Sweden’s coastline is 35% longer than Germany’s

Germany: 2,389 km (2026 edition) · Sweden: 3,218 km (2026 edition)

Germany’s highest peak towers 863 m above Sweden’s

Germany: 2,963 m (2026 edition) · Sweden: 2,100 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 47% of Germany, versus 7.3% of Sweden

Germany: 47.4% (2024) · Sweden: 7.3% (2024)

Germany has 7.9 times as many people as Sweden

Germany: 83.5 million (2025) · Sweden: 10.6 million (2025)

Germany is 9.2 times as densely populated as Sweden

Germany: 239 per km² (2025) · Sweden: 26 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Germany is 5.2 years older than in Sweden

Germany: 45.1 years (2023) · Sweden: 39.9 years (2023)

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

Germany: 1.36 children per woman (2024) · Sweden: 1.43 children per woman (2024)

24% of people in Germany are 65 or older, versus 21% in Sweden

Germany: 23.7% (2025) · Sweden: 20.9% (2025)

Germany hosts 2.3 times as many refugees per resident as Sweden

Germany: 31.8 per 1,000 (2025) · Sweden: 13.6 per 1,000 (2025)

Sweden has produced 28.3 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Germany 10.3

Germany: 10.3 (2026) · Sweden: 28.3 (2026)

Germany and Sweden are practically level

Germany: 1 (2026) · Sweden: 1 (2026)

Germany’s economy is 7.5 times the size of Sweden’s

Germany: $5.05 trillion (2025) · Sweden: $669 billion (2025)

Germany produces 4% more per person than Sweden

Germany: Int$75,407 (2025) · Sweden: Int$72,529 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Germany than in Sweden (Gini 4.4 points higher)

Germany: 33.7 (2022) · Sweden: 29.3 (2023)

Sweden and Germany are practically level

Germany: 0.7% (2022) · Sweden: 0.8% (2023)

Unemployment is 8.7% in Sweden, versus 3.7% in Germany

Germany: 3.7% (2025) · Sweden: 8.7% (2025)

Sweden and Germany are practically level

Germany: 2.3% (2025) · Sweden: 2.5% (2025)

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

Germany: 10.9% (2024) · Sweden: 27.2% (2024)

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

Germany: 80% (2025) · Sweden: 87% (2025)

Germany spends 6% more on health per person than Sweden

Germany: $6,849 (2024) · Sweden: $6,485 (2024)

A baby in Germany is 55% more likely to die before turning one than in Sweden

Germany: 3.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Sweden: 2 per 1,000 (2024)

Germany has 3% more doctors per person than Sweden

Germany: 4.5 per 1,000 (2022) · Sweden: 4.4 per 1,000 (2021)

Germany has 4 times as many hospital beds per person as Sweden

Germany: 7.6 per 1,000 (2023) · Sweden: 1.9 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Sweden is 27% higher than in Germany

Germany: 10 per 100k (2023) · Sweden: 12.7 per 100k (2023)

24% of adults in Germany are obese, versus 19% in Sweden

Germany: 24.5% (2024) · Sweden: 18.7% (2024)

22% of adults in Germany smoke, versus 20% in Sweden

Germany: 22% (2024) · Sweden: 20.3% (2024)

People in Sweden rate their lives 0.37 points higher than in Germany

Germany: 6.88 (2025) · Sweden: 7.26 (2025)

Adults in Germany drink 26% more alcohol than in Sweden

Germany: 10.9 litres (2023) · Sweden: 8.7 litres (2023)

Germany has 3% more meat per person than Sweden

Germany: 70.7 kg (2023) · Sweden: 68.4 kg (2023)

Germany has 168 kcal more food per person per day than Sweden

Germany: 3,535 kcal (2023) · Sweden: 3,367 kcal (2023)

Workers in Sweden put in 96 more hours a year than in Germany

Germany: 1,335 hours (2023) · Sweden: 1,432 hours (2023)

Adults in Germany went to school 1.6 years longer than in Sweden

Germany: 14.3 years (2023) · Sweden: 12.7 years (2023)

Sweden welcomed 41% more tourists per resident than Germany (2019)

Germany: 0.45 (2024) · Sweden: 0.63 (2022)

Germany has 40 more World Heritage sites than Sweden (55 against 15)

Germany: 55 (2026) · Sweden: 15 (2026)

Germany has won 980 Olympic medals, Sweden 709

Germany: 980 (2026 edition) · Sweden: 709 (2026 edition)

96% of people in Sweden are online, versus 94% in Germany

Germany: 94% (2024) · Sweden: 96% (2025)

Home internet in Sweden is 33% faster than in Germany

Germany: 187 Mbps (2026) · Sweden: 248 Mbps (2026)

Germany and Sweden are practically level

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

89% of people in Sweden live in cities, versus 82% in Germany

Germany: 82% (2025) · Sweden: 89% (2025)

Sweden has 141 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Germany 129

Germany: 129 (2024) · Sweden: 141 (2024)

Germany’s railway network is 3.4 times as long as Sweden’s

Germany: 33,401 km (2021) · Sweden: 9,714 km (2021)

Airlines from Sweden fly 92% more passengers per resident than those from Germany

Germany: 0.96 (2023) · Sweden: 1.85 (2023)

Forest covers 69% of Sweden, but only 33% of Germany

Germany: 32.8% (2024) · Sweden: 68.6% (2024)

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

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

71% of Sweden’s electricity is renewable, versus 59% in Germany

Germany: 59.1% (2025) · Sweden: 71.2% (2025)

The air in Germany carries 60% more fine dust than in Sweden

Germany: 9.1 µg/m³ (2024) · Sweden: 5.7 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 26% more likely to be murdered in Sweden than in Germany

Germany: 0.9 per 100k (2023) · Sweden: 1.1 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Germany are 59% deadlier than in Sweden

Germany: 5.4 per 100k (2023) · Sweden: 3.4 per 100k (2023)

Germany is on average 5.9 °C warmer than Sweden

Germany: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Sweden: 4.3°C (2016–2025 avg)

Germany gets 9% more rain than Sweden

Germany: 871 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Sweden: 801 mm (2016–2025 avg)