Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Germany instead of Australia, you would:
Health
be 23.1% less likely to be obese
In Australia, 29.0% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Germany, that number is 22.3% of people as of 2016.
live 1.6 years less
In Australia, the average life expectancy is 83 years (81 years for men, 85 years for women) as of 2022. In Germany, that number is 82 years (79 years for men, 84 years for women) as of 2022.
Life
be 16.7% more likely to die during childbirth
In Australia, approximately 6.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Germany, 7.0 women do as of 2017.
have 26.2% fewer children
In Australia, there are approximately 12.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Germany, there are 9.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 18.2% more on healthcare
Australia spends 9.9% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Germany, that number is 11.7% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 90.7% less coastline
Australia has a total of 25,760 km of coastline. In Germany, that number is 2,389 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Germany: At a glance
How big is Germany compared to Australia? See an in-depth size comparison.