If you lived in Germany instead of Czech Republic, you would:

Health

live 0.8 years longer

In Czech Republic, the average life expectancy is 80 years (77 years for men, 83 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 21.6% less likely to be obese

In Czech Republic, 26.3% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Germany, that number is 20.6% of people as of 2024.

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see 88.8% more spent on your healthcare

Czech Republic spends $4,674 per person on healthcare as of 2024 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Germany spends $8,826 as of 2024.

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Economy

make 68.4% more money

Czech Republic has a GDP per capita of $35,917 as of 2025, while in Germany, the GDP per capita is $60,496 as of 2025.

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be 31.1% more likely to be unemployed

In Czech Republic, 2.8% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Germany, that number is 3.7% as of 2025.

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be 45.1% more likely to live below the poverty line

In Czech Republic, 10.2% live below the poverty line as of 2021. In Germany, however, that number is 14.8% as of 2021.

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Life

be 33.3% more likely to die during childbirth

In Czech Republic, approximately 3.0 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 47.6% more likely to die during infancy

In Czech Republic, approximately 2.1 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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Expenditures

spend 21.9% more on education

Czech Republic spends 4.3% 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 44.2% more on healthcare

Czech Republic spends 8.5% 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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Safety

be 36.5% less likely to die in a road accident

In Czech Republic, road accidents kill 5.2 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In Germany, they kill 3.3 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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be 18.2% more likely to be murdered

Czech Republic 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 17.3% more home broadband

Czech Republic has 38.9 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Germany has 45.6 as of 2024.

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live with 60.9% more strain on fresh water

Czech Republic withdraws 22% of its available fresh water each year as of 2022. Germany withdraws 35% as of 2022.

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Environment

be 54.5% less likely to die from air pollution

In Czech Republic, air pollution causes 33.0 deaths per 100,000 people as of 2019. In Germany, it causes 15.0 as of 2019.

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Sources: World Bank (2021–2025), United Nations SDG Indicators (2019–2021), World Health Organization (2024). 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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