Israel: 273 km (2026 edition) · Switzerland: 0 km (2026 edition)

Switzerland’s highest peak towers 2,398 m above Israel’s

Israel: 2,236 m (2026 edition) · Switzerland: 4,634 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 38% of Switzerland, versus 24% of Israel

Israel: 23.8% (2024) · Switzerland: 37.7% (2024)

Israel has 11% more people than Switzerland

Israel: 10.1 million (2025) · Switzerland: 9.09 million (2025)

Israel is 2 times as densely populated as Switzerland

Israel: 468 per km² (2025) · Switzerland: 230 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Switzerland is 13 years older than in Israel

Israel: 29.2 years (2023) · Switzerland: 42.3 years (2023)

Women in Israel have 1.6 more children on average than in Switzerland

Israel: 2.87 children per woman (2024) · Switzerland: 1.29 children per woman (2024)

20% of people in Switzerland are 65 or older, versus 13% in Israel

Israel: 12.7% (2025) · Switzerland: 20.4% (2025)

Switzerland hosts 182 times as many refugees per resident as Israel

Israel: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Switzerland: 22.9 per 1,000 (2025)

Switzerland has produced 20.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Israel 5.9

Israel: 5.9 (2026) · Switzerland: 20.9 (2026)

Switzerland has 4 official languages, Israel 2

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

Switzerland’s economy is 71% larger than Israel’s

Israel: $611 billion (2025) · Switzerland: $1.04 trillion (2025)

Switzerland produces 72% more per person than Israel

Israel: Int$59,717 (2025) · Switzerland: Int$102,513 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Israel than in Switzerland (Gini 4.8 points higher)

Israel: 38.3 (2022) · Switzerland: 33.5 (2023)

Israel and Switzerland are practically level

Israel: 0.4% (2022) · Switzerland: 0.1% (2023)

Unemployment is 4.9% in Switzerland, versus 3.5% in Israel

Israel: 3.5% (2025) · Switzerland: 4.9% (2025)

Israel spends 7.8% of its GDP on the military, Switzerland 0.8%

Israel: 7.8% (2025) · Switzerland: 0.8% (2025)

Israel’s central government collects 23% of GDP in tax, Switzerland’s 9.5%

Israel: 23.2% (2024) · Switzerland: 9.5% (2024)

Switzerland’s price level (US = 100) is 1.1× Israel’s

Israel: 101% (2025) · Switzerland: 112% (2025)

Switzerland spends 3 times as much on health per person as Israel

Israel: $3,928 (2023) · Switzerland: $11,784 (2023)

A baby in Switzerland is 26% more likely to die before turning one than in Israel

Israel: 2.7 per 1,000 (2024) · Switzerland: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024)

Switzerland has 18% more doctors per person than Israel

Israel: 3.8 per 1,000 (2023) · Switzerland: 4.5 per 1,000 (2022)

Switzerland has 39% more hospital beds per person than Israel

Israel: 3.1 per 1,000 (2023) · Switzerland: 4.4 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Switzerland is 68% higher than in Israel

Israel: 6.9 per 100k (2023) · Switzerland: 11.6 per 100k (2023)

23% of adults in Israel are obese, versus 13% in Switzerland

Israel: 23.3% (2024) · Switzerland: 12.9% (2024)

23% of adults in Switzerland smoke, versus 21% in Israel

Israel: 21.2% (2024) · Switzerland: 23.1% (2024)

People in Israel rate their lives 0.17 points higher than in Switzerland

Israel: 7.19 (2025) · Switzerland: 7.02 (2025)

Adults in Switzerland drink 2.1 times as much alcohol as in Israel

Israel: 4.2 litres (2023) · Switzerland: 8.8 litres (2023)

Israel has 70% more meat per person than Switzerland

Israel: 108.7 kg (2023) · Switzerland: 64 kg (2023)

Israel has 352 kcal more food per person per day than Switzerland

Israel: 3,754 kcal (2023) · Switzerland: 3,402 kcal (2023)

Workers in Israel put in 361 more hours a year than in Switzerland

Israel: 1,890 hours (2023) · Switzerland: 1,529 hours (2023)

Adults in Switzerland went to school 0.41 years longer than in Israel

Israel: 13.5 years (2023) · Switzerland: 13.9 years (2023)

Switzerland welcomed 11 times as many tourists per resident as Israel (2019)

Israel: 0.1 (2024) · Switzerland: 1.04 (2022)

Switzerland has 4 more World Heritage sites than Israel (13 against 9)

Israel: 9 (2026) · Switzerland: 13 (2026)

Switzerland has won 403 Olympic medals, Israel 20

Israel: 20 (2026 edition) · Switzerland: 403 (2026 edition)

97% of people in Switzerland are online, versus 88% in Israel

Israel: 88% (2024) · Switzerland: 97% (2025)

Home internet in Switzerland is 2% faster than in Israel

Israel: 392 Mbps (2026) · Switzerland: 399 Mbps (2026)

Israel and Switzerland are practically level

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

92% of people in Israel live in cities, versus 86% in Switzerland

Israel: 92% (2025) · Switzerland: 86% (2025)

Israel has 177 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Switzerland 129

Israel: 177 (2024) · Switzerland: 129 (2024)

Switzerland’s railway network is 2.4 times as long as Israel’s

Israel: 1,720 km (2021) · Switzerland: 4,122 km (2021)

Airlines from Switzerland fly 4.2 times as many passengers per resident as those from Israel

Israel: 0.73 (2023) · Switzerland: 3.05 (2023)

Forest covers 32% of Switzerland, but only 6.8% of Israel

Israel: 6.8% (2024) · Switzerland: 32% (2024)

The average person in Israel emits 56% more CO₂ than someone in Switzerland

Israel: 5.6 t (2024) · Switzerland: 3.6 t (2024)

68% of Switzerland’s electricity is renewable, versus 17% in Israel

Israel: 16.9% (2025) · Switzerland: 67.8% (2025)

The air in Israel carries 2.3 times as much fine dust as in Switzerland

Israel: 20.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Switzerland: 9 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 2.7 times as likely to be murdered in Israel as in Switzerland

Israel: 1.6 per 100k (2022) · Switzerland: 0.6 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Israel are 74% deadlier than in Switzerland

Israel: 6.8 per 100k (2023) · Switzerland: 3.9 per 100k (2023)

Israel is on average 14.6 °C warmer than Switzerland

Israel: 21.1°C (2016–2025 avg) · Switzerland: 6.5°C (2016–2025 avg)

Switzerland gets 7.9 times as much rain as Israel

Israel: 205 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Switzerland: 1,616 mm (2016–2025 avg)