Germany: 2,389 km (2026 edition) · Switzerland: 0 km (2026 edition)

Switzerland’s highest peak towers 1,671 m above Germany’s

Germany: 2,963 m (2026 edition) · Switzerland: 4,634 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 47% of Germany, versus 38% of Switzerland

Germany: 47.4% (2024) · Switzerland: 37.7% (2024)

Germany has 9.2 times as many people as Switzerland

Germany: 83.5 million (2025) · Switzerland: 9.09 million (2025)

Germany is 4% more densely populated than Switzerland

Germany: 239 per km² (2025) · Switzerland: 230 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Germany is 2.8 years older than in Switzerland

Germany: 45.1 years (2023) · Switzerland: 42.3 years (2023)

Women in Germany have 0.1 more children on average than in Switzerland

Germany: 1.36 children per woman (2024) · Switzerland: 1.29 children per woman (2024)

24% of people in Germany are 65 or older, versus 20% in Switzerland

Germany: 23.7% (2025) · Switzerland: 20.4% (2025)

Germany hosts 39% more refugees per resident than Switzerland

Germany: 31.8 per 1,000 (2025) · Switzerland: 22.9 per 1,000 (2025)

Switzerland has produced 20.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Germany 10.3

Germany: 10.3 (2026) · Switzerland: 20.9 (2026)

Switzerland has 4 official languages, Germany 1

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

Germany’s economy is 4.8 times the size of Switzerland’s

Germany: $5.05 trillion (2025) · Switzerland: $1.04 trillion (2025)

Switzerland produces 36% more per person than Germany

Germany: Int$75,407 (2025) · Switzerland: Int$102,513 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Germany than in Switzerland (Gini 0.2 points higher)

Germany: 33.7 (2022) · Switzerland: 33.5 (2023)

0.7% of people in Germany live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.1% in Switzerland

Germany: 0.7% (2022) · Switzerland: 0.1% (2023)

Unemployment is 4.9% in Switzerland, versus 3.7% in Germany

Germany: 3.7% (2025) · Switzerland: 4.9% (2025)

Germany spends 2.3% of its GDP on the military, Switzerland 0.8%

Germany: 2.3% (2025) · Switzerland: 0.8% (2025)

Germany’s central government collects 11% of GDP in tax, Switzerland’s 9.5%

Germany: 10.9% (2024) · Switzerland: 9.5% (2024)

Switzerland’s price level (US = 100) is 1.4× Germany’s

Germany: 80% (2025) · Switzerland: 112% (2025)

Switzerland spends 72% more on health per person than Germany

Germany: $6,849 (2024) · Switzerland: $11,784 (2023)

A baby in Switzerland is 10% more likely to die before turning one than in Germany

Germany: 3.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Switzerland: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024)

Germany has 1% more doctors per person than Switzerland

Germany: 4.5 per 1,000 (2022) · Switzerland: 4.5 per 1,000 (2022)

Germany has 72% more hospital beds per person than Switzerland

Germany: 7.6 per 1,000 (2023) · Switzerland: 4.4 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Switzerland is 16% higher than in Germany

Germany: 10 per 100k (2023) · Switzerland: 11.6 per 100k (2023)

24% of adults in Germany are obese, versus 13% in Switzerland

Germany: 24.5% (2024) · Switzerland: 12.9% (2024)

23% of adults in Switzerland smoke, versus 22% in Germany

Germany: 22% (2024) · Switzerland: 23.1% (2024)

People in Switzerland rate their lives 0.14 points higher than in Germany

Germany: 6.88 (2025) · Switzerland: 7.02 (2025)

Adults in Germany drink 25% more alcohol than in Switzerland

Germany: 10.9 litres (2023) · Switzerland: 8.8 litres (2023)

Germany has 10% more meat per person than Switzerland

Germany: 70.7 kg (2023) · Switzerland: 64 kg (2023)

Germany has 132 kcal more food per person per day than Switzerland

Germany: 3,535 kcal (2023) · Switzerland: 3,402 kcal (2023)

Workers in Switzerland put in 194 more hours a year than in Germany

Germany: 1,335 hours (2023) · Switzerland: 1,529 hours (2023)

Adults in Germany went to school 0.35 years longer than in Switzerland

Germany: 14.3 years (2023) · Switzerland: 13.9 years (2023)

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

Germany: 0.45 (2024) · Switzerland: 1.04 (2022)

Germany has 42 more World Heritage sites than Switzerland (55 against 13)

Germany: 55 (2026) · Switzerland: 13 (2026)

Germany has won 980 Olympic medals, Switzerland 403

Germany: 980 (2026 edition) · Switzerland: 403 (2026 edition)

97% of people in Switzerland are online, versus 94% in Germany

Germany: 94% (2024) · Switzerland: 97% (2025)

Home internet in Switzerland is 2.1 times as fast as in Germany

Germany: 187 Mbps (2026) · Switzerland: 399 Mbps (2026)

Germany and Switzerland are practically level

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

86% of people in Switzerland live in cities, versus 82% in Germany

Germany: 82% (2025) · Switzerland: 86% (2025)

Switzerland and Germany are practically level

Germany: 129 (2024) · Switzerland: 129 (2024)

Germany’s railway network is 8.1 times as long as Switzerland’s

Germany: 33,401 km (2021) · Switzerland: 4,122 km (2021)

Airlines from Switzerland fly 3.2 times as many passengers per resident as those from Germany

Germany: 0.96 (2023) · Switzerland: 3.05 (2023)

Forest covers 33% of Germany, but only 32% of Switzerland

Germany: 32.8% (2024) · Switzerland: 32% (2024)

The average person in Germany emits 88% more CO₂ than someone in Switzerland

Germany: 6.8 t (2024) · Switzerland: 3.6 t (2024)

68% of Switzerland’s electricity is renewable, versus 59% in Germany

Germany: 59.1% (2025) · Switzerland: 67.8% (2025)

The air in Germany carries 1% more fine dust than in Switzerland

Germany: 9.1 µg/m³ (2024) · Switzerland: 9 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 52% more likely to be murdered in Germany than in Switzerland

Germany: 0.9 per 100k (2023) · Switzerland: 0.6 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Germany are 38% deadlier than in Switzerland

Germany: 5.4 per 100k (2023) · Switzerland: 3.9 per 100k (2023)

Germany is on average 3.7 °C warmer than Switzerland

Germany: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Switzerland: 6.5°C (2016–2025 avg)

Switzerland gets 86% more rain than Germany

Germany: 871 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Switzerland: 1,616 mm (2016–2025 avg)