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

Germany: 2,389 km (2026 edition) · Thailand: 3,219 km (2026 edition)

Germany’s highest peak towers 398 m above Thailand’s

Germany: 2,963 m (2026 edition) · Thailand: 2,565 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 47% of Germany, versus 43% of Thailand

Germany: 47.4% (2024) · Thailand: 43.3% (2024)

Germany has 17% more people than Thailand

Germany: 83.5 million (2025) · Thailand: 71.6 million (2025)

Germany is 70% more densely populated than Thailand

Germany: 239 per km² (2025) · Thailand: 140 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Germany is 5.5 years older than in Thailand

Germany: 45.1 years (2023) · Thailand: 39.7 years (2023)

Women in Germany have 0.2 more children on average than in Thailand

Germany: 1.36 children per woman (2024) · Thailand: 1.2 children per woman (2024)

24% of people in Germany are 65 or older, versus 16% in Thailand

Germany: 23.7% (2025) · Thailand: 16% (2025)

Germany hosts 27 times as many refugees per resident as Thailand

Germany: 31.8 per 1,000 (2025) · Thailand: 1.2 per 1,000 (2025)

Germany has produced 10.3 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Thailand none

Germany: 10.3 (2026) · Thailand: 0 (2026)

Germany and Thailand are practically level

Germany: 1 (2026) · Thailand: 1 (2026)

Germany’s economy is 8.8 times the size of Thailand’s

Germany: $5.05 trillion (2025) · Thailand: $577 billion (2025)

Germany produces 2.9 times as much per person as Thailand

Germany: Int$75,407 (2025) · Thailand: Int$26,250 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Germany than in Thailand (Gini 0.4 points higher)

Germany: 33.7 (2022) · Thailand: 33.3 (2024)

0.7% of people in Germany live on less than $3 a day, versus 0% in Thailand

Germany: 0.7% (2022) · Thailand: 0% (2024)

Unemployment is 3.7% in Germany, versus 0.8% in Thailand

Germany: 3.7% (2025) · Thailand: 0.8% (2025)

Germany spends 2.3% of its GDP on the military, Thailand 1.0%

Germany: 2.3% (2025) · Thailand: 1% (2025)

Thailand’s central government collects 15% of GDP in tax, Germany’s 11%

Germany: 10.9% (2024) · Thailand: 15.2% (2024)

Germany’s price level (US = 100) is 2.6× Thailand’s

Germany: 80% (2025) · Thailand: 31% (2025)

Germany spends 21 times as much on health per person as Thailand

Germany: $6,849 (2024) · Thailand: $327 (2023)

A baby in Thailand is 2.5 times as likely to die before turning one as in Germany

Germany: 3.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Thailand: 7.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Germany has 8.4 times as many doctors per person as Thailand

Germany: 4.5 per 1,000 (2022) · Thailand: 0.5 per 1,000 (2021)

Germany has 3.2 times as many hospital beds per person as Thailand

Germany: 7.6 per 1,000 (2023) · Thailand: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Germany is 4% higher than in Thailand

Germany: 10 per 100k (2023) · Thailand: 9.6 per 100k (2023)

24% of adults in Germany are obese, versus 16% in Thailand

Germany: 24.5% (2024) · Thailand: 15.5% (2024)

22% of adults in Germany smoke, versus 18% in Thailand

Germany: 22% (2024) · Thailand: 17.8% (2024)

People in Germany rate their lives 0.59 points higher than in Thailand

Germany: 6.88 (2025) · Thailand: 6.30 (2025)

Adults in Germany drink 38% more alcohol than in Thailand

Germany: 10.9 litres (2023) · Thailand: 7.9 litres (2023)

Germany has 2.9 times as much meat per person as Thailand

Germany: 70.7 kg (2023) · Thailand: 24.5 kg (2023)

Germany has 679 kcal more food per person per day than Thailand

Germany: 3,535 kcal (2023) · Thailand: 2,855 kcal (2023)

Workers in Thailand put in 842 more hours a year than in Germany

Germany: 1,335 hours (2023) · Thailand: 2,177 hours (2023)

Adults in Germany went to school 5.3 years longer than in Thailand

Germany: 14.3 years (2023) · Thailand: 9 years (2023)

Thailand welcomed 25% more tourists per resident than Germany (2019)

Germany: 0.45 (2024) · Thailand: 0.56 (2019)

Germany has 46 more World Heritage sites than Thailand (55 against 9)

Germany: 55 (2026) · Thailand: 9 (2026)

Germany has won 980 Olympic medals, Thailand 41

Germany: 980 (2026 edition) · Thailand: 41 (2026 edition)

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

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

Home internet in Thailand is 93% faster than in Germany

Germany: 187 Mbps (2026) · Thailand: 360 Mbps (2026)

Germany and Thailand are practically level

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

82% of people in Germany live in cities, versus 63% in Thailand

Germany: 82% (2025) · Thailand: 63% (2025)

Thailand has 161 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Germany 129

Germany: 129 (2024) · Thailand: 161 (2024)

Germany’s railway network is 8.2 times as long as Thailand’s

Germany: 33,401 km (2021) · Thailand: 4,092 km (2017)

Airlines from Germany fly 33% more passengers per resident than those from Thailand

Germany: 0.96 (2023) · Thailand: 0.72 (2023)

Forest covers 39% of Thailand, but only 33% of Germany

Germany: 32.8% (2024) · Thailand: 38.7% (2024)

The average person in Germany emits 81% more CO₂ than someone in Thailand

Germany: 6.8 t (2024) · Thailand: 3.7 t (2024)

59% of Germany’s electricity is renewable, versus 17% in Thailand

Germany: 59.1% (2025) · Thailand: 16.6% (2025)

The air in Thailand carries 2.6 times as much fine dust as in Germany

Germany: 9.1 µg/m³ (2024) · Thailand: 23.3 µg/m³ (2024)

Germany: 0.9 per 100k (2023) · Thailand: no data

Roads in Thailand are 6.6 times as deadly as in Germany

Germany: 5.4 per 100k (2023) · Thailand: 35.6 per 100k (2023)

Thailand is on average 16.5 °C warmer than Germany

Germany: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Thailand: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Thailand gets 90% more rain than Germany

Germany: 871 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Thailand: 1,657 mm (2016–2025 avg)