Chile: 6,435 km (2026 edition) · Switzerland: 0 km (2026 edition)

Chile’s highest peak towers 2,259 m above Switzerland’s

Chile: 6,893 m (2026 edition) · Switzerland: 4,634 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 38% of Switzerland, versus 14% of Chile

Chile: 14.4% (2024) · Switzerland: 37.7% (2024)

Chile has 2.2 times as many people as Switzerland

Chile: 19.9 million (2025) · Switzerland: 9.09 million (2025)

Switzerland is 8.6 times as densely populated as Chile

Chile: 27 per km² (2025) · Switzerland: 230 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Switzerland is 6.4 years older than in Chile

Chile: 36 years (2023) · Switzerland: 42.3 years (2023)

Women in Switzerland have 0.2 more children on average than in Chile

Chile: 1.14 children per woman (2024) · Switzerland: 1.29 children per woman (2024)

20% of people in Switzerland are 65 or older, versus 15% in Chile

Chile: 14.6% (2025) · Switzerland: 20.4% (2025)

Switzerland hosts 173 times as many refugees per resident as Chile

Chile: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Switzerland: 22.9 per 1,000 (2025)

Switzerland has produced 20.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Chile 1.0

Chile: 1 (2026) · Switzerland: 20.9 (2026)

Switzerland has 4 official languages, Chile 1

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

Switzerland’s economy is 2.9 times the size of Chile’s

Chile: $357 billion (2025) · Switzerland: $1.04 trillion (2025)

Switzerland produces 2.7 times as much per person as Chile

Chile: Int$37,774 (2025) · Switzerland: Int$102,513 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Chile than in Switzerland (Gini 9.5 points higher)

Chile: 43 (2024) · Switzerland: 33.5 (2023)

Chile and Switzerland are practically level

Chile: 0.4% (2024) · Switzerland: 0.1% (2023)

Unemployment is 9.0% in Chile, versus 4.9% in Switzerland

Chile: 9% (2025) · Switzerland: 4.9% (2025)

Chile spends 1.5% of its GDP on the military, Switzerland 0.8%

Chile: 1.5% (2025) · Switzerland: 0.8% (2025)

Chile’s central government collects 18% of GDP in tax, Switzerland’s 9.5%

Chile: 18.3% (2024) · Switzerland: 9.5% (2024)

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

Chile: 48% (2025) · Switzerland: 112% (2025)

Switzerland spends 6.7 times as much on health per person as Chile

Chile: $1,760 (2024) · Switzerland: $11,784 (2023)

A baby in Chile is 71% more likely to die before turning one than in Switzerland

Chile: 5.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Switzerland: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024)

Switzerland has 34% more doctors per person than Chile

Chile: 3.3 per 1,000 (2023) · Switzerland: 4.5 per 1,000 (2022)

Switzerland has 2.3 times as many hospital beds per person as Chile

Chile: 1.9 per 1,000 (2023) · Switzerland: 4.4 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Switzerland is 27% higher than in Chile

Chile: 9.1 per 100k (2023) · Switzerland: 11.6 per 100k (2023)

41% of adults in Chile are obese, versus 13% in Switzerland

Chile: 41.1% (2024) · Switzerland: 12.9% (2024)

27% of adults in Chile smoke, versus 23% in Switzerland

Chile: 26.7% (2024) · Switzerland: 23.1% (2024)

People in Switzerland rate their lives 0.72 points higher than in Chile

Chile: 6.30 (2025) · Switzerland: 7.02 (2025)

Adults in Switzerland drink 33% more alcohol than in Chile

Chile: 6.6 litres (2023) · Switzerland: 8.8 litres (2023)

Chile has 54% more meat per person than Switzerland

Chile: 98.5 kg (2023) · Switzerland: 64 kg (2023)

Switzerland has 345 kcal more food per person per day than Chile

Chile: 3,057 kcal (2023) · Switzerland: 3,402 kcal (2023)

Workers in Chile put in 421 more hours a year than in Switzerland

Chile: 1,950 hours (2023) · Switzerland: 1,529 hours (2023)

Adults in Switzerland went to school 2.7 years longer than in Chile

Chile: 11.3 years (2023) · Switzerland: 13.9 years (2023)

Switzerland welcomed 3.9 times as many tourists per resident as Chile (2019)

Chile: 0.27 (2024) · Switzerland: 1.04 (2022)

Switzerland has 6 more World Heritage sites than Chile (13 against 7)

Chile: 7 (2026) · Switzerland: 13 (2026)

Switzerland has won 403 Olympic medals, Chile 15

Chile: 15 (2026 edition) · Switzerland: 403 (2026 edition)

97% of people in Switzerland are online, versus 96% in Chile

Chile: 96% (2024) · Switzerland: 97% (2025)

Home internet in Chile is 6% faster than in Switzerland

Chile: 422 Mbps (2026) · Switzerland: 399 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in Switzerland have electricity, versus 99% in Chile

Chile: 99% (2024) · Switzerland: 100% (2024)

89% of people in Chile live in cities, versus 86% in Switzerland

Chile: 89% (2025) · Switzerland: 86% (2025)

Chile has 133 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Switzerland 129

Chile: 133 (2024) · Switzerland: 129 (2024)

Switzerland’s railway network is 72% longer than Chile’s

Chile: 2,396 km (2021) · Switzerland: 4,122 km (2021)

Airlines from Switzerland fly 2.8 times as many passengers per resident as those from Chile

Chile: 1.07 (2023) · Switzerland: 3.05 (2023)

Forest covers 32% of Switzerland, but only 24% of Chile

Chile: 24.5% (2024) · Switzerland: 32% (2024)

The average person in Chile emits 11% more CO₂ than someone in Switzerland

Chile: 4 t (2024) · Switzerland: 3.6 t (2024)

68% of Switzerland’s electricity is renewable, versus 66% in Chile

Chile: 66.4% (2025) · Switzerland: 67.8% (2025)

The air in Chile carries 2.6 times as much fine dust as in Switzerland

Chile: 23.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Switzerland: 9 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 11 times as likely to be murdered in Chile as in Switzerland

Chile: 6.3 per 100k (2023) · Switzerland: 0.6 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Chile are 4.2 times as deadly as in Switzerland

Chile: 16.3 per 100k (2023) · Switzerland: 3.9 per 100k (2023)

Chile is on average 2.9 °C warmer than Switzerland

Chile: 9.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · Switzerland: 6.5°C (2016–2025 avg)

Switzerland gets 13% more rain than Chile

Chile: 1,425 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Switzerland: 1,616 mm (2016–2025 avg)