% higher	China
Death Rate	8.0 per 1k	11.96 per 1k	33% lower	Germany
Airports	571	840	32% lower	Germany
Meat Consumption per Person	60.6 kg/person/yr	87.79 kg/person/yr	31% lower	Germany
Doctors (per 1,000)	3.1 per 1k	4.5 per 1k	31% lower	Germany
Suicide Rate	8.9 per 100k	12.9 per 100k	31% lower	Germany
CO2 Per Capita	8.7 t/person/yr	6.8 t/person/yr	28% higher	China
Tax Revenue (% GDP)	7.6% of GDP	10.64% of GDP	28% lower	Germany
Renewable Energy (%)	17.47%	23.97%	27% lower	Germany
Forest Coverage (%)	24.03%	32.68%	26% lower	Germany
Government Debt (% GDP)	47% of GDP	63.9% of GDP	26% lower	Germany
Capital Elevation	43 m	34 m	26% higher	China
Dependency Ratio	44.24% of working-age pop.	59% of working-age pop.	25% lower	Germany
Women in Parliament (%)	26.54%	35.33%	25% lower	Germany
Fertility Rate	1.2 children/woman	1.6 children/woman	25% lower	Germany
Education Spending (% GDP)	4.0% of GDP	5.2% of GDP	24% lower	Germany
Urban Population (%)	65.89%	82.02%	20% lower	Germany
Credit Card Ownership	46.03% of adults	56.52% of adults	19% lower	Germany
Spirits Consumption	2.5 L/person/yr	2.1 L/person/yr	18% higher	China
Birth Rate	7.3 per 1k	8.9 per 1k	18% lower	Germany
R&D Spending (% GDP)	2.6% of GDP	3.1% of GDP	18% lower	Germany
Human Development Index	0.80	0.96	17% lower	Germany
Agricultural Land (%)	55.43%	47.47%	17% higher	China
All-Time Olympic Medals	819 medals	981 medals	17% lower	Germany
Water Stress (%)	20.21%	24.11%	16% lower	Germany
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	3.7% of GDP	4.4% of GDP	16% lower	Germany
Youth Population (%)	16.01%	13.91%	15% higher	China
Renewable Energy (%)	15.2%	17.6%	14% lower	Germany
Median Age	39.1 years	45.1 years	13% lower	Germany
Life Evaluation Score	6.1 pts	6.9 pts	12% lower	Germany
Inequality (Gini)	36	32.4	11% higher	China
Digital Payments Used	88.72% of adults	99.48% of adults	11% lower	Germany
Smoking Rate	23.4%	21.3%	10% higher	China
Hypertension Prevalence	27.3% of adults	30.2% of adults	10% lower	Germany
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	6.5K kWh/person	5.9K kWh/person	10% higher	China
Military Spending	1.7% of GDP	1.9% of GDP	10% lower	Germany
Food Waste per Person	141.64 kg/person/yr	129 kg/person/yr	10% higher	China
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	60 sites	55 sites	9% higher	China
Can Raise Emergency Money	95.1% of adults	87.88% of adults	8% higher	China
Tobacco Use Prevalence	22.7% of adults	21.5% of adults	6% higher	China
Teen Birth Rate	5.2 per 1k	5.5 per 1k	4% lower	Germany
Life Expectancy	78.0 years	80.5 years	3% lower	Germany
Energy Use (Per Capita)	2.9K kg oil eq/person	2.9K kg oil eq/person	3% lower	Germany
University Enrollment Rate	76.88%	78.59%	2% lower	Germany
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	132 per 100 people	129 per 100 people	2% higher	China
Internet Users (%)	92%	94%	2% lower	Germany
Sanitation Access (%)	97.27%	99.23%	2% lower	Germany
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	72.03 per 100k	73.03 per 100k	1% lower	Germany
All-Time Olympic Gold Medals	330 gold medals	326 gold medals	1% higher	China
Electricity Access (%)	100%	100%	equal	China
Broadband Access (%)	45 per 100 people	45 per 100 people	equal	China
GDP Growth Rate	5.0%	-0.5%	ranked higher	China
Lowest Elevation	-154 m	-3.5 m	ranked lower	Germany
Official Languages Count	1.0	1.0	equal	China

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Analysis

Germany leads in 68 of 126 shared metrics, while China leads in 58.

