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Germany vs Switzerland

177 shared metrics.

GermanyLeads in 96

vs177 shared

SwitzerlandLeads in 81

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What matters for both sides

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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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Switzerland

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Identity

Formal name: Swiss Confederation.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Switzerland sits near the top of global GDP-per-person tables.

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Analysis

Germany leads in 96 of 177 shared metrics, while Switzerland leads in 81.

Germany's Wind Electricity Share is 122.5x that of Switzerland (27.18% vs 0.22%).

Germany's Shipping Traffic is 119.4x that of Switzerland (13.73M vs 114.1K).

Germany's Foreign Patents is 69.2x that of Switzerland (18.7K vs 267).

Germany's Merchant Fleet Size is 34.0x that of Switzerland (595 vs 17).

Germany's Domestic Patents is 29.9x that of Switzerland (39.8K vs 1.3K).

Key Comparisons

Wind Electricity ShareGermany leads

Germany

27.18%

Switzerland

0.22%

Shipping TrafficGermany leads

Germany

13.73M

Switzerland

114.1K

Foreign PatentsGermany leads

Germany

18.7K

Switzerland

267

Merchant Fleet SizeGermany leads

Germany

595

Switzerland

Domestic PatentsGermany leads

Germany

39.8K

Switzerland

1.3K

Total CO2 EmissionsGermany leads

Germany

476.87 TWh

Switzerland

78.69 TWh

506% higher

Tourism Revenue

Germany

$58,372,000,000

Switzerland

$9,994,000,000

484% higher

Comparison of Germany and Switzerland across 177 metrics
				Winner
Wind Electricity Share	27.18%	0.22%	12255% higher	Germany
Shipping Traffic	13.73M	114.1K	11939% higher	Germany
Foreign Patents	18.7K	267	6921% higher	Germany
Merchant Fleet Size	595	17	3400% higher	Germany
Domestic Patents	39.8K	1.3K	2992% higher	Germany
Total CO2 Emissions	579.94 Mt CO2e	33.73 Mt CO2e	1619% higher	Germany
Water Withdrawal	25.79 B m³	1.7 B m³	1414% higher	Germany
Fuel Poverty	6.3% of adults 16+	0.50% of adults 16+	1160% higher	Germany
Airports	840	68	1135% higher	Germany
Electric Generating Capacity	275.66M kW	26.50M kW	940% higher	Germany
Irrigated Land	5.1K km²	494 km²	925% higher	Germany
Population	84.01M	8.93M	841% higher	Germany
Armed Forces Personnel	183.0K	20.0K	815% higher	Germany
Forest Area	114.2K km²	12.8K km²	793% higher	Germany
Land Area	349.4K km²	39.5K km²	784% higher	Germany
Electricity Carbon Intensity	329.65 gCO2/kWh	39.22 gCO2/kWh	741% higher	Germany
Railway Network	33.4K km	4.1K km	710% higher	Germany
Railway Length	39.4K km	5.3K km	644% higher	Germany
Electricity Generation	476.87 TWh	78.69 TWh	506% higher	Germany
Tourism Revenue	$58,372,000,000	$9,994,000,000	484% higher	Germany
Water Stress (%)	24.11%	4.2%	472% higher	Germany
GDP (Nominal)	$4,685,592,577,804.69	$936,564,198,048.52	400% higher	Germany
Relationship Dissatisfaction	5.7% of adults 16+	1.2% of adults 16+	387% higher	Germany
Scientific Publications	114.0K	24.2K	370% higher	Germany
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	55 sites	13 sites	323% higher	Germany
Teen Birth Rate	5.5 per 1k	1.5 per 1k	269% higher	Germany
Informal Employment Share	3.9% of employed people	1.1% of employed people	261% higher	Germany
Government Debt (% GDP)	63.9% of GDP	19.9% of GDP	221% higher	Germany
Protected Land (%)	39.3%	12.5%	214% higher	Germany
