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Germany vs Luxembourg

185 shared metrics.

GermanyLeads in 100

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LuxembourgLeads in 85

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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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Luxembourg

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Identity

Formal name: Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Luxembourg often ranks near the top for GDP per person because small economies can post huge output per resident.

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Analysis

Germany leads in 100 of 185 shared metrics, while Luxembourg leads in 85.

Germany's Water Withdrawal is 539.7x that of Luxembourg (25.79 B m³ vs 0.05 B m³).

Germany's Domestic Patents is 354.6x that of Luxembourg (39.8K vs 112).

Germany's Electricity Generation is 304.7x that of Luxembourg (476.87 TWh vs 1.6 TWh).

Germany's Airports is 279.0x that of Luxembourg (840 vs 3.0).

Germany's All-Time Olympic Medals is 195.2x that of Luxembourg (981 medals vs 5.0 medals).

Key Comparisons

Water WithdrawalGermany leads

Germany

25.79 B m³

Luxembourg

0.05 B m³

Domestic PatentsGermany leads

Germany

39.8K

Luxembourg

112

Electricity GenerationGermany leads

Germany

476.87 TWh

Luxembourg

1.6 TWh

AirportsGermany leads

Germany

840

Luxembourg

3.0

All-Time Olympic MedalsGermany leads

Germany

981 medals

Luxembourg

5.0 medals

Armed Forces PersonnelGermany leads

Germany

12.45M

Luxembourg

525.0K

2271% higher

Comparison of Germany and Luxembourg across 185 metrics
				Winner
Water Withdrawal	25.79 B m³	0.05 B m³	53973% higher	Germany
Domestic Patents	39.8K	112	35455% higher	Germany
Electricity Generation	476.87 TWh	1.6 TWh	30469% higher	Germany
Airports	840	3.0	27900% higher	Germany
All-Time Olympic Medals	981 medals	5.0 medals	19520% higher	Germany
Armed Forces Personnel	183.0K	1.0K	18200% higher	Germany
All-Time Olympic Gold Medals	326 gold medals	2.0 gold medals	16200% higher	Germany
Railway Length	39.4K km	271 km	14431% higher	Germany
Land Area	349.4K km²	2.6K km²	13473% higher	Germany
Forest Area	114.2K km²	887 km²	12774% higher	Germany
Population	84.01M	671.3K	12416% higher	Germany
Electric Generating Capacity	275.66M kW	2.21M kW	12362% higher	Germany
Railway Network	33.4K km	271 km	12225% higher	Germany
Scientific Publications	114.0K	1.2K	9637% higher	Germany
Total CO2 Emissions	579.94 Mt CO2e	7.1 Mt CO2e	8014% higher	Germany
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	55 sites	1.0 sites	5400% higher	Germany
GDP (Nominal)	$4,685,592,577,804.69	$93,279,851,863.41	4923% higher	Germany
Air Passengers	80.20M	2.46M	3163% higher	Germany
Gender Pay Gap (%)	14.25% of male wages	0.44% of male wages	3129% higher	Germany
Tourist Arrivals	12.45M	525.0K	2271% higher	Germany
Tourism Revenue	$58,372,000,000	$4,454,000,000	1211% higher	Germany
Foreign Patents	18.7K	1.4K	1201% higher	Germany
Land Border Length	3.7K km	327 km	1030% higher	Germany
Highest Elevation	3.0K m	559 m	430% higher	Germany
Water Stress (%)	24.11%	4.8%	405% higher	Germany
Merchant Fleet Size	595	147	305% higher	Germany
University Enrollment Rate	78.59%	21.54%	265% higher	Germany
High-Tech Exports (%)	17.98%	5.1%	254% higher	Germany
R&D Spending (% GDP)	3.1% of GDP	0.98% of GDP	221% higher	Germany
Border Neighbors	9.0	3.0	200% higher	Germany
Firms Making Informal Payments	1.5% of firms	0.52% of firms	183% higher	Germany
Government Debt (% GDP)	63.9% of GDP	23% of GDP	178% higher	Germany
