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Germany vs United States

180 shared metrics.

GermanyLeads in 70

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United StatesLeads in 110

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What matters for both sides

Short real-world notes so the comparison reads like more than a stat strip.

Germany

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: Federal Republic of Germany.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

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

BMWK

United States

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: United States of America.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

The U.S. grew by 3.3 million people in 2024; net international migration drove 84% of that jump.

Census 2024

Analysis

United States leads in 110 of 180 shared metrics, while Germany leads in 70.

Germany's EV Chargers per 100,000 People is 12.4x that of United States (51.31 per 100k people vs 3.8 per 100k people).

Germany's Population Density is 5.5x that of United States (238.35 /km² vs 36.82 /km²).

Germany's Border Neighbors is 3.5x that of United States (9.0 vs 2.0).

Germany's Exports (% GDP) is 2.7x that of United States (41.43% of GDP vs 11.11% of GDP).

Germany's Poor Health is 2.2x that of United States (10.9% reporting poor health vs 3.4% reporting poor health).

Key Comparisons

EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)Germany leads

Germany

51.31 per 100k people

United States

3.8 per 100k people

Population DensityGermany leads

Germany

238.35 /km²

United States

36.82 /km²

Border NeighborsGermany leads

Germany

9.0

United States

2.0

Exports (% GDP)Germany leads

Germany

41.43% of GDP

United States

11.11% of GDP

Poor HealthGermany leads

Germany

10.9% reporting poor health

United States

3.4% reporting poor health

Protected Land (%)Germany leads

Germany

39.3%

United States

12.9%

All Metrics

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Germany

United States

Germany

840

United States

16.2K

95% lower

Comparison of Germany and United States across 180 metrics
				Winner
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	51.31 per 100k people	3.8 per 100k people	1245% higher	Germany
Population Density	238.35 /km²	36.82 /km²	547% higher	Germany
Border Neighbors	9.0	2.0	350% higher	Germany
Exports (% GDP)	41.43% of GDP	11.11% of GDP	273% higher	Germany
Poor Health	10.9% reporting poor health	3.4% reporting poor health	221% higher	Germany
Protected Land (%)	39.3%	12.9%	205% higher	Germany
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	7.8 per 1k	2.7 per 1k	189% higher	Germany
Low Adult Literacy	4.2% of adults	1.5% of adults	179% higher	Germany
Wind Electricity Share	27.18%	10.27%	165% higher	Germany
Imports (% GDP)	37.66% of GDP	14.27% of GDP	164% higher	Germany
Firms Making Informal Payments	1.5% of firms	0.56% of firms	161% higher	Germany
Solar Electricity Share	17.91%	8.6%	108% higher	Germany
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	55 sites	27 sites	104% higher	Germany
Overcrowded Housing	9.0% of households	4.4% of households	102% higher	Germany
Renewable Energy (%)	23.97%	12.05%	99% higher	Germany
Irrigated Land	5.1K km²	234.8K km²	98% lower	United States
Forest Area	114.2K km²	3.10M km²	96% lower	United States
Land Area	349.4K km²	9.15M km²	96% lower	United States
Firms Asked for Bribes	0.10% of firms	2.5% of firms	96% lower	United States
Airports	840	16.2K	95% lower	United States
Homicide Rate	0.40 per 100k	7.2 per 100k	94% lower	United States
Foreign Patents	18.7K	329.2K	94% lower	United States
Water Withdrawal	25.79 B m³	444.29 B m³	94% lower	United States
