How much coast is there?

Algeria: 998 km (2026 edition) · Switzerland: 0 km (2026 edition)

How high can you climb?

Switzerland’s highest peak towers 1,726 m above Algeria’s.

Algeria: 2,908 m (2026 edition) · Switzerland: 4,634 m (2026 edition)

How many people live there?

Algeria has 5.2 times as many people as Switzerland.

Algeria: 47.4 million (2025) · Switzerland: 9.09 million (2025)

How crowded is it?

Switzerland is 12 times as densely populated as Algeria.

Algeria: 20 per km² (2025) · Switzerland: 230 per km² (2025)

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Switzerland is 14 years older than in Algeria.

Algeria: 28.2 years (2023) · Switzerland: 42.3 years (2023)

How many children per woman?

Women in Algeria have 1.4 more children on average than in Switzerland.

Algeria: 2.72 children per woman (2024) · Switzerland: 1.29 children per woman (2024)

How many people are 65 or older?

20% of people in Switzerland are 65 or older, versus 6.8% in Algeria.

Algeria: 6.8% (2025) · Switzerland: 20.4% (2025)

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Switzerland has produced 20.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Algeria 0.4.

Algeria: 0.4 (2025) · Switzerland: 20.9 (2025)

How many official languages?

Switzerland has 4 official languages, Algeria 1.

Algeria: 1 (2026) · Switzerland: 4 (2026)

How big is the economy?

Switzerland’s economy is 3.6 times the size of Algeria’s.

Algeria: $287 billion (2025) · Switzerland: $1.04 trillion (2025)

How much is produced per person?

Switzerland produces 5.5 times as much per person as Algeria.

Algeria: Int$18,586 (2025) · Switzerland: Int$102,513 (2025)

How evenly is income shared?

Algeria: no data · Switzerland: 33.8 (2022)

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 12% in Algeria, versus 4.9% in Switzerland.

Algeria: 11.6% (2025) · Switzerland: 4.9% (2025)

How much goes to the military?

Algeria spends 8.0% of its GDP on the military, Switzerland 0.7%.

Algeria: 8% (2024) · Switzerland: 0.7% (2024)

How expensive is it?

Switzerland’s price level (US = 100) is 3.4× Algeria’s.

Algeria: 33% (2025) · Switzerland: 112% (2025)

How much is spent on health?

Switzerland spends 50 times as much on health per person as Algeria.

Algeria: $233 (2023) · Switzerland: $11,784 (2023)

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Algeria is 5.7 times as likely to die before turning one as in Switzerland.

Algeria: 19.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Switzerland: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024)

How many doctors are there?

Switzerland has 2.7 times as many doctors per person as Algeria.

Algeria: 1.7 per 1,000 (2022) · Switzerland: 4.5 per 1,000 (2022)

How common is obesity?

24% of adults in Algeria are obese, versus 13% in Switzerland.

Algeria: 24.3% (2024) · Switzerland: 12.9% (2024)

How many adults smoke?

23% of adults in Switzerland smoke, versus 22% in Algeria.

Algeria: 22.4% (2024) · Switzerland: 23.1% (2024)

How do people rate their lives?

People in Switzerland rate their lives 1.30 points higher than in Algeria.

Algeria: 5.71 (2025) · Switzerland: 7.02 (2025)

How much do people drink?

Adults in Switzerland drink 21 times as much alcohol as in Algeria.

Algeria: 0.4 litres (2023) · Switzerland: 8.8 litres (2023)

How much meat is on the menu?

Switzerland has 2.9 times as much meat per person as Algeria.

Algeria: 22.3 kg (2023) · Switzerland: 64 kg (2023)

How much food is there per day?

Switzerland and Algeria are practically level.

Algeria: 3,396 kcal (2023) · Switzerland: 3,402 kcal (2023)

How long do people work?

Workers in Algeria put in 703 more hours a year than in Switzerland.

Algeria: 2,232 hours (2023) · Switzerland: 1,529 hours (2023)

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Switzerland went to school 6.5 years longer than in Algeria.

Algeria: 7.4 years (2023) · Switzerland: 13.9 years (2023)

How many tourists visit?

Algeria: no data · Switzerland: 1.04 (2022)

How many people are online?

97% of people in Switzerland are online, versus 77% in Algeria.

Algeria: 77% (2024) · Switzerland: 97% (2025)

Who has electricity at home?

Algeria and Switzerland are practically level.

Algeria: 100% (2024) · Switzerland: 100% (2024)

How many live in cities?

86% of people in Switzerland live in cities, versus 76% in Algeria.

Algeria: 76% (2025) · Switzerland: 86% (2025)

How many phones per person?

Switzerland has 129 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Algeria 115.

Algeria: 115 (2024) · Switzerland: 129 (2024)

How much railway is there?

Switzerland’s railway network is 3% longer than Algeria’s.

Algeria: 4,001 km (2021) · Switzerland: 4,122 km (2021)

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Switzerland fly 20 times as many passengers per resident as those from Algeria.

Algeria: 0.15 (2023) · Switzerland: 3.05 (2023)

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 32% of Switzerland, but only 0.8% of Algeria.

Algeria: 0.8% (2023) · Switzerland: 32.4% (2023)

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Algeria emits 18% more CO₂ than someone in Switzerland.

Algeria: 4.2 t (2024) · Switzerland: 3.6 t (2024)

How green is the power grid?

68% of Switzerland’s electricity is renewable, versus 1.1% in Algeria.

Algeria: 1.1% (2024) · Switzerland: 67.8% (2025)

How clean is the air?

The air in Algeria carries 60% more fine dust than in Switzerland.

Algeria: 14.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Switzerland: 9 µg/m³ (2024)

How common is murder?

You are 94% more likely to be murdered in Algeria than in Switzerland.

Algeria: 1.2 per 100k (2023) · Switzerland: 0.6 per 100k (2023)

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Algeria are 7.6 times as deadly as in Switzerland.

Algeria: 18.3 per 100k (2021) · Switzerland: 2.4 per 100k (2021)

How warm is it?

Algeria is on average 18.1 °C warmer than Switzerland.

Algeria: 24.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Switzerland: 6.5°C (2016–2025 avg)

How much rain falls?

Switzerland gets 28 times as much rain as Algeria.

Algeria: 58 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Switzerland: 1,616 mm (2016–2025 avg)