Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 3.4 years less

In Liechtenstein, the average life expectancy is 84 years (82 years for men, 86 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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Economy

make 72.5% less money

Liechtenstein has a GDP per capita of $220,167 as of 2024, while in Germany, the GDP per capita is $60,496 as of 2025.

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Life

be 23.5% less likely to die during infancy

In Liechtenstein, approximately 4.0 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Germany, on the other hand, 3.1 children do as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 2.1 times more on healthcare

Liechtenstein spends 5.7% 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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Safety

be 82.2% less likely to be murdered

Liechtenstein has a homicide rate of 5.1 per 100,000 people as of 2021. In Germany, that number is 0.9 per 100,000 as of 2023.

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Sources: World Bank (2021–2025), The World Factbook (2022). How we calculate this

Compare further: Liechtenstein vs. Germany

Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
Germany is 30.5% cheaper than Liechtenstein overall
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Size Comparison · See true size
Liechtenstein is about 2,231 times smaller than Germany.
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Moving from Liechtenstein to Germany · OECD 2023
26 people moved from Liechtenstein to Germany.
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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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