How much coast is there?

Kenya: 536 km (2026 edition) · Switzerland: 0 km (2026 edition)

How high can you climb?

Kenya’s highest peak towers 565 m above Switzerland’s.

Kenya: 5,199 m (2026 edition) · Switzerland: 4,634 m (2026 edition)

How many people live there?

Kenya has 6.3 times as many people as Switzerland.

Kenya: 57.5 million (2025) · Switzerland: 9.09 million (2025)

How crowded is it?

Switzerland is 2.3 times as densely populated as Kenya.

Kenya: 99 per km² (2025) · Switzerland: 230 per km² (2025)

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Switzerland is 23 years older than in Kenya.

Kenya: 19.5 years (2023) · Switzerland: 42.3 years (2023)

How many children per woman?

Women in Kenya have 1.9 more children on average than in Switzerland.

Kenya: 3.17 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 3.0% in Kenya.

Kenya: 3% (2025) · Switzerland: 20.4% (2025)

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Switzerland has produced 20.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Kenya 0.2.

Kenya: 0.2 (2025) · Switzerland: 20.9 (2025)

How many official languages?

Switzerland has 4 official languages, Kenya 2.

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

How big is the economy?

Switzerland’s economy is 7.7 times the size of Kenya’s.

Kenya: $136 billion (2025) · Switzerland: $1.04 trillion (2025)

How much is produced per person?

Switzerland produces 15 times as much per person as Kenya.

Kenya: Int$7,016 (2025) · Switzerland: Int$102,513 (2025)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Kenya than in Switzerland (Gini 4.7 points higher).

Kenya: 38.5 (2022) · Switzerland: 33.8 (2022)

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 5.4% in Kenya, versus 4.9% in Switzerland.

Kenya: 5.4% (2025) · Switzerland: 4.9% (2025)

How much goes to the military?

Kenya and Switzerland are practically level.

Kenya: 1% (2024) · Switzerland: 0.7% (2024)

How expensive is it?

Switzerland’s price level (US = 100) is 3.3× Kenya’s.

Kenya: 34% (2025) · Switzerland: 112% (2025)

How much is spent on health?

Switzerland spends 139 times as much on health per person as Kenya.

Kenya: $85 (2023) · Switzerland: $11,784 (2023)

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Kenya is 10 times as likely to die before turning one as in Switzerland.

Kenya: 34.2 per 1,000 (2024) · Switzerland: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024)

How many doctors are there?

Switzerland has 15 times as many doctors per person as Kenya.

Kenya: 0.3 per 1,000 (2023) · Switzerland: 4.5 per 1,000 (2022)

How common is obesity?

13% of adults in Switzerland are obese, versus 10% in Kenya.

Kenya: 10.4% (2024) · Switzerland: 12.9% (2024)

How many adults smoke?

23% of adults in Switzerland smoke, versus 9.6% in Kenya.

Kenya: 9.6% (2024) · Switzerland: 23.1% (2024)

How do people rate their lives?

People in Switzerland rate their lives 2.34 points higher than in Kenya.

Kenya: 4.67 (2025) · Switzerland: 7.02 (2025)

How much do people drink?

Adults in Switzerland drink 3.9 times as much alcohol as in Kenya.

Kenya: 2.2 litres (2023) · Switzerland: 8.8 litres (2023)

How much meat is on the menu?

Switzerland has 6.3 times as much meat per person as Kenya.

Kenya: 10.2 kg (2023) · Switzerland: 64 kg (2023)

How much food is there per day?

Switzerland has 1,256 kcal more food per person per day than Kenya.

Kenya: 2,146 kcal (2023) · Switzerland: 3,402 kcal (2023)

How long do people work?

Workers in Kenya put in 506 more hours a year than in Switzerland.

Kenya: 2,035 hours (2023) · Switzerland: 1,529 hours (2023)

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Switzerland went to school 5.3 years longer than in Kenya.

Kenya: 8.6 years (2023) · Switzerland: 13.9 years (2023)

How many tourists visit?

Switzerland welcomed 38 times as many tourists per resident as Kenya (2019).

Kenya: 0.03 (2017) · Switzerland: 1.04 (2022)

How many people are online?

97% of people in Switzerland are online, versus 35% in Kenya.

Kenya: 35% (2024) · Switzerland: 97% (2025)

Who has electricity at home?

100% of people in Switzerland have electricity, versus 77% in Kenya.

Kenya: 77% (2024) · Switzerland: 100% (2024)

How many live in cities?

86% of people in Switzerland live in cities, versus 32% in Kenya.

Kenya: 32% (2025) · Switzerland: 86% (2025)

How many phones per person?

Switzerland has 129 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Kenya 126.

Kenya: 126 (2024) · Switzerland: 129 (2024)

How much railway is there?

Switzerland’s railway network is 8% longer than Kenya’s.

Kenya: 3,819 km (2018) · Switzerland: 4,122 km (2021)

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Switzerland fly 34 times as many passengers per resident as those from Kenya.

Kenya: 0.09 (2023) · Switzerland: 3.05 (2023)

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 32% of Switzerland, but only 6.2% of Kenya.

Kenya: 6.2% (2023) · Switzerland: 32.4% (2023)

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Switzerland emits 9.6 times as much CO₂ as someone in Kenya.

Kenya: 0.4 t (2024) · Switzerland: 3.6 t (2024)

How green is the power grid?

90% of Kenya’s electricity is renewable, versus 68% in Switzerland.

Kenya: 90% (2025) · Switzerland: 67.8% (2025)

How clean is the air?

The air in Kenya carries 2.4 times as much fine dust as in Switzerland.

Kenya: 22 µg/m³ (2024) · Switzerland: 9 µg/m³ (2024)

How common is murder?

You are 8.2 times as likely to be murdered in Kenya as in Switzerland.

Kenya: 4.9 per 100k (2022) · Switzerland: 0.6 per 100k (2023)

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Kenya are 12 times as deadly as in Switzerland.

Kenya: 28.2 per 100k (2021) · Switzerland: 2.4 per 100k (2021)

How warm is it?

Kenya is on average 19.1 °C warmer than Switzerland.

Kenya: 25.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Switzerland: 6.5°C (2016–2025 avg)

How much rain falls?

Switzerland gets 2.3 times as much rain as Kenya.

Kenya: 696 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Switzerland: 1,616 mm (2016–2025 avg)