South Korea’s coastline is 1% longer than Germany’s

Germany: 2,389 km (2026 edition) · South Korea: 2,413 km (2026 edition)

Germany’s highest peak towers 1,013 m above South Korea’s

Germany: 2,963 m (2026 edition) · South Korea: 1,950 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 47% of Germany, versus 16% of South Korea

Germany: 47.4% (2024) · South Korea: 16% (2024)

Germany has 62% more people than South Korea

Germany: 83.5 million (2025) · South Korea: 51.7 million (2025)

South Korea is 2.2 times as densely populated as Germany

Germany: 239 per km² (2025) · South Korea: 530 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Germany is 0.66 years older than in South Korea

Germany: 45.1 years (2023) · South Korea: 44.5 years (2023)

Women in Germany have 0.6 more children on average than in South Korea

Germany: 1.36 children per woman (2024) · South Korea: 0.75 children per woman (2024)

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

Germany: 23.7% (2025) · South Korea: 20.3% (2025)

Germany hosts 373 times as many refugees per resident as South Korea

Germany: 31.8 per 1,000 (2025) · South Korea: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025)

Germany has produced 10.3 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, South Korea 0.6

Germany: 10.3 (2026) · South Korea: 0.6 (2026)

Germany and South Korea are practically level

Germany: 1 (2026) · South Korea: 1 (2026)

Germany’s economy is 2.7 times the size of South Korea’s

Germany: $5.05 trillion (2025) · South Korea: $1.87 trillion (2025)

Germany produces 19% more per person than South Korea

Germany: Int$75,407 (2025) · South Korea: Int$63,125 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Germany than in South Korea (Gini 0.8 points higher)

Germany: 33.7 (2022) · South Korea: 32.9 (2021)

0.7% of people in Germany live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.1% in South Korea

Germany: 0.7% (2022) · South Korea: 0.1% (2021)

Unemployment is 3.7% in Germany, versus 2.7% in South Korea

Germany: 3.7% (2025) · South Korea: 2.7% (2025)

South Korea and Germany are practically level

Germany: 2.3% (2025) · South Korea: 2.6% (2025)

South Korea’s central government collects 13% of GDP in tax, Germany’s 11%

Germany: 10.9% (2024) · South Korea: 13.3% (2024)

Germany’s price level (US = 100) is 1.4× South Korea’s

Germany: 80% (2025) · South Korea: 57% (2025)

Germany spends 2.2 times as much on health per person as South Korea

Germany: $6,849 (2024) · South Korea: $3,137 (2024)

A baby in Germany is 35% more likely to die before turning one than in South Korea

Germany: 3.1 per 1,000 (2024) · South Korea: 2.3 per 1,000 (2024)

Germany has 74% more doctors per person than South Korea

Germany: 4.5 per 1,000 (2022) · South Korea: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022)

South Korea has 70% more hospital beds per person than Germany

Germany: 7.6 per 1,000 (2023) · South Korea: 12.8 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in South Korea is 2.3 times that in Germany

Germany: 10 per 100k (2023) · South Korea: 23.4 per 100k (2023)

24% of adults in Germany are obese, versus 7.5% in South Korea

Germany: 24.5% (2024) · South Korea: 7.5% (2024)

22% of adults in Germany smoke, versus 19% in South Korea

Germany: 22% (2024) · South Korea: 18.6% (2024)

People in Germany rate their lives 0.84 points higher than in South Korea

Germany: 6.88 (2025) · South Korea: 6.04 (2025)

Adults in Germany drink 32% more alcohol than in South Korea

Germany: 10.9 litres (2023) · South Korea: 8.3 litres (2023)

South Korea has 19% more meat per person than Germany

Germany: 70.7 kg (2023) · South Korea: 84 kg (2023)

Germany has 104 kcal more food per person per day than South Korea

Germany: 3,535 kcal (2023) · South Korea: 3,430 kcal (2023)

Workers in South Korea put in 575 more hours a year than in Germany

Germany: 1,335 hours (2023) · South Korea: 1,910 hours (2023)

Adults in Germany went to school 1.6 years longer than in South Korea

Germany: 14.3 years (2023) · South Korea: 12.7 years (2023)

Germany welcomed 42% more tourists per resident than South Korea (2019)

Germany: 0.45 (2024) · South Korea: 0.32 (2024)

Germany has 38 more World Heritage sites than South Korea (55 against 17)

Germany: 55 (2026) · South Korea: 17 (2026)

Germany has won 980 Olympic medals, South Korea 409

Germany: 980 (2026 edition) · South Korea: 409 (2026 edition)

98% of people in South Korea are online, versus 94% in Germany

Germany: 94% (2024) · South Korea: 98% (2024)

Home internet in South Korea is 59% faster than in Germany

Germany: 187 Mbps (2026) · South Korea: 298 Mbps (2026)

Germany and South Korea are practically level

Germany: 100% (2024) · South Korea: 100% (2024)

82% of people in Germany live in cities, versus 81% in South Korea

Germany: 82% (2025) · South Korea: 81% (2025)

South Korea has 173 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Germany 129

Germany: 129 (2024) · South Korea: 173 (2024)

Germany’s railway network is 7.8 times as long as South Korea’s

Germany: 33,401 km (2021) · South Korea: 4,309 km (2021)

Airlines from South Korea fly 54% more passengers per resident than those from Germany

Germany: 0.96 (2023) · South Korea: 1.48 (2023)

Forest covers 64% of South Korea, but only 33% of Germany

Germany: 32.8% (2024) · South Korea: 64.4% (2024)

The average person in South Korea emits 67% more CO₂ than someone in Germany

Germany: 6.8 t (2024) · South Korea: 11.3 t (2024)

59% of Germany’s electricity is renewable, versus 10% in South Korea

Germany: 59.1% (2025) · South Korea: 10.4% (2025)

The air in South Korea carries 2.3 times as much fine dust as in Germany

Germany: 9.1 µg/m³ (2024) · South Korea: 21 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 91% more likely to be murdered in Germany than in South Korea

Germany: 0.9 per 100k (2023) · South Korea: 0.5 per 100k (2023)

Roads in South Korea are 61% deadlier than in Germany

Germany: 5.4 per 100k (2023) · South Korea: 8.7 per 100k (2023)

South Korea is on average 2.9 °C warmer than Germany

Germany: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · South Korea: 13.2°C (2016–2025 avg)

South Korea gets 45% more rain than Germany

Germany: 871 mm (2016–2025 avg) · South Korea: 1,265 mm (2016–2025 avg)