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

Health

be 98.3% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Mozambique, 11.5% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2024. In Germany, that number is 0.2% of people as of 2024.

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live 17.0 years longer

In Mozambique, the average life expectancy is 64 years (60 years for men, 67 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 61.9 times more spent on your healthcare

Mozambique spends $143 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Germany spends $8,826 as of 2024.

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have 25.9 times more doctors per person

Mozambique has 1.8 doctors per 10,000 people as of 2022. Germany has 45.3 as of 2022.

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have 100.0% more access to essential health services

Mozambique scores 44 out of 100 on the universal health coverage index as of 2021. Germany scores 88 as of 2021.

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be 93.8% more likely to be obese

In Mozambique, 10.7% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Germany, that number is 20.6% of people as of 2024.

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be 21.6% more likely to die by suicide

Mozambique has a suicide rate of 10.6 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 44.0% less likely to be unemployed

In Mozambique, 6.6% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Germany, that number is 3.7% as of 2025.

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be 77.2% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Mozambique, 65.0% live below the poverty line as of 2022. In Germany, however, that number is 14.8% as of 2021.

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make 96.5 times more money

Mozambique has a GDP per capita of $627 as of 2025, while in Germany, the GDP per capita is $60,496 as of 2025.

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Life

be 96.0% less likely to die during childbirth

In Mozambique, approximately 99.0 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 92.9% less likely to die during infancy

In Mozambique, approximately 43.7 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 78.1% fewer children

In Mozambique, there are approximately 37.0 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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Basic Needs

be 2.8 times more likely to have access to electricity

In Mozambique, approximately 36% of people have electricity access (79% in urban areas, and 9% in rural areas) as of 2023. In Germany, that number is 100% of people on average (100% in urban areas, and 100% in rural areas) as of 2023.

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be 4.6 times more likely to have internet access

In Mozambique, approximately 20.5% of the population has internet access as of 2024. In Germany, about 93.5% do as of 2024.

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be 50.1% more likely to have access to drinking water

In Mozambique, approximately 67% of people have access to drinking water (89% in urban areas, and 52% in rural areas) as of 2024. In Germany, that number is 100% of people on average (100% in urban areas, and 100% in rural areas) as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 12.4% less on education

Mozambique spends 6.0% 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 44.4% more on healthcare

Mozambique spends 8.5% 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 83.6% less likely to die in a road accident

In Mozambique, road accidents kill 20.1 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 325.8 times more home broadband

Mozambique has 0.1 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Germany has 45.6 as of 2024.

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use 15.6 times more electricity

Mozambique uses 391 kWh of electricity per person each year as of 2023. Germany uses 6,109 kWh as of 2024.

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live with 20.2 times more strain on fresh water

Mozambique withdraws 2% of its available fresh water each year as of 2022. Germany withdraws 35% as of 2022.

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Environment

be 76.6% less likely to die from air pollution

In Mozambique, air pollution causes 64.0 deaths per 100,000 people as of 2019. In Germany, it causes 15.0 as of 2019.

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emit 23.9 times more CO2

Mozambique emits 0.3 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). 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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