Ireland: 1,448 km (2026 edition) · Switzerland: 0 km (2026 edition)

Switzerland’s highest peak towers 3,593 m above Ireland’s

Ireland: 1,041 m (2026 edition) · Switzerland: 4,634 m (2026 edition)

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

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

Switzerland has 66% more people than Ireland

Ireland: 5.48 million (2025) · Switzerland: 9.09 million (2025)

Switzerland is 2.9 times as densely populated as Ireland

Ireland: 80 per km² (2025) · Switzerland: 230 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Switzerland is 3.9 years older than in Ireland

Ireland: 38.4 years (2023) · Switzerland: 42.3 years (2023)

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

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

20% of people in Switzerland are 65 or older, versus 16% in Ireland

Ireland: 16.2% (2025) · Switzerland: 20.4% (2025)

Ireland hosts 10% more refugees per resident than Switzerland

Ireland: 25.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Switzerland: 22.9 per 1,000 (2025)

Switzerland has produced 20.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ireland 9.1

Ireland: 9.1 (2026) · Switzerland: 20.9 (2026)

Switzerland has 4 official languages, Ireland 2

Ireland: 2 (2026) · Switzerland: 4 (2026)

Switzerland’s economy is 45% larger than Ireland’s

Ireland: $722 billion (2025) · Switzerland: $1.04 trillion (2025)

Ireland produces 51% more per person than Switzerland

Ireland: Int$155,089 (2025) · Switzerland: Int$102,513 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Switzerland than in Ireland (Gini 4.5 points higher)

Ireland: 29 (2023) · Switzerland: 33.5 (2023)

Ireland and Switzerland are practically level

Ireland: 0.1% (2023) · Switzerland: 0.1% (2023)

Switzerland and Ireland are practically level

Ireland: 4.6% (2025) · Switzerland: 4.9% (2025)

Switzerland spends 0.8% of its GDP on the military, Ireland 0.2%

Ireland: 0.2% (2025) · Switzerland: 0.8% (2025)

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

Ireland: 17.9% (2024) · Switzerland: 9.5% (2024)

Switzerland’s price level (US = 100) is 1.3× Ireland’s

Ireland: 85% (2025) · Switzerland: 112% (2025)

Switzerland spends 59% more on health per person than Ireland

Ireland: $7,395 (2024) · Switzerland: $11,784 (2023)

Ireland and Switzerland are nearly identical here

Ireland: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Switzerland: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024)

Switzerland has 16% more doctors per person than Ireland

Ireland: 3.9 per 1,000 (2023) · Switzerland: 4.5 per 1,000 (2022)

Switzerland has 48% more hospital beds per person than Ireland

Ireland: 3 per 1,000 (2023) · Switzerland: 4.4 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Switzerland is 61% higher than in Ireland

Ireland: 7.2 per 100k (2023) · Switzerland: 11.6 per 100k (2023)

31% of adults in Ireland are obese, versus 13% in Switzerland

Ireland: 30.6% (2024) · Switzerland: 12.9% (2024)

23% of adults in Switzerland smoke, versus 18% in Ireland

Ireland: 18.2% (2024) · Switzerland: 23.1% (2024)

People in Switzerland rate their lives 0.09 points higher than in Ireland

Ireland: 6.93 (2025) · Switzerland: 7.02 (2025)

Adults in Ireland drink 17% more alcohol than in Switzerland

Ireland: 10.3 litres (2023) · Switzerland: 8.8 litres (2023)

Ireland has 54% more meat per person than Switzerland

Ireland: 98.4 kg (2023) · Switzerland: 64 kg (2023)

Ireland has 519 kcal more food per person per day than Switzerland

Ireland: 3,921 kcal (2023) · Switzerland: 3,402 kcal (2023)

Workers in Ireland put in 125 more hours a year than in Switzerland

Ireland: 1,654 hours (2023) · Switzerland: 1,529 hours (2023)

Adults in Switzerland went to school 2.2 years longer than in Ireland

Ireland: 11.7 years (2023) · Switzerland: 13.9 years (2023)

Ireland welcomed 2.1 times as many tourists per resident as Switzerland (2019)

Ireland: 2.2 (2019) · Switzerland: 1.04 (2022)

Switzerland has 11 more World Heritage sites than Ireland (13 against 2)

Ireland: 2 (2026) · Switzerland: 13 (2026)

Switzerland has won 403 Olympic medals, Ireland 42

Ireland: 42 (2026 edition) · Switzerland: 403 (2026 edition)

Switzerland and Ireland are practically level

Ireland: 97% (2024) · Switzerland: 97% (2025)

Home internet in Switzerland is 33% faster than in Ireland

Ireland: 300 Mbps (2026) · Switzerland: 399 Mbps (2026)

Ireland and Switzerland are practically level

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

86% of people in Switzerland live in cities, versus 65% in Ireland

Ireland: 65% (2025) · Switzerland: 86% (2025)

Switzerland has 129 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ireland 113

Ireland: 113 (2024) · Switzerland: 129 (2024)

Switzerland’s railway network is 2.5 times as long as Ireland’s

Ireland: 1,650 km (2021) · Switzerland: 4,122 km (2021)

Airlines from Ireland fly 12 times as many passengers per resident as those from Switzerland

Ireland: 35.11 (2023) · Switzerland: 3.05 (2023)

Forest covers 32% of Switzerland, but only 12% of Ireland

Ireland: 12% (2024) · Switzerland: 32% (2024)

The average person in Ireland emits 76% more CO₂ than someone in Switzerland

Ireland: 6.3 t (2024) · Switzerland: 3.6 t (2024)

68% of Switzerland’s electricity is renewable, versus 48% in Ireland

Ireland: 48.1% (2025) · Switzerland: 67.8% (2025)

The air in Switzerland carries 22% more fine dust than in Ireland

Ireland: 7.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Switzerland: 9 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 10% more likely to be murdered in Ireland than in Switzerland

Ireland: 0.7 per 100k (2023) · Switzerland: 0.6 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Ireland are 33% deadlier than in Switzerland

Ireland: 5.2 per 100k (2023) · Switzerland: 3.9 per 100k (2023)

Ireland is on average 3.7 °C warmer than Switzerland

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

Switzerland gets 42% more rain than Ireland

Ireland: 1,139 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Switzerland: 1,616 mm (2016–2025 avg)