Norway: 25,148 km (2026 edition) · Switzerland: 0 km (2026 edition)

Switzerland’s highest peak towers 2,165 m above Norway’s

Norway: 2,469 m (2026 edition) · Switzerland: 4,634 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 38% of Switzerland, versus 2.7% of Norway

Norway: 2.7% (2024) · Switzerland: 37.7% (2024)

Switzerland has 62% more people than Norway

Norway: 5.61 million (2025) · Switzerland: 9.09 million (2025)

Switzerland is 15 times as densely populated as Norway

Norway: 15 per km² (2025) · Switzerland: 230 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Switzerland is 2.8 years older than in Norway

Norway: 39.5 years (2023) · Switzerland: 42.3 years (2023)

Women in Norway have 0.2 more children on average than in Switzerland

Norway: 1.45 children per woman (2024) · Switzerland: 1.29 children per woman (2024)

20% of people in Switzerland are 65 or older, versus 19% in Norway

Norway: 19.1% (2025) · Switzerland: 20.4% (2025)

Switzerland hosts 4% more refugees per resident than Norway

Norway: 22.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Switzerland: 22.9 per 1,000 (2025)

Norway has produced 23.2 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Switzerland 20.9

Norway: 23.2 (2026) · Switzerland: 20.9 (2026)

Switzerland has 4 official languages, Norway 3

Norway: 3 (2026) · Switzerland: 4 (2026)

Switzerland’s economy is 2 times the size of Norway’s

Norway: $531 billion (2025) · Switzerland: $1.04 trillion (2025)

Norway produces 1% more per person than Switzerland

Norway: Int$104,044 (2025) · Switzerland: Int$102,513 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Switzerland than in Norway (Gini 7 points higher)

Norway: 26.5 (2023) · Switzerland: 33.5 (2023)

Norway and Switzerland are practically level

Norway: 0.2% (2023) · Switzerland: 0.1% (2023)

Switzerland and Norway are practically level

Norway: 4.6% (2025) · Switzerland: 4.9% (2025)

Norway spends 3.3% of its GDP on the military, Switzerland 0.8%

Norway: 3.3% (2025) · Switzerland: 0.8% (2025)

Norway’s central government collects 25% of GDP in tax, Switzerland’s 9.5%

Norway: 24.5% (2024) · Switzerland: 9.5% (2024)

Switzerland’s price level (US = 100) is 1.2× Norway’s

Norway: 91% (2025) · Switzerland: 112% (2025)

Switzerland spends 42% more on health per person than Norway

Norway: $8,296 (2023) · Switzerland: $11,784 (2023)

A baby in Switzerland is 70% more likely to die before turning one than in Norway

Norway: 2 per 1,000 (2024) · Switzerland: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024)

Norway has 11% more doctors per person than Switzerland

Norway: 5 per 1,000 (2023) · Switzerland: 4.5 per 1,000 (2022)

Switzerland has 33% more hospital beds per person than Norway

Norway: 3.3 per 1,000 (2023) · Switzerland: 4.4 per 1,000 (2023)

Norway and Switzerland are nearly identical here

Norway: 11.6 per 100k (2023) · Switzerland: 11.6 per 100k (2023)

21% of adults in Norway are obese, versus 13% in Switzerland

Norway: 20.7% (2024) · Switzerland: 12.9% (2024)

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

Norway: 12.9% (2024) · Switzerland: 23.1% (2024)

People in Norway rate their lives 0.22 points higher than in Switzerland

Norway: 7.24 (2025) · Switzerland: 7.02 (2025)

Adults in Switzerland drink 26% more alcohol than in Norway

Norway: 7 litres (2023) · Switzerland: 8.8 litres (2023)

Norway has 10% more meat per person than Switzerland

Norway: 70.4 kg (2023) · Switzerland: 64 kg (2023)

Norway has 73 kcal more food per person per day than Switzerland

Norway: 3,476 kcal (2023) · Switzerland: 3,402 kcal (2023)

Workers in Switzerland put in 117 more hours a year than in Norway

Norway: 1,412 hours (2023) · Switzerland: 1,529 hours (2023)

Adults in Switzerland went to school 0.83 years longer than in Norway

Norway: 13.1 years (2023) · Switzerland: 13.9 years (2023)

Switzerland welcomed 14% more tourists per resident than Norway (2019)

Norway: 0.91 (2022) · Switzerland: 1.04 (2022)

Switzerland has 5 more World Heritage sites than Norway (13 against 8)

Norway: 8 (2026) · Switzerland: 13 (2026)

Norway has won 616 Olympic medals, Switzerland 403

Norway: 616 (2026 edition) · Switzerland: 403 (2026 edition)

99% of people in Norway are online, versus 97% in Switzerland

Norway: 99% (2024) · Switzerland: 97% (2025)

Home internet in Switzerland is 74% faster than in Norway

Norway: 228 Mbps (2026) · Switzerland: 399 Mbps (2026)

Norway and Switzerland are practically level

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

86% of people in Switzerland live in cities, versus 84% in Norway

Norway: 84% (2025) · Switzerland: 86% (2025)

Switzerland has 129 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Norway 109

Norway: 109 (2024) · Switzerland: 129 (2024)

Switzerland’s railway network is 6% longer than Norway’s

Norway: 3,885 km (2021) · Switzerland: 4,122 km (2021)

Norway: no data · Switzerland: 3.05 (2023)

Forest covers 33% of Norway, but only 32% of Switzerland

Norway: 33.2% (2024) · Switzerland: 32% (2024)

The average person in Norway emits 85% more CO₂ than someone in Switzerland

Norway: 6.7 t (2024) · Switzerland: 3.6 t (2024)

99% of Norway’s electricity is renewable, versus 68% in Switzerland

Norway: 99% (2025) · Switzerland: 67.8% (2025)

The air in Switzerland carries 34% more fine dust than in Norway

Norway: 6.7 µg/m³ (2024) · Switzerland: 9 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 21% more likely to be murdered in Norway than in Switzerland

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

Roads in Switzerland are 34% deadlier than in Norway

Norway: 2.9 per 100k (2023) · Switzerland: 3.9 per 100k (2023)

Switzerland is on average 4.9 °C warmer than Norway

Norway: 1.6°C (2016–2025 avg) · Switzerland: 6.5°C (2016–2025 avg)

Switzerland gets 28% more rain than Norway

Norway: 1,259 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Switzerland: 1,616 mm (2016–2025 avg)