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France vs Germany

197 shared metrics.

FranceLeads in 89

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GermanyLeads in 108

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France

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Identity

Formal name: French Republic.

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France spans many time zones because its overseas territories sit across multiple oceans.

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Germany

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Identity

Formal name: Federal Republic of Germany.

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

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Analysis

Germany leads in 108 of 197 shared metrics, while France leads in 89.

France's Nuclear Electricity Share is 45.3x that of Germany (64.8% vs 1.4%).

France's Firms Asked for Bribes is 15.3x that of Germany (1.6% of firms vs 0.10% of firms).

France's Tourist Arrivals is 8.4x that of Germany (117.11M vs 12.45M).

France's Firms Making Informal Payments is 6.9x that of Germany (11.61% of firms vs 1.5% of firms).

France's Firms Hit by Power Outages is 4.0x that of Germany (29.49% of firms vs 5.8% of firms).

Key Comparisons

Nuclear Electricity ShareFrance leads

France

64.8%

Germany

1.4%

Firms Asked for BribesFrance leads

France

1.6% of firms

Germany

0.10% of firms

Tourist ArrivalsFrance leads

France

117.11M

Germany

12.45M

Firms Making Informal PaymentsFrance leads

France

11.61% of firms

Germany

1.5% of firms

Firms Hit by Power OutagesFrance leads

France

29.49% of firms

Germany

5.8% of firms

Financial HardshipFrance leads

Germany

France

0.31%

Germany

20.61%

98% lower

Foreign Patents

Germany

France

1.4K

Germany

18.7K

93% lower

Comparison of France and Germany across 197 metrics
				Winner
Nuclear Electricity Share	64.8%	1.4%	4529% higher	France
Firms Asked for Bribes	1.6% of firms	0.10% of firms	1532% higher	France
Tourist Arrivals	117.11M	12.45M	841% higher	France
Firms Making Informal Payments	11.61% of firms	1.5% of firms	694% higher	France
Firms Hit by Power Outages	29.49% of firms	5.8% of firms	405% higher	France
Financial Hardship	21.8% of adults 16+	7.3% of adults 16+	199% higher	France
Irrigated Land	14.2K km²	5.1K km²	181% higher	France
Youth Unemployment Rate	18.89% of youth labor force	6.9% of youth labor force	175% higher	France
Seafood Consumption per Person	33.64 kg/person/yr	12.66 kg/person/yr	166% higher	France
Gender Gap in Work	26.99 min/day	11.14 min/day	142% higher	France
Political Corruption Index	0.06	0.02	133% higher	France
Tax Revenue (% GDP)	23.08% of GDP	10.64% of GDP	117% higher	France
Job Insecurity	3.1% of earnings at risk	1.4% of earnings at risk	116% higher	France
Unemployment Rate	7.4%	3.4%	116% higher	France
Insufficient Physical Activity	29.74% of adults	14.08% of adults	111% higher	France
Long Work Hours	6.0% of employees	2.9% of employees	107% higher	France
Coastline Length	4.9K km	2.4K km	103% higher	France
Homicide Rate	0.80 per 100k	0.40 per 100k	100% higher	France
Coal Electricity Share	0.31%	20.61%	98% lower	Germany
Foreign Patents	1.4K	18.7K	93% lower	Germany
Fuel Poverty	11.8% of adults 16+	6.3% of adults 16+	87% higher	France
Electricity Carbon Intensity	41.44 gCO2/kWh	329.65 gCO2/kWh	87% lower	Germany
Long-Term Unemployment	1.7% of workforce	0.95% of workforce	81% higher	France
Wind Electricity Share	8.2%	27.18%	70% lower	Germany
Solar Electricity Share	5.6%	17.91%	69% lower	Germany
Domestic Patents	13.4K	39.8K	66% lower	Germany
Armed Forces Personnel	304.0K	183.0K	66% higher	France
Smoking Rate	34.6%	21.3%	62% higher	France