Nuclear Electricity Share	1.4%	18.5%	92% lower	United States
Air Passengers	80.20M	941.56M	91% lower	United States
Long-Term Unemployment	0.95% of workforce	0.50% of workforce	90% higher	Germany
Electricity Generation	476.87 TWh	4.4K TWh	89% lower	United States
Coastline Length	2.4K km	19.9K km	88% lower	United States
Time Zones Count	2.0 time zones	16 time zones	87% lower	United States
Railway Length	39.4K km	293.6K km	87% lower	United States
Armed Forces Personnel	183.0K	1.40M	87% lower	United States
Total CO2 Emissions	579.94 Mt CO2e	4.6K Mt CO2e	87% lower	United States
Domestic Patents	39.8K	262.2K	85% lower	United States
GDP (Nominal)	$4,685,592,577,804.69	$28,750,956,130,731.2	84% lower	United States
Homicide Rate	0.91 per 100k	5.8 per 100k	84% lower	United States
Merchant Fleet Size	595	3.5K	83% lower	United States
Railway Network	33.4K km	148.6K km	78% lower	United States
Shipping Traffic	13.73M	62.21M	78% lower	United States
Electric Generating Capacity	275.66M kW	1.24B kW	78% lower	United States
Road Traffic Death Rate	3.3 per 100k	14.2 per 100k	77% lower	United States
Firms Hit by Power Outages	5.8% of firms	25.17% of firms	77% lower	United States
Population	84.01M	338.02M	75% lower	United States
Scientific Publications	114.0K	457.3K	75% lower	United States
All-Time Olympic Gold Medals	326 gold medals	1.2K gold medals	74% lower	United States
Road Deaths	3.4 per 100k	12.24 per 100k	73% lower	United States
Gender Gap in Work	11.14 min/day	6.5 min/day	72% higher	Germany
Tourist Arrivals	12.45M	45.04M	72% lower	United States
Land Border Length	3.7K km	12.0K km	69% lower	United States
All-Time Olympic Medals	981 medals	3.1K medals	69% lower	United States
Long Work Hours	2.9% of employees	9.2% of employees	68% lower	United States
Housing Cost Burden	9.2% of households	28.98% of households	68% lower	United States
Job Insecurity	1.4% of earnings at risk	4.2% of earnings at risk	66% lower	United States
Renewable Energy (%)	17.6%	10.9%	61% higher	Germany
Political Corruption Index	0.02	0.06	60% lower	United States
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	16.38 per 1M people	40.59 per 1M people	60% lower	United States
Teen Birth Rate	5.5 per 1k	13.14 per 1k	58% lower	United States
Insufficient Physical Activity	14.08% of adults	33.74% of adults	58% lower	United States
Deaths (Suicide/Alcohol/Drugs)	18.04 per 100k	39.45 per 100k	54% lower	United States
Energy Use (Per Capita)	2.9K kg oil eq/person	6.4K kg oil eq/person	54% lower	United States
Water Stress (%)	24.11%	15.77%	53% higher	Germany
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	5.9K kWh/person	12.6K kWh/person	53% lower	United States
Capital Elevation	34 m	72 m	53% lower	United States
CO2 Per Capita	6.8 t/person/yr	14.2 t/person/yr	52% lower	United States
Highest Elevation	3.0K m	6.2K m	52% lower	United States
Health Spending Per Capita	$6,232.59	$12,434.43	50% lower	United States
Official Languages Count	1.0	2.0	50% lower	United States
Government Debt (% GDP)	63.9% of GDP	118.11% of GDP	46% lower	United States
Loneliness	7.3% of adults 16+	13.36% of adults 16+	45% lower	United States
Military Spending	1.9% of GDP	3.4% of GDP	45% lower	United States
Obesity Rate	24.16%	42.87%	44% lower	United States
Seafood Consumption per Person	12.66 kg/person/yr	22.45 kg/person/yr	44% lower	United States
Infant Mortality	3.1 per 1k births	5.5 per 1k births	44% lower	United States
Child Mortality	3.7 per 1k births	6.5 per 1k births	43% lower	United States
Spirits Consumption	2.1 L/person/yr	3.6 L/person/yr	42% lower	United States
Tobacco Use Prevalence	21.5% of adults	15.2% of adults	41% higher	Germany
