If you lived in Germany instead of Chile, you would:

Health

be 49.0% less likely to be obese

In Chile, 40.5% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Germany, that number is 20.6% of people as of 2024.

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see 2.4 times more spent on your healthcare

Chile spends $3,612 per person on healthcare as of 2024 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Germany spends $8,826 as of 2024.

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have 36.0% more doctors per person

Chile has 33.3 doctors per 10,000 people as of 2023. Germany has 45.3 as of 2022.

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be 67.8% more likely to die by suicide

Chile has a suicide rate of 7.7 per 100,000 people as of 2021. In Germany, it is 12.9 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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Economy

be 58.6% less likely to be unemployed

In Chile, 9.0% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Germany, that number is 3.7% as of 2025.

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make 3.4 times more money

Chile has a GDP per capita of $17,995 as of 2025, while in Germany, the GDP per capita is $60,496 as of 2025.

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be 2.3 times more likely to live below the poverty line

In Chile, 6.5% live below the poverty line as of 2022. In Germany, however, that number is 14.8% as of 2021.

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Life

be 60.0% less likely to die during childbirth

In Chile, approximately 10.0 women die from pregnancy or childbirth per 100,000 live births as of 2023. In Germany, 4.0 women do as of 2023.

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be 46.6% less likely to die during infancy

In Chile, approximately 5.8 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2024. In Germany, on the other hand, 3.1 children do as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 16.5% more on healthcare

Chile spends 10.5% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2024. In Germany, that number is 12.3% of GDP as of 2024.

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Geography

see 62.9% less coastline

Chile has a total of 6,435 km of coastline. In Germany, that number is 2,389 km.

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Safety

be 85.7% less likely to be murdered

Chile has a homicide rate of 6.3 per 100,000 people as of 2023. In Germany, that number is 0.9 per 100,000 as of 2023.

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be 2.2 times more likely to feel safe walking alone at night

In Chile, 32% of people feel safe walking alone at night as of 2021. In Germany, that number is 72% as of 2020.

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be 68.0% less likely to die in a road accident

In Chile, road accidents kill 10.3 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In Germany, they kill 3.3 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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Infrastructure

find 92.2% more home broadband

Chile has 23.7 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Germany has 45.6 as of 2024.

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use 39.7% more electricity

Chile uses 4,373 kWh of electricity per person each year as of 2024. Germany uses 6,109 kWh as of 2024.

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live with 3.9 times more strain on fresh water

Chile withdraws 9% of its available fresh water each year as of 2022. Germany withdraws 35% as of 2022.

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Environment

be 16.7% less likely to die from air pollution

In Chile, air pollution causes 18.0 deaths per 100,000 people as of 2019. In Germany, it causes 15.0 as of 2019.

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emit 76.1% more CO2

Chile emits 3.9 tonnes of CO2 per person each year as of 2024. Germany emits 6.9 tonnes as of 2024.

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Sources: World Bank (2021–2025), United Nations SDG Indicators (2019–2021), World Health Organization (2024), The World Factbook. How we calculate this

Germany: At a glance

Germany is a sovereign country in Europe, with a total land area of approximately 348,672 sq km. As Europe's largest economy and second most populous nation (after Russia), Germany is a key member of the continent's economic, political, and defense organizations. European power struggles immersed Germany in two devastating World Wars in the first half of the 20th century and left the country occupied by the victorious Allied powers of the US, UK, France, and the Soviet Union in 1945. With the advent of the Cold War, two German states were formed in 1949: the western Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) and the eastern German Democratic Republic (GDR). The democratic FRG embedded itself in key Western economic and security organizations, the EC, which became the EU, and NATO, while the communist GDR was on the front line of the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact. The decline of the USSR and the end of the Cold War allowed for German unification in 1990. Since then, Germany has expended considerable funds to bring Eastern productivity and wages up to Western standards. In January 1999, Germany and 10 other EU countries introduced a common European exchange currency, the euro.
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