South Korea: 2,413 km (2026 edition) · Switzerland: 0 km (2026 edition)

Switzerland’s highest peak towers 2,684 m above South Korea’s

South Korea: 1,950 m (2026 edition) · Switzerland: 4,634 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 38% of Switzerland, versus 16% of South Korea

South Korea: 16% (2024) · Switzerland: 37.7% (2024)

South Korea has 5.7 times as many people as Switzerland

South Korea: 51.7 million (2025) · Switzerland: 9.09 million (2025)

South Korea is 2.3 times as densely populated as Switzerland

South Korea: 530 per km² (2025) · Switzerland: 230 per km² (2025)

The typical person in South Korea is 2.2 years older than in Switzerland

South Korea: 44.5 years (2023) · Switzerland: 42.3 years (2023)

Women in Switzerland have 0.5 more children on average than in South Korea

South Korea: 0.75 children per woman (2024) · Switzerland: 1.29 children per woman (2024)

Switzerland and South Korea are practically level

South Korea: 20.3% (2025) · Switzerland: 20.4% (2025)

Switzerland hosts 269 times as many refugees per resident as South Korea

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

Switzerland has produced 20.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, South Korea 0.6

South Korea: 0.6 (2026) · Switzerland: 20.9 (2026)

Switzerland has 4 official languages, South Korea 1

South Korea: 1 (2026) · Switzerland: 4 (2026)

South Korea’s economy is 79% larger than Switzerland’s

South Korea: $1.87 trillion (2025) · Switzerland: $1.04 trillion (2025)

Switzerland produces 62% more per person than South Korea

South Korea: Int$63,125 (2025) · Switzerland: Int$102,513 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Switzerland than in South Korea (Gini 0.6 points higher)

South Korea: 32.9 (2021) · Switzerland: 33.5 (2023)

South Korea and Switzerland are practically level

South Korea: 0.1% (2021) · Switzerland: 0.1% (2023)

Unemployment is 4.9% in Switzerland, versus 2.7% in South Korea

South Korea: 2.7% (2025) · Switzerland: 4.9% (2025)

South Korea spends 2.6% of its GDP on the military, Switzerland 0.8%

South Korea: 2.6% (2025) · Switzerland: 0.8% (2025)

South Korea’s central government collects 13% of GDP in tax, Switzerland’s 9.5%

South Korea: 13.3% (2024) · Switzerland: 9.5% (2024)

Switzerland’s price level (US = 100) is 2× South Korea’s

South Korea: 57% (2025) · Switzerland: 112% (2025)

Switzerland spends 3.8 times as much on health per person as South Korea

South Korea: $3,137 (2024) · Switzerland: $11,784 (2023)

A baby in Switzerland is 48% more likely to die before turning one than in South Korea

South Korea: 2.3 per 1,000 (2024) · Switzerland: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024)

Switzerland has 72% more doctors per person than South Korea

South Korea: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Switzerland: 4.5 per 1,000 (2022)

South Korea has 2.9 times as many hospital beds per person as Switzerland

South Korea: 12.8 per 1,000 (2022) · Switzerland: 4.4 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in South Korea is 2 times that in Switzerland

South Korea: 23.4 per 100k (2023) · Switzerland: 11.6 per 100k (2023)

13% of adults in Switzerland are obese, versus 7.5% in South Korea

South Korea: 7.5% (2024) · Switzerland: 12.9% (2024)

23% of adults in Switzerland smoke, versus 19% in South Korea

South Korea: 18.6% (2024) · Switzerland: 23.1% (2024)

People in Switzerland rate their lives 0.98 points higher than in South Korea

South Korea: 6.04 (2025) · Switzerland: 7.02 (2025)

Adults in Switzerland drink 6% more alcohol than in South Korea

South Korea: 8.3 litres (2023) · Switzerland: 8.8 litres (2023)

South Korea has 31% more meat per person than Switzerland

South Korea: 84 kg (2023) · Switzerland: 64 kg (2023)

South Korea has 28 kcal more food per person per day than Switzerland

South Korea: 3,430 kcal (2023) · Switzerland: 3,402 kcal (2023)

Workers in South Korea put in 381 more hours a year than in Switzerland

South Korea: 1,910 hours (2023) · Switzerland: 1,529 hours (2023)

Adults in Switzerland went to school 1.2 years longer than in South Korea

South Korea: 12.7 years (2023) · Switzerland: 13.9 years (2023)

Switzerland welcomed 3.3 times as many tourists per resident as South Korea (2019)

South Korea: 0.32 (2024) · Switzerland: 1.04 (2022)

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

South Korea: 17 (2026) · Switzerland: 13 (2026)

South Korea has won 409 Olympic medals, Switzerland 403

South Korea: 409 (2026 edition) · Switzerland: 403 (2026 edition)

98% of people in South Korea are online, versus 97% in Switzerland

South Korea: 98% (2024) · Switzerland: 97% (2025)

Home internet in Switzerland is 34% faster than in South Korea

South Korea: 298 Mbps (2026) · Switzerland: 399 Mbps (2026)

South Korea and Switzerland are practically level

South Korea: 100% (2024) · Switzerland: 100% (2024)

86% of people in Switzerland live in cities, versus 81% in South Korea

South Korea: 81% (2025) · Switzerland: 86% (2025)

South Korea has 173 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Switzerland 129

South Korea: 173 (2024) · Switzerland: 129 (2024)

South Korea’s railway network is 5% longer than Switzerland’s

South Korea: 4,309 km (2021) · Switzerland: 4,122 km (2021)

Airlines from Switzerland fly 2.1 times as many passengers per resident as those from South Korea

South Korea: 1.48 (2023) · Switzerland: 3.05 (2023)

Forest covers 64% of South Korea, but only 32% of Switzerland

South Korea: 64.4% (2024) · Switzerland: 32% (2024)

The average person in South Korea emits 3.1 times as much CO₂ as someone in Switzerland

South Korea: 11.3 t (2024) · Switzerland: 3.6 t (2024)

68% of Switzerland’s electricity is renewable, versus 10% in South Korea

South Korea: 10.4% (2025) · Switzerland: 67.8% (2025)

The air in South Korea carries 2.3 times as much fine dust as in Switzerland

South Korea: 21 µg/m³ (2024) · Switzerland: 9 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 25% more likely to be murdered in Switzerland than in South Korea

South Korea: 0.5 per 100k (2023) · Switzerland: 0.6 per 100k (2023)

Roads in South Korea are 2.2 times as deadly as in Switzerland

South Korea: 8.7 per 100k (2023) · Switzerland: 3.9 per 100k (2023)

South Korea is on average 6.6 °C warmer than Switzerland

South Korea: 13.2°C (2016–2025 avg) · Switzerland: 6.5°C (2016–2025 avg)

Switzerland gets 28% more rain than South Korea

South Korea: 1,265 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Switzerland: 1,616 mm (2016–2025 avg)