How much coast is there?

Sweden’s coastline is 6.2 times as long as Ivory Coast’s.

Ivory Coast: 515 km (2026 edition) · Sweden: 3,218 km (2026 edition)

How high can you climb?

Sweden’s highest peak towers 348 m above Ivory Coast’s.

Ivory Coast: 1,752 m (2026 edition) · Sweden: 2,100 m (2026 edition)

How many people live there?

Ivory Coast has 3.1 times as many people as Sweden.

Ivory Coast: 32.7 million (2025) · Sweden: 10.6 million (2025)

How crowded is it?

Ivory Coast is 4 times as densely populated as Sweden.

Ivory Coast: 103 per km² (2025) · Sweden: 26 per km² (2025)

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Sweden is 22 years older than in Ivory Coast.

Ivory Coast: 18.1 years (2023) · Sweden: 39.9 years (2023)

How many children per woman?

Women in Ivory Coast have 2.8 more children on average than in Sweden.

Ivory Coast: 4.23 children per woman (2024) · Sweden: 1.43 children per woman (2024)

How many people are 65 or older?

21% of people in Sweden are 65 or older, versus 2.7% in Ivory Coast.

Ivory Coast: 2.7% (2025) · Sweden: 20.9% (2025)

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Sweden has produced 28.3 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ivory Coast 0.0.

Ivory Coast: 0 (2025) · Sweden: 28.3 (2025)

How many official languages?

Ivory Coast and Sweden are practically level.

Ivory Coast: 1 (2026) · Sweden: 1 (2026)

How big is the economy?

Sweden’s economy is 6.7 times the size of Ivory Coast’s.

Ivory Coast: $99.8 billion (2025) · Sweden: $669 billion (2025)

How much is produced per person?

Sweden produces 8.8 times as much per person as Ivory Coast.

Ivory Coast: Int$8,209 (2025) · Sweden: Int$72,529 (2025)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Ivory Coast than in Sweden (Gini 6 points higher).

Ivory Coast: 35.3 (2021) · Sweden: 29.3 (2023)

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 8.7% in Sweden, versus 2.3% in Ivory Coast.

Ivory Coast: 2.3% (2025) · Sweden: 8.7% (2025)

How much goes to the military?

Sweden spends 2.0% of its GDP on the military, Ivory Coast 0.8%.

Ivory Coast: 0.8% (2024) · Sweden: 2% (2024)

How expensive is it?

Sweden’s price level (US = 100) is 2.3× Ivory Coast’s.

Ivory Coast: 37% (2025) · Sweden: 87% (2025)

How much is spent on health?

Sweden spends 74 times as much on health per person as Ivory Coast.

Ivory Coast: $88 (2023) · Sweden: $6,485 (2024)

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Ivory Coast is 22 times as likely to die before turning one as in Sweden.

Ivory Coast: 44.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Sweden: 2 per 1,000 (2024)

How many doctors are there?

Sweden has 27 times as many doctors per person as Ivory Coast.

Ivory Coast: 0.2 per 1,000 (2023) · Sweden: 4.4 per 1,000 (2021)

How common is obesity?

19% of adults in Sweden are obese, versus 12% in Ivory Coast.

Ivory Coast: 12% (2024) · Sweden: 18.7% (2024)

How many adults smoke?

20% of adults in Sweden smoke, versus 7.3% in Ivory Coast.

Ivory Coast: 7.3% (2024) · Sweden: 20.3% (2024)

How do people rate their lives?

People in Sweden rate their lives 2.11 points higher than in Ivory Coast.

Ivory Coast: 5.15 (2025) · Sweden: 7.26 (2025)

How much do people drink?

Adults in Sweden drink 2.1 times as much alcohol as in Ivory Coast.

Ivory Coast: 4.2 litres (2023) · Sweden: 8.7 litres (2023)

How much meat is on the menu?

Sweden has 5.7 times as much meat per person as Ivory Coast.

Ivory Coast: 12 kg (2023) · Sweden: 68.4 kg (2023)

How much food is there per day?

Sweden has 429 kcal more food per person per day than Ivory Coast.

Ivory Coast: 2,938 kcal (2023) · Sweden: 3,367 kcal (2023)

How long do people work?

Workers in Ivory Coast put in 672 more hours a year than in Sweden.

Ivory Coast: 2,103 hours (2023) · Sweden: 1,432 hours (2023)

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Sweden went to school 7.9 years longer than in Ivory Coast.

Ivory Coast: 4.9 years (2023) · Sweden: 12.7 years (2023)

How many tourists visit?

Ivory Coast: no data · Sweden: 0.63 (2022)

How many people are online?

96% of people in Sweden are online, versus 41% in Ivory Coast.

Ivory Coast: 41% (2024) · Sweden: 96% (2025)

Who has electricity at home?

100% of people in Sweden have electricity, versus 73% in Ivory Coast.

Ivory Coast: 72.9% (2024) · Sweden: 100% (2024)

How many live in cities?

89% of people in Sweden live in cities, versus 55% in Ivory Coast.

Ivory Coast: 55% (2025) · Sweden: 89% (2025)

How many phones per person?

Ivory Coast has 184 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Sweden 141.

Ivory Coast: 184 (2024) · Sweden: 141 (2024)

How much railway is there?

Sweden’s railway network is 15 times as long as Ivory Coast’s.

Ivory Coast: 639 km (2021) · Sweden: 9,714 km (2021)

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Sweden fly 84 times as many passengers per resident as those from Ivory Coast.

Ivory Coast: 0.02 (2023) · Sweden: 1.85 (2023)

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 69% of Sweden, but only 7.9% of Ivory Coast.

Ivory Coast: 7.9% (2023) · Sweden: 68.7% (2023)

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Sweden emits 7.7 times as much CO₂ as someone in Ivory Coast.

Ivory Coast: 0.5 t (2024) · Sweden: 3.6 t (2024)

How green is the power grid?

71% of Sweden’s electricity is renewable, versus 29% in Ivory Coast.

Ivory Coast: 28.9% (2024) · Sweden: 71.2% (2025)

How clean is the air?

The air in Ivory Coast carries 3.5 times as much fine dust as in Sweden.

Ivory Coast: 20.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Sweden: 5.7 µg/m³ (2024)

How common is murder?

Ivory Coast: no data · Sweden: 1.1 per 100k (2023)

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Ivory Coast are 9.8 times as deadly as in Sweden.

Ivory Coast: 20.6 per 100k (2021) · Sweden: 2.1 per 100k (2021)

How warm is it?

Ivory Coast is on average 22.5 °C warmer than Sweden.

Ivory Coast: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Sweden: 4.3°C (2016–2025 avg)

How much rain falls?

Ivory Coast gets 53% more rain than Sweden.

Ivory Coast: 1,226 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Sweden: 801 mm (2016–2025 avg)