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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Switzerland fits inside Morocco 11 times

Morocco: 446,550 km² (2024) · Switzerland: 41,291 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Morocco: 2,945 km (2026 edition) · Switzerland: 0 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Switzerland’s highest peak towers 469 m above Morocco’s

Morocco: 4,165 m (2026 edition) · Switzerland: 4,634 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 67% of Morocco, versus 38% of Switzerland

Morocco: 67.2% (2024) · Switzerland: 37.7% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Morocco has 4.2 times as many people as Switzerland

Morocco: 38.4 million (2025) · Switzerland: 9.09 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Switzerland is 2.7 times as densely populated as Morocco

Morocco: 86 per km² (2025) · Switzerland: 230 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Switzerland are 2.4 cm taller than in Morocco

Morocco: 176.4 cm (2019) · Switzerland: 178.7 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Switzerland are 3.2 cm taller than in Morocco

Morocco: 161.2 cm (2019) · Switzerland: 164.3 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Switzerland is 13 years older than in Morocco

Morocco: 29.2 years (2023) · Switzerland: 42.3 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Morocco have 0.9 more children on average than in Switzerland

Morocco: 2.21 children per woman (2024) · Switzerland: 1.29 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

20% of people in Switzerland are 65 or older, versus 8.5% in Morocco

Morocco: 8.5% (2025) · Switzerland: 20.4% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Switzerland hosts 121 times as many refugees per resident as Morocco

Morocco: 0.2 per 1,000 (2025) · Switzerland: 22.9 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Switzerland has produced 20.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Morocco 0.3

Morocco: 0.3 (2026) · Switzerland: 20.9 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Switzerland has 4 official languages, Morocco 2

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

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

Switzerland’s economy is 5.7 times the size of Morocco’s

Morocco: $182 billion (2025) · Switzerland: $1.04 trillion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Switzerland produces 9.2 times as much per person as Morocco

Morocco: Int$11,112 (2025) · Switzerland: Int$102,513 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Morocco: no data · Switzerland: 33.5 (2023)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

Morocco: no data · Switzerland: 0.1% (2023)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 9.0% in Morocco, versus 4.9% in Switzerland

Morocco: 9% (2025) · Switzerland: 4.9% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Morocco spends 3.5% of its GDP on the military, Switzerland 0.8%

Morocco: 3.5% (2025) · Switzerland: 0.8% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Morocco’s central government collects 23% of GDP in tax, Switzerland’s 9.5%

Morocco: 22.7% (2024) · Switzerland: 9.5% (2024)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Switzerland’s price level (US = 100) is 2.7× Morocco’s

Morocco: 42% (2025) · Switzerland: 112% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Switzerland spends 51 times as much on health per person as Morocco

Morocco: $232 (2023) · Switzerland: $11,784 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Switzerland live 8.9 years longer than in Morocco

Morocco: 75.5 years (2024) · Switzerland: 84.4 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Morocco is 4.3 times as likely to die before turning one as in Switzerland

Morocco: 14.7 per 1,000 (2024) · Switzerland: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Switzerland has 6.1 times as many doctors per person as Morocco

Morocco: 0.7 per 1,000 (2021) · Switzerland: 4.5 per 1,000 (2022)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Switzerland has 6 times as many hospital beds per person as Morocco

Morocco: 0.7 per 1,000 (2023) · Switzerland: 4.4 per 1,000 (2023)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Switzerland is 3.4 times that in Morocco

Morocco: 3.4 per 100k (2023) · Switzerland: 11.6 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

22% of adults in Morocco are obese, versus 13% in Switzerland

Morocco: 22% (2024) · Switzerland: 12.9% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

23% of adults in Switzerland smoke, versus 13% in Morocco

Morocco: 12.5% (2024) · Switzerland: 23.1% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Switzerland rate their lives 2.37 points higher than in Morocco

Morocco: 4.65 (2025) · Switzerland: 7.02 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Switzerland drink 19 times as much alcohol as in Morocco

Morocco: 0.5 litres (2023) · Switzerland: 8.8 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Switzerland has 2 times as much meat per person as Morocco

Morocco: 32.8 kg (2023) · Switzerland: 64 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Switzerland has 49 kcal more food per person per day than Morocco

Morocco: 3,354 kcal (2023) · Switzerland: 3,402 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Morocco put in 645 more hours a year than in Switzerland

Morocco: 2,174 hours (2023) · Switzerland: 1,529 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Switzerland went to school 7.8 years longer than in Morocco

Morocco: 6.2 years (2023) · Switzerland: 13.9 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

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

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

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Switzerland has 4 more World Heritage sites than Morocco (13 against 9)

Morocco: 9 (2026) · Switzerland: 13 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Switzerland has won 403 Olympic medals, Morocco 26

Morocco: 26 (2026 edition) · Switzerland: 403 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

97% of people in Switzerland are online, versus 91% in Morocco

Morocco: 91% (2024) · Switzerland: 97% (2025)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Switzerland is 5.3 times as fast as in Morocco

Morocco: 76 Mbps (2026) · Switzerland: 399 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

Morocco and Switzerland are practically level

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

Urban population

How many live in cities?

86% of people in Switzerland live in cities, versus 63% in Morocco

Morocco: 63% (2025) · Switzerland: 86% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Morocco has 153 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Switzerland 129

Morocco: 153 (2024) · Switzerland: 129 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Switzerland’s railway network is 80% longer than Morocco’s

Morocco: 2,295 km (2021) · Switzerland: 4,122 km (2021)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Switzerland fly 13 times as many passengers per resident as those from Morocco

Morocco: 0.24 (2023) · Switzerland: 3.05 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 32% of Switzerland, but only 13% of Morocco

Morocco: 12.8% (2024) · Switzerland: 32% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Switzerland emits 2 times as much CO₂ as someone in Morocco

Morocco: 1.8 t (2024) · Switzerland: 3.6 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

68% of Switzerland’s electricity is renewable, versus 24% in Morocco

Morocco: 24% (2025) · Switzerland: 67.8% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Morocco carries 93% more fine dust than in Switzerland

Morocco: 17.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Switzerland: 9 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 2.8 times as likely to be murdered in Morocco as in Switzerland

Morocco: 1.7 per 100k (2024) · Switzerland: 0.6 per 100k (2023)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Morocco are 5.7 times as deadly as in Switzerland

Morocco: 22.2 per 100k (2023) · Switzerland: 3.9 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Morocco is on average 12.8 °C warmer than Switzerland

Morocco: 19.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Switzerland: 6.5°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Switzerland gets 6.7 times as much rain as Morocco

Morocco: 239 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Switzerland: 1,616 mm (2016–2025 avg)

What does the year feel like?

Between them

People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other

Who has moved between them?
Can they visit without a visa?
What do they sell each other?
Have they met on the pitch?
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Quick answers

Is Morocco bigger than Switzerland?

Morocco is larger. Switzerland fits inside Morocco 11 times.

Which has more people, Morocco or Switzerland?

Morocco has 4.2 times as many people as Switzerland (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Morocco or Switzerland?

People in Switzerland live 8.9 years longer than in Morocco. Life expectancy at birth is 75.5 years in Morocco and 84.4 in Switzerland.

Are people taller in Morocco or Switzerland?

Men in Switzerland are 2.4 cm taller than in Morocco (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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