Income Gap (Rich vs Poor)	5.1 vs bottom 20%	8.5 vs bottom 20%	40% lower	United States
Firms with Female Top Manager	13.29% of firms	22.23% of firms	40% lower	United States
Earnings Inequality	2.9 vs bottom 10%	4.8 vs bottom 10%	39% lower	United States
Social Time	7.0 hrs/week	5.1 hrs/week	38% higher	Germany
Liberal Democracy Index	0.78	0.57	37% higher	Germany
Death Rate	11.96 per 1k	8.8 per 1k	37% higher	Germany
Women in Senior Management	27.69% of managers	44.06% of managers	37% lower	United States
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0.99 per 1M people	0.72 per 1M people	37% higher	Germany
Poverty Rate	11.8% of population	18.09% of population	35% lower	United States
GNI Per Capita	$55,090	$83,490	34% lower	United States
Beer Consumption	5.3 L/person/yr	4.0 L/person/yr	33% higher	Germany
Youth NEET Rate	8.0% of youth 15-24	11.82% of youth 15-24	32% lower	United States
Low-Wage Workers	15.47% of workers	22.7% of workers	32% lower	United States
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	10.29 µg/m³	7.8 µg/m³	32% higher	Germany
Low Adult Numeracy	17.24% of adults	25.02% of adults	31% lower	United States
Tourism Revenue	$58,372,000,000	$84,205,000,000	31% lower	United States
Voter Turnout	82.54% of votes	64.07% of votes	29% higher	Germany
Meat Consumption per Person	87.79 kg/person/yr	124.11 kg/person/yr	29% lower	United States
Elderly Population (%)	23.2%	17.93%	29% higher	Germany
Health Spending (% GDP)	11.8% of GDP	16.5% of GDP	28% lower	United States
Youth Unemployment Rate	6.9% of youth labor force	9.3% of youth labor force	27% lower	United States
Wealth Concentration	55.55% of wealth	75.15% of wealth	26% lower	United States
Coal Electricity Share	20.61%	16.31%	26% higher	Germany
High-Tech Exports (%)	17.98%	24.32%	26% lower	United States
Freedom of Expression Index	0.91	0.73	25% higher	Germany
Self-Rated Health	64.6% reporting good health	84.9% reporting good health	24% lower	United States
Women in Parliament (%)	35.33%	28.74%	23% higher	Germany
Doctors (per 1,000)	4.5 per 1k	3.7 per 1k	23% higher	Germany
Inequality (Gini)	32.4	41.8	22% lower	United States
Inflation Rate	2.3%	2.9%	21% lower	United States
Vehicles per 1,000 People	687.59 per 1k people	874.14 per 1k people	21% lower	United States
Corruption Perceptions Index	77 pts	64 pts	20% higher	Germany
Alcohol Consumption	11.84 L/adult/yr	9.9 L/adult/yr	20% higher	Germany
Youth Population (%)	13.91%	17.32%	20% lower	United States
Researchers	5.8K per 1M	4.8K per 1M	20% higher	Germany
Disposable Income (Per Capita)	$49,850	$61,353	19% lower	United States
Median Age	45.1 years	38.0 years	19% higher	Germany
Food Waste per Person	129 kg/person/yr	158.64 kg/person/yr	19% lower	United States
Gender Pay Gap (%)	14.25% of male wages	17.29% of male wages	18% lower	United States
Chronic Pain	27.5% of adults 15+	33.5% of adults 15+	18% lower	United States
Broadband Access (%)	45 per 100 people	38 per 100 people	18% higher	Germany
Suicide Rate	12.9 per 100k	15.63 per 100k	17% lower	United States
Unemployment Rate	3.4%	4.1%	17% lower	United States
Birth Rate	8.9 per 1k	10.75 per 1k	17% lower	United States
Average Earnings	$69,433.06	$82,932.94	16% lower	United States
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$72,295.24	$85,809.9	16% lower	United States
Credit Card Ownership	56.52% of adults	66.7% of adults	15% lower	United States
Women's Political Empowerment	0.94	0.83	14% higher	Germany
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	129 per 100 people	113 per 100 people	14% higher	Germany
Electricity Carbon Intensity	329.65 gCO2/kWh	384.4 gCO2/kWh	14% lower	United States
Unpaid Work Hours	11.58% of adults 15-64	13.25% of adults 15-64	13% lower	United States