Electricity Carbon Intensity	329.65 gCO2/kWh	123.38 gCO2/kWh	167% higher	Germany
Health Spending (% GDP)	11.8% of GDP	5.8% of GDP	104% higher	Germany
Time Zones Count	2.0 time zones	1.0 time zones	100% higher	Germany
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	1.0% of GDP	113.62% of GDP	99% lower	Luxembourg
Military Spending	1.9% of GDP	0.96% of GDP	97% higher	Germany
Capital Elevation	34 m	300 m	89% lower	Luxembourg
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	7.8 per 1k	4.2 per 1k	86% higher	Germany
Overcrowded Housing	9.0% of households	4.8% of households	85% higher	Germany
Social Time	7.0 hrs/week	3.9 hrs/week	82% higher	Germany
Median Wealth	$155,912	$825,604	81% lower	Luxembourg
Firms with Female Top Manager	13.29% of firms	7.4% of firms	81% higher	Germany
Death Rate	11.96 per 1k	6.7 per 1k	80% higher	Germany
Exports (% GDP)	41.43% of GDP	191.53% of GDP	78% lower	Luxembourg
Poor Health	10.9% reporting poor health	6.2% reporting poor health	76% higher	Germany
Imports (% GDP)	37.66% of GDP	159.74% of GDP	76% lower	Luxembourg
Fuel Poverty	6.3% of adults 16+	3.6% of adults 16+	75% higher	Germany
Firms Hit by Power Outages	5.8% of firms	22.79% of firms	74% lower	Luxembourg
Housing Cost Burden	9.2% of households	34.12% of households	73% lower	Luxembourg
Youth Unemployment Rate	6.9% of youth labor force	21.47% of youth labor force	68% lower	Luxembourg
Renewable Energy (%)	23.97%	14.28%	68% higher	Germany
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0.99 per 1M people	3.0 per 1M people	67% lower	Luxembourg
Official Languages Count	1.0	3.0	67% lower	Luxembourg
Homicide Rate	0.40 per 100k	1.1 per 100k	64% lower	Luxembourg
Low-Wage Workers	15.47% of workers	9.5% of workers	63% higher	Germany
Child Mortality	3.7 per 1k births	2.3 per 1k births	61% higher	Germany
Gender Gap in Work	11.14 min/day	27.54 min/day	60% lower	Luxembourg
Seafood Consumption per Person	12.66 kg/person/yr	31.47 kg/person/yr	60% lower	Luxembourg
Tax Revenue (% GDP)	10.64% of GDP	26.85% of GDP	60% lower	Luxembourg
Suicide Rate	12.9 per 100k	8.2 per 100k	57% higher	Germany
Infant Mortality	3.1 per 1k births	2.0 per 1k births	55% higher	Germany
Doctors (per 1,000)	4.5 per 1k	3.0 per 1k	52% higher	Germany
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$72,295.24	$150,929.36	52% lower	Luxembourg
Loneliness	7.3% of adults 16+	4.9% of adults 16+	50% higher	Germany
Elderly Population (%)	23.2%	15.48%	50% higher	Germany
Long Work Hours	2.9% of employees	5.6% of employees	49% lower	Luxembourg
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	5.9K kWh/person	11.4K kWh/person	48% lower	Luxembourg
Unemployment Rate	3.4%	5.9%	43% lower	Luxembourg
Long-Term Unemployment	0.95% of workforce	1.6% of workforce	42% lower	Luxembourg
Solar Electricity Share	17.91%	30.52%	41% lower	Luxembourg
Homicide Rate	0.91 per 100k	1.5 per 100k	41% lower	Luxembourg
Education Spending (% GDP)	5.2% of GDP	3.7% of GDP	41% higher	Germany
Beer Consumption	5.3 L/person/yr	3.8 L/person/yr	38% higher	Germany
Teen Birth Rate	5.5 per 1k	4.0 per 1k	36% higher	Germany
Energy Use (Per Capita)	2.9K kg oil eq/person	4.6K kg oil eq/person	36% lower	Luxembourg
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	51.31 per 100k people	80.59 per 100k people	36% lower	Luxembourg
Low Life Satisfaction	11.07% of adults 16+	8.2% of adults 16+	35% higher	Germany
GNI Per Capita	$55,090	$84,650	35% lower	Luxembourg
CO2 Per Capita	6.8 t/person/yr	10.46 t/person/yr	35% lower	Luxembourg
Job Insecurity	1.4% of earnings at risk	2.2% of earnings at risk	34% lower	Luxembourg