Air Passengers	80.20M	27.73M	189% higher	Germany
Low Life Satisfaction	11.07% of adults 16+	4.1% of adults 16+	167% higher	Germany
All-Time Olympic Gold Medals	326 gold medals	123 gold medals	165% higher	Germany
Military Spending	1.9% of GDP	0.72% of GDP	164% higher	Germany
Poor Health	10.9% reporting poor health	4.4% reporting poor health	148% higher	Germany
All-Time Olympic Medals	981 medals	405 medals	142% higher	Germany
Inflation Rate	2.3%	1.1%	109% higher	Germany
Land Border Length	3.7K km	1.8K km	109% higher	Germany
Time Zones Count	2.0 time zones	1.0 time zones	100% higher	Germany
Nuclear Electricity Share	1.4%	32.4%	96% lower	Switzerland
Capital Elevation	34 m	542 m	94% lower	Switzerland
CO2 Per Capita	6.8 t/person/yr	3.6 t/person/yr	88% higher	Germany
Overcrowded Housing	9.0% of households	5.0% of households	81% higher	Germany
Loneliness	7.3% of adults 16+	4.0% of adults 16+	80% higher	Germany
Beer Consumption	5.3 L/person/yr	2.9 L/person/yr	80% higher	Germany
Border Neighbors	9.0	5.0	80% higher	Germany
Voter Turnout	82.54% of votes	46.64% of votes	77% higher	Germany
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	7.8 per 1k	4.4 per 1k	77% higher	Germany
Obesity Rate	24.16%	13.74%	76% higher	Germany
Official Languages Count	1.0	4.0	75% lower	Switzerland
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0.99 per 1M people	2.1 per 1M people	54% lower	Switzerland
Housing Cost Burden	9.2% of households	19.68% of households	53% lower	Switzerland
Time Dissatisfaction	14.57% of adults 16+	9.6% of adults 16+	52% higher	Germany
Homicide Rate	0.91 per 100k	0.60 per 100k	52% higher	Germany
Political Voice	28.93% who feel heard by government	58.17% who feel heard by government	50% lower	Switzerland
Solar Electricity Share	17.91%	12.13%	48% higher	Germany
Deaths (Suicide/Alcohol/Drugs)	18.04 per 100k	12.29 per 100k	47% higher	Germany
Long Work Hours	2.9% of employees	5.0% of employees	43% lower	Switzerland
Exports (% GDP)	41.43% of GDP	72.16% of GDP	43% lower	Switzerland
Health Spending Per Capita	$6,232.59	$10,963.43	43% lower	Switzerland
GNI Per Capita	$55,090	$95,220	42% lower	Switzerland
Job Insecurity	1.4% of earnings at risk	2.4% of earnings at risk	41% lower	Switzerland
Happiness Inequality	2.6 vs bottom 20%	1.8 vs bottom 20%	41% higher	Germany
Renewable Energy (%)	23.97%	39.87%	40% lower	Switzerland
Imports (% GDP)	37.66% of GDP	61.94% of GDP	39% lower	Switzerland
Death Rate	11.96 per 1k	8.6 per 1k	39% higher	Germany
High-Tech Exports (%)	17.98%	29.27%	39% lower	Switzerland
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	4.4% of GDP	7.1% of GDP	38% lower	Switzerland
Road Traffic Death Rate	3.3 per 100k	2.4 per 100k	38% higher	Germany
Renewable Energy (%)	17.6%	27.7%	36% lower	Switzerland
Highest Elevation	3.0K m	4.6K m	36% lower	Switzerland
Low Reading Skills	16.7% of students	12.36% of students	35% higher	Germany
Low Math Skills	16.7% of students	12.36% of students	35% higher	Germany
Low Science Skills	16.7% of students	12.36% of students	35% higher	Germany
Relationship Inequality	2.0 vs bottom 20%	1.5 vs bottom 20%	34% higher	Germany
Nurses & Midwives	12.3 per 1k	18.76 per 1k	34% lower	Switzerland
Insufficient Physical Activity	14.08% of adults	21.05% of adults	33% lower	Switzerland
Meat Consumption per Person	87.79 kg/person/yr	67.54 kg/person/yr	30% higher	Germany
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	51.31 per 100k people	39.54 per 100k people	30% higher	Germany
