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

Health

see 94.5% more spent on your healthcare

Cyprus spends $4,538 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Germany spends $8,826 as of 2024.

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have 27.5% more doctors per person

Cyprus has 35.6 doctors per 10,000 people as of 2022. Germany has 45.3 as of 2022.

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live 1.0 years less

In Cyprus, the average life expectancy is 82 years (80 years for men, 84 years for women) as of 2024. In Germany, that number is 81 years (78 years for men, 83 years for women) as of 2024.

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be 4.3 times more likely to die by suicide

Cyprus has a suicide rate of 3.0 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 24.6% less likely to be unemployed

In Cyprus, 4.9% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Germany, that number is 3.7% as of 2025.

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make 44.8% more money

Cyprus has a GDP per capita of $41,783 as of 2025, while in Germany, the GDP per capita is $60,496 as of 2025.

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Life

be 71.4% less likely to die during childbirth

In Cyprus, approximately 14.0 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 24.4% less likely to die during infancy

In Cyprus, approximately 4.1 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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have 23.0% fewer children

In Cyprus, there are approximately 10.5 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Germany, there are 8.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 10.5% more on education

Cyprus spends 4.7% of its total GDP on education as of 2022. Germany spends 5.2% of total GDP on education as of 2022.

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spend 51.1% more on healthcare

Cyprus spends 8.1% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2023. In Germany, that number is 12.3% of GDP as of 2024.

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Geography

see 3.7 times more coastline

Cyprus has a total of 648 km of coastline. In Germany, that number is 2,389 km.

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Safety

be 15.4% less likely to die in a road accident

In Cyprus, road accidents kill 3.9 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In Germany, they kill 3.3 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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be 11.0% more likely to be murdered

Cyprus has a homicide rate of 0.8 per 100,000 people as of 2023. In Germany, that number is 0.9 per 100,000 as of 2023.

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Infrastructure

find 21.4% more home broadband

Cyprus has 37.6 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Germany has 45.6 as of 2024.

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use 59.0% more electricity

Cyprus uses 3,842 kWh of electricity per person each year as of 2023. Germany uses 6,109 kWh as of 2024.

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live with 16.0% more strain on fresh water

Cyprus withdraws 30% of its available fresh water each year as of 2022. Germany withdraws 35% as of 2022.

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Environment

emit 28.5% more CO2

Cyprus emits 5.4 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), The World Factbook, United Nations SDG Indicators (2021). 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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