Informal Employment Share	3.9% of employed people	6.0% of employed people	34% lower	Luxembourg
Poverty Rate	11.8% of population	8.9% of population	33% higher	Germany
Dependency Ratio	59% of working-age pop.	45.46% of working-age pop.	30% higher	Germany
Fertility Rate	1.6 children/woman	1.3 children/woman	27% higher	Germany
Average Earnings	$69,433.06	$94,446.74	26% lower	Luxembourg
Deaths (Suicide/Alcohol/Drugs)	18.04 per 100k	14.27 per 100k	26% higher	Germany
Job Strain	28.53% of employees	23.06% of employees	24% higher	Germany
Relationship Dissatisfaction	5.7% of adults 16+	7.4% of adults 16+	23% lower	Luxembourg
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	20 days/yr	26 days/yr	23% lower	Luxembourg
Green Space Access	67.47% of urban pop.	84.76% of urban pop.	20% lower	Luxembourg
Obesity Rate	24.16%	20.21%	20% higher	Germany
Hypertension Prevalence	30.2% of adults	37.3% of adults	19% lower	Luxembourg
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	10.29 µg/m³	8.7 µg/m³	19% higher	Germany
Researchers	5.8K per 1M	4.9K per 1M	19% higher	Germany
Credit Card Ownership	56.52% of adults	69.8% of adults	19% lower	Luxembourg
Broadband Access (%)	45 per 100 people	38 per 100 people	18% higher	Germany
Time Use Inequality	2.8 vs bottom 20%	3.4 vs bottom 20%	17% lower	Luxembourg
Health Spending Per Capita	$6,232.59	$7,504.59	17% lower	Luxembourg
Wealth Concentration	55.55% of wealth	47.85% of wealth	16% higher	Germany
Time Dissatisfaction	14.57% of adults 16+	17.26% of adults 16+	16% lower	Luxembourg
Happiness Inequality	2.6 vs bottom 20%	2.2 vs bottom 20%	16% higher	Germany
Median Age	45.1 years	38.9 years	16% higher	Germany
Earnings Inequality	2.9 vs bottom 10%	3.4 vs bottom 10%	15% lower	Luxembourg
Lack of Support	10.24% of adults 15+	12.06% of adults 15+	15% lower	Luxembourg
Road Traffic Death Rate	3.3 per 100k	3.9 per 100k	15% lower	Luxembourg
Financial Hardship	7.3% of adults 16+	8.5% of adults 16+	14% lower	Luxembourg
Renewable Energy (%)	17.6%	20.5%	14% lower	Luxembourg
Urban Population (%)	82.02%	94.84%	14% lower	Luxembourg
Can Raise Emergency Money	87.88% of adults	77.01% of adults	14% higher	Germany
Income Gap (Rich vs Poor)	5.1 vs bottom 20%	4.5 vs bottom 20%	13% higher	Germany
Safety at Night	76% feeling safe at night	87% feeling safe at night	13% lower	Luxembourg
Self-Rated Health	64.6% reporting good health	73% reporting good health	12% lower	Luxembourg
Tobacco Use Prevalence	21.5% of adults	24.3% of adults	12% lower	Luxembourg
Youth Population (%)	13.91%	15.78%	12% lower	Luxembourg
Vehicles per 1,000 People	687.59 per 1k people	782.23 per 1k people	12% lower	Luxembourg
Wind Electricity Share	27.18%	30.52%	11% lower	Luxembourg
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	129 per 100 people	144.47 per 100 people	11% lower	Luxembourg
Depression Rate	9.1% of adults 15+	8.3% of adults 15+	10% higher	Germany
Road Deaths	3.4 per 100k	3.7 per 100k	10% lower	Luxembourg
Meat Consumption per Person	87.79 kg/person/yr	80.08 kg/person/yr	10% higher	Germany
Inflation Rate	2.3%	2.1%	10% higher	Germany
Youth NEET Rate	8.0% of youth 15-24	8.8% of youth 15-24	9% lower	Luxembourg
Home Internet Access	88.84% of households	97.35% of households	9% lower	Luxembourg
Relationship Inequality	2.0 vs bottom 20%	2.2 vs bottom 20%	9% lower	Luxembourg
Alcohol Consumption	11.84 L/adult/yr	10.82 L/adult/yr	9% higher	Germany
Population Density	238.35 /km²	258.86 /km²	8% lower	Luxembourg
Agricultural Land (%)	47.47%	51.66%	8% lower	Luxembourg
Employment Rate (%)	82.39% of adults 25-64	77.33% of adults 25-64	7% higher	Germany
Time Satisfaction	7.0 pts	6.5 pts	7% higher	Germany
