Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Switzerland fits inside Morocco 11 times
Morocco: 446,550 km² (2024) · Switzerland: 41,291 km² (2024)
How much coast is there?
Morocco: 2,945 km (2026 edition) · Switzerland: 0 km (2026 edition)
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)
How much of the land is farmed?
Farmland covers 67% of Morocco, versus 38% of Switzerland
Morocco: 67.2% (2024) · Switzerland: 37.7% (2024)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
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)
How crowded is it?
Switzerland is 2.7 times as densely populated as Morocco
Morocco: 86 per km² (2025) · Switzerland: 230 per km² (2025)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
How many official languages?
Switzerland has 4 official languages, Morocco 2
Morocco: 2 (2026) · Switzerland: 4 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
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)
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)
How evenly is income shared?
Morocco: no data · Switzerland: 33.5 (2023)
How many live on less than $3 a day?
Morocco: no data · Switzerland: 0.1% (2023)
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)
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)
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)
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
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
How common is obesity?
22% of adults in Morocco are obese, versus 13% in Switzerland
Morocco: 22% (2024) · Switzerland: 12.9% (2024)
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
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
How many World Heritage sites?
Switzerland has 4 more World Heritage sites than Morocco (13 against 9)
Morocco: 9 (2026) · Switzerland: 13 (2026)
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
How many people are online?
97% of people in Switzerland are online, versus 91% in Morocco
Morocco: 91% (2024) · Switzerland: 97% (2025)
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)
Who has electricity at home?
Morocco and Switzerland are practically level
Morocco: 100% (2024) · Switzerland: 100% (2024)
How many live in cities?
86% of people in Switzerland live in cities, versus 63% in Morocco
Morocco: 63% (2025) · Switzerland: 86% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Morocco has 153 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Switzerland 129
Morocco: 153 (2024) · Switzerland: 129 (2024)
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)
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
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 32% of Switzerland, but only 13% of Morocco
Morocco: 12.8% (2024) · Switzerland: 32% (2024)
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)
How green is the power grid?
68% of Switzerland’s electricity is renewable, versus 24% in Morocco
Morocco: 24% (2025) · Switzerland: 67.8% (2025)
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)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
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)
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
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)
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)
Between them
People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other
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).