Italy: 7,600 km (2026 edition) · Switzerland: 0 km (2026 edition)

Italy’s highest peak towers 114 m above Switzerland’s

Italy: 4,748 m (2026 edition) · Switzerland: 4,634 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 44% of Italy, versus 38% of Switzerland

Italy: 43.6% (2024) · Switzerland: 37.7% (2024)

Italy has 6.5 times as many people as Switzerland

Italy: 58.9 million (2025) · Switzerland: 9.09 million (2025)

Switzerland is 16% more densely populated than Italy

Italy: 199 per km² (2025) · Switzerland: 230 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Italy is 5.1 years older than in Switzerland

Italy: 47.5 years (2023) · Switzerland: 42.3 years (2023)

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

Italy: 1.18 children per woman (2024) · Switzerland: 1.29 children per woman (2024)

25% of people in Italy are 65 or older, versus 20% in Switzerland

Italy: 25.1% (2025) · Switzerland: 20.4% (2025)

Switzerland hosts 7 times as many refugees per resident as Italy

Italy: 3.3 per 1,000 (2025) · Switzerland: 22.9 per 1,000 (2025)

Switzerland has produced 20.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Italy 3.4

Italy: 3.4 (2026) · Switzerland: 20.9 (2026)

Switzerland has 4 official languages, Italy 1

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

Italy’s economy is 2.4 times the size of Switzerland’s

Italy: $2.55 trillion (2025) · Switzerland: $1.04 trillion (2025)

Switzerland produces 63% more per person than Italy

Italy: Int$62,803 (2025) · Switzerland: Int$102,513 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Italy than in Switzerland (Gini 0.8 points higher)

Italy: 34.3 (2023) · Switzerland: 33.5 (2023)

0.9% of people in Italy live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.1% in Switzerland

Italy: 0.9% (2023) · Switzerland: 0.1% (2023)

Unemployment is 6.4% in Italy, versus 4.9% in Switzerland

Italy: 6.4% (2025) · Switzerland: 4.9% (2025)

Italy spends 1.9% of its GDP on the military, Switzerland 0.8%

Italy: 1.9% (2025) · Switzerland: 0.8% (2025)

Italy’s central government collects 26% of GDP in tax, Switzerland’s 9.5%

Italy: 25.6% (2024) · Switzerland: 9.5% (2024)

Switzerland’s price level (US = 100) is 1.6× Italy’s

Italy: 69% (2025) · Switzerland: 112% (2025)

Switzerland spends 3.5 times as much on health per person as Italy

Italy: $3,398 (2024) · Switzerland: $11,784 (2023)

A baby in Switzerland is 48% more likely to die before turning one than in Italy

Italy: 2.3 per 1,000 (2024) · Switzerland: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024)

Switzerland has 7% more doctors per person than Italy

Italy: 4.2 per 1,000 (2022) · Switzerland: 4.5 per 1,000 (2022)

Switzerland has 43% more hospital beds per person than Italy

Italy: 3.1 per 1,000 (2022) · Switzerland: 4.4 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Switzerland is 2 times that in Italy

Italy: 5.7 per 100k (2023) · Switzerland: 11.6 per 100k (2023)

18% of adults in Italy are obese, versus 13% in Switzerland

Italy: 17.9% (2024) · Switzerland: 12.9% (2024)

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

Italy: 22.4% (2024) · Switzerland: 23.1% (2024)

People in Switzerland rate their lives 0.44 points higher than in Italy

Italy: 6.57 (2025) · Switzerland: 7.02 (2025)

Adults in Switzerland drink 4% more alcohol than in Italy

Italy: 8.4 litres (2023) · Switzerland: 8.8 litres (2023)

Italy has 11% more meat per person than Switzerland

Italy: 71.2 kg (2023) · Switzerland: 64 kg (2023)

Italy has 350 kcal more food per person per day than Switzerland

Italy: 3,753 kcal (2023) · Switzerland: 3,402 kcal (2023)

Workers in Italy put in 172 more hours a year than in Switzerland

Italy: 1,701 hours (2023) · Switzerland: 1,529 hours (2023)

Adults in Switzerland went to school 3.1 years longer than in Italy

Italy: 10.8 years (2023) · Switzerland: 13.9 years (2023)

Switzerland welcomed 7% more tourists per resident than Italy (2019)

Italy: 0.98 (2024) · Switzerland: 1.04 (2022)

Italy has 49 more World Heritage sites than Switzerland (62 against 13)

Italy: 62 (2026) · Switzerland: 13 (2026)

Italy has won 829 Olympic medals, Switzerland 403

Italy: 829 (2026 edition) · Switzerland: 403 (2026 edition)

97% of people in Switzerland are online, versus 89% in Italy

Italy: 89% (2024) · Switzerland: 97% (2025)

Home internet in Switzerland is 46% faster than in Italy

Italy: 274 Mbps (2026) · Switzerland: 399 Mbps (2026)

Italy and Switzerland are practically level

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

86% of people in Switzerland live in cities, versus 70% in Italy

Italy: 70% (2025) · Switzerland: 86% (2025)

Italy has 133 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Switzerland 129

Italy: 133 (2024) · Switzerland: 129 (2024)

Italy’s railway network is 4.2 times as long as Switzerland’s

Italy: 17,305 km (2021) · Switzerland: 4,122 km (2021)

Airlines from Switzerland fly 8.9 times as many passengers per resident as those from Italy

Italy: 0.34 (2023) · Switzerland: 3.05 (2023)

Switzerland and Italy are practically level

Italy: 31.8% (2024) · Switzerland: 32% (2024)

The average person in Italy emits 42% more CO₂ than someone in Switzerland

Italy: 5.1 t (2024) · Switzerland: 3.6 t (2024)

68% of Switzerland’s electricity is renewable, versus 49% in Italy

Italy: 48.8% (2025) · Switzerland: 67.8% (2025)

The air in Italy carries 69% more fine dust than in Switzerland

Italy: 15.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Switzerland: 9 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 5% more likely to be murdered in Switzerland than in Italy

Italy: 0.6 per 100k (2023) · Switzerland: 0.6 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Italy are 2.2 times as deadly as in Switzerland

Italy: 8.5 per 100k (2023) · Switzerland: 3.9 per 100k (2023)

Italy is on average 7.4 °C warmer than Switzerland

Italy: 13.9°C (2016–2025 avg) · Switzerland: 6.5°C (2016–2025 avg)

Switzerland gets 57% more rain than Italy

Italy: 1,030 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Switzerland: 1,616 mm (2016–2025 avg)