Spain: 4,964 km (2026 edition) · Switzerland: 0 km (2026 edition)

Switzerland’s highest peak towers 916 m above Spain’s

Spain: 3,718 m (2026 edition) · Switzerland: 4,634 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 49% of Spain, versus 38% of Switzerland

Spain: 49.3% (2024) · Switzerland: 37.7% (2024)

Spain has 5.4 times as many people as Switzerland

Spain: 49.4 million (2025) · Switzerland: 9.09 million (2025)

Switzerland is 2.3 times as densely populated as Spain

Spain: 99 per km² (2025) · Switzerland: 230 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Spain is 2.6 years older than in Switzerland

Spain: 44.9 years (2023) · Switzerland: 42.3 years (2023)

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

Spain: 1.1 children per woman (2024) · Switzerland: 1.29 children per woman (2024)

22% of people in Spain are 65 or older, versus 20% in Switzerland

Spain: 21.6% (2025) · Switzerland: 20.4% (2025)

Switzerland hosts 2.2 times as many refugees per resident as Spain

Spain: 10.4 per 1,000 (2025) · Switzerland: 22.9 per 1,000 (2025)

Switzerland has produced 20.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Spain 1.4

Spain: 1.4 (2026) · Switzerland: 20.9 (2026)

Switzerland has 4 official languages, Spain 1

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

Spain’s economy is 83% larger than Switzerland’s

Spain: $1.91 trillion (2025) · Switzerland: $1.04 trillion (2025)

Switzerland produces 71% more per person than Spain

Spain: Int$59,868 (2025) · Switzerland: Int$102,513 (2025)

Switzerland and Spain are practically level

Spain: 33.4 (2023) · Switzerland: 33.5 (2023)

0.8% of people in Spain live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.1% in Switzerland

Spain: 0.8% (2023) · Switzerland: 0.1% (2023)

Unemployment is 10% in Spain, versus 4.9% in Switzerland

Spain: 10.4% (2025) · Switzerland: 4.9% (2025)

Spain spends 2.1% of its GDP on the military, Switzerland 0.8%

Spain: 2.1% (2025) · Switzerland: 0.8% (2025)

Spain’s central government collects 15% of GDP in tax, Switzerland’s 9.5%

Spain: 14.9% (2024) · Switzerland: 9.5% (2024)

Switzerland’s price level (US = 100) is 1.7× Spain’s

Spain: 65% (2025) · Switzerland: 112% (2025)

Switzerland spends 3.8 times as much on health per person as Spain

Spain: $3,107 (2023) · Switzerland: $11,784 (2023)

A baby in Switzerland is 31% more likely to die before turning one than in Spain

Spain: 2.6 per 1,000 (2024) · Switzerland: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024)

Switzerland has 4% more doctors per person than Spain

Spain: 4.3 per 1,000 (2022) · Switzerland: 4.5 per 1,000 (2022)

Switzerland has 51% more hospital beds per person than Spain

Spain: 2.9 per 1,000 (2023) · Switzerland: 4.4 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Switzerland is 63% higher than in Spain

Spain: 7.1 per 100k (2023) · Switzerland: 11.6 per 100k (2023)

19% of adults in Spain are obese, versus 13% in Switzerland

Spain: 18.9% (2024) · Switzerland: 12.9% (2024)

28% of adults in Spain smoke, versus 23% in Switzerland

Spain: 27.6% (2024) · Switzerland: 23.1% (2024)

People in Switzerland rate their lives 0.48 points higher than in Spain

Spain: 6.54 (2025) · Switzerland: 7.02 (2025)

Adults in Spain drink 38% more alcohol than in Switzerland

Spain: 12.1 litres (2023) · Switzerland: 8.8 litres (2023)

Spain has 58% more meat per person than Switzerland

Spain: 100.8 kg (2023) · Switzerland: 64 kg (2023)

Switzerland has 25 kcal more food per person per day than Spain

Spain: 3,377 kcal (2023) · Switzerland: 3,402 kcal (2023)

Workers in Spain put in 109 more hours a year than in Switzerland

Spain: 1,638 hours (2023) · Switzerland: 1,529 hours (2023)

Adults in Switzerland went to school 3.2 years longer than in Spain

Spain: 10.8 years (2023) · Switzerland: 13.9 years (2023)

Spain welcomed 84% more tourists per resident than Switzerland (2019)

Spain: 1.92 (2024) · Switzerland: 1.04 (2022)

Spain has 37 more World Heritage sites than Switzerland (50 against 13)

Spain: 50 (2026) · Switzerland: 13 (2026)

Switzerland has won 403 Olympic medals, Spain 195

Spain: 195 (2026 edition) · Switzerland: 403 (2026 edition)

97% of people in Switzerland are online, versus 96% in Spain

Spain: 96% (2024) · Switzerland: 97% (2025)

Home internet in Switzerland is 23% faster than in Spain

Spain: 324 Mbps (2026) · Switzerland: 399 Mbps (2026)

Spain and Switzerland are practically level

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

86% of people in Switzerland live in cities, versus 81% in Spain

Spain: 81% (2025) · Switzerland: 86% (2025)

Spain has 130 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Switzerland 129

Spain: 130 (2024) · Switzerland: 129 (2024)

Spain’s railway network is 3.9 times as long as Switzerland’s

Spain: 15,963 km (2021) · Switzerland: 4,122 km (2021)

Airlines from Switzerland fly 60% more passengers per resident than those from Spain

Spain: 1.91 (2023) · Switzerland: 3.05 (2023)

Forest covers 38% of Spain, but only 32% of Switzerland

Spain: 38.2% (2024) · Switzerland: 32% (2024)

The average person in Spain emits 28% more CO₂ than someone in Switzerland

Spain: 4.6 t (2024) · Switzerland: 3.6 t (2024)

68% of Switzerland’s electricity is renewable, versus 56% in Spain

Spain: 55.9% (2025) · Switzerland: 67.8% (2025)

The air in Spain carries 11% more fine dust than in Switzerland

Spain: 10 µg/m³ (2024) · Switzerland: 9 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 16% more likely to be murdered in Spain than in Switzerland

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

Roads in Spain are 59% deadlier than in Switzerland

Spain: 6.2 per 100k (2023) · Switzerland: 3.9 per 100k (2023)

Spain is on average 8.3 °C warmer than Switzerland

Spain: 14.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Switzerland: 6.5°C (2016–2025 avg)

Switzerland gets 2.4 times as much rain as Spain

Spain: 665 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Switzerland: 1,616 mm (2016–2025 avg)