Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 4.8 years longer

In Serbia, the average life expectancy is 76 years (73 years for men, 79 years for women) as of 2020. In Germany, that number is 81 years (79 years for men, 84 years for women) as of 2020.

Economy

make 3.4 times more money

Serbia has a GDP per capita of $15,100 as of 2017, while in Germany, the GDP per capita is $50,800 as of 2017.

be 73.0% less likely to be unemployed

In Serbia, 14.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Germany, that number is 3.8% as of 2017.

be 87.6% more likely to live below the poverty line

In Serbia, 8.9% live below the poverty line as of 2014. In Germany, however, that number is 16.7% as of 2015.

pay a 3.2 times higher top tax rate

Serbia has a top tax rate of 15.0% as of 2017. In Germany, the top tax rate is 47.5% as of 2016.

Life

be 41.7% less likely to die during childbirth

In Serbia, approximately 12.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Germany, 7.0 women do as of 2017.

be 41.1% less likely to die during infancy

In Serbia, approximately 5.6 children die before they reach the age of one as of 2020. In Germany, on the other hand, 3.3 children do as of 2020.

Basic Needs

be 22.3% more likely to have internet access

In Serbia, approximately 73.4% of the population has internet access as of 2018. In Germany, about 89.7% do as of 2018.

Expenditures

spend 20.0% more on education

Serbia spends 4.0% of its total GDP on education as of 2017. Germany spends 4.8% of total GDP on education as of 2016.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Federal Central Tax Office (BZSt), Ministry of Finance, Republic of Serbia.

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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