Denmark: 7,314 km (2026 edition) · Switzerland: 0 km (2026 edition)

Switzerland’s highest peak towers 4,463 m above Denmark’s

Denmark: 171 m (2026 edition) · Switzerland: 4,634 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 65% of Denmark, versus 38% of Switzerland

Denmark: 65.1% (2024) · Switzerland: 37.7% (2024)

Switzerland has 51% more people than Denmark

Denmark: 6.01 million (2025) · Switzerland: 9.09 million (2025)

Switzerland is 53% more densely populated than Denmark

Denmark: 150 per km² (2025) · Switzerland: 230 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Switzerland is 1.1 years older than in Denmark

Denmark: 41.2 years (2023) · Switzerland: 42.3 years (2023)

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

Denmark: 1.47 children per woman (2024) · Switzerland: 1.29 children per woman (2024)

21% of people in Denmark are 65 or older, versus 20% in Switzerland

Denmark: 21.1% (2025) · Switzerland: 20.4% (2025)

Switzerland hosts 45% more refugees per resident than Denmark

Denmark: 15.8 per 1,000 (2025) · Switzerland: 22.9 per 1,000 (2025)

Switzerland has produced 20.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Denmark 20.0

Denmark: 20 (2026) · Switzerland: 20.9 (2026)

Switzerland has 4 official languages, Denmark 1

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

Switzerland’s economy is 2.3 times the size of Denmark’s

Denmark: $463 billion (2025) · Switzerland: $1.04 trillion (2025)

Switzerland produces 23% more per person than Denmark

Denmark: Int$83,218 (2025) · Switzerland: Int$102,513 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Switzerland than in Denmark (Gini 3.6 points higher)

Denmark: 29.9 (2023) · Switzerland: 33.5 (2023)

Denmark and Switzerland are practically level

Denmark: 0.4% (2023) · Switzerland: 0.1% (2023)

Unemployment is 5.5% in Denmark, versus 4.9% in Switzerland

Denmark: 5.5% (2025) · Switzerland: 4.9% (2025)

Denmark spends 3.3% of its GDP on the military, Switzerland 0.8%

Denmark: 3.3% (2025) · Switzerland: 0.8% (2025)

Denmark’s central government collects 33% of GDP in tax, Switzerland’s 9.5%

Denmark: 33.4% (2024) · Switzerland: 9.5% (2024)

Switzerland’s price level (US = 100) is 1.2× Denmark’s

Denmark: 92% (2025) · Switzerland: 112% (2025)

Switzerland spends 75% more on health per person than Denmark

Denmark: $6,745 (2024) · Switzerland: $11,784 (2023)

A baby in Denmark is 3% more likely to die before turning one than in Switzerland

Denmark: 3.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Switzerland: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024)

Denmark and Switzerland are nearly identical here

Denmark: 4.5 per 1,000 (2021) · Switzerland: 4.5 per 1,000 (2022)

Switzerland has 80% more hospital beds per person than Denmark

Denmark: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Switzerland: 4.4 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Switzerland is 35% higher than in Denmark

Denmark: 8.6 per 100k (2023) · Switzerland: 11.6 per 100k (2023)

15% of adults in Denmark are obese, versus 13% in Switzerland

Denmark: 15.2% (2024) · Switzerland: 12.9% (2024)

23% of adults in Switzerland smoke, versus 16% in Denmark

Denmark: 15.7% (2024) · Switzerland: 23.1% (2024)

People in Denmark rate their lives 0.52 points higher than in Switzerland

Denmark: 7.54 (2025) · Switzerland: 7.02 (2025)

Adults in Denmark drink 9% more alcohol than in Switzerland

Denmark: 9.5 litres (2023) · Switzerland: 8.8 litres (2023)

Denmark has 58% more meat per person than Switzerland

Denmark: 101.3 kg (2023) · Switzerland: 64 kg (2023)

Denmark has 331 kcal more food per person per day than Switzerland

Denmark: 3,734 kcal (2023) · Switzerland: 3,402 kcal (2023)

Workers in Switzerland put in 149 more hours a year than in Denmark

Denmark: 1,380 hours (2023) · Switzerland: 1,529 hours (2023)

Adults in Switzerland went to school 0.92 years longer than in Denmark

Denmark: 13 years (2023) · Switzerland: 13.9 years (2023)

Denmark welcomed 2.3 times as many tourists per resident as Switzerland (2019)

Denmark: 2.4 (2022) · Switzerland: 1.04 (2022)

Denmark and Switzerland are practically level

Denmark: 13 (2026) · Switzerland: 13 (2026)

Switzerland has won 403 Olympic medals, Denmark 216

Denmark: 216 (2026 edition) · Switzerland: 403 (2026 edition)

100% of people in Denmark are online, versus 97% in Switzerland

Denmark: 100% (2024) · Switzerland: 97% (2025)

Home internet in Switzerland is 27% faster than in Denmark

Denmark: 314 Mbps (2026) · Switzerland: 399 Mbps (2026)

Denmark and Switzerland are practically level

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

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

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

Switzerland has 129 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Denmark 127

Denmark: 127 (2024) · Switzerland: 129 (2024)

Switzerland’s railway network is 54% longer than Denmark’s

Denmark: 2,682 km (2020) · Switzerland: 4,122 km (2021)

Denmark: no data · Switzerland: 3.05 (2023)

Forest covers 32% of Switzerland, but only 16% of Denmark

Denmark: 16% (2024) · Switzerland: 32% (2024)

The average person in Denmark emits 32% more CO₂ than someone in Switzerland

Denmark: 4.7 t (2024) · Switzerland: 3.6 t (2024)

91% of Denmark’s electricity is renewable, versus 68% in Switzerland

Denmark: 91.2% (2025) · Switzerland: 67.8% (2025)

Denmark and Switzerland are nearly identical here

Denmark: 9 µg/m³ (2024) · Switzerland: 9 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 41% more likely to be murdered in Denmark than in Switzerland

Denmark: 0.8 per 100k (2023) · Switzerland: 0.6 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Denmark are 8% deadlier than in Switzerland

Denmark: 4.2 per 100k (2023) · Switzerland: 3.9 per 100k (2023)

Denmark is on average 3.0 °C warmer than Switzerland

Denmark: 9.6°C (2016–2025 avg) · Switzerland: 6.5°C (2016–2025 avg)

Switzerland gets 91% more rain than Denmark

Denmark: 845 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Switzerland: 1,616 mm (2016–2025 avg)