China's Irrigated Land is 135.2x that of Germany (690.1K km² vs 5.1K km²).

China's Domestic Patents is 34.8x that of Germany (1.43M vs 39.8K).

China's Land Area is 25.9x that of Germany (9.39M km² vs 349.4K km²).

China's Political Corruption Index is 22.1x that of Germany (0.55 vs 0.02).

China's Total CO2 Emissions is 21.6x that of Germany (13.1K Mt CO2e vs 579.94 Mt CO2e).

Key Comparisons

Irrigated LandChina leads

China

690.1K km²

Germany

5.1K km²

Domestic PatentsChina leads

China

1.43M

Germany

39.8K

Land AreaChina leads

China

9.39M km²

Germany

349.4K km²

Political Corruption IndexChina leads

China

0.55

Germany

0.02

Total CO2 EmissionsChina leads

China

13.1K Mt CO2e

Germany

579.94 Mt CO2e

Water WithdrawalChina leads

China

568.48 B m³

Germany

25.79 B m³

Irrigated Land

690.1K km²

5.1K km²

Domestic Patents

1.43M

39.8K

Land Area

9.39M km²

349.4K km²

Political Corruption Index

0.55

0.02

Total CO2 Emissions

13.1K Mt CO2e

579.94 Mt CO2e

Water Withdrawal

568.48 B m³

25.79 B m³

Electricity Generation

10.1K TWh

476.87 TWh

Forest Area

2.26M km²

114.2K km²

Shipping Traffic

268.99M

13.73M

Population

1.41B

84.01M

Merchant Fleet Size

8.3K

595

Armed Forces Personnel

2.54M

183.0K

Electric Generating Capacity

2.95B kW

275.66M kW

Foreign Patents

159.0K

18.7K

Scientific Publications

898.9K

114.0K

Air Passengers

619.22M

80.20M

Land Border Length

22.5K km

3.7K km

Coastline Length

14.5K km

2.4K km

Road Traffic Death Rate

17.4 per 100k

3.3 per 100k

GDP (Nominal)

$18,743,803,170,827.2

$4,685,592,577,804.69

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Irrigated Land

Domestic Patents

Land Area

Political Corruption Index

Total CO2 Emissions

Water Withdrawal

Electricity Generation

Forest Area

Shipping Traffic

Population

Merchant Fleet Size

Armed Forces Personnel

Electric Generating Capacity

Foreign Patents

Scientific Publications

Air Passengers

Land Border Length

Coastline Length

Road Traffic Death Rate

GDP (Nominal)

Railway Length

Nuclear Electricity Share

Air Pollution (PM2.5)

Railway Network

Seafood Consumption per Person

Highest Elevation

Coal Electricity Share

Tourist Arrivals

Youth Unemployment Rate

Time Zones Count

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Nobel Laureates Born per Million People

Liberal Democracy Index

Freedom of Expression Index

Inflation Rate

Electoral Democracy Index

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

McDonald's Outlets per Million People

Health Spending Per Capita

Milk Consumption per Person

Firms Making Informal Payments

Beer Consumption

Border Neighbors

Minimum Paid Vacation Days

GNI Per Capita

Nurses & Midwives

Vehicles per 1,000 People

Insufficient Physical Activity

Child Mortality

Researchers

Obesity Rate

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Wind Electricity Share

Alcohol Consumption

Protected Land (%)

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Imports (% GDP)

Health Spending (% GDP)

Exports (% GDP)

Firms Asked for Bribes

Firms with Female Top Manager

High-Tech Exports (%)

Infant Mortality

Homicide Rate

Corruption Perceptions Index

Average Weekly Work Hours

Women's Political Empowerment

Solar Electricity Share

Population Density

Elderly Population (%)

Firms Hit by Power Outages

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)