Malaysia: 4,675 km (2026 edition) · Switzerland: 0 km (2026 edition)

Switzerland’s highest peak towers 539 m above Malaysia’s

Malaysia: 4,095 m (2026 edition) · Switzerland: 4,634 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 38% of Switzerland, versus 25% of Malaysia

Malaysia: 24.8% (2024) · Switzerland: 37.7% (2024)

Malaysia has 4 times as many people as Switzerland

Malaysia: 36 million (2025) · Switzerland: 9.09 million (2025)

Switzerland is 2.1 times as densely populated as Malaysia

Malaysia: 110 per km² (2025) · Switzerland: 230 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Switzerland is 12 years older than in Malaysia

Malaysia: 30.1 years (2023) · Switzerland: 42.3 years (2023)

Women in Malaysia have 0.3 more children on average than in Switzerland

Malaysia: 1.54 children per woman (2024) · Switzerland: 1.29 children per woman (2024)

20% of people in Switzerland are 65 or older, versus 8.0% in Malaysia

Malaysia: 8% (2025) · Switzerland: 20.4% (2025)

Switzerland hosts 5.5 times as many refugees per resident as Malaysia

Malaysia: 4.2 per 1,000 (2025) · Switzerland: 22.9 per 1,000 (2025)

Switzerland has produced 20.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Malaysia none

Malaysia: 0 (2026) · Switzerland: 20.9 (2026)

Switzerland has 4 official languages, Malaysia 2

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

Switzerland’s economy is 2.2 times the size of Malaysia’s

Malaysia: $472 billion (2025) · Switzerland: $1.04 trillion (2025)

Switzerland produces 2.5 times as much per person as Malaysia

Malaysia: Int$41,498 (2025) · Switzerland: Int$102,513 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Malaysia than in Switzerland (Gini 7.2 points higher)

Malaysia: 40.7 (2021) · Switzerland: 33.5 (2023)

Switzerland and Malaysia are practically level

Malaysia: 0% (2021) · Switzerland: 0.1% (2023)

Unemployment is 4.9% in Switzerland, versus 3.8% in Malaysia

Malaysia: 3.8% (2025) · Switzerland: 4.9% (2025)

Malaysia and Switzerland are practically level

Malaysia: 1% (2025) · Switzerland: 0.8% (2025)

Malaysia’s central government collects 12% of GDP in tax, Switzerland’s 9.5%

Malaysia: 12.4% (2024) · Switzerland: 9.5% (2024)

Switzerland’s price level (US = 100) is 3.5× Malaysia’s

Malaysia: 32% (2025) · Switzerland: 112% (2025)

Switzerland spends 26 times as much on health per person as Malaysia

Malaysia: $450 (2023) · Switzerland: $11,784 (2023)

A baby in Malaysia is 2.1 times as likely to die before turning one as in Switzerland

Malaysia: 7 per 1,000 (2024) · Switzerland: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024)

Switzerland has 91% more doctors per person than Malaysia

Malaysia: 2.3 per 1,000 (2023) · Switzerland: 4.5 per 1,000 (2022)

Switzerland has 2.2 times as many hospital beds per person as Malaysia

Malaysia: 2 per 1,000 (2023) · Switzerland: 4.4 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Switzerland is 2.3 times that in Malaysia

Malaysia: 5 per 100k (2023) · Switzerland: 11.6 per 100k (2023)

24% of adults in Malaysia are obese, versus 13% in Switzerland

Malaysia: 23.6% (2024) · Switzerland: 12.9% (2024)

23% of adults in Switzerland smoke, versus 17% in Malaysia

Malaysia: 16.9% (2024) · Switzerland: 23.1% (2024)

People in Switzerland rate their lives 1.01 points higher than in Malaysia

Malaysia: 6.01 (2025) · Switzerland: 7.02 (2025)

Adults in Switzerland drink 11 times as much alcohol as in Malaysia

Malaysia: 0.8 litres (2023) · Switzerland: 8.8 litres (2023)

Malaysia has 8% more meat per person than Switzerland

Malaysia: 69.1 kg (2023) · Switzerland: 64 kg (2023)

Switzerland has 476 kcal more food per person per day than Malaysia

Malaysia: 2,927 kcal (2023) · Switzerland: 3,402 kcal (2023)

Workers in Malaysia put in 779 more hours a year than in Switzerland

Malaysia: 2,308 hours (2023) · Switzerland: 1,529 hours (2023)

Adults in Switzerland went to school 2.9 years longer than in Malaysia

Malaysia: 11.1 years (2023) · Switzerland: 13.9 years (2023)

Switzerland welcomed 3.6 times as many tourists per resident as Malaysia (2019)

Malaysia: 0.29 (2022) · Switzerland: 1.04 (2022)

Switzerland has 7 more World Heritage sites than Malaysia (13 against 6)

Malaysia: 6 (2026) · Switzerland: 13 (2026)

Switzerland has won 403 Olympic medals, Malaysia 15

Malaysia: 15 (2026 edition) · Switzerland: 403 (2026 edition)

98% of people in Malaysia are online, versus 97% in Switzerland

Malaysia: 98% (2024) · Switzerland: 97% (2025)

Home internet in Switzerland is 48% faster than in Malaysia

Malaysia: 269 Mbps (2026) · Switzerland: 399 Mbps (2026)

Malaysia and Switzerland are practically level

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

86% of people in Switzerland live in cities, versus 77% in Malaysia

Malaysia: 77% (2025) · Switzerland: 86% (2025)

Malaysia has 140 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Switzerland 129

Malaysia: 140 (2024) · Switzerland: 129 (2024)

Switzerland’s railway network is 2.5 times as long as Malaysia’s

Malaysia: 1,655 km (2021) · Switzerland: 4,122 km (2021)

Airlines from Switzerland fly 2.3 times as many passengers per resident as those from Malaysia

Malaysia: 1.3 (2023) · Switzerland: 3.05 (2023)

Forest covers 58% of Malaysia, but only 32% of Switzerland

Malaysia: 57.7% (2024) · Switzerland: 32% (2024)

The average person in Malaysia emits 2.3 times as much CO₂ as someone in Switzerland

Malaysia: 8.2 t (2024) · Switzerland: 3.6 t (2024)

68% of Switzerland’s electricity is renewable, versus 21% in Malaysia

Malaysia: 20.7% (2025) · Switzerland: 67.8% (2025)

The air in Malaysia carries 70% more fine dust than in Switzerland

Malaysia: 15.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Switzerland: 9 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 23% more likely to be murdered in Malaysia than in Switzerland

Malaysia: 0.7 per 100k (2023) · Switzerland: 0.6 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Malaysia are 4.2 times as deadly as in Switzerland

Malaysia: 16.2 per 100k (2023) · Switzerland: 3.9 per 100k (2023)

Malaysia is on average 19.5 °C warmer than Switzerland

Malaysia: 26°C (2016–2025 avg) · Switzerland: 6.5°C (2016–2025 avg)

Malaysia gets 91% more rain than Switzerland

Malaysia: 3,081 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Switzerland: 1,616 mm (2016–2025 avg)