Germany’s coastline is 11 times as long as Romania’s

Germany: 2,389 km (2026 edition) · Romania: 225 km (2026 edition)

Germany’s highest peak towers 419 m above Romania’s

Germany: 2,963 m (2026 edition) · Romania: 2,544 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 55% of Romania, versus 47% of Germany

Germany: 47.4% (2024) · Romania: 55.2% (2024)

Germany has 4.4 times as many people as Romania

Germany: 83.5 million (2025) · Romania: 19 million (2025)

Germany is 2.9 times as densely populated as Romania

Germany: 239 per km² (2025) · Romania: 83 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Germany is 2.5 years older than in Romania

Germany: 45.1 years (2023) · Romania: 42.6 years (2023)

Romania and Germany are practically level

Germany: 1.36 children per woman (2024) · Romania: 1.39 children per woman (2024)

24% of people in Germany are 65 or older, versus 20% in Romania

Germany: 23.7% (2025) · Romania: 20.1% (2025)

Germany hosts 2.9 times as many refugees per resident as Romania

Germany: 31.8 per 1,000 (2025) · Romania: 10.9 per 1,000 (2025)

Germany has produced 10.3 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Romania 2.1

Germany: 10.3 (2026) · Romania: 2.1 (2026)

Germany and Romania are practically level

Germany: 1 (2026) · Romania: 1 (2026)

Germany’s economy is 12 times the size of Romania’s

Germany: $5.05 trillion (2025) · Romania: $429 billion (2025)

Germany produces 48% more per person than Romania

Germany: Int$75,407 (2025) · Romania: Int$50,895 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Germany than in Romania (Gini 3.9 points higher)

Germany: 33.7 (2022) · Romania: 29.8 (2023)

Germany and Romania are practically level

Germany: 0.7% (2022) · Romania: 0.7% (2023)

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

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

Romania and Germany are practically level

Germany: 2.3% (2025) · Romania: 2.3% (2025)

Romania’s central government collects 16% of GDP in tax, Germany’s 11%

Germany: 10.9% (2024) · Romania: 16.2% (2024)

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

Germany: 80% (2025) · Romania: 44% (2025)

Germany spends 6.5 times as much on health per person as Romania

Germany: $6,849 (2024) · Romania: $1,051 (2023)

A baby in Romania is 94% more likely to die before turning one than in Germany

Germany: 3.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Romania: 6 per 1,000 (2024)

Germany has 25% more doctors per person than Romania

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

Germany has 4% more hospital beds per person than Romania

Germany: 7.6 per 1,000 (2023) · Romania: 7.2 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Germany is 22% higher than in Romania

Germany: 10 per 100k (2023) · Romania: 8.2 per 100k (2023)

38% of adults in Romania are obese, versus 24% in Germany

Germany: 24.5% (2024) · Romania: 37.7% (2024)

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

Germany: 22% (2024) · Romania: 29.7% (2024)

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

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

Adults in Romania drink 56% more alcohol than in Germany

Germany: 10.9 litres (2023) · Romania: 17.1 litres (2023)

Romania has 3% more meat per person than Germany

Germany: 70.7 kg (2023) · Romania: 72.5 kg (2023)

Romania has 114 kcal more food per person per day than Germany

Germany: 3,535 kcal (2023) · Romania: 3,649 kcal (2023)

Workers in Romania put in 491 more hours a year than in Germany

Germany: 1,335 hours (2023) · Romania: 1,826 hours (2023)

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

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

Romania welcomed 56% more tourists per resident than Germany (2019)

Germany: 0.45 (2024) · Romania: 0.7 (2024)

Germany has 44 more World Heritage sites than Romania (55 against 11)

Germany: 55 (2026) · Romania: 11 (2026)

Germany has won 980 Olympic medals, Romania 318

Germany: 980 (2026 edition) · Romania: 318 (2026 edition)

94% of people in Germany are online, versus 91% in Romania

Germany: 94% (2024) · Romania: 91% (2024)

Home internet in Romania is 69% faster than in Germany

Germany: 187 Mbps (2026) · Romania: 316 Mbps (2026)

Germany and Romania are practically level

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

82% of people in Germany live in cities, versus 52% in Romania

Germany: 82% (2025) · Romania: 52% (2025)

Germany has 129 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Romania 120

Germany: 129 (2024) · Romania: 120 (2024)

Germany’s railway network is 3.1 times as long as Romania’s

Germany: 33,401 km (2021) · Romania: 10,769 km (2021)

Airlines from Germany fly 6.5 times as many passengers per resident as those from Romania

Germany: 0.96 (2023) · Romania: 0.15 (2023)

Forest covers 33% of Germany, but only 30% of Romania

Germany: 32.8% (2024) · Romania: 30.2% (2024)

The average person in Germany emits 88% more CO₂ than someone in Romania

Germany: 6.8 t (2024) · Romania: 3.6 t (2024)

59% of Germany’s electricity is renewable, versus 47% in Romania

Germany: 59.1% (2025) · Romania: 47% (2025)

The air in Romania carries 57% more fine dust than in Germany

Germany: 9.1 µg/m³ (2024) · Romania: 14.3 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 23% more likely to be murdered in Romania than in Germany

Germany: 0.9 per 100k (2023) · Romania: 1.1 per 100k (2024)

Roads in Romania are 2.5 times as deadly as in Germany

Germany: 5.4 per 100k (2023) · Romania: 13.6 per 100k (2023)

Romania is on average 0.7 °C warmer than Germany

Germany: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Romania: 11°C (2016–2025 avg)

Germany gets 15% more rain than Romania

Germany: 871 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Romania: 758 mm (2016–2025 avg)