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Germany vs. United Kingdom

How Germany and the United Kingdom compare on income per person, population, life expectancy, internet use, electricity, unemployment, inflation, carbon emissions, health spending and college enrollment, each next to the world figure and linked to its chart, where you'll find its source, its date and every country's numbers.

The biggest differences

  • Carbon dioxide emitted per person is 64% higher in Germany (6.9 tonnes) than in the United Kingdom (4.2).
  • Inflation is 1 percentage point higher in the United Kingdom (3.3%) than in Germany (2.3%).
  • The unemployment rate is 1 percentage point higher in the United Kingdom (4.7%) than in Germany (3.7%).

The two are about the same on life expectancy at birth and the share of people with electricity.

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Figures are from the World Bank's World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0), for the newest year most countries have reported; many are estimates, and they are revised as new data comes in. GDP per person is in US dollars at each year's exchange rates, not adjusted for differences in prices, and so is health spending. Two figures are called about the same when GDP, population, emissions or health spending differ by less than 5%, life expectancy by less than a year, unemployment or inflation by less than 1 percentage point, or another share by less than 2 percentage points.

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