Germany vs India
Germany vs India: GDP per person
GDP per person in 2025: $44,150 in Germany and $2,523 in India, by World Bank estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Germany, by $41,627, or 17 times that in India.
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
What the numbers say
- Germany has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.
- In 2025, Germany ranked 20 and India ranked 135 of 186 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: $12,130 in 2025.
Every year
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
| Year | Germany | India | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $44,150 | $2,523 | $12,130 |
| 2024 | $44,030 | $2,367 | $11,890 |
| 2023 | $44,370 | $2,230 | $11,670 |
| 2022 | $44,820 | $2,098 | $11,450 |
| 2021 | $44,010 | $1,965 | $11,170 |
| 2020 | $42,370 | $1,807 | $10,580 |
| 2019 | $44,240 | $1,936 | $11,000 |
| 2018 | $43,910 | $1,883 | $10,820 |
| 2017 | $43,540 | $1,789 | $10,590 |
| 2016 | $42,520 | $1,694 | $10,360 |
| 2015 | $41,930 | $1,584 | $10,190 |
| 2014 | $41,600 | $1,484 | $10,000 |
| 2013 | $40,880 | $1,399 | $9,811 |
| 2012 | $40,830 | $1,333 | $9,654 |
| 2011 | $40,720 | $1,282 | $9,515 |
| 2010 | $38,530 | $1,235 | $9,322 |
| 2009 | $36,940 | $1,155 | $9,028 |
| 2008 | $39,010 | $1,087 | $9,266 |
| 2007 | $38,590 | $1,069 | $9,191 |
| 2006 | $37,460 | $1,008 | $8,913 |
| 2005 | $36,020 | $948 | $8,639 |
| 2004 | $35,690 | $893 | $8,409 |
| 2003 | $35,270 | $841 | $8,151 |
| 2002 | $35,480 | $794 | $8,011 |
| 2001 | $35,620 | $779 | $7,932 |
| 2000 | $35,100 | $757 | $7,880 |
| 1999 | $34,170 | $743 | $7,639 |
| 1998 | $33,480 | $695 | $7,479 |
| 1997 | $32,800 | $668 | $7,382 |
| 1996 | $32,250 | $654 | $7,203 |
| 1995 | $32,010 | $621 | $7,058 |
| 1994 | $31,630 | $589 | $6,944 |
| 1993 | $30,930 | $563 | $6,819 |
| 1992 | $31,440 | $549 | $6,801 |
| 1991 | $31,060 | $532 | $6,773 |
| 1990 | $29,760 | $538 | $6,804 |
| 1989 | $28,520 | $521 | $6,741 |
| 1988 | $27,670 | $503 | $6,620 |
| 1987 | $26,780 | $469 | $6,446 |
| 1986 | $26,450 | $462 | $6,326 |
| 1985 | $25,870 | $451 | $6,233 |
| 1984 | $25,230 | $439 | $6,120 |
| 1983 | $24,450 | $432 | $5,947 |
| 1982 | $24,010 | $413 | $5,903 |
| 1981 | $24,080 | $408 | $5,986 |
| 1980 | $23,990 | $394 | $5,980 |
| 1979 | $23,710 | $378 | $5,978 |
| 1978 | $22,770 | $409 | $5,843 |
| 1977 | $22,090 | $395 | $5,710 |
| 1976 | $21,320 | $378 | $5,591 |
| 1975 | $20,230 | $380 | $5,410 |
| 1974 | $20,330 | $357 | $5,467 |
| 1973 | $20,160 | $361 | $5,465 |
| 1972 | $19,300 | $357 | $5,236 |
| 1971 | $18,590 | $367 | $5,061 |
| 1970 | $18,060 | $369 | $4,964 |
| 1969 | $17,240 | $359 | $4,885 |
| 1968 | $16,180 | $344 | $4,707 |
| 1967 | $15,380 | $340 | $4,535 |
| 1966 | $15,500 | $322 | $4,461 |
| 1965 | $15,200 | $329 | $4,321 |
| 1964 | $14,570 | $346 | $4,176 |
| 1963 | $13,770 | $330 | $3,999 |
| 1962 | $13,530 | $318 | $3,889 |
| 1961 | $13,050 | $317 | $3,759 |
| 1960 | $12,610 | $313 | $3,667 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The value of everything produced in the country in a year, divided by its people, in 2015 US dollars so that years compare.
- Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.
- Ranks count the 186 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Germany vs India
Health
- Life expectancyGermany: 81.4 years in 2023India: 72 years in 2023
- Child mortalityGermany: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024India: 2.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityGermany: 3 per 1,000 live births in 2023India: 22.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionGermany: 3.96% in 2017India: 3.53% in 2017
- Suicide rateGermany: 9.9 per 100,000 people in 2017India: 15.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationGermany: 84.6 million people in 2023India: 1.44 billion people in 2023
- Population growthGermany: 0.35% a year in 2023India: 0.89% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateGermany: 1.44 births per woman in 2023India: 1.98 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationGermany: 82.1% in 2025India: 35.7% in 2025
- Median ageGermany: 45.2 years in 2023India: 28.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overGermany: 22.8% in 2023India: 6.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateGermany: 7.2 per 1,000 people in 2023India: -0.7 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingGermany: 2.27% of GDP in 2025India: 2.3% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsGermany: $107B in 2025India: $93.3B in 2025
- Military spending per personGermany: $1,346 in 2025India: $63 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingGermany: 4.5% of government spending in 2025India: 8.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelGermany: 183,000 people in 2020India: 3.07 million people in 2020
- National powerGermany: 1.5% of world capability in 2022India: 9.94% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersGermany: 0.42% of the labour force in 2020India: 0.58% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsGermany: 1.63 billion TIV in 2025India: 2.86 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsGermany: 1.7 billion TIV in 2025India: 81 million TIV in 2025