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

Health

live 2.9 years longer

In Montenegro, the average life expectancy is 78 years (76 years for men, 80 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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see 3.0 times more spent on your healthcare

Montenegro spends $2,908 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Germany spends $8,826 as of 2024.

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have 62.9% more doctors per person

Montenegro has 27.8 doctors per 10,000 people as of 2023. Germany has 45.3 as of 2022.

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have 22.2% more access to essential health services

Montenegro scores 72 out of 100 on the universal health coverage index as of 2021. Germany scores 88 as of 2021.

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be 20.7% more likely to be obese

In Montenegro, 17.1% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Germany, that number is 20.6% of people as of 2024.

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be 14.1% more likely to die by suicide

Montenegro has a suicide rate of 11.3 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 72.7% less likely to be unemployed

In Montenegro, 13.6% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Germany, that number is 3.7% as of 2025.

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be 26.0% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Montenegro, 20.0% live below the poverty line as of 2023. In Germany, however, that number is 14.8% as of 2021.

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make 4.1 times more money

Montenegro has a GDP per capita of $14,817 as of 2025, while in Germany, the GDP per capita is $60,496 as of 2025.

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Life

be 33.3% less likely to die during childbirth

In Montenegro, approximately 6.0 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 63.2% more likely to die during infancy

In Montenegro, approximately 1.9 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 27.7% fewer children

In Montenegro, there are approximately 11.2 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 27.2% more on healthcare

Montenegro spends 9.7% 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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Geography

see 8.1 times more coastline

Montenegro has a total of 294 km of coastline. In Germany, that number is 2,389 km.

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Safety

be 63.7% less likely to die in a road accident

In Montenegro, road accidents kill 9.1 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In Germany, they kill 3.3 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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be 15.2% more likely to be murdered

Montenegro 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 41.2% more home broadband

Montenegro has 32.3 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Germany has 45.6 as of 2024.

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use 33.8% more electricity

Montenegro uses 4,564 kWh of electricity per person each year as of 2023. Germany uses 6,109 kWh as of 2024.

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Environment

be 75.0% less likely to die from air pollution

In Montenegro, air pollution causes 60.0 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), 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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