Highest Elevation	4.8K m	3.0K m	62% higher	France
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	1.6% of GDP	1.0% of GDP	62% higher	France
Low-Wage Workers	6.2% of workers	15.47% of workers	60% lower	Germany
Gender Pay Gap (%)	6.2% of male wages	14.25% of male wages	57% lower	Germany
Youth NEET Rate	12.52% of youth 15-24	8.0% of youth 15-24	56% higher	France
Tobacco Use Prevalence	33.6% of adults	21.5% of adults	56% higher	France
Beer Consumption	2.4 L/person/yr	5.3 L/person/yr	55% lower	Germany
Obesity Rate	10.92%	24.16%	55% lower	Germany
Land Area	539.0K km²	349.4K km²	54% higher	France
Government Debt (% GDP)	98.5% of GDP	63.9% of GDP	54% higher	France
Forest Area	175.0K km²	114.2K km²	53% higher	France
Shipping Traffic	6.47M	13.73M	53% lower	Germany
Total CO2 Emissions	274.45 Mt CO2e	579.94 Mt CO2e	53% lower	Germany
Time Zones Count	1.0 time zones	2.0 time zones	50% lower	Germany
Firms with Female Top Manager	19.89% of firms	13.29% of firms	50% higher	France
Water Stress (%)	12.21%	24.11%	49% lower	Germany
Loneliness	10.77% of adults 16+	7.3% of adults 16+	48% higher	France
Population Density	126.86 /km²	238.35 /km²	47% lower	Germany
Homicide Rate	1.3 per 100k	0.91 per 100k	47% higher	France
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	23.88 per 1M people	16.38 per 1M people	46% higher	France
Electric Generating Capacity	151.46M kW	275.66M kW	45% lower	Germany
Scientific Publications	65.9K	114.0K	42% lower	Germany
Airports	1.2K	840	42% higher	France
Road Traffic Death Rate	4.7 per 100k	3.3 per 100k	42% higher	France
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	29.75 per 100k people	51.31 per 100k people	42% lower	Germany
CO2 Per Capita	4.0 t/person/yr	6.8 t/person/yr	41% lower	Germany
Capital Elevation	48 m	34 m	41% higher	France
Women in Senior Management	38.71% of managers	27.69% of managers	40% higher	France
Unpaid Work Hours	7.2% of adults 15-64	11.58% of adults 15-64	38% lower	Germany
Road Deaths	4.6 per 100k	3.4 per 100k	38% higher	France
Low Life Satisfaction	6.9% of adults 16+	11.07% of adults 16+	38% lower	Germany
Tourism Revenue	$35,958,000,000	$58,372,000,000	38% lower	Germany
Teen Birth Rate	3.5 per 1k	5.5 per 1k	36% lower	Germany
GDP (Nominal)	$3,160,442,622,465.08	$4,685,592,577,804.69	33% lower	Germany
Low Adult Numeracy	22.63% of adults	17.24% of adults	31% higher	France
Renewable Energy (%)	16.47%	23.97%	31% lower	Germany
Poverty Rate	8.3% of population	11.8% of population	30% lower	Germany
Credit Card Ownership	39.76% of adults	56.52% of adults	30% lower	Germany
Railway Length	27.9K km	39.4K km	29% lower	Germany
Suicide Rate	16.58 per 100k	12.9 per 100k	29% higher	France
R&D Spending (% GDP)	2.2% of GDP	3.1% of GDP	29% lower	Germany
High-Tech Exports (%)	23.14%	17.98%	29% higher	France
Doctors (per 1,000)	3.3 per 1k	4.5 per 1k	28% lower	Germany
Protected Land (%)	28.6%	39.3%	27% lower	Germany
Chronic Pain	34.5% of adults 15+	27.5% of adults 15+	25% higher	France
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	25 days/yr	20 days/yr	25% higher	France
Lack of Support	12.69% of adults 15+	10.24% of adults 15+	24% higher	France
Nurses & Midwives	9.4 per 1k	12.3 per 1k	24% lower	Germany
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	6.0 per 1k	7.8 per 1k	23% lower	Germany
Birth Rate	10.88 per 1k	8.9 per 1k	23% higher	France
Housing Cost Burden	11.25% of households	9.2% of households	22% higher	France
Health Spending Per Capita	$4,865.18	$6,232.59	22% lower	Germany
Depression Rate	10.8% of adults 15+	9.1% of adults 15+	19% higher	France
Happiness Inequality	2.1 vs bottom 20%	2.6 vs bottom 20%	19% lower	Germany
Air Passengers	64.64M	80.20M	19% lower	Germany
Fertility Rate	1.9 children/woman	1.6 children/woman	19% higher	France
