Russia: 37,653 km (2026 edition) · Switzerland: 0 km (2026 edition)

Russia’s highest peak towers 1,008 m above Switzerland’s

Russia: 5,642 m (2026 edition) · Switzerland: 4,634 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 38% of Switzerland, versus 13% of Russia

Russia: 13.2% (2024) · Switzerland: 37.7% (2024)

Russia has 16 times as many people as Switzerland

Russia: 144 million (2025) · Switzerland: 9.09 million (2025)

Switzerland is 26 times as densely populated as Russia

Russia: 9 per km² (2025) · Switzerland: 230 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Switzerland is 2.9 years older than in Russia

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

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

Russia: 1.42 children per woman (2024) · Switzerland: 1.29 children per woman (2024)

20% of people in Switzerland are 65 or older, versus 18% in Russia

Russia: 17.8% (2025) · Switzerland: 20.4% (2025)

Switzerland hosts 278 times as many refugees per resident as Russia

Russia: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Switzerland: 22.9 per 1,000 (2025)

Switzerland has produced 20.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Russia 2.0

Russia: 2 (2026) · Switzerland: 20.9 (2026)

Switzerland has 4 official languages, Russia 1

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

Russia’s economy is 2.5 times the size of Switzerland’s

Russia: $2.56 trillion (2025) · Switzerland: $1.04 trillion (2025)

Switzerland produces 2.1 times as much per person as Russia

Russia: Int$49,568 (2025) · Switzerland: Int$102,513 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Switzerland than in Russia (Gini 0.5 points higher)

Russia: 33 (2023) · Switzerland: 33.5 (2023)

Russia and Switzerland are practically level

Russia: 0.1% (2023) · Switzerland: 0.1% (2023)

Unemployment is 4.9% in Switzerland, versus 2.1% in Russia

Russia: 2.1% (2025) · Switzerland: 4.9% (2025)

Russia spends 7.5% of its GDP on the military, Switzerland 0.8%

Russia: 7.5% (2025) · Switzerland: 0.8% (2025)

Russia’s central government collects 11% of GDP in tax, Switzerland’s 9.5%

Russia: 10.9% (2024) · Switzerland: 9.5% (2024)

Switzerland’s price level (US = 100) is 3.2× Russia’s

Russia: 35% (2025) · Switzerland: 112% (2025)

Switzerland spends 12 times as much on health per person as Russia

Russia: $1,003 (2023) · Switzerland: $11,784 (2023)

A baby in Russia is 21% more likely to die before turning one than in Switzerland

Russia: 4.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Switzerland: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024)

Russia has 14% more doctors per person than Switzerland

Russia: 5.1 per 1,000 (2022) · Switzerland: 4.5 per 1,000 (2022)

Russia has 55% more hospital beds per person than Switzerland

Russia: 6.8 per 1,000 (2023) · Switzerland: 4.4 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Russia is 71% higher than in Switzerland

Russia: 19.8 per 100k (2023) · Switzerland: 11.6 per 100k (2023)

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

Russia: 21.2% (2024) · Switzerland: 12.9% (2024)

27% of adults in Russia smoke, versus 23% in Switzerland

Russia: 27% (2024) · Switzerland: 23.1% (2024)

People in Switzerland rate their lives 1.18 points higher than in Russia

Russia: 5.83 (2025) · Switzerland: 7.02 (2025)

Adults in Russia drink 19% more alcohol than in Switzerland

Russia: 10.4 litres (2023) · Switzerland: 8.8 litres (2023)

Russia has 33% more meat per person than Switzerland

Russia: 84.8 kg (2023) · Switzerland: 64 kg (2023)

Russia has 126 kcal more food per person per day than Switzerland

Russia: 3,528 kcal (2023) · Switzerland: 3,402 kcal (2023)

Workers in Russia put in 558 more hours a year than in Switzerland

Russia: 2,087 hours (2023) · Switzerland: 1,529 hours (2023)

Adults in Switzerland went to school 1.5 years longer than in Russia

Russia: 12.4 years (2023) · Switzerland: 13.9 years (2023)

Russia: no data · Switzerland: 1.04 (2022)

Russia has 20 more World Heritage sites than Switzerland (33 against 13)

Russia: 33 (2026) · Switzerland: 13 (2026)

Russia has won 539 Olympic medals, Switzerland 403

Russia: 539 (2026 edition) · Switzerland: 403 (2026 edition)

97% of people in Switzerland are online, versus 94% in Russia

Russia: 94% (2024) · Switzerland: 97% (2025)

Russia: no data · Switzerland: 399 Mbps (2026)

Russia and Switzerland are practically level

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

86% of people in Switzerland live in cities, versus 75% in Russia

Russia: 75% (2025) · Switzerland: 86% (2025)

Russia has 186 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Switzerland 129

Russia: 186 (2024) · Switzerland: 129 (2024)

Russia’s railway network is 21 times as long as Switzerland’s

Russia: 85,544 km (2021) · Switzerland: 4,122 km (2021)

Airlines from Switzerland fly 4.4 times as many passengers per resident as those from Russia

Russia: 0.69 (2023) · Switzerland: 3.05 (2023)

Forest covers 51% of Russia, but only 32% of Switzerland

Russia: 50.8% (2024) · Switzerland: 32% (2024)

The average person in Russia emits 3.4 times as much CO₂ as someone in Switzerland

Russia: 12.3 t (2024) · Switzerland: 3.6 t (2024)

68% of Switzerland’s electricity is renewable, versus 17% in Russia

Russia: 17.4% (2025) · Switzerland: 67.8% (2025)

The air in Russia carries 43% more fine dust than in Switzerland

Russia: 12.9 µg/m³ (2024) · Switzerland: 9 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 13 times as likely to be murdered in Russia as in Switzerland

Russia: 7.8 per 100k (2024) · Switzerland: 0.6 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Russia are 3.4 times as deadly as in Switzerland

Russia: 13.4 per 100k (2023) · Switzerland: 3.9 per 100k (2023)

Switzerland is on average 9.1 °C warmer than Russia

Russia: -2.6°C (2016–2025 avg) · Switzerland: 6.5°C (2016–2025 avg)

Switzerland gets 2.8 times as much rain as Russia

Russia: 586 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Switzerland: 1,616 mm (2016–2025 avg)