Brazil’s coastline is 3.1 times as long as Germany’s

Brazil: 7,491 km (2026 edition) · Germany: 2,389 km (2026 edition)

Brazil’s highest peak towers 31 m above Germany’s

Brazil: 2,994 m (2026 edition) · Germany: 2,963 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 47% of Germany, versus 28% of Brazil

Brazil: 28.4% (2024) · Germany: 47.4% (2024)

Brazil has 2.5 times as many people as Germany

Brazil: 213 million (2025) · Germany: 83.5 million (2025)

Germany is 9.4 times as densely populated as Brazil

Brazil: 25 per km² (2025) · Germany: 239 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Germany is 11 years older than in Brazil

Brazil: 33.9 years (2023) · Germany: 45.1 years (2023)

Women in Brazil have 0.3 more children on average than in Germany

Brazil: 1.61 children per woman (2024) · Germany: 1.36 children per woman (2024)

24% of people in Germany are 65 or older, versus 11% in Brazil

Brazil: 11.5% (2025) · Germany: 23.7% (2025)

Germany hosts 24 times as many refugees per resident as Brazil

Brazil: 1.3 per 1,000 (2025) · Germany: 31.8 per 1,000 (2025)

Germany has produced 10.3 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Brazil 0.0

Brazil: 0.047 (2026) · Germany: 10.3 (2026)

Brazil and Germany are practically level

Brazil: 1 (2026) · Germany: 1 (2026)

Germany’s economy is 2.2 times the size of Brazil’s

Brazil: $2.28 trillion (2025) · Germany: $5.05 trillion (2025)

Germany produces 3.2 times as much per person as Brazil

Brazil: Int$23,433 (2025) · Germany: Int$75,407 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Brazil than in Germany (Gini 16.6 points higher)

Brazil: 50.3 (2024) · Germany: 33.7 (2022)

3.0% of people in Brazil live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.7% in Germany

Brazil: 3% (2024) · Germany: 0.7% (2022)

Unemployment is 6.0% in Brazil, versus 3.7% in Germany

Brazil: 6% (2025) · Germany: 3.7% (2025)

Germany spends 2.3% of its GDP on the military, Brazil 1.1%

Brazil: 1.1% (2025) · Germany: 2.3% (2025)

Brazil’s central government collects 15% of GDP in tax, Germany’s 11%

Brazil: 15.4% (2024) · Germany: 10.9% (2024)

Germany’s price level (US = 100) is 1.8× Brazil’s

Brazil: 46% (2025) · Germany: 80% (2025)

Germany spends 6.8 times as much on health per person as Brazil

Brazil: $1,010 (2023) · Germany: $6,849 (2024)

A baby in Brazil is 4 times as likely to die before turning one as in Germany

Brazil: 12.3 per 1,000 (2024) · Germany: 3.1 per 1,000 (2024)

Germany has 92% more doctors per person than Brazil

Brazil: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Germany: 4.5 per 1,000 (2022)

Germany has 3 times as many hospital beds per person as Brazil

Brazil: 2.5 per 1,000 (2021) · Germany: 7.6 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Germany is 14% higher than in Brazil

Brazil: 8.8 per 100k (2023) · Germany: 10 per 100k (2023)

31% of adults in Brazil are obese, versus 24% in Germany

Brazil: 30.9% (2024) · Germany: 24.5% (2024)

22% of adults in Germany smoke, versus 12% in Brazil

Brazil: 11.9% (2024) · Germany: 22% (2024)

People in Germany rate their lives 0.25 points higher than in Brazil

Brazil: 6.63 (2025) · Germany: 6.88 (2025)

Adults in Germany drink 5% more alcohol than in Brazil

Brazil: 10.4 litres (2023) · Germany: 10.9 litres (2023)

Brazil has 48% more meat per person than Germany

Brazil: 104.6 kg (2023) · Germany: 70.7 kg (2023)

Germany has 111 kcal more food per person per day than Brazil

Brazil: 3,423 kcal (2023) · Germany: 3,535 kcal (2023)

Workers in Brazil put in 658 more hours a year than in Germany

Brazil: 1,994 hours (2023) · Germany: 1,335 hours (2023)

Adults in Germany went to school 5.9 years longer than in Brazil

Brazil: 8.4 years (2023) · Germany: 14.3 years (2023)

Germany welcomed 14 times as many tourists per resident as Brazil (2019)

Brazil: 0.03 (2024) · Germany: 0.45 (2024)

Germany has 29 more World Heritage sites than Brazil (55 against 26)

Brazil: 26 (2026) · Germany: 55 (2026)

Germany has won 980 Olympic medals, Brazil 171

Brazil: 171 (2026 edition) · Germany: 980 (2026 edition)

94% of people in Germany are online, versus 84% in Brazil

Brazil: 84% (2024) · Germany: 94% (2024)

Home internet in Brazil is 57% faster than in Germany

Brazil: 293 Mbps (2026) · Germany: 187 Mbps (2026)

Germany and Brazil are practically level

Brazil: 99.8% (2024) · Germany: 100% (2024)

88% of people in Brazil live in cities, versus 82% in Germany

Brazil: 88% (2025) · Germany: 82% (2025)

Germany has 129 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Brazil 102

Brazil: 102 (2024) · Germany: 129 (2024)

Germany’s railway network is 12% longer than Brazil’s

Brazil: 29,850 km (2014) · Germany: 33,401 km (2021)

Airlines from Germany fly 2.1 times as many passengers per resident as those from Brazil

Brazil: 0.45 (2023) · Germany: 0.96 (2023)

Forest covers 59% of Brazil, but only 33% of Germany

Brazil: 58.5% (2024) · Germany: 32.8% (2024)

The average person in Germany emits 3 times as much CO₂ as someone in Brazil

Brazil: 2.3 t (2024) · Germany: 6.8 t (2024)

87% of Brazil’s electricity is renewable, versus 59% in Germany

Brazil: 86.6% (2025) · Germany: 59.1% (2025)

The air in Brazil carries 68% more fine dust than in Germany

Brazil: 15.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Germany: 9.1 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 21 times as likely to be murdered in Brazil as in Germany

Brazil: 19.3 per 100k (2023) · Germany: 0.9 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Brazil are 4.8 times as deadly as in Germany

Brazil: 25.9 per 100k (2023) · Germany: 5.4 per 100k (2023)

Brazil is on average 15.0 °C warmer than Germany

Brazil: 25.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Germany: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg)

Brazil gets 91% more rain than Germany

Brazil: 1,661 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Germany: 871 mm (2016–2025 avg)