Youth Population (%)	16.51%	13.91%	19% higher	France
Low Adult Literacy	3.4% of adults	4.2% of adults	18% lower	Germany
Population	68.51M	84.01M	18% lower	Germany
Exports (% GDP)	33.89% of GDP	41.43% of GDP	18% lower	Germany
GNI Per Capita	$45,160	$55,090	18% lower	Germany
Overcrowded Housing	7.4% of households	9.0% of households	17% lower	Germany
Railway Network	27.7K km	33.4K km	17% lower	Germany
Death Rate	9.9 per 1k	11.96 per 1k	17% lower	Germany
Electricity Generation	557.73 TWh	476.87 TWh	17% higher	France
Time Dissatisfaction	16.89% of adults 16+	14.57% of adults 16+	16% higher	France
Relationship Dissatisfaction	4.8% of adults 16+	5.7% of adults 16+	16% lower	Germany
Child Mortality	4.3 per 1k births	3.7 per 1k births	16% higher	France
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	84.58 per 100k	73.03 per 100k	16% higher	France
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$61,290.42	$72,295.24	15% lower	Germany
Median Wealth	$177,350	$155,912	14% higher	France
Corruption Perceptions Index	66 pts	77 pts	14% lower	Germany
Disposable Income (Per Capita)	$43,435	$49,850	13% lower	Germany
Average Earnings	$60,608.01	$69,433.06	13% lower	Germany
Inflation Rate	2.0%	2.3%	13% lower	Germany
Alcohol Consumption	10.32 L/adult/yr	11.84 L/adult/yr	13% lower	Germany
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0.86 per 1M people	0.99 per 1M people	13% lower	Germany
Income Gap (Rich vs Poor)	4.5 vs bottom 20%	5.1 vs bottom 20%	12% lower	Germany
Social Time	6.2 hrs/week	7.0 hrs/week	12% lower	Germany
Deaths (Suicide/Alcohol/Drugs)	20.02 per 100k	18.04 per 100k	11% higher	France
Voter Turnout	73.69% of votes	82.54% of votes	11% lower	Germany
Poor Health	9.7% reporting poor health	10.9% reporting poor health	11% lower	Germany
Agricultural Land (%)	52.5%	47.47%	11% higher	France
All-Time Olympic Gold Medals	289 gold medals	326 gold medals	11% lower	Germany
Border Neighbors	10	9.0	11% higher	France
Job Strain	25.79% of employees	28.53% of employees	10% lower	Germany
Wealth Concentration	49.93% of wealth	55.55% of wealth	10% lower	Germany
University Enrollment Rate	70.45%	78.59%	10% lower	Germany
Infant Mortality	3.4 per 1k births	3.1 per 1k births	10% higher	France
Researchers	5.2K per 1M	5.8K per 1M	10% lower	Germany
Political Voice	26.27% who feel heard by government	28.93% who feel heard by government	9% lower	Germany
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	117 per 100 people	129 per 100 people	9% lower	Germany
Broadband Access (%)	49 per 100 people	45 per 100 people	9% higher	France
Imports (% GDP)	34.22% of GDP	37.66% of GDP	9% lower	Germany
Green Space Access	62.18% of urban pop.	67.47% of urban pop.	8% lower	Germany
Numeracy Gap	1.8 vs bottom 10%	1.7 vs bottom 10%	8% higher	France
Renewable Energy (%)	16.2%	17.6%	8% lower	Germany
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	6.4K kWh/person	5.9K kWh/person	8% higher	France
Military Spending	2.1% of GDP	1.9% of GDP	8% higher	France
Food Waste per Person	139 kg/person/yr	129 kg/person/yr	8% higher	France
Adult Numeracy	257.22 pts	276.53 pts	7% lower	Germany
Milk Consumption per Person	241.31 kg/person/yr	258.7 kg/person/yr	7% lower	Germany
Dependency Ratio	63% of working-age pop.	59% of working-age pop.	7% higher	France
Median Age	41.8 years	45.1 years	7% lower	Germany
Merchant Fleet Size	553	595	7% lower	Germany
Energy Use (Per Capita)	3.1K kg oil eq/person	2.9K kg oil eq/person	7% higher	France
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	9.6 µg/m³	10.29 µg/m³	7% lower	Germany
Land Border Length	4.0K km	3.7K km	7% higher	France
Vehicles per 1,000 People	636.58 per 1k people	687.59 per 1k people	7% lower	Germany
Employment Rate (%)	77.16% of adults 25-64	82.39% of adults 25-64	6% lower	Germany