Smoking Rate	21.3%	23%	7% lower	Luxembourg
Disposable Income (Per Capita)	$49,850	$52,875	6% lower	Luxembourg
Relationship Satisfaction	8.0 pts	7.6 pts	6% higher	Germany
Average Weekly Work Hours	33.2 hrs/week	35.3 hrs/week	6% lower	Luxembourg
Women in Parliament (%)	35.33%	33.33%	6% higher	Germany
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	4.4% of GDP	4.7% of GDP	6% lower	Luxembourg
Food Waste per Person	129 kg/person/yr	122 kg/person/yr	6% higher	Germany
Voter Turnout	82.54% of votes	87.18% of votes	5% lower	Luxembourg
Women's Political Empowerment	0.94	0.90	5% higher	Germany
Forest Coverage (%)	32.68%	34.45%	5% lower	Luxembourg
Internet Users (%)	94%	99%	5% lower	Luxembourg
Electoral Democracy Index	0.83	0.87	5% lower	Luxembourg
Insufficient Physical Activity	14.08% of adults	14.89% of adults	5% lower	Luxembourg
Human Development Index	0.96	0.92	4% higher	Germany
Low Reading Skills	16.7% of students	17.41% of students	4% lower	Luxembourg
Reading Score Gap	1.8 vs bottom 10%	1.9 vs bottom 10%	4% lower	Luxembourg
Low Math Skills	16.7% of students	17.41% of students	4% lower	Luxembourg
Low Science Skills	16.7% of students	17.41% of students	4% lower	Luxembourg
Political Corruption Index	0.02	0.03	4% lower	Luxembourg
Inequality (Gini)	32.4	33.6	4% lower	Luxembourg
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	73.03 per 100k	75.93 per 100k	4% lower	Luxembourg
Birth Rate	8.9 per 1k	9.2 per 1k	4% lower	Luxembourg
Freedom of Expression Index	0.91	0.96	4% lower	Luxembourg
Science Skills	492.43 pts	476.77 pts	3% higher	Germany
Life Satisfaction	7.0 pts	7.2 pts	3% lower	Luxembourg
Science Score Gap	1.8 vs bottom 10%	1.7 vs bottom 10%	3% higher	Germany
Spirits Consumption	2.1 L/person/yr	2.2 L/person/yr	3% lower	Luxembourg
Life Expectancy	80.5 years	83.4 years	3% lower	Luxembourg
Life Evaluation Score	6.9 pts	7.1 pts	3% lower	Luxembourg
Women in Senior Management	27.69% of managers	26.88% of managers	3% higher	Germany
Reading Skills	479.79 pts	469.99 pts	2% higher	Germany
Math Skills	474.83 pts	483.42 pts	2% lower	Luxembourg
Social Support	89.72% of adults 15+	87.75% of adults 15+	2% higher	Germany
Chronic Pain	27.5% of adults 15+	28% of adults 15+	2% lower	Luxembourg
Protected Land (%)	39.3%	38.7%	2% higher	Germany
Sanitation Access (%)	99.23%	97.6%	2% higher	Germany
Job Satisfaction	7.2 pts	7.2 pts	1% higher	Germany
Housing Affordability	81.92% of income	81.03% of income	1% higher	Germany
Math Score Gap	1.7 vs bottom 10%	1.7 vs bottom 10%	1% lower	Luxembourg
Corruption Perceptions Index	77 pts	78 pts	1% lower	Luxembourg
Milk Consumption per Person	258.7 kg/person/yr	255.3 kg/person/yr	1% higher	Germany
Liberal Democracy Index	0.78	0.78	1% higher	Germany
Digital Payments Used	99.48% of adults	98.31% of adults	1% higher	Germany
Political Voice	28.93% who feel heard by government	28.83% who feel heard by government	equal	Germany
Air Pollution Exposure	99.98% of population	100% of population	equal	Luxembourg
Extreme Temperature Exposure	0% of population	0% of population	ranked higher	Germany
Coastline Length	2.4K km	0 km	ranked higher	Germany
Coal Electricity Share	20.61%	0%	ranked higher	Germany
Electricity Access (%)	100%	100%	equal	Germany
Safe Drinking Water (%)	99.92%	99.65%	equal	Germany
Firms Asked for Bribes	0.10% of firms	0% of firms	ranked higher	Germany
GDP Growth Rate	-0.5%	0.36%	ranked lower	Luxembourg
Lowest Elevation	-3.5 m	133 m	ranked lower	Luxembourg
Irrigated Land	5.1K km²	0 km²	ranked higher	Germany
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	16.38 per 1M people	16.39 per 1M people	equal	Luxembourg

