Portugal: 1,793 km (2026 edition) · Switzerland: 0 km (2026 edition)

Switzerland’s highest peak towers 2,283 m above Portugal’s

Portugal: 2,351 m (2026 edition) · Switzerland: 4,634 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 41% of Portugal, versus 38% of Switzerland

Portugal: 41.3% (2024) · Switzerland: 37.7% (2024)

Portugal has 19% more people than Switzerland

Portugal: 10.8 million (2025) · Switzerland: 9.09 million (2025)

Switzerland is 2 times as densely populated as Portugal

Portugal: 118 per km² (2025) · Switzerland: 230 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Portugal is 3.9 years older than in Switzerland

Portugal: 46.2 years (2023) · Switzerland: 42.3 years (2023)

Women in Portugal have 0.1 more children on average than in Switzerland

Portugal: 1.41 children per woman (2024) · Switzerland: 1.29 children per woman (2024)

25% of people in Portugal are 65 or older, versus 20% in Switzerland

Portugal: 24.9% (2025) · Switzerland: 20.4% (2025)

Switzerland hosts 3.5 times as many refugees per resident as Portugal

Portugal: 6.5 per 1,000 (2025) · Switzerland: 22.9 per 1,000 (2025)

Switzerland has produced 20.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Portugal 1.9

Portugal: 1.9 (2026) · Switzerland: 20.9 (2026)

Switzerland has 4 official languages, Portugal 1

Portugal: 1 (2026) · Switzerland: 4 (2026)

Switzerland’s economy is 3 times the size of Portugal’s

Portugal: $347 billion (2025) · Switzerland: $1.04 trillion (2025)

Switzerland produces 93% more per person than Portugal

Portugal: Int$53,146 (2025) · Switzerland: Int$102,513 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Portugal than in Switzerland (Gini 0.4 points higher)

Portugal: 33.9 (2023) · Switzerland: 33.5 (2023)

Portugal and Switzerland are practically level

Portugal: 0.4% (2023) · Switzerland: 0.1% (2023)

Unemployment is 6.2% in Portugal, versus 4.9% in Switzerland

Portugal: 6.2% (2025) · Switzerland: 4.9% (2025)

Portugal spends 1.7% of its GDP on the military, Switzerland 0.8%

Portugal: 1.7% (2025) · Switzerland: 0.8% (2025)

Portugal’s central government collects 22% of GDP in tax, Switzerland’s 9.5%

Portugal: 22.3% (2024) · Switzerland: 9.5% (2024)

Switzerland’s price level (US = 100) is 1.9× Portugal’s

Portugal: 60% (2025) · Switzerland: 112% (2025)

Switzerland spends 4 times as much on health per person as Portugal

Portugal: $2,971 (2024) · Switzerland: $11,784 (2023)

A baby in Switzerland is 26% more likely to die before turning one than in Portugal

Portugal: 2.7 per 1,000 (2024) · Switzerland: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024)

Portugal has 31% more doctors per person than Switzerland

Portugal: 5.9 per 1,000 (2022) · Switzerland: 4.5 per 1,000 (2022)

Switzerland has 26% more hospital beds per person than Portugal

Portugal: 3.5 per 1,000 (2022) · Switzerland: 4.4 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Switzerland is 35% higher than in Portugal

Portugal: 8.6 per 100k (2023) · Switzerland: 11.6 per 100k (2023)

23% of adults in Portugal are obese, versus 13% in Switzerland

Portugal: 23% (2024) · Switzerland: 12.9% (2024)

29% of adults in Portugal smoke, versus 23% in Switzerland

Portugal: 28.6% (2024) · Switzerland: 23.1% (2024)

People in Switzerland rate their lives 0.99 points higher than in Portugal

Portugal: 6.03 (2025) · Switzerland: 7.02 (2025)

Adults in Portugal drink 57% more alcohol than in Switzerland

Portugal: 13.7 litres (2023) · Switzerland: 8.8 litres (2023)

Portugal has 55% more meat per person than Switzerland

Portugal: 99.3 kg (2023) · Switzerland: 64 kg (2023)

Portugal has 151 kcal more food per person per day than Switzerland

Portugal: 3,553 kcal (2023) · Switzerland: 3,402 kcal (2023)

Workers in Portugal put in 206 more hours a year than in Switzerland

Portugal: 1,735 hours (2023) · Switzerland: 1,529 hours (2023)

Adults in Switzerland went to school 4.2 years longer than in Portugal

Portugal: 9.7 years (2023) · Switzerland: 13.9 years (2023)

Portugal welcomed 2.6 times as many tourists per resident as Switzerland (2019)

Portugal: 2.71 (2024) · Switzerland: 1.04 (2022)

Portugal has 4 more World Heritage sites than Switzerland (17 against 13)

Portugal: 17 (2026) · Switzerland: 13 (2026)

Switzerland has won 403 Olympic medals, Portugal 32

Portugal: 32 (2026 edition) · Switzerland: 403 (2026 edition)

97% of people in Switzerland are online, versus 88% in Portugal

Portugal: 88% (2024) · Switzerland: 97% (2025)

Home internet in Switzerland is 21% faster than in Portugal

Portugal: 330 Mbps (2026) · Switzerland: 399 Mbps (2026)

Portugal and Switzerland are practically level

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

86% of people in Switzerland live in cities, versus 61% in Portugal

Portugal: 61% (2025) · Switzerland: 86% (2025)

Switzerland has 129 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Portugal 124

Portugal: 124 (2024) · Switzerland: 129 (2024)

Switzerland’s railway network is 63% longer than Portugal’s

Portugal: 2,527 km (2021) · Switzerland: 4,122 km (2021)

Airlines from Switzerland fly 80% more passengers per resident than those from Portugal

Portugal: 1.69 (2023) · Switzerland: 3.05 (2023)

Forest covers 37% of Portugal, but only 32% of Switzerland

Portugal: 36.6% (2024) · Switzerland: 32% (2024)

The average person in Switzerland emits 5% more CO₂ than someone in Portugal

Portugal: 3.4 t (2024) · Switzerland: 3.6 t (2024)

81% of Portugal’s electricity is renewable, versus 68% in Switzerland

Portugal: 81% (2025) · Switzerland: 67.8% (2025)

The air in Portugal carries 17% more fine dust than in Switzerland

Portugal: 10.5 µg/m³ (2024) · Switzerland: 9 µg/m³ (2024)

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

Portugal: 0.7 per 100k (2022) · Switzerland: 0.6 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Portugal are 2.8 times as deadly as in Switzerland

Portugal: 11 per 100k (2023) · Switzerland: 3.9 per 100k (2023)

Portugal is on average 9.3 °C warmer than Switzerland

Portugal: 15.9°C (2016–2025 avg) · Switzerland: 6.5°C (2016–2025 avg)

Switzerland gets 2.1 times as much rain as Portugal

Portugal: 777 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Switzerland: 1,616 mm (2016–2025 avg)