Average Weekly Work Hours	35.3 hrs/week	33.2 hrs/week	6% higher	France
Internet Users (%)	88.65%	94%	6% lower	Germany
Time Satisfaction	6.6 pts	7.0 pts	5% lower	Germany
Adult Literacy	255.4 pts	269.69 pts	5% lower	Germany
Relationship Inequality	1.9 vs bottom 20%	2.0 vs bottom 20%	5% lower	Germany
Spirits Consumption	2.2 L/person/yr	2.1 L/person/yr	5% higher	France
Meat Consumption per Person	83.05 kg/person/yr	87.79 kg/person/yr	5% lower	Germany
Water Withdrawal	24.43 B m³	25.79 B m³	5% lower	Germany
Elderly Population (%)	22.15%	23.2%	5% lower	Germany
Can Raise Emergency Money	92.06% of adults	87.88% of adults	5% higher	France
Freedom of Expression Index	0.96	0.91	5% higher	France
Leisure Time	16.2 hrs/day	15.62 hrs/day	4% higher	France
Relationship Satisfaction	7.7 pts	8.0 pts	4% lower	Germany
Human Development Index	0.92	0.96	4% lower	Germany
Safety at Night	73% feeling safe at night	76% feeling safe at night	4% lower	Germany
Electoral Democracy Index	0.86	0.83	4% higher	France
Life Evaluation Score	6.6 pts	6.9 pts	4% lower	Germany
Urban Population (%)	78.8%	82.02%	4% lower	Germany
Informal Employment Share	3.8% of employed people	3.9% of employed people	4% lower	Germany
Housing Affordability	79.68% of income	81.92% of income	3% lower	Germany
Social Support	87.13% of adults 15+	89.72% of adults 15+	3% lower	Germany
Time Use Inequality	2.9 vs bottom 20%	2.8 vs bottom 20%	3% higher	France
Life Expectancy	82.9 years	80.5 years	3% higher	France
Job Satisfaction	7.1 pts	7.2 pts	2% lower	Germany
Self-Rated Health	66.2% reporting good health	64.6% reporting good health	2% higher	France
Life Satisfaction	7.1 pts	7.0 pts	2% higher	France
Math Score Gap	1.7 vs bottom 10%	1.7 vs bottom 10%	2% lower	Germany
Literacy Gap	1.6 vs bottom 10%	1.6 vs bottom 10%	2% higher	France
Inequality (Gini)	31.8	32.4	2% lower	Germany
Liberal Democracy Index	0.80	0.78	2% higher	France
Hypertension Prevalence	29.6% of adults	30.2% of adults	2% lower	Germany
Women in Parliament (%)	36.05%	35.33%	2% higher	France
Skilled Birth Attendance (%)	98.2%	96.2%	2% higher	France
Education Spending (% GDP)	5.3% of GDP	5.2% of GDP	2% higher	France
Home Internet Access	88.11% of households	88.84% of households	1% lower	Germany
Reading Skills	473.85 pts	479.79 pts	1% lower	Germany
Science Skills	487.23 pts	492.43 pts	1% lower	Germany
Earnings Inequality	2.9 vs bottom 10%	2.9 vs bottom 10%	1% lower	Germany
Low Reading Skills	16.8% of students	16.7% of students	1% higher	France
Reading Score Gap	1.8 vs bottom 10%	1.8 vs bottom 10%	1% higher	France
Low Math Skills	16.8% of students	16.7% of students	1% higher	France
Low Science Skills	16.8% of students	16.7% of students	1% higher	France
Science Score Gap	1.8 vs bottom 10%	1.8 vs bottom 10%	1% lower	Germany
Women's Political Empowerment	0.93	0.94	1% lower	Germany
Forest Coverage (%)	32.48%	32.68%	1% lower	Germany
Sanitation Access (%)	98.64%	99.23%	1% lower	Germany
Health Spending (% GDP)	11.88% of GDP	11.8% of GDP	1% higher	France
Digital Payments Used	98.45% of adults	99.48% of adults	1% lower	Germany
Math Skills	473.94 pts	474.83 pts	equal	Germany
Air Pollution Exposure	99.7% of population	99.98% of population	equal	Germany
Extreme Temperature Exposure	1.1% of population	0% of population	ranked higher	France
Electricity Access (%)	100%	100%	equal	Germany
Safe Drinking Water (%)	99.71%	99.92%	equal	Germany
GDP Growth Rate	1.2%	-0.5%	ranked higher	France
Lowest Elevation	-2 m	-3.5 m	ranked higher	France
Official Languages Count	1.0	1.0	equal	Germany
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-0.4% of GDP	4.4% of GDP	ranked lower	Germany
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	55 sites	55 sites	equal	Germany
All-Time Olympic Medals	977 medals	981 medals	equal	Germany

