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be 19.35% less likely to be unemployed

Germany has an unemployment rate of 5.00% while The United States has 6.20%

This entry contains the percent of the labor force that is without jobs. Source: CIA World Factbook

have 28.91% more free time

Employed persons in Germany work an average of 1387 hours each year while persons in The United States work an average of 1788 hours

This entry contains the total number of hours worked over the year for the average employed person Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

be 89.11% less likely to be in prison

76 in every 100,000 people are currently imprisoned in Germany compared to 698 in The United States

This entry contains the number of people in penal institutions, including pre-trial detainees. Comparability is hampered by differences in local practice, including whether psychiatrically ill offenders are under the authority of the prison administration. People held in a form of custody not under the authority of a prison administration are not included in this figure. Source: International Centre for Prison Studies

make 25.19% less money

The GDP per capita in Germany is $39,500 while in The United States it is $52,800

This entry shows GDP on a purchasing power parity basis divided by population as of 1 July for the same year. A nation's GDP at purchasing power parity (PPP) exchange rates is the sum value of all goods and services produced in the country valued at prices prevailing in the United States. This is the measure most economists prefer when looking at per-capita welfare and when comparing living conditions or use of resources across countries. The measure is difficult to compute, as a US dollar value has to be assigned to all goods and services in the country regardless of whether these goods and services have a direct equivalent in the United States (for example, the value of an ox-cart or non-US military equipment); as a result, PPP estimates for some countries are based on a small and sometimes different set of goods and services. In addition, many countries do not formally participate in the World Bank's PPP project that calculates these measures, so the resulting GDP estimates for these countries may lack precision. For many developing countries, PPP-based GDP measures are multiples of the official exchange rate (OER) measure. The differences between the OER- and PPP-denominated GDP values for most of the wealthy industrialized countries are generally much smaller. Source: CIA World Factbook

consume 49.92% less oil

The United States consumes 2.4822 gallons of oil per day per capita while Germany consumes 1.2432

This entry is the total oil consumed in gallons per day (gal/day) divided by the population. The discrepancy between the amount of oil produced and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is due to the omission of stock changes, refinery gains, and other complicating factors. Source: CIA World Factbook

spend 47.35% less money on health care

Per capita public and private health expenditures combined in Germany are $4,683.20 USD while The United States spends $8,895.10 USD

This entry contains the per capita public and private health expenditure at purchase power parity using US Dollars. This figure combines government, personal, and employer spending on health care Source: World Health Organization

use 40.98% less electricity

The per capita consumption of electricity in The United States is 12,185kWh while in Germany it is 7,191kWh

This entry consists of total electricity generated annually plus imports and minus exports, expressed in kilowatt-hours. The discrepancy between the amount of electricity generated and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is accounted for as loss in transmission and distribution. Source: CIA World Factbook

be 81.58% less likely to be murdered

0.70 in every 100,000 people are murdered annually in Germany compared to 3.80 in The United States

This entry contains the number of victims of an unlawful death purposefully inflicted on a person by another person. Data is originally sourced from either criminal justice or public health systems. Source: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

experience 40% less of a class divide

The GINI index measures the degree of inequality in the distribution of family income. In Germany it is 27.00 while in The United States it is 45.00.

This index measures the degree of inequality in the distribution of family income in a country. The index is calculated from the Lorenz curve, in which cumulative family income is plotted against the number of families arranged from the poorest to the richest. The index is the ratio of (a) the area between a country's Lorenz curve and the 45 degree helping line to (b) the entire triangular area under the 45 degree line. The more nearly equal a country's income distribution, the closer its Lorenz curve to the 45 degree line and the lower its Gini index, e.g., a Scandinavian country with an index of 25. The more unequal a country's income distribution, the farther its Lorenz curve from the 45 degree line and the higher its Gini index, e.g., a Sub-Saharan country with an index of 50. If income were distributed with perfect equality, the Lorenz curve would coincide with the 45 degree line and the index would be zero; if income were distributed with perfect inequality, the Lorenz curve would coincide with the horizontal axis and the right vertical axis and the index would be 100. Source: CIA World Factbook

be 43.92% less likely to die in infancy

The number of deaths of infants under one year old in a given year per 1,000 live births in Germany is 3.46 while in The United States it is 6.17.

This entry gives the number of deaths of infants under one year old in a given year per 1,000 live births in the same year; included is the total death rate, and deaths by sex, male and female. This rate is often used as an indicator of the level of health in a country. Source: CIA World Factbook

be 83.33% less likely to have HIV/AIDS

The percentage of adults living with HIV/AIDS in Germany is 0.10% while in The United States it is 0.60%. 1,000 people in Germany and 17,000 people in The United States die from AIDS each year.

This entry gives an estimate of the percentage of adults (aged 15-49) living with HIV/AIDS. The adult prevalence rate is calculated by dividing the estimated number of adults living with HIV/AIDS at yearend by the total adult population at yearend. Source: CIA World Factbook

live 0.88 years longer

The life expectancy at birth in Germany is 80.44 while in The United States it is 79.56.

This entry contains the average number of years to be lived by a group of people born in the same year, if mortality at each age remains constant in the future. The entry includes total population as well as the male and female components. Life expectancy at birth is also a measure of overall quality of life in a country and summarizes the mortality at all ages. It can also be thought of as indicating the potential return on investment in human capital and is necessary for the calculation of various actuarial measures. Source: CIA World Factbook

have 37.26% fewer babies

The annual number of births per 1,000 people in Germany is 8.42 while in The United States it is 13.42.

This entry gives the average annual number of births during a year per 1,000 persons in the population at midyear; also known as crude birth rate. The birth rate is usually the dominant factor in determining the rate of population growth. It depends on both the level of fertility and the age structure of the population. Source: CIA World Factbook

More Information about Germany

With its 80,996,685 people, Germany is the 17th largest country in the world by population. It is the 63rd largest country in the world by area with 357,022 square kilometers.

As Europe's largest economy and second most populous nation (after Russia), Germany is a key member of the continent's economic, political, and defense organizations. European power struggles immersed Germany in two devastating World Wars in the first half of the 20th century and left the country occupied by the victorious Allied powers of the US, UK, France, and the Soviet Union in 1945. With the advent of the Cold War, two German states were formed in 1949: the western Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) and the eastern German Democratic Republic (GDR). The democratic FRG embedded itself in key Western economic and security organizations, the EC, which became the EU, and NATO, while the communist GDR was on the front line of the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact. The decline of the USSR and the end of the Cold War allowed for German unification in 1990. Since then, Germany has expended considerable funds to bring Eastern productivity and wages up to Western standards. In January 1999, Germany and 10 other EU countries introduced a common European exchange currency, the euro.

Languages spoken: German (official)

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