Sweden’s coastline is 16% longer than Ukraine’s

Sweden: 3,218 km (2026 edition) · Ukraine: 2,782 km (2026 edition)

Sweden’s highest peak towers 39 m above Ukraine’s

Sweden: 2,100 m (2026 edition) · Ukraine: 2,061 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 71% of Ukraine, versus 7.3% of Sweden

Sweden: 7.3% (2024) · Ukraine: 71.3% (2024)

Ukraine has 3.7 times as many people as Sweden

Sweden: 10.6 million (2025) · Ukraine: 39 million (2025)

Ukraine is 2.6 times as densely populated as Sweden

Sweden: 26 per km² (2025) · Ukraine: 67 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Ukraine is 2.1 years older than in Sweden

Sweden: 39.9 years (2023) · Ukraine: 42 years (2023)

Women in Sweden have 0.4 more children on average than in Ukraine

Sweden: 1.43 children per woman (2024) · Ukraine: 0.99 children per woman (2024)

21% of people in Sweden are 65 or older, versus 19% in Ukraine

Sweden: 20.9% (2025) · Ukraine: 19% (2025)

Sweden hosts 224 times as many refugees per resident as Ukraine

Sweden: 13.6 per 1,000 (2025) · Ukraine: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025)

Sweden has produced 28.3 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ukraine 1.3

Sweden: 28.3 (2026) · Ukraine: 1.3 (2026)

Sweden and Ukraine are practically level

Sweden: 1 (2026) · Ukraine: 1 (2026)

Sweden’s economy is 3.1 times the size of Ukraine’s

Sweden: $669 billion (2025) · Ukraine: $214 billion (2025)

Sweden produces 3.8 times as much per person as Ukraine

Sweden: Int$72,529 (2025) · Ukraine: Int$18,905 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Sweden than in Ukraine (Gini 3.7 points higher)

Sweden: 29.3 (2023) · Ukraine: 25.6 (2020)

0.8% of people in Sweden live on less than $3 a day, versus 0% in Ukraine

Sweden: 0.8% (2023) · Ukraine: 0% (2020)

Unemployment is 9.8% in Ukraine, versus 8.7% in Sweden

Sweden: 8.7% (2025) · Ukraine: 9.8% (2021)

Ukraine spends 40% of its GDP on the military, Sweden 2.5%

Sweden: 2.5% (2025) · Ukraine: 39.6% (2025)

Sweden’s central government collects 27% of GDP in tax, Ukraine’s 21%

Sweden: 27.2% (2024) · Ukraine: 21% (2024)

Sweden’s price level (US = 100) is 2.8× Ukraine’s

Sweden: 87% (2025) · Ukraine: 31% (2025)

Sweden spends 18 times as much on health per person as Ukraine

Sweden: $6,485 (2024) · Ukraine: $370 (2021)

A baby in Ukraine is 3.8 times as likely to die before turning one as in Sweden

Sweden: 2 per 1,000 (2024) · Ukraine: 7.6 per 1,000 (2024)

Sweden has 25% more doctors per person than Ukraine

Sweden: 4.4 per 1,000 (2021) · Ukraine: 3.5 per 1,000 (2023)

Ukraine has 3.2 times as many hospital beds per person as Sweden

Sweden: 1.9 per 1,000 (2022) · Ukraine: 6.1 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Ukraine is 49% higher than in Sweden

Sweden: 12.7 per 100k (2023) · Ukraine: 18.9 per 100k (2023)

28% of adults in Ukraine are obese, versus 19% in Sweden

Sweden: 18.7% (2024) · Ukraine: 27.8% (2024)

24% of adults in Ukraine smoke, versus 20% in Sweden

Sweden: 20.3% (2024) · Ukraine: 23.7% (2024)

People in Sweden rate their lives 2.60 points higher than in Ukraine

Sweden: 7.26 (2025) · Ukraine: 4.66 (2025)

Adults in Sweden drink 2.2 times as much alcohol as in Ukraine

Sweden: 8.7 litres (2023) · Ukraine: 3.9 litres (2023)

Sweden has 38% more meat per person than Ukraine

Sweden: 68.4 kg (2023) · Ukraine: 49.5 kg (2023)

Sweden has 581 kcal more food per person per day than Ukraine

Sweden: 3,367 kcal (2023) · Ukraine: 2,786 kcal (2023)

Workers in Ukraine put in 613 more hours a year than in Sweden

Sweden: 1,432 hours (2023) · Ukraine: 2,045 hours (2023)

Adults in Sweden went to school 1.6 years longer than in Ukraine

Sweden: 12.7 years (2023) · Ukraine: 11.1 years (2023)

Sweden welcomed 9.6 times as many tourists per resident as Ukraine (2019)

Sweden: 0.63 (2022) · Ukraine: 0.07 (2024)

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

Sweden: 15 (2026) · Ukraine: 8 (2026)

Sweden has won 709 Olympic medals, Ukraine 160

Sweden: 709 (2026 edition) · Ukraine: 160 (2026 edition)

96% of people in Sweden are online, versus 82% in Ukraine

Sweden: 96% (2025) · Ukraine: 82% (2024)

Home internet in Sweden is 39% faster than in Ukraine

Sweden: 248 Mbps (2026) · Ukraine: 178 Mbps (2026)

Sweden and Ukraine are practically level

Sweden: 100% (2024) · Ukraine: 100% (2024)

89% of people in Sweden live in cities, versus 70% in Ukraine

Sweden: 89% (2025) · Ukraine: 70% (2025)

Sweden has 141 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ukraine 133

Sweden: 141 (2024) · Ukraine: 133 (2023)

Ukraine’s railway network is 2.2 times as long as Sweden’s

Sweden: 9,714 km (2021) · Ukraine: 21,626 km (2020)

Airlines from Sweden fly 159 times as many passengers per resident as those from Ukraine

Sweden: 1.85 (2023) · Ukraine: 0.01 (2022)

Forest covers 69% of Sweden, but only 17% of Ukraine

Sweden: 68.6% (2024) · Ukraine: 17.3% (2024)

The average person in Ukraine emits 5% more CO₂ than someone in Sweden

Sweden: 3.6 t (2024) · Ukraine: 3.8 t (2024)

71% of Sweden’s electricity is renewable, versus 16% in Ukraine

Sweden: 71.2% (2025) · Ukraine: 16.4% (2022)

The air in Ukraine carries 2.5 times as much fine dust as in Sweden

Sweden: 5.7 µg/m³ (2024) · Ukraine: 14.2 µg/m³ (2024)

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

Sweden: 1.1 per 100k (2023) · Ukraine: 3.8 per 100k (2021)

Roads in Ukraine are 5.5 times as deadly as in Sweden

Sweden: 3.4 per 100k (2023) · Ukraine: 18.7 per 100k (2023)

Ukraine is on average 5.9 °C warmer than Sweden

Sweden: 4.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Ukraine: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg)

Sweden gets 29% more rain than Ukraine

Sweden: 801 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Ukraine: 619 mm (2016–2025 avg)