Low-Wage Workers	15.47% of workers	12.1% of workers	28% higher	Germany
Financial Hardship	7.3% of adults 16+	9.9% of adults 16+	26% lower	Switzerland
Long-Term Unemployment	0.95% of workforce	1.3% of workforce	26% lower	Switzerland
Road Deaths	3.4 per 100k	2.7 per 100k	26% higher	Germany
Agricultural Land (%)	47.47%	37.79%	26% higher	Germany
Youth Unemployment Rate	6.9% of youth labor force	9.0% of youth labor force	24% lower	Switzerland
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$72,295.24	$94,115.82	23% lower	Switzerland
Food Waste per Person	129 kg/person/yr	167.45 kg/person/yr	23% lower	Switzerland
Average Earnings	$69,433.06	$87,468.24	21% lower	Switzerland
Seafood Consumption per Person	12.66 kg/person/yr	16.03 kg/person/yr	21% lower	Switzerland
Homicide Rate	0.40 per 100k	0.50 per 100k	20% lower	Switzerland
Time Use Inequality	2.8 vs bottom 20%	2.3 vs bottom 20%	20% higher	Germany
Spirits Consumption	2.1 L/person/yr	1.8 L/person/yr	20% higher	Germany
Political Corruption Index	0.02	0.02	20% higher	Germany
Women in Senior Management	27.69% of managers	34.52% of managers	20% lower	Switzerland
Youth NEET Rate	8.0% of youth 15-24	10.0% of youth 15-24	19% lower	Switzerland
Self-Rated Health	64.6% reporting good health	79.3% reporting good health	19% lower	Switzerland
Milk Consumption per Person	258.7 kg/person/yr	318.69 kg/person/yr	19% lower	Switzerland
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	16.38 per 1M people	20.17 per 1M people	19% lower	Switzerland
Gender Pay Gap (%)	14.25% of male wages	12.07% of male wages	18% higher	Germany
Lack of Support	10.24% of adults 15+	8.7% of adults 15+	18% higher	Germany
Alcohol Consumption	11.84 L/adult/yr	10.07 L/adult/yr	18% higher	Germany
Tax Revenue (% GDP)	10.64% of GDP	9.0% of GDP	18% higher	Germany
Credit Card Ownership	56.52% of adults	69.21% of adults	18% lower	Switzerland
Unemployment Rate	3.4%	4.1%	17% lower	Switzerland
Energy Use (Per Capita)	2.9K kg oil eq/person	2.5K kg oil eq/person	17% higher	Germany
Smoking Rate	21.3%	25.5%	16% lower	Switzerland
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	5.9K kWh/person	7.1K kWh/person	16% lower	Switzerland
Elderly Population (%)	23.2%	20.02%	16% higher	Germany
Hypertension Prevalence	30.2% of adults	26.3% of adults	15% higher	Germany
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	73.03 per 100k	85.4 per 100k	14% lower	Switzerland
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	10.29 µg/m³	9.1 µg/m³	14% higher	Germany
Safety at Night	76% feeling safe at night	87.5% feeling safe at night	13% lower	Switzerland
Life Satisfaction	7.0 pts	7.8 pts	11% lower	Switzerland
Birth Rate	8.9 per 1k	10.01 per 1k	11% lower	Switzerland
Infant Mortality	3.1 per 1k births	3.5 per 1k births	11% lower	Switzerland
Poverty Rate	11.8% of population	10.72% of population	10% higher	Germany
Dependency Ratio	59% of working-age pop.	53.77% of working-age pop.	10% higher	Germany
Home Internet Access	88.84% of households	98.07% of households	9% lower	Switzerland
Job Satisfaction	7.2 pts	7.8 pts	8% lower	Switzerland
Broadband Access (%)	45 per 100 people	49 per 100 people	8% lower	Switzerland
Women in Parliament (%)	35.33%	38.5%	8% lower	Switzerland
Suicide Rate	12.9 per 100k	14.02 per 100k	8% lower	Switzerland
Time Satisfaction	7.0 pts	7.5 pts	7% lower	Switzerland
Math Skills	474.83 pts	507.99 pts	7% lower	Switzerland
Relationship Satisfaction	8.0 pts	8.6 pts	7% lower	Switzerland
Liberal Democracy Index	0.78	0.84	7% lower	Switzerland
