Sweden’s coastline is 2.3 times as long as Tanzania’s

Sweden: 3,218 km (2026 edition) · Tanzania: 1,424 km (2026 edition)

Tanzania’s highest peak towers 3,795 m above Sweden’s

Sweden: 2,100 m (2026 edition) · Tanzania: 5,895 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 45% of Tanzania, versus 7.3% of Sweden

Sweden: 7.3% (2024) · Tanzania: 45.1% (2024)

Tanzania has 6.7 times as many people as Sweden

Sweden: 10.6 million (2025) · Tanzania: 70.5 million (2025)

Tanzania is 3.1 times as densely populated as Sweden

Sweden: 26 per km² (2025) · Tanzania: 80 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Sweden is 23 years older than in Tanzania

Sweden: 39.9 years (2023) · Tanzania: 17.2 years (2023)

Women in Tanzania have 3.1 more children on average than in Sweden

Sweden: 1.43 children per woman (2024) · Tanzania: 4.54 children per woman (2024)

21% of people in Sweden are 65 or older, versus 3.0% in Tanzania

Sweden: 20.9% (2025) · Tanzania: 3% (2025)

Sweden hosts 5.6 times as many refugees per resident as Tanzania

Sweden: 13.6 per 1,000 (2025) · Tanzania: 2.4 per 1,000 (2025)

Sweden has produced 28.3 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Tanzania none

Sweden: 28.3 (2026) · Tanzania: 0 (2026)

Tanzania has 2 official languages, Sweden 1

Sweden: 1 (2026) · Tanzania: 2 (2026)

Sweden’s economy is 7.4 times the size of Tanzania’s

Sweden: $669 billion (2025) · Tanzania: $90.1 billion (2025)

Sweden produces 16 times as much per person as Tanzania

Sweden: Int$72,529 (2025) · Tanzania: Int$4,471 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Tanzania than in Sweden (Gini 11.2 points higher)

Sweden: 29.3 (2023) · Tanzania: 40.5 (2018)

51% of people in Tanzania live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.8% in Sweden

Sweden: 0.8% (2023) · Tanzania: 51.3% (2018)

Unemployment is 8.7% in Sweden, versus 1.6% in Tanzania

Sweden: 8.7% (2025) · Tanzania: 1.6% (2025)

Sweden spends 2.5% of its GDP on the military, Tanzania 1.2%

Sweden: 2.5% (2025) · Tanzania: 1.2% (2025)

Sweden’s central government collects 27% of GDP in tax, Tanzania’s 12%

Sweden: 27.2% (2024) · Tanzania: 12.3% (2024)

Sweden’s price level (US = 100) is 3× Tanzania’s

Sweden: 87% (2025) · Tanzania: 29% (2025)

Sweden spends 179 times as much on health per person as Tanzania

Sweden: $6,485 (2024) · Tanzania: $36 (2023)

A baby in Tanzania is 14 times as likely to die before turning one as in Sweden

Sweden: 2 per 1,000 (2024) · Tanzania: 28.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Sweden has 33 times as many doctors per person as Tanzania

Sweden: 4.4 per 1,000 (2021) · Tanzania: 0.1 per 1,000 (2022)

Sweden has 2.3 times as many hospital beds per person as Tanzania

Sweden: 1.9 per 1,000 (2022) · Tanzania: 0.8 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Tanzania is 17% higher than in Sweden

Sweden: 12.7 per 100k (2023) · Tanzania: 14.9 per 100k (2023)

19% of adults in Sweden are obese, versus 10% in Tanzania

Sweden: 18.7% (2024) · Tanzania: 10.5% (2024)

20% of adults in Sweden smoke, versus 7.7% in Tanzania

Sweden: 20.3% (2024) · Tanzania: 7.7% (2024)

People in Sweden rate their lives 3.35 points higher than in Tanzania

Sweden: 7.26 (2025) · Tanzania: 3.90 (2025)

Adults in Sweden drink 5.8 times as much alcohol as in Tanzania

Sweden: 8.7 litres (2023) · Tanzania: 1.5 litres (2023)

Sweden has 5.6 times as much meat per person as Tanzania

Sweden: 68.4 kg (2023) · Tanzania: 12.2 kg (2023)

Sweden has 848 kcal more food per person per day than Tanzania

Sweden: 3,367 kcal (2023) · Tanzania: 2,518 kcal (2023)

Workers in Tanzania put in 697 more hours a year than in Sweden

Sweden: 1,432 hours (2023) · Tanzania: 2,129 hours (2023)

Adults in Sweden went to school 6.7 years longer than in Tanzania

Sweden: 12.7 years (2023) · Tanzania: 6.1 years (2023)

Sweden welcomed 28 times as many tourists per resident as Tanzania (2019)

Sweden: 0.63 (2022) · Tanzania: 0.02 (2022)

Sweden has 8 more World Heritage sites than Tanzania (15 against 7)

Sweden: 15 (2026) · Tanzania: 7 (2026)

Sweden has won 709 Olympic medals, Tanzania 2

Sweden: 709 (2026 edition) · Tanzania: 2 (2026 edition)

96% of people in Sweden are online, versus 31% in Tanzania

Sweden: 96% (2025) · Tanzania: 31% (2024)

Home internet in Sweden is 4.4 times as fast as in Tanzania

Sweden: 248 Mbps (2026) · Tanzania: 56 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in Sweden have electricity, versus 52% in Tanzania

Sweden: 100% (2024) · Tanzania: 52.4% (2024)

89% of people in Sweden live in cities, versus 37% in Tanzania

Sweden: 89% (2025) · Tanzania: 37% (2025)

Sweden has 141 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Tanzania 127

Sweden: 141 (2024) · Tanzania: 127 (2024)

Sweden’s railway network is 3.6 times as long as Tanzania’s

Sweden: 9,714 km (2021) · Tanzania: 2,701 km (2017)

Airlines from Sweden fly 68 times as many passengers per resident as those from Tanzania

Sweden: 1.85 (2023) · Tanzania: 0.03 (2023)

Forest covers 69% of Sweden, but only 50% of Tanzania

Sweden: 68.6% (2024) · Tanzania: 49.6% (2024)

The average person in Sweden emits 12 times as much CO₂ as someone in Tanzania

Sweden: 3.6 t (2024) · Tanzania: 0.3 t (2024)

71% of Sweden’s electricity is renewable, versus 33% in Tanzania

Sweden: 71.2% (2025) · Tanzania: 32.9% (2024)

The air in Tanzania carries 4.3 times as much fine dust as in Sweden

Sweden: 5.7 µg/m³ (2024) · Tanzania: 24.6 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 3.3 times as likely to be murdered in Tanzania as in Sweden

Sweden: 1.1 per 100k (2023) · Tanzania: 3.7 per 100k (2020)

Roads in Tanzania are 5.9 times as deadly as in Sweden

Sweden: 3.4 per 100k (2023) · Tanzania: 20.1 per 100k (2023)

Tanzania is on average 18.8 °C warmer than Sweden

Sweden: 4.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Tanzania: 23.1°C (2016–2025 avg)

Tanzania gets 38% more rain than Sweden

Sweden: 801 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Tanzania: 1,102 mm (2016–2025 avg)