Low Reading Skills	16.7% of students	14.76% of students	13% higher	Germany
Low Math Skills	16.7% of students	14.76% of students	13% higher	Germany
Low Science Skills	16.7% of students	14.76% of students	13% higher	Germany
Electoral Democracy Index	0.83	0.73	13% higher	Germany
R&D Spending (% GDP)	3.1% of GDP	3.6% of GDP	13% lower	United States
Smoking Rate	21.3%	24.3%	12% lower	United States
Average Weekly Work Hours	33.2 hrs/week	37.54 hrs/week	12% lower	United States
Job Strain	28.53% of employees	25.82% of employees	11% higher	Germany
Adult Numeracy	276.53 pts	249.94 pts	11% higher	Germany
Numeracy Gap	1.7 vs bottom 10%	1.8 vs bottom 10%	9% lower	United States
Dependency Ratio	59% of working-age pop.	54.45% of working-age pop.	8% higher	Germany
Employment Rate (%)	82.39% of adults 25-64	76.67% of adults 25-64	7% higher	Germany
Can Raise Emergency Money	87.88% of adults	94.99% of adults	7% lower	United States
Digital Payments Used	99.48% of adults	92.97% of adults	7% higher	Germany
Median Wealth	$155,912	$165,700	6% lower	United States
Leisure Time	15.62 hrs/day	14.74 hrs/day	6% higher	Germany
Safety at Night	76% feeling safe at night	71.5% feeling safe at night	6% higher	Germany
Home Internet Access	88.84% of households	84.39% of households	5% higher	Germany
Reading Skills	479.79 pts	503.94 pts	5% lower	United States
Hypertension Prevalence	30.2% of adults	31.8% of adults	5% lower	United States
Adult Literacy	269.69 pts	259.29 pts	4% higher	Germany
Air Pollution Exposure	99.98% of population	95.76% of population	4% higher	Germany
Forest Coverage (%)	32.68%	33.87%	4% lower	United States
Nurses & Midwives	12.3 per 1k	11.88 per 1k	4% higher	Germany
Literacy Gap	1.6 vs bottom 10%	1.6 vs bottom 10%	3% lower	United States
Agricultural Land (%)	47.47%	46.08%	3% higher	Germany
Skilled Birth Attendance (%)	96.2%	99.1%	3% lower	United States
Life Expectancy	80.5 years	78.4 years	3% higher	Germany
Education Spending (% GDP)	5.2% of GDP	5.4% of GDP	3% lower	United States
Math Skills	474.83 pts	464.89 pts	2% higher	Germany
Human Development Index	0.96	0.94	2% higher	Germany
Lack of Support	10.24% of adults 15+	10.02% of adults 15+	2% higher	Germany
Milk Consumption per Person	258.7 kg/person/yr	254.69 kg/person/yr	2% higher	Germany
Safe Drinking Water (%)	99.92%	97.57%	2% higher	Germany
Fertility Rate	1.6 children/woman	1.6 children/woman	2% lower	United States
Tax Revenue (% GDP)	10.64% of GDP	10.89% of GDP	2% lower	United States
Urban Population (%)	82.02%	80.12%	2% higher	Germany
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	1.0% of GDP	1.0% of GDP	2% lower	United States
Science Skills	492.43 pts	499.41 pts	1% lower	United States
Reading Score Gap	1.8 vs bottom 10%	1.8 vs bottom 10%	1% lower	United States
University Enrollment Rate	78.59%	79.36%	1% lower	United States
Internet Users (%)	94%	93%	1% higher	Germany
Life Evaluation Score	6.9 pts	6.8 pts	1% higher	Germany
Housing Affordability	81.92% of income	81.75% of income	equal	Germany
Social Support	89.72% of adults 15+	89.91% of adults 15+	equal	United States
Extreme Temperature Exposure	0% of population	25.03% of population	ranked lower	United States
Math Score Gap	1.7 vs bottom 10%	1.7 vs bottom 10%	equal	United States
Science Score Gap	1.8 vs bottom 10%	1.8 vs bottom 10%	equal	Germany
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	20 days/yr	0 days/yr	ranked higher	Germany
Electricity Access (%)	100%	100%	equal	Germany
Sanitation Access (%)	99.23%	99.62%	equal	United States
GDP Growth Rate	-0.5%	2.8%	ranked lower	United States
Lowest Elevation	-3.5 m	-86 m	ranked higher	Germany
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	4.4% of GDP	-3.6% of GDP	ranked higher	Germany

