Brazil: 7,491 km (2026 edition) · Switzerland: 0 km (2026 edition)

Switzerland’s highest peak towers 1,640 m above Brazil’s

Brazil: 2,994 m (2026 edition) · Switzerland: 4,634 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 38% of Switzerland, versus 28% of Brazil

Brazil: 28.4% (2024) · Switzerland: 37.7% (2024)

Brazil has 23 times as many people as Switzerland

Brazil: 213 million (2025) · Switzerland: 9.09 million (2025)

Switzerland is 9 times as densely populated as Brazil

Brazil: 25 per km² (2025) · Switzerland: 230 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Switzerland is 8.4 years older than in Brazil

Brazil: 33.9 years (2023) · Switzerland: 42.3 years (2023)

Women in Brazil have 0.3 more children on average than in Switzerland

Brazil: 1.61 children per woman (2024) · Switzerland: 1.29 children per woman (2024)

20% of people in Switzerland are 65 or older, versus 11% in Brazil

Brazil: 11.5% (2025) · Switzerland: 20.4% (2025)

Switzerland hosts 17 times as many refugees per resident as Brazil

Brazil: 1.3 per 1,000 (2025) · Switzerland: 22.9 per 1,000 (2025)

Switzerland has produced 20.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Brazil 0.0

Brazil: 0.047 (2026) · Switzerland: 20.9 (2026)

Switzerland has 4 official languages, Brazil 1

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

Brazil’s economy is 2.2 times the size of Switzerland’s

Brazil: $2.28 trillion (2025) · Switzerland: $1.04 trillion (2025)

Switzerland produces 4.4 times as much per person as Brazil

Brazil: Int$23,433 (2025) · Switzerland: Int$102,513 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Brazil than in Switzerland (Gini 16.8 points higher)

Brazil: 50.3 (2024) · Switzerland: 33.5 (2023)

3.0% of people in Brazil live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.1% in Switzerland

Brazil: 3% (2024) · Switzerland: 0.1% (2023)

Unemployment is 6.0% in Brazil, versus 4.9% in Switzerland

Brazil: 6% (2025) · Switzerland: 4.9% (2025)

Brazil and Switzerland are practically level

Brazil: 1.1% (2025) · Switzerland: 0.8% (2025)

Brazil’s central government collects 15% of GDP in tax, Switzerland’s 9.5%

Brazil: 15.4% (2024) · Switzerland: 9.5% (2024)

Switzerland’s price level (US = 100) is 2.4× Brazil’s

Brazil: 46% (2025) · Switzerland: 112% (2025)

Switzerland spends 12 times as much on health per person as Brazil

Brazil: $1,010 (2023) · Switzerland: $11,784 (2023)

A baby in Brazil is 3.6 times as likely to die before turning one as in Switzerland

Brazil: 12.3 per 1,000 (2024) · Switzerland: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024)

Switzerland has 90% more doctors per person than Brazil

Brazil: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Switzerland: 4.5 per 1,000 (2022)

Switzerland has 74% more hospital beds per person than Brazil

Brazil: 2.5 per 1,000 (2021) · Switzerland: 4.4 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Switzerland is 32% higher than in Brazil

Brazil: 8.8 per 100k (2023) · Switzerland: 11.6 per 100k (2023)

31% of adults in Brazil are obese, versus 13% in Switzerland

Brazil: 30.9% (2024) · Switzerland: 12.9% (2024)

23% of adults in Switzerland smoke, versus 12% in Brazil

Brazil: 11.9% (2024) · Switzerland: 23.1% (2024)

People in Switzerland rate their lives 0.38 points higher than in Brazil

Brazil: 6.63 (2025) · Switzerland: 7.02 (2025)

Adults in Brazil drink 18% more alcohol than in Switzerland

Brazil: 10.4 litres (2023) · Switzerland: 8.8 litres (2023)

Brazil has 63% more meat per person than Switzerland

Brazil: 104.6 kg (2023) · Switzerland: 64 kg (2023)

Brazil has 21 kcal more food per person per day than Switzerland

Brazil: 3,423 kcal (2023) · Switzerland: 3,402 kcal (2023)

Workers in Brazil put in 465 more hours a year than in Switzerland

Brazil: 1,994 hours (2023) · Switzerland: 1,529 hours (2023)

Adults in Switzerland went to school 5.5 years longer than in Brazil

Brazil: 8.4 years (2023) · Switzerland: 13.9 years (2023)

Switzerland welcomed 33 times as many tourists per resident as Brazil (2019)

Brazil: 0.03 (2024) · Switzerland: 1.04 (2022)

Brazil has 13 more World Heritage sites than Switzerland (26 against 13)

Brazil: 26 (2026) · Switzerland: 13 (2026)

Switzerland has won 403 Olympic medals, Brazil 171

Brazil: 171 (2026 edition) · Switzerland: 403 (2026 edition)

97% of people in Switzerland are online, versus 84% in Brazil

Brazil: 84% (2024) · Switzerland: 97% (2025)

Home internet in Switzerland is 36% faster than in Brazil

Brazil: 293 Mbps (2026) · Switzerland: 399 Mbps (2026)

Switzerland and Brazil are practically level

Brazil: 99.8% (2024) · Switzerland: 100% (2024)

88% of people in Brazil live in cities, versus 86% in Switzerland

Brazil: 88% (2025) · Switzerland: 86% (2025)

Switzerland has 129 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Brazil 102

Brazil: 102 (2024) · Switzerland: 129 (2024)

Brazil’s railway network is 7.2 times as long as Switzerland’s

Brazil: 29,850 km (2014) · Switzerland: 4,122 km (2021)

Airlines from Switzerland fly 6.8 times as many passengers per resident as those from Brazil

Brazil: 0.45 (2023) · Switzerland: 3.05 (2023)

Forest covers 59% of Brazil, but only 32% of Switzerland

Brazil: 58.5% (2024) · Switzerland: 32% (2024)

The average person in Switzerland emits 58% more CO₂ than someone in Brazil

Brazil: 2.3 t (2024) · Switzerland: 3.6 t (2024)

87% of Brazil’s electricity is renewable, versus 68% in Switzerland

Brazil: 86.6% (2025) · Switzerland: 67.8% (2025)

The air in Brazil carries 70% more fine dust than in Switzerland

Brazil: 15.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Switzerland: 9 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 32 times as likely to be murdered in Brazil as in Switzerland

Brazil: 19.3 per 100k (2023) · Switzerland: 0.6 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Brazil are 6.6 times as deadly as in Switzerland

Brazil: 25.9 per 100k (2023) · Switzerland: 3.9 per 100k (2023)

Brazil is on average 18.8 °C warmer than Switzerland

Brazil: 25.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Switzerland: 6.5°C (2016–2025 avg)

Brazil gets 3% more rain than Switzerland

Brazil: 1,661 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Switzerland: 1,616 mm (2016–2025 avg)