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

Health

live 4.5 years longer

In Seychelles, the average life expectancy is 76 years (72 years for men, 81 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 39.0% less likely to be obese

In Seychelles, 33.9% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Germany, that number is 20.6% of people as of 2024.

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see 6.3 times more spent on your healthcare

Seychelles spends $1,402 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Germany spends $8,826 as of 2024.

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have 17.3% more access to essential health services

Seychelles scores 75 out of 100 on the universal health coverage index as of 2021. Germany scores 88 as of 2021.

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have 31.3% fewer doctors per person

Seychelles has 66.0 doctors per 10,000 people as of 2022. Germany has 45.3 as of 2022.

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be 3.0 times more likely to die by suicide

Seychelles has a suicide rate of 4.3 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 41.5% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Seychelles, 25.3% live below the poverty line as of 2018. In Germany, however, that number is 14.8% as of 2021.

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make 3.1 times more money

Seychelles has a GDP per capita of $19,449 as of 2025, while in Germany, the GDP per capita is $60,496 as of 2025.

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Life

be 90.5% less likely to die during childbirth

In Seychelles, approximately 42.0 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 76.0% less likely to die during infancy

In Seychelles, approximately 12.9 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 26.4% fewer children

In Seychelles, there are approximately 11.0 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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Expenditures

spend 17.8% more on education

Seychelles spends 4.5% of its total GDP on education as of 2023. Germany spends 5.2% of total GDP on education as of 2022.

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spend 2.7 times more on healthcare

Seychelles spends 4.5% 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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Geography

see 4.9 times more coastline

Seychelles has a total of 491 km of coastline. In Germany, that number is 2,389 km.

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Safety

be 88.6% less likely to be murdered

Seychelles has a homicide rate of 8.0 per 100,000 people as of 2022. In Germany, that number is 0.9 per 100,000 as of 2023.

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be 50.0% less likely to die in a road accident

In Seychelles, road accidents kill 6.6 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 44.3% more home broadband

Seychelles has 31.6 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Germany has 45.6 as of 2024.

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Environment

be 65.1% less likely to die from air pollution

In Seychelles, air pollution causes 43.0 deaths per 100,000 people as of 2019. In Germany, it causes 15.0 as of 2019.

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Sources: World Bank (2018–2025), 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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