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Analysis

Germany leads in 100 of 185 shared metrics, while Luxembourg leads in 85.

Germany's Water Withdrawal is 539.7x that of Luxembourg (25.79 B m³ vs 0.05 B m³).

Germany's Domestic Patents is 354.6x that of Luxembourg (39.8K vs 112).

Germany's Electricity Generation is 304.7x that of Luxembourg (476.87 TWh vs 1.6 TWh).

Germany's Airports is 279.0x that of Luxembourg (840 vs 3.0).

Germany's All-Time Olympic Medals is 195.2x that of Luxembourg (981 medals vs 5.0 medals).

Key Comparisons

Water WithdrawalGermany leads

Germany

25.79 B m³

Luxembourg

0.05 B m³

Domestic PatentsGermany leads

Germany

39.8K

Luxembourg

112

Electricity GenerationGermany leads

Germany

476.87 TWh

Luxembourg

1.6 TWh

AirportsGermany leads

Germany

840

Luxembourg

3.0

All-Time Olympic MedalsGermany leads

Germany

981 medals

Luxembourg

5.0 medals

Armed Forces PersonnelGermany leads

Germany

183.0K

Luxembourg

1.0K

Water Withdrawal

25.79 B m³

0.05 B m³

Domestic Patents

39.8K

112

Electricity Generation

476.87 TWh

1.6 TWh

Airports

840

3.0

All-Time Olympic Medals

981 medals

5.0 medals

Armed Forces Personnel

183.0K

1.0K

All-Time Olympic Gold Medals

326 gold medals

2.0 gold medals

Railway Length

39.4K km

271 km

Land Area

349.4K km²

2.6K km²

Forest Area

114.2K km²

887 km²

Population

84.01M

671.3K

Electric Generating Capacity

275.66M kW

2.21M kW

Railway Network

33.4K km

271 km

Scientific Publications

114.0K

1.2K

Total CO2 Emissions

579.94 Mt CO2e

7.1 Mt CO2e

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

55 sites

1.0 sites

GDP (Nominal)

$4,685,592,577,804.69

$93,279,851,863.41

Air Passengers

80.20M

2.46M

Gender Pay Gap (%)

14.25% of male wages

0.44% of male wages

Tourist Arrivals

12.45M

525.0K

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Water Withdrawal

Domestic Patents

Electricity Generation

Airports

All-Time Olympic Medals

Armed Forces Personnel

All-Time Olympic Gold Medals

Railway Length

Land Area

Forest Area

Population

Electric Generating Capacity

Railway Network

Scientific Publications

Total CO2 Emissions

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

GDP (Nominal)

Air Passengers

Gender Pay Gap (%)

Tourist Arrivals

Tourism Revenue

Foreign Patents

Land Border Length

Highest Elevation

Water Stress (%)

Merchant Fleet Size

University Enrollment Rate

High-Tech Exports (%)

R&D Spending (% GDP)

Border Neighbors

Firms Making Informal Payments

Government Debt (% GDP)

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Health Spending (% GDP)

Time Zones Count

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Military Spending

Capital Elevation

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

Overcrowded Housing

Social Time

Median Wealth

Firms with Female Top Manager

Death Rate

Exports (% GDP)

Poor Health

Imports (% GDP)

Fuel Poverty

Firms Hit by Power Outages

Housing Cost Burden

Youth Unemployment Rate

Renewable Energy (%)

Nobel Laureates Born per Million People

Official Languages Count

Homicide Rate

Low-Wage Workers

Child Mortality

Gender Gap in Work

Seafood Consumption per Person

Tax Revenue (% GDP)

Suicide Rate

Infant Mortality

Doctors (per 1,000)

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Loneliness

Elderly Population (%)

Long Work Hours

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

Unemployment Rate

Long-Term Unemployment

Solar Electricity Share

Homicide Rate