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Analysis

United States leads in 110 of 180 shared metrics, while Germany leads in 70.

Germany's EV Chargers per 100,000 People is 12.4x that of United States (51.31 per 100k people vs 3.8 per 100k people).

Germany's Population Density is 5.5x that of United States (238.35 /km² vs 36.82 /km²).

Germany's Border Neighbors is 3.5x that of United States (9.0 vs 2.0).

Germany's Exports (% GDP) is 2.7x that of United States (41.43% of GDP vs 11.11% of GDP).

Germany's Poor Health is 2.2x that of United States (10.9% reporting poor health vs 3.4% reporting poor health).

Key Comparisons

Germany

51.31 per 100k people

United States

3.8 per 100k people

Population DensityGermany leads

Germany

238.35 /km²

United States

36.82 /km²

Border NeighborsGermany leads

Germany

9.0

United States

2.0

Exports (% GDP)Germany leads

Germany

41.43% of GDP

United States

11.11% of GDP

Poor HealthGermany leads

Germany

10.9% reporting poor health

United States

3.4% reporting poor health

Protected Land (%)Germany leads

Germany

39.3%

United States

12.9%

51.31 per 100k people

3.8 per 100k people

Population Density

238.35 /km²

36.82 /km²

Border Neighbors

9.0

2.0

Exports (% GDP)

41.43% of GDP

11.11% of GDP

Poor Health

10.9% reporting poor health

3.4% reporting poor health

Protected Land (%)

39.3%

12.9%

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

7.8 per 1k

2.7 per 1k

Low Adult Literacy

4.2% of adults

1.5% of adults

Wind Electricity Share

27.18%

10.27%

Imports (% GDP)

37.66% of GDP

14.27% of GDP

Firms Making Informal Payments

1.5% of firms

0.56% of firms

Solar Electricity Share

17.91%

8.6%

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

55 sites

27 sites

Overcrowded Housing

9.0% of households

4.4% of households

Renewable Energy (%)

23.97%

12.05%

Irrigated Land

5.1K km²

234.8K km²

Forest Area

114.2K km²

3.10M km²

Land Area

349.4K km²

9.15M km²

Firms Asked for Bribes

0.10% of firms

2.5% of firms

Airports

840

16.2K

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Population Density

Border Neighbors

Exports (% GDP)

Poor Health

Protected Land (%)

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

Low Adult Literacy

Wind Electricity Share

Imports (% GDP)

Firms Making Informal Payments

Solar Electricity Share

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Overcrowded Housing

Renewable Energy (%)

Irrigated Land

Forest Area

Land Area

Firms Asked for Bribes

Airports

Homicide Rate

Foreign Patents

Water Withdrawal

Nuclear Electricity Share

Air Passengers

Long-Term Unemployment

Electricity Generation

Coastline Length

Time Zones Count

Railway Length

Armed Forces Personnel

Total CO2 Emissions

Domestic Patents

GDP (Nominal)

Homicide Rate

Merchant Fleet Size

Railway Network

Shipping Traffic

Electric Generating Capacity

Road Traffic Death Rate

Firms Hit by Power Outages

Population

Scientific Publications

All-Time Olympic Gold Medals

Road Deaths

Gender Gap in Work

Tourist Arrivals

Land Border Length

All-Time Olympic Medals

Long Work Hours

Housing Cost Burden

Job Insecurity

Renewable Energy (%)

Political Corruption Index

McDonald's Outlets per Million People

Teen Birth Rate

Insufficient Physical Activity

Deaths (Suicide/Alcohol/Drugs)

Energy Use (Per Capita)

Water Stress (%)

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

Capital Elevation

CO2 Per Capita

Highest Elevation

Health Spending Per Capita

Official Languages Count

Government Debt (% GDP)

Loneliness

Military Spending

Obesity Rate

Seafood Consumption per Person

Infant Mortality