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Analysis

Germany leads in 108 of 197 shared metrics, while France leads in 89.

France's Nuclear Electricity Share is 45.3x that of Germany (64.8% vs 1.4%).

France's Firms Asked for Bribes is 15.3x that of Germany (1.6% of firms vs 0.10% of firms).

France's Tourist Arrivals is 8.4x that of Germany (117.11M vs 12.45M).

France's Firms Making Informal Payments is 6.9x that of Germany (11.61% of firms vs 1.5% of firms).

France's Firms Hit by Power Outages is 4.0x that of Germany (29.49% of firms vs 5.8% of firms).

Key Comparisons

Nuclear Electricity ShareFrance leads

France

64.8%

Germany

1.4%

Firms Asked for BribesFrance leads

France

1.6% of firms

Germany

0.10% of firms

Tourist ArrivalsFrance leads

France

117.11M

Germany

12.45M

Firms Making Informal PaymentsFrance leads

France

11.61% of firms

Germany

1.5% of firms

Firms Hit by Power OutagesFrance leads

France

29.49% of firms

Germany

5.8% of firms

Financial HardshipFrance leads

France

21.8% of adults 16+

Germany

7.3% of adults 16+

Nuclear Electricity Share

64.8%

1.4%

Firms Asked for Bribes

1.6% of firms

0.10% of firms

Tourist Arrivals

117.11M

12.45M

Firms Making Informal Payments

11.61% of firms

1.5% of firms

Firms Hit by Power Outages

29.49% of firms

5.8% of firms

Financial Hardship

21.8% of adults 16+

7.3% of adults 16+

Irrigated Land

14.2K km²

5.1K km²

Youth Unemployment Rate

18.89% of youth labor force

6.9% of youth labor force

Seafood Consumption per Person

33.64 kg/person/yr

12.66 kg/person/yr

Gender Gap in Work

26.99 min/day

11.14 min/day

Political Corruption Index

0.06

0.02

Tax Revenue (% GDP)

23.08% of GDP

10.64% of GDP

Job Insecurity

3.1% of earnings at risk

1.4% of earnings at risk

Unemployment Rate

7.4%

3.4%

Insufficient Physical Activity

29.74% of adults

14.08% of adults

Long Work Hours

6.0% of employees

2.9% of employees

Coastline Length

4.9K km

2.4K km

Homicide Rate

0.80 per 100k

0.40 per 100k

Coal Electricity Share

0.31%

20.61%

Foreign Patents

1.4K

18.7K

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Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Nuclear Electricity Share

Firms Asked for Bribes

Tourist Arrivals

Firms Making Informal Payments

Firms Hit by Power Outages

Financial Hardship

Irrigated Land

Youth Unemployment Rate

Seafood Consumption per Person

Gender Gap in Work

Political Corruption Index

Tax Revenue (% GDP)

Job Insecurity

Unemployment Rate

Insufficient Physical Activity

Long Work Hours

Coastline Length

Homicide Rate

Coal Electricity Share

Foreign Patents

Fuel Poverty

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Long-Term Unemployment

Wind Electricity Share

Solar Electricity Share

Domestic Patents

Armed Forces Personnel

Smoking Rate

Highest Elevation

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Low-Wage Workers

Gender Pay Gap (%)

Youth NEET Rate

Tobacco Use Prevalence

Beer Consumption

Obesity Rate

Land Area

Government Debt (% GDP)

Forest Area

Shipping Traffic

Total CO2 Emissions

Time Zones Count

Firms with Female Top Manager

Water Stress (%)

Loneliness

Population Density

Homicide Rate

McDonald's Outlets per Million People

Electric Generating Capacity

Scientific Publications

Airports

Road Traffic Death Rate

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

CO2 Per Capita

Capital Elevation

Women in Senior Management

Unpaid Work Hours

Road Deaths

Low Life Satisfaction

Tourism Revenue

Teen Birth Rate

GDP (Nominal)

Low Adult Numeracy

Renewable Energy (%)

Poverty Rate

Credit Card Ownership

Railway Length

Suicide Rate

R&D Spending (% GDP)

High-Tech Exports (%)

Doctors (per 1,000)

Protected Land (%)