Greece’s coastline is 5.7 times as long as Germany’s

Germany: 2,389 km (2026 edition) · Greece: 13,676 km (2026 edition)

Germany’s highest peak towers 46 m above Greece’s

Germany: 2,963 m (2026 edition) · Greece: 2,917 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 47% of Germany, versus 39% of Greece

Germany: 47.4% (2024) · Greece: 38.9% (2024)

Germany has 8 times as many people as Greece

Germany: 83.5 million (2025) · Greece: 10.4 million (2025)

Germany is 3 times as densely populated as Greece

Germany: 239 per km² (2025) · Greece: 81 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Greece is 0.6 years older than in Germany

Germany: 45.1 years (2023) · Greece: 45.7 years (2023)

Women in Germany have 0.1 more children on average than in Greece

Germany: 1.36 children per woman (2024) · Greece: 1.24 children per woman (2024)

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

Germany: 23.7% (2025) · Greece: 24.4% (2025)

Germany hosts 2.5 times as many refugees per resident as Greece

Germany: 31.8 per 1,000 (2025) · Greece: 12.9 per 1,000 (2025)

Germany has produced 10.3 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Greece 1.0

Germany: 10.3 (2026) · Greece: 1 (2026)

Germany and Greece are practically level

Germany: 1 (2026) · Greece: 1 (2026)

Germany’s economy is 18 times the size of Greece’s

Germany: $5.05 trillion (2025) · Greece: $281 billion (2025)

Germany produces 67% more per person than Greece

Germany: Int$75,407 (2025) · Greece: Int$45,264 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Germany than in Greece (Gini 0.3 points higher)

Germany: 33.7 (2022) · Greece: 33.4 (2023)

Germany and Greece are practically level

Germany: 0.7% (2022) · Greece: 0.6% (2023)

Unemployment is 8.5% in Greece, versus 3.7% in Germany

Germany: 3.7% (2025) · Greece: 8.5% (2025)

Greece spends 3.0% of its GDP on the military, Germany 2.3%

Germany: 2.3% (2025) · Greece: 3% (2025)

Greece’s central government collects 27% of GDP in tax, Germany’s 11%

Germany: 10.9% (2024) · Greece: 27.4% (2024)

Germany’s price level (US = 100) is 1.3× Greece’s

Germany: 80% (2025) · Greece: 60% (2025)

Germany spends 3.5 times as much on health per person as Greece

Germany: $6,849 (2024) · Greece: $1,963 (2023)

A baby in Greece is 3% more likely to die before turning one than in Germany

Germany: 3.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Greece: 3.2 per 1,000 (2024)

Greece has 45% more doctors per person than Germany

Germany: 4.5 per 1,000 (2022) · Greece: 6.6 per 1,000 (2022)

Germany has 77% more hospital beds per person than Greece

Germany: 7.6 per 1,000 (2023) · Greece: 4.3 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Germany is 2.6 times that in Greece

Germany: 10 per 100k (2023) · Greece: 3.9 per 100k (2023)

34% of adults in Greece are obese, versus 24% in Germany

Germany: 24.5% (2024) · Greece: 33.7% (2024)

30% of adults in Greece smoke, versus 22% in Germany

Germany: 22% (2024) · Greece: 30.2% (2024)

People in Germany rate their lives 1.18 points higher than in Greece

Germany: 6.88 (2025) · Greece: 5.70 (2025)

Adults in Germany drink 27% more alcohol than in Greece

Germany: 10.9 litres (2023) · Greece: 8.6 litres (2023)

Greece has 16% more meat per person than Germany

Germany: 70.7 kg (2023) · Greece: 82 kg (2023)

Germany has 153 kcal more food per person per day than Greece

Germany: 3,535 kcal (2023) · Greece: 3,382 kcal (2023)

Workers in Greece put in 558 more hours a year than in Germany

Germany: 1,335 hours (2023) · Greece: 1,893 hours (2023)

Adults in Germany went to school 2.7 years longer than in Greece

Germany: 14.3 years (2023) · Greece: 11.6 years (2023)

Greece welcomed 6 times as many tourists per resident as Germany (2019)

Germany: 0.45 (2024) · Greece: 2.67 (2022)

Germany has 34 more World Heritage sites than Greece (55 against 21)

Germany: 55 (2026) · Greece: 21 (2026)

Germany has won 980 Olympic medals, Greece 129

Germany: 980 (2026 edition) · Greece: 129 (2026 edition)

94% of people in Germany are online, versus 86% in Greece

Germany: 94% (2024) · Greece: 86% (2024)

Germany and Greece are nearly identical here

Germany: 187 Mbps (2026) · Greece: 186 Mbps (2026)

Germany and Greece are practically level

Germany: 100% (2024) · Greece: 100% (2024)

82% of people in Germany live in cities, versus 79% in Greece

Germany: 82% (2025) · Greece: 79% (2025)

Germany has 129 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Greece 114

Germany: 129 (2024) · Greece: 114 (2024)

Germany’s railway network is 14 times as long as Greece’s

Germany: 33,401 km (2021) · Greece: 2,339 km (2021)

Airlines from Greece fly 91% more passengers per resident than those from Germany

Germany: 0.96 (2023) · Greece: 1.83 (2023)

Forest covers 37% of Greece, but only 33% of Germany

Germany: 32.8% (2024) · Greece: 36.9% (2024)

The average person in Germany emits 27% more CO₂ than someone in Greece

Germany: 6.8 t (2024) · Greece: 5.3 t (2024)

59% of Germany’s electricity is renewable, versus 50% in Greece

Germany: 59.1% (2025) · Greece: 49.7% (2025)

The air in Greece carries 66% more fine dust than in Germany

Germany: 9.1 µg/m³ (2024) · Greece: 15.1 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 8% more likely to be murdered in Germany than in Greece

Germany: 0.9 per 100k (2023) · Greece: 0.8 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Greece are 2 times as deadly as in Germany

Germany: 5.4 per 100k (2023) · Greece: 10.8 per 100k (2023)

Greece is on average 5.5 °C warmer than Germany

Germany: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Greece: 15.7°C (2016–2025 avg)

Germany gets 9% more rain than Greece

Germany: 871 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Greece: 800 mm (2016–2025 avg)