Czechia: 0 km (2026 edition) · Sweden: 3,218 km (2026 edition)

Sweden’s highest peak towers 498 m above Czechia’s

Czechia: 1,602 m (2026 edition) · Sweden: 2,100 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 46% of Czechia, versus 7.3% of Sweden

Czechia: 45.8% (2024) · Sweden: 7.3% (2024)

Czechia has 3% more people than Sweden

Czechia: 10.9 million (2025) · Sweden: 10.6 million (2025)

Czechia is 5.4 times as densely populated as Sweden

Czechia: 141 per km² (2025) · Sweden: 26 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Czechia is 2.8 years older than in Sweden

Czechia: 42.7 years (2023) · Sweden: 39.9 years (2023)

Women in Sweden have 0.1 more children on average than in Czechia

Czechia: 1.36 children per woman (2024) · Sweden: 1.43 children per woman (2024)

Czechia and Sweden are practically level

Czechia: 21.2% (2025) · Sweden: 20.9% (2025)

Czechia hosts 2.7 times as many refugees per resident as Sweden

Czechia: 36.3 per 1,000 (2025) · Sweden: 13.6 per 1,000 (2025)

Sweden has produced 28.3 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Czechia 5.5

Czechia: 5.5 (2026) · Sweden: 28.3 (2026)

Czechia has 2 official languages, Sweden 1

Czechia: 2 (2026) · Sweden: 1 (2026)

Sweden’s economy is 71% larger than Czechia’s

Czechia: $391 billion (2025) · Sweden: $669 billion (2025)

Sweden produces 20% more per person than Czechia

Czechia: Int$60,487 (2025) · Sweden: Int$72,529 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Sweden than in Czechia (Gini 3.6 points higher)

Czechia: 25.7 (2023) · Sweden: 29.3 (2023)

0.8% of people in Sweden live on less than $3 a day, versus 0% in Czechia

Czechia: 0% (2023) · Sweden: 0.8% (2023)

Unemployment is 8.7% in Sweden, versus 2.8% in Czechia

Czechia: 2.8% (2025) · Sweden: 8.7% (2025)

Sweden spends 2.5% of its GDP on the military, Czechia 1.8%

Czechia: 1.8% (2025) · Sweden: 2.5% (2025)

Sweden’s central government collects 27% of GDP in tax, Czechia’s 19%

Czechia: 18.6% (2024) · Sweden: 27.2% (2024)

Sweden’s price level (US = 100) is 1.5× Czechia’s

Czechia: 59% (2025) · Sweden: 87% (2025)

Sweden spends 2.4 times as much on health per person as Czechia

Czechia: $2,693 (2024) · Sweden: $6,485 (2024)

A baby in Czechia is 5% more likely to die before turning one than in Sweden

Czechia: 2.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Sweden: 2 per 1,000 (2024)

Sweden has 1% more doctors per person than Czechia

Czechia: 4.4 per 1,000 (2022) · Sweden: 4.4 per 1,000 (2021)

Czechia has 3.4 times as many hospital beds per person as Sweden

Czechia: 6.5 per 1,000 (2022) · Sweden: 1.9 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Sweden is 4% higher than in Czechia

Czechia: 12.2 per 100k (2023) · Sweden: 12.7 per 100k (2023)

32% of adults in Czechia are obese, versus 19% in Sweden

Czechia: 31.6% (2024) · Sweden: 18.7% (2024)

28% of adults in Czechia smoke, versus 20% in Sweden

Czechia: 28.4% (2024) · Sweden: 20.3% (2024)

People in Sweden rate their lives 0.43 points higher than in Czechia

Czechia: 6.82 (2025) · Sweden: 7.26 (2025)

Adults in Czechia drink 56% more alcohol than in Sweden

Czechia: 13.5 litres (2023) · Sweden: 8.7 litres (2023)

Czechia has 20% more meat per person than Sweden

Czechia: 82.3 kg (2023) · Sweden: 68.4 kg (2023)

Czechia has 17 kcal more food per person per day than Sweden

Czechia: 3,384 kcal (2023) · Sweden: 3,367 kcal (2023)

Workers in Czechia put in 343 more hours a year than in Sweden

Czechia: 1,774 hours (2023) · Sweden: 1,432 hours (2023)

Adults in Czechia went to school 0.22 years longer than in Sweden

Czechia: 13 years (2023) · Sweden: 12.7 years (2023)

Czechia welcomed 2.2 times as many tourists per resident as Sweden (2019)

Czechia: 1.37 (2019) · Sweden: 0.63 (2022)

Czechia has 2 more World Heritage sites than Sweden (17 against 15)

Czechia: 17 (2026) · Sweden: 15 (2026)

Sweden has won 709 Olympic medals, Czechia 111

Czechia: 111 (2026 edition) · Sweden: 709 (2026 edition)

96% of people in Sweden are online, versus 88% in Czechia

Czechia: 88% (2024) · Sweden: 96% (2025)

Home internet in Sweden is 33% faster than in Czechia

Czechia: 186 Mbps (2026) · Sweden: 248 Mbps (2026)

Czechia and Sweden are practically level

Czechia: 100% (2024) · Sweden: 100% (2024)

89% of people in Sweden live in cities, versus 73% in Czechia

Czechia: 73% (2025) · Sweden: 89% (2025)

Sweden has 141 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Czechia 127

Czechia: 127 (2024) · Sweden: 141 (2024)

Sweden’s railway network is 4% longer than Czechia’s

Czechia: 9,357 km (2021) · Sweden: 9,714 km (2021)

Airlines from Sweden fly 9.2 times as many passengers per resident as those from Czechia

Czechia: 0.2 (2023) · Sweden: 1.85 (2023)

Forest covers 69% of Sweden, but only 38% of Czechia

Czechia: 38.4% (2024) · Sweden: 68.6% (2024)

The average person in Czechia emits 2 times as much CO₂ as someone in Sweden

Czechia: 7 t (2024) · Sweden: 3.6 t (2024)

71% of Sweden’s electricity is renewable, versus 17% in Czechia

Czechia: 16.8% (2025) · Sweden: 71.2% (2025)

The air in Czechia carries 2.1 times as much fine dust as in Sweden

Czechia: 12.1 µg/m³ (2024) · Sweden: 5.7 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 49% more likely to be murdered in Sweden than in Czechia

Czechia: 0.8 per 100k (2023) · Sweden: 1.1 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Czechia are 2.1 times as deadly as in Sweden

Czechia: 7.1 per 100k (2023) · Sweden: 3.4 per 100k (2023)

Czechia is on average 5.1 °C warmer than Sweden

Czechia: 9.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · Sweden: 4.3°C (2016–2025 avg)

Czechia and Sweden are nearly identical here

Czechia: 805 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Sweden: 801 mm (2016–2025 avg)