Tobacco Use Prevalence	21.5% of adults	23.1% of adults	7% lower	Switzerland
Median Age	45.1 years	42.3 years	7% higher	Germany
Youth Population (%)	13.91%	14.95%	7% lower	Switzerland
Low Adult Numeracy	17.24% of adults	16.2% of adults	6% higher	Germany
Population Density	238.35 /km²	224.98 /km²	6% higher	Germany
University Enrollment Rate	78.59%	74.01%	6% higher	Germany
Average Weekly Work Hours	33.2 hrs/week	35.3 hrs/week	6% lower	Switzerland
Electoral Democracy Index	0.83	0.88	6% lower	Switzerland
Education Spending (% GDP)	5.2% of GDP	4.9% of GDP	6% higher	Germany
Earnings Inequality	2.9 vs bottom 10%	2.8 vs bottom 10%	5% higher	Germany
Science Score Gap	1.8 vs bottom 10%	1.7 vs bottom 10%	5% higher	Germany
Child Mortality	3.7 per 1k births	3.9 per 1k births	5% lower	Switzerland
R&D Spending (% GDP)	3.1% of GDP	3.3% of GDP	5% lower	Switzerland
Freedom of Expression Index	0.91	0.97	5% lower	Switzerland
Housing Affordability	81.92% of income	78.88% of income	4% higher	Germany
Corruption Perceptions Index	77 pts	80 pts	4% lower	Switzerland
Inequality (Gini)	32.4	33.8	4% lower	Switzerland
Life Expectancy	80.5 years	84.1 years	4% lower	Switzerland
Researchers	5.8K per 1M	6.0K per 1M	4% lower	Switzerland
Urban Population (%)	82.02%	85.46%	4% lower	Switzerland
Vehicles per 1,000 People	687.59 per 1k people	714.23 per 1k people	4% lower	Switzerland
Green Space Access	67.47% of urban pop.	69.53% of urban pop.	3% lower	Switzerland
Math Score Gap	1.7 vs bottom 10%	1.7 vs bottom 10%	3% higher	Germany
Internet Users (%)	94%	97%	3% lower	Switzerland
Safe Drinking Water (%)	99.92%	96.7%	3% higher	Germany
Disposable Income (Per Capita)	$49,850	$48,940	2% higher	Germany
Income Gap (Rich vs Poor)	5.1 vs bottom 20%	5.0 vs bottom 20%	2% higher	Germany
Employment Rate (%)	82.39% of adults 25-64	84.01% of adults 25-64	2% lower	Switzerland
Science Skills	492.43 pts	502.52 pts	2% lower	Switzerland
Social Support	89.72% of adults 15+	91.25% of adults 15+	2% lower	Switzerland
Chronic Pain	27.5% of adults 15+	28% of adults 15+	2% lower	Switzerland
Life Evaluation Score	6.9 pts	7.0 pts	2% lower	Switzerland
Can Raise Emergency Money	87.88% of adults	89.68% of adults	2% lower	Switzerland
Reading Skills	479.79 pts	483.33 pts	1% lower	Switzerland
Human Development Index	0.96	0.97	1% lower	Switzerland
Reading Score Gap	1.8 vs bottom 10%	1.8 vs bottom 10%	1% higher	Germany
Women's Political Empowerment	0.94	0.93	1% higher	Germany
Forest Coverage (%)	32.68%	32.38%	1% higher	Germany
Doctors (per 1,000)	4.5 per 1k	4.5 per 1k	1% higher	Germany
Sanitation Access (%)	99.23%	99.9%	1% lower	Switzerland
Health Spending (% GDP)	11.8% of GDP	11.71% of GDP	1% higher	Germany
Digital Payments Used	99.48% of adults	98.22% of adults	1% higher	Germany
Air Pollution Exposure	99.98% of population	99.71% of population	equal	Germany
Extreme Temperature Exposure	0% of population	0% of population	ranked lower	Switzerland
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	20 days/yr	20 days/yr	equal	Switzerland
Coastline Length	2.4K km	0 km	ranked higher	Germany
Electricity Access (%)	100%	100%	equal	Switzerland
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	129 per 100 people	129 per 100 people	equal	Switzerland
Fertility Rate	1.6 children/woman	1.6 children/woman	equal	Switzerland
GDP Growth Rate	-0.5%	1.3%	ranked lower	Switzerland
Lowest Elevation	-3.5 m	195 m	ranked lower	Switzerland
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	1.0% of GDP	-9.93% of GDP	ranked higher	Germany

