Greece: 13,676 km (2026 edition) · Switzerland: 0 km (2026 edition)

Switzerland’s highest peak towers 1,717 m above Greece’s

Greece: 2,917 m (2026 edition) · Switzerland: 4,634 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 39% of Greece, versus 38% of Switzerland

Greece: 38.9% (2024) · Switzerland: 37.7% (2024)

Greece has 15% more people than Switzerland

Greece: 10.4 million (2025) · Switzerland: 9.09 million (2025)

Switzerland is 2.8 times as densely populated as Greece

Greece: 81 per km² (2025) · Switzerland: 230 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Greece is 3.4 years older than in Switzerland

Greece: 45.7 years (2023) · Switzerland: 42.3 years (2023)

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

Greece: 1.24 children per woman (2024) · Switzerland: 1.29 children per woman (2024)

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

Greece: 24.4% (2025) · Switzerland: 20.4% (2025)

Switzerland hosts 77% more refugees per resident than Greece

Greece: 12.9 per 1,000 (2025) · Switzerland: 22.9 per 1,000 (2025)

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

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

Switzerland has 4 official languages, Greece 1

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

Switzerland’s economy is 3.7 times the size of Greece’s

Greece: $281 billion (2025) · Switzerland: $1.04 trillion (2025)

Switzerland produces 2.3 times as much per person as Greece

Greece: Int$45,264 (2025) · Switzerland: Int$102,513 (2025)

Switzerland and Greece are practically level

Greece: 33.4 (2023) · Switzerland: 33.5 (2023)

0.6% of people in Greece live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.1% in Switzerland

Greece: 0.6% (2023) · Switzerland: 0.1% (2023)

Unemployment is 8.5% in Greece, versus 4.9% in Switzerland

Greece: 8.5% (2025) · Switzerland: 4.9% (2025)

Greece spends 3.0% of its GDP on the military, Switzerland 0.8%

Greece: 3% (2025) · Switzerland: 0.8% (2025)

Greece’s central government collects 27% of GDP in tax, Switzerland’s 9.5%

Greece: 27.4% (2024) · Switzerland: 9.5% (2024)

Switzerland’s price level (US = 100) is 1.9× Greece’s

Greece: 60% (2025) · Switzerland: 112% (2025)

Switzerland spends 6 times as much on health per person as Greece

Greece: $1,963 (2023) · Switzerland: $11,784 (2023)

A baby in Switzerland is 6% more likely to die before turning one than in Greece

Greece: 3.2 per 1,000 (2024) · Switzerland: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024)

Greece has 47% more doctors per person than Switzerland

Greece: 6.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Switzerland: 4.5 per 1,000 (2022)

Switzerland has 3% more hospital beds per person than Greece

Greece: 4.3 per 1,000 (2022) · Switzerland: 4.4 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Switzerland is 3 times that in Greece

Greece: 3.9 per 100k (2023) · Switzerland: 11.6 per 100k (2023)

34% of adults in Greece are obese, versus 13% in Switzerland

Greece: 33.7% (2024) · Switzerland: 12.9% (2024)

30% of adults in Greece smoke, versus 23% in Switzerland

Greece: 30.2% (2024) · Switzerland: 23.1% (2024)

People in Switzerland rate their lives 1.32 points higher than in Greece

Greece: 5.70 (2025) · Switzerland: 7.02 (2025)

Adults in Switzerland drink 2% more alcohol than in Greece

Greece: 8.6 litres (2023) · Switzerland: 8.8 litres (2023)

Greece has 28% more meat per person than Switzerland

Greece: 82 kg (2023) · Switzerland: 64 kg (2023)

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

Greece: 3,382 kcal (2023) · Switzerland: 3,402 kcal (2023)

Workers in Greece put in 364 more hours a year than in Switzerland

Greece: 1,893 hours (2023) · Switzerland: 1,529 hours (2023)

Adults in Switzerland went to school 2.4 years longer than in Greece

Greece: 11.6 years (2023) · Switzerland: 13.9 years (2023)

Greece welcomed 2.6 times as many tourists per resident as Switzerland (2019)

Greece: 2.67 (2022) · Switzerland: 1.04 (2022)

Greece has 8 more World Heritage sites than Switzerland (21 against 13)

Greece: 21 (2026) · Switzerland: 13 (2026)

Switzerland has won 403 Olympic medals, Greece 129

Greece: 129 (2026 edition) · Switzerland: 403 (2026 edition)

97% of people in Switzerland are online, versus 86% in Greece

Greece: 86% (2024) · Switzerland: 97% (2025)

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

Greece: 186 Mbps (2026) · Switzerland: 399 Mbps (2026)

Greece and Switzerland are practically level

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

86% of people in Switzerland live in cities, versus 79% in Greece

Greece: 79% (2025) · Switzerland: 86% (2025)

Switzerland has 129 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Greece 114

Greece: 114 (2024) · Switzerland: 129 (2024)

Switzerland’s railway network is 76% longer than Greece’s

Greece: 2,339 km (2021) · Switzerland: 4,122 km (2021)

Airlines from Switzerland fly 66% more passengers per resident than those from Greece

Greece: 1.83 (2023) · Switzerland: 3.05 (2023)

Forest covers 37% of Greece, but only 32% of Switzerland

Greece: 36.9% (2024) · Switzerland: 32% (2024)

The average person in Greece emits 48% more CO₂ than someone in Switzerland

Greece: 5.3 t (2024) · Switzerland: 3.6 t (2024)

68% of Switzerland’s electricity is renewable, versus 50% in Greece

Greece: 49.7% (2025) · Switzerland: 67.8% (2025)

The air in Greece carries 68% more fine dust than in Switzerland

Greece: 15.1 µg/m³ (2024) · Switzerland: 9 µg/m³ (2024)

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

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

Roads in Greece are 2.8 times as deadly as in Switzerland

Greece: 10.8 per 100k (2023) · Switzerland: 3.9 per 100k (2023)

Greece is on average 9.2 °C warmer than Switzerland

Greece: 15.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Switzerland: 6.5°C (2016–2025 avg)

Switzerland gets 2 times as much rain as Greece

Greece: 800 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Switzerland: 1,616 mm (2016–2025 avg)