Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Switzerland fits inside Ivory Coast 7.8 times.
Ivory Coast: 322,460 km² (2023) · Switzerland: 41,291 km² (2023)
How much coast is there?
Ivory Coast: 515 km (2026 edition) · Switzerland: 0 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Switzerland’s highest peak towers 2,882 m above Ivory Coast’s.
Ivory Coast: 1,752 m (2026 edition) · Switzerland: 4,634 m (2026 edition)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Ivory Coast has 3.6 times as many people as Switzerland.
Ivory Coast: 32.7 million (2025) · Switzerland: 9.09 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Switzerland is 2.2 times as densely populated as Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 103 per km² (2025) · Switzerland: 230 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in Switzerland are 10.5 cm taller than in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 168.2 cm (2019) · Switzerland: 178.7 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in Switzerland are 5.7 cm taller than in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 158.7 cm (2019) · Switzerland: 164.3 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Switzerland is 24 years older than in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 18.1 years (2023) · Switzerland: 42.3 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Ivory Coast have 2.9 more children on average than in Switzerland.
Ivory Coast: 4.23 children per woman (2024) · Switzerland: 1.29 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
20% of people in Switzerland are 65 or older, versus 2.7% in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 2.7% (2025) · Switzerland: 20.4% (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Switzerland has produced 20.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ivory Coast 0.0.
Ivory Coast: 0 (2025) · Switzerland: 20.9 (2025)
How many official languages?
Switzerland has 4 official languages, Ivory Coast 1.
Ivory Coast: 1 (2026) · Switzerland: 4 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Switzerland’s economy is 10 times the size of Ivory Coast’s.
Ivory Coast: $99.8 billion (2025) · Switzerland: $1.04 trillion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Switzerland produces 12 times as much per person as Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: Int$8,209 (2025) · Switzerland: Int$102,513 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Income is more unequally shared in Ivory Coast than in Switzerland (Gini 1.5 points higher).
Ivory Coast: 35.3 (2021) · Switzerland: 33.8 (2022)
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 4.9% in Switzerland, versus 2.3% in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 2.3% (2025) · Switzerland: 4.9% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
Ivory Coast and Switzerland are practically level.
Ivory Coast: 0.8% (2024) · Switzerland: 0.7% (2024)
How expensive is it?
Switzerland’s price level (US = 100) is 3× Ivory Coast’s.
Ivory Coast: 37% (2025) · Switzerland: 112% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Switzerland spends 134 times as much on health per person as Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: $88 (2023) · Switzerland: $11,784 (2023)
How long do people live?
People in Switzerland live 22 years longer than in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 62.1 years (2024) · Switzerland: 84.4 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Ivory Coast is 13 times as likely to die before turning one as in Switzerland.
Ivory Coast: 44.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Switzerland: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Switzerland has 27 times as many doctors per person as Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 0.2 per 1,000 (2023) · Switzerland: 4.5 per 1,000 (2022)
How common is obesity?
13% of adults in Switzerland are obese, versus 12% in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 12% (2024) · Switzerland: 12.9% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
23% of adults in Switzerland smoke, versus 7.3% in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 7.3% (2024) · Switzerland: 23.1% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in Switzerland rate their lives 1.87 points higher than in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 5.15 (2025) · Switzerland: 7.02 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Adults in Switzerland drink 2.1 times as much alcohol as in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 4.2 litres (2023) · Switzerland: 8.8 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
Switzerland has 5.3 times as much meat per person as Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 12 kg (2023) · Switzerland: 64 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
Switzerland has 465 kcal more food per person per day than Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 2,938 kcal (2023) · Switzerland: 3,402 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Workers in Ivory Coast put in 574 more hours a year than in Switzerland.
Ivory Coast: 2,103 hours (2023) · Switzerland: 1,529 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Switzerland went to school 9.1 years longer than in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 4.9 years (2023) · Switzerland: 13.9 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Ivory Coast: no data · Switzerland: 1.04 (2022)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
97% of people in Switzerland are online, versus 41% in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 41% (2024) · Switzerland: 97% (2025)
Who has electricity at home?
100% of people in Switzerland have electricity, versus 73% in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 72.9% (2024) · Switzerland: 100% (2024)
How many live in cities?
86% of people in Switzerland live in cities, versus 55% in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 55% (2025) · Switzerland: 86% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Ivory Coast has 184 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Switzerland 129.
Ivory Coast: 184 (2024) · Switzerland: 129 (2024)
How much railway is there?
Switzerland’s railway network is 6.5 times as long as Ivory Coast’s.
Ivory Coast: 639 km (2021) · Switzerland: 4,122 km (2021)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from Switzerland fly 139 times as many passengers per resident as those from Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 0.02 (2023) · Switzerland: 3.05 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 32% of Switzerland, but only 7.9% of Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 7.9% (2023) · Switzerland: 32.4% (2023)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Switzerland emits 7.7 times as much CO₂ as someone in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 0.5 t (2024) · Switzerland: 3.6 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
68% of Switzerland’s electricity is renewable, versus 29% in Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 28.9% (2024) · Switzerland: 67.8% (2025)
How clean is the air?
The air in Ivory Coast carries 2.2 times as much fine dust as in Switzerland.
Ivory Coast: 20.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Switzerland: 9 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
Ivory Coast: no data · Switzerland: 0.6 per 100k (2023)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Ivory Coast are 8.6 times as deadly as in Switzerland.
Ivory Coast: 20.6 per 100k (2021) · Switzerland: 2.4 per 100k (2021)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Ivory Coast is on average 20.3 °C warmer than Switzerland.
Ivory Coast: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Switzerland: 6.5°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Switzerland gets 32% more rain than Ivory Coast.
Ivory Coast: 1,226 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Switzerland: 1,616 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Quick answers
Is Ivory Coast bigger than Switzerland?
Ivory Coast is larger. Switzerland fits inside Ivory Coast 7.8 times.
Which has more people, Ivory Coast or Switzerland?
Ivory Coast has 3.6 times as many people as Switzerland (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Ivory Coast or Switzerland?
People in Switzerland live 22 years longer than in Ivory Coast. Life expectancy at birth is 62.1 years in Ivory Coast and 84.4 in Switzerland.
Are people taller in Ivory Coast or Switzerland?
Men in Switzerland are 10.5 cm taller than in Ivory Coast (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).
