Germany vs Luxembourg
Germany vs Luxembourg: Forest area
Forest area in 2024: 32.8% in Germany and 34.5% in Luxembourg, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Luxembourg, by 1.6 percentage points, or 1.05 times that in Germany.
% of land · FAO
What the numbers say
- Luxembourg has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2000.
- In 2024, Germany ranked 107 and Luxembourg ranked 97 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of land · FAO
| Year | Germany | Luxembourg | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 32.8 | 34.5 | – |
| 2023 | 32.8 | 34.5 | 31.1 |
| 2022 | 32.8 | 34.5 | 31.1 |
| 2021 | 32.8 | 34.5 | 31.2 |
| 2020 | 32.8 | 34.5 | 31.2 |
| 2019 | 32.8 | 34.5 | 31.2 |
| 2018 | 32.8 | 34.5 | 31.3 |
| 2017 | 32.8 | 34.5 | 31.3 |
| 2016 | 32.7 | 34.5 | 31.3 |
| 2015 | 32.8 | 34.5 | 31.4 |
| 2014 | 32.8 | 34.5 | 31.4 |
| 2013 | 32.7 | 34.5 | 31.4 |
| 2012 | 32.8 | 34.5 | 31.5 |
| 2011 | 32.8 | 34.5 | 31.9 |
| 2010 | 32.7 | 34.5 | 32 |
| 2009 | 32.7 | 34.4 | 32 |
| 2008 | 32.7 | 34.3 | 32 |
| 2007 | 32.7 | 34.2 | 32.1 |
| 2006 | 32.7 | 34.1 | 32.1 |
| 2005 | 32.6 | 34.1 | 32.1 |
| 2004 | 32.6 | 34 | 32.2 |
| 2003 | 32.6 | 33.9 | 32.3 |
| 2002 | 32.6 | 33.8 | 32.3 |
| 2001 | 32.6 | 33.8 | 32.3 |
| 2000 | 32.5 | 33.7 | 32.4 |
| 1999 | 32.5 | – | 32.5 |
| 1998 | 32.5 | – | 32.5 |
| 1997 | 32.5 | – | 32.6 |
| 1996 | 32.5 | – | 32.7 |
| 1995 | 32.5 | – | 32.7 |
| 1994 | 32.4 | – | 32.8 |
| 1993 | 32.4 | – | 32.8 |
| 1992 | 32.4 | – | 33 |
| 1991 | 32.4 | – | – |
| 1990 | 32.4 | – | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of land under trees at least 5 metres tall, natural or planted, leaving out orchards and city parks.
- Source: FAO, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 209 countries with a value in 2024, 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 Luxembourg
Health
- Life expectancyGermany: 81.4 years in 2023Luxembourg: 82.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityGermany: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Luxembourg: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityGermany: 3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Luxembourg: 4.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterGermany: 99.9% in 2022Luxembourg: 99.5% in 2022
- DepressionGermany: 3.96% in 2017Luxembourg: 3.62% in 2017
- Suicide rateGermany: 9.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Luxembourg: 8.7 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationGermany: 84.6 million people in 2023Luxembourg: 665,100 people in 2023
- Population growthGermany: 0.35% a year in 2023Luxembourg: 1.24% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateGermany: 1.44 births per woman in 2023Luxembourg: 1.4 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationGermany: 82.1% in 2025Luxembourg: 94.9% in 2025
- Median ageGermany: 45.2 years in 2023Luxembourg: 38.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overGermany: 22.8% in 2023Luxembourg: 15.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateGermany: 7.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Luxembourg: 8.9 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingGermany: 2.27% of GDP in 2025Luxembourg: 0.85% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsGermany: $107B in 2025Luxembourg: $803M in 2025
- Military spending per personGermany: $1,346 in 2025Luxembourg: $1,264 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingGermany: 4.5% of government spending in 2025Luxembourg: 1.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelGermany: 183,000 people in 2020Luxembourg: 1,000 people in 2020
- National powerGermany: 1.5% of world capability in 2022Luxembourg: 0.02% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersGermany: 0.42% of the labour force in 2020Luxembourg: 0.31% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsGermany: 1.63 billion TIV in 2025Luxembourg: 11 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsGermany: 1.7 billion TIV in 2025Luxembourg: 0 TIV in 2007