New Zealand’s coastline is 6.3 times as long as Germany’s

Germany: 2,389 km (2026 edition) · New Zealand: 15,134 km (2026 edition)

Germany’s highest peak towers 2,933 m above New Zealand’s

Germany: 2,963 m (2026 edition) · New Zealand: 30 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 47% of Germany, versus 37% of New Zealand

Germany: 47.4% (2024) · New Zealand: 36.8% (2024)

Germany has 16 times as many people as New Zealand

Germany: 83.5 million (2025) · New Zealand: 5.32 million (2025)

Germany is 12 times as densely populated as New Zealand

Germany: 239 per km² (2025) · New Zealand: 20 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Germany is 7.9 years older than in New Zealand

Germany: 45.1 years (2023) · New Zealand: 37.3 years (2023)

Women in New Zealand have 0.2 more children on average than in Germany

Germany: 1.36 children per woman (2024) · New Zealand: 1.57 children per woman (2024)

24% of people in Germany are 65 or older, versus 18% in New Zealand

Germany: 23.7% (2025) · New Zealand: 17.6% (2025)

Germany hosts 79 times as many refugees per resident as New Zealand

Germany: 31.8 per 1,000 (2025) · New Zealand: 0.4 per 1,000 (2025)

Germany has produced 10.3 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, New Zealand 5.6

Germany: 10.3 (2026) · New Zealand: 5.6 (2026)

New Zealand has 3 official languages, Germany 1

Germany: 1 (2026) · New Zealand: 3 (2026)

Germany’s economy is 19 times the size of New Zealand’s

Germany: $5.05 trillion (2025) · New Zealand: $264 billion (2025)

Germany produces 31% more per person than New Zealand

Germany: Int$75,407 (2025) · New Zealand: Int$57,350 (2025)

Germany: 33.7 (2022) · New Zealand: no data

Germany: 0.7% (2022) · New Zealand: no data

Unemployment is 5.1% in New Zealand, versus 3.7% in Germany

Germany: 3.7% (2025) · New Zealand: 5.1% (2025)

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

Germany: 2.3% (2025) · New Zealand: 1.1% (2025)

New Zealand’s central government collects 30% of GDP in tax, Germany’s 11%

Germany: 10.9% (2024) · New Zealand: 29.5% (2024)

New Zealand’s price level (US = 100) is 1.1× Germany’s

Germany: 80% (2025) · New Zealand: 86% (2025)

Germany spends 36% more on health per person than New Zealand

Germany: $6,849 (2024) · New Zealand: $5,022 (2024)

A baby in New Zealand is 29% more likely to die before turning one than in Germany

Germany: 3.1 per 1,000 (2024) · New Zealand: 4 per 1,000 (2024)

Germany has 26% more doctors per person than New Zealand

Germany: 4.5 per 1,000 (2022) · New Zealand: 3.6 per 1,000 (2022)

Germany has 3 times as many hospital beds per person as New Zealand

Germany: 7.6 per 1,000 (2023) · New Zealand: 2.5 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in New Zealand is 30% higher than in Germany

Germany: 10 per 100k (2023) · New Zealand: 13 per 100k (2023)

35% of adults in New Zealand are obese, versus 24% in Germany

Germany: 24.5% (2024) · New Zealand: 34.7% (2024)

22% of adults in Germany smoke, versus 9.3% in New Zealand

Germany: 22% (2024) · New Zealand: 9.3% (2024)

People in New Zealand rate their lives 0.11 points higher than in Germany

Germany: 6.88 (2025) · New Zealand: 7.00 (2025)

Adults in Germany drink 23% more alcohol than in New Zealand

Germany: 10.9 litres (2023) · New Zealand: 8.9 litres (2023)

New Zealand has 13% more meat per person than Germany

Germany: 70.7 kg (2023) · New Zealand: 79.5 kg (2023)

Germany has 413 kcal more food per person per day than New Zealand

Germany: 3,535 kcal (2023) · New Zealand: 3,122 kcal (2023)

Workers in New Zealand put in 372 more hours a year than in Germany

Germany: 1,335 hours (2023) · New Zealand: 1,708 hours (2023)

Adults in Germany went to school 1.4 years longer than in New Zealand

Germany: 14.3 years (2023) · New Zealand: 12.9 years (2023)

New Zealand welcomed 34% more tourists per resident than Germany (2019)

Germany: 0.45 (2024) · New Zealand: 0.6 (2024)

Germany has 52 more World Heritage sites than New Zealand (55 against 3)

Germany: 55 (2026) · New Zealand: 3 (2026)

Germany has won 980 Olympic medals, New Zealand 166

Germany: 980 (2026 edition) · New Zealand: 166 (2026 edition)

New Zealand and Germany are practically level

Germany: 94% (2024) · New Zealand: 94% (2024)

Home internet in New Zealand is 45% faster than in Germany

Germany: 187 Mbps (2026) · New Zealand: 272 Mbps (2026)

Germany and New Zealand are practically level

Germany: 100% (2024) · New Zealand: 100% (2024)

84% of people in New Zealand live in cities, versus 82% in Germany

Germany: 82% (2025) · New Zealand: 84% (2025)

New Zealand has 130 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Germany 129

Germany: 129 (2024) · New Zealand: 130 (2024)

Germany’s railway network is 8.1 times as long as New Zealand’s

Germany: 33,401 km (2021) · New Zealand: 4,128 km (2018)

Airlines from New Zealand fly 2.9 times as many passengers per resident as those from Germany

Germany: 0.96 (2023) · New Zealand: 2.82 (2023)

Forest covers 39% of New Zealand, but only 33% of Germany

Germany: 32.8% (2024) · New Zealand: 38.9% (2024)

The average person in Germany emits 9% more CO₂ than someone in New Zealand

Germany: 6.8 t (2024) · New Zealand: 6.2 t (2024)

89% of New Zealand’s electricity is renewable, versus 59% in Germany

Germany: 59.1% (2025) · New Zealand: 88.5% (2025)

The air in Germany carries 30% more fine dust than in New Zealand

Germany: 9.1 µg/m³ (2024) · New Zealand: 7 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 60% more likely to be murdered in New Zealand than in Germany

Germany: 0.9 per 100k (2023) · New Zealand: 1.5 per 100k (2022)

Roads in New Zealand are 2 times as deadly as in Germany

Germany: 5.4 per 100k (2023) · New Zealand: 10.9 per 100k (2023)

New Zealand is on average 0.8 °C warmer than Germany

Germany: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · New Zealand: 11.1°C (2016–2025 avg)

New Zealand gets 83% more rain than Germany

Germany: 871 mm (2016–2025 avg) · New Zealand: 1,596 mm (2016–2025 avg)