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Analysis

Germany leads in 96 of 177 shared metrics, while Switzerland leads in 81.

Germany's Wind Electricity Share is 122.5x that of Switzerland (27.18% vs 0.22%).

Germany's Shipping Traffic is 119.4x that of Switzerland (13.73M vs 114.1K).

Germany's Foreign Patents is 69.2x that of Switzerland (18.7K vs 267).

Germany's Merchant Fleet Size is 34.0x that of Switzerland (595 vs 17).

Germany's Domestic Patents is 29.9x that of Switzerland (39.8K vs 1.3K).

Key Comparisons

Wind Electricity ShareGermany leads

Germany

27.18%

Switzerland

0.22%

Shipping TrafficGermany leads

Germany

13.73M

Switzerland

114.1K

Foreign PatentsGermany leads

Germany

18.7K

Switzerland

267

Merchant Fleet SizeGermany leads

Germany

595

Switzerland

Domestic PatentsGermany leads

Germany

39.8K

Switzerland

1.3K

Total CO2 EmissionsGermany leads

Germany

579.94 Mt CO2e

Switzerland

33.73 Mt CO2e

Wind Electricity Share

27.18%

0.22%

Shipping Traffic

13.73M

114.1K

Foreign Patents

18.7K

267

Merchant Fleet Size

595

Domestic Patents

39.8K

1.3K

Total CO2 Emissions

579.94 Mt CO2e

33.73 Mt CO2e

Water Withdrawal

25.79 B m³

1.7 B m³

Fuel Poverty

6.3% of adults 16+

0.50% of adults 16+

Airports

840

Electric Generating Capacity

275.66M kW

26.50M kW

Irrigated Land

5.1K km²

494 km²

Population

84.01M

8.93M

Armed Forces Personnel

183.0K

20.0K

Forest Area

114.2K km²

12.8K km²

Land Area

349.4K km²

39.5K km²

Electricity Carbon Intensity

329.65 gCO2/kWh

39.22 gCO2/kWh

Railway Network

33.4K km

4.1K km

Railway Length

39.4K km

5.3K km

Electricity Generation

476.87 TWh

78.69 TWh

Tourism Revenue

$58,372,000,000

$9,994,000,000

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Wind Electricity Share

Shipping Traffic

Foreign Patents

Merchant Fleet Size

Domestic Patents

Total CO2 Emissions

Water Withdrawal

Fuel Poverty

Airports

Electric Generating Capacity

Irrigated Land

Population

Armed Forces Personnel

Forest Area

Land Area

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Railway Network

Railway Length

Electricity Generation

Tourism Revenue

Water Stress (%)

GDP (Nominal)

Relationship Dissatisfaction

Scientific Publications

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Teen Birth Rate

Informal Employment Share

Government Debt (% GDP)

Protected Land (%)

Air Passengers

Low Life Satisfaction

All-Time Olympic Gold Medals

Military Spending

Poor Health

All-Time Olympic Medals

Inflation Rate

Land Border Length

Time Zones Count

Nuclear Electricity Share

Capital Elevation

CO2 Per Capita

Overcrowded Housing

Loneliness

Beer Consumption

Border Neighbors

Voter Turnout

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

Obesity Rate

Official Languages Count

Nobel Laureates Born per Million People

Housing Cost Burden

Time Dissatisfaction

Homicide Rate

Political Voice

Solar Electricity Share

Deaths (Suicide/Alcohol/Drugs)

Long Work Hours

Exports (% GDP)

Health Spending Per Capita

GNI Per Capita

Job Insecurity

Happiness Inequality

Renewable Energy (%)

Imports (% GDP)

Death Rate

High-Tech Exports (%)

Current Account Balance (% of GDP)

Road Traffic Death Rate

Renewable Energy (%)

Highest Elevation

Low Reading Skills

Low Math Skills