Sweden: 3,218 km (2026 edition) · Uzbekistan: 0 km (2026 edition)

Uzbekistan’s highest peak towers 2,543 m above Sweden’s

Sweden: 2,100 m (2026 edition) · Uzbekistan: 4,643 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 59% of Uzbekistan, versus 7.3% of Sweden

Sweden: 7.3% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 58.9% (2024)

Uzbekistan has 3.5 times as many people as Sweden

Sweden: 10.6 million (2025) · Uzbekistan: 37.1 million (2025)

Uzbekistan is 3.2 times as densely populated as Sweden

Sweden: 26 per km² (2025) · Uzbekistan: 84 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Sweden is 13 years older than in Uzbekistan

Sweden: 39.9 years (2023) · Uzbekistan: 26.9 years (2023)

Women in Uzbekistan have 2.1 more children on average than in Sweden

Sweden: 1.43 children per woman (2024) · Uzbekistan: 3.49 children per woman (2024)

21% of people in Sweden are 65 or older, versus 6.1% in Uzbekistan

Sweden: 20.9% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 6.1% (2025)

Sweden hosts 100,787 times as many refugees per resident as Uzbekistan

Sweden: 13.6 per 1,000 (2025) · Uzbekistan: 0.00013 per 1,000 (2025)

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

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

Uzbekistan has 2 official languages, Sweden 1

Sweden: 1 (2026) · Uzbekistan: 2 (2026)

Sweden’s economy is 4.5 times the size of Uzbekistan’s

Sweden: $669 billion (2025) · Uzbekistan: $147 billion (2025)

Sweden produces 5.3 times as much per person as Uzbekistan

Sweden: Int$72,529 (2025) · Uzbekistan: Int$13,601 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Uzbekistan than in Sweden (Gini 3.4 points higher)

Sweden: 29.3 (2023) · Uzbekistan: 32.7 (2025)

2.3% of people in Uzbekistan live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.8% in Sweden

Sweden: 0.8% (2023) · Uzbekistan: 2.3% (2025)

Unemployment is 8.7% in Sweden, versus 4.6% in Uzbekistan

Sweden: 8.7% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 4.6% (2025)

Uzbekistan and Sweden are practically level

Sweden: 2.5% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 2.5% (2018)

Sweden’s central government collects 27% of GDP in tax, Uzbekistan’s 11%

Sweden: 27.2% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 11% (2023)

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

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

Sweden spends 34 times as much on health per person as Uzbekistan

Sweden: $6,485 (2024) · Uzbekistan: $192 (2023)

A baby in Uzbekistan is 6.4 times as likely to die before turning one as in Sweden

Sweden: 2 per 1,000 (2024) · Uzbekistan: 12.8 per 1,000 (2024)

Sweden has 57% more doctors per person than Uzbekistan

Sweden: 4.4 per 1,000 (2021) · Uzbekistan: 2.8 per 1,000 (2021)

Uzbekistan has 2.6 times as many hospital beds per person as Sweden

Sweden: 1.9 per 1,000 (2022) · Uzbekistan: 4.9 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Sweden is 63% higher than in Uzbekistan

Sweden: 12.7 per 100k (2023) · Uzbekistan: 7.8 per 100k (2023)

31% of adults in Uzbekistan are obese, versus 19% in Sweden

Sweden: 18.7% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 30.6% (2024)

20% of adults in Sweden smoke, versus 16% in Uzbekistan

Sweden: 20.3% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 16.3% (2024)

People in Sweden rate their lives 0.97 points higher than in Uzbekistan

Sweden: 7.26 (2025) · Uzbekistan: 6.28 (2025)

Adults in Sweden drink 4.1 times as much alcohol as in Uzbekistan

Sweden: 8.7 litres (2023) · Uzbekistan: 2.1 litres (2023)

Sweden has 44% more meat per person than Uzbekistan

Sweden: 68.4 kg (2023) · Uzbekistan: 47.4 kg (2023)

Sweden has 70 kcal more food per person per day than Uzbekistan

Sweden: 3,367 kcal (2023) · Uzbekistan: 3,297 kcal (2023)

Workers in Uzbekistan put in 667 more hours a year than in Sweden

Sweden: 1,432 hours (2023) · Uzbekistan: 2,099 hours (2023)

Adults in Sweden went to school 0.83 years longer than in Uzbekistan

Sweden: 12.7 years (2023) · Uzbekistan: 11.9 years (2023)

Sweden welcomed 2.9 times as many tourists per resident as Uzbekistan (2019)

Sweden: 0.63 (2022) · Uzbekistan: 0.22 (2024)

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

Sweden: 15 (2026) · Uzbekistan: 8 (2026)

Sweden has won 709 Olympic medals, Uzbekistan 50

Sweden: 709 (2026 edition) · Uzbekistan: 50 (2026 edition)

96% of people in Sweden are online, versus 90% in Uzbekistan

Sweden: 96% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 90% (2024)

Home internet in Sweden is 15% faster than in Uzbekistan

Sweden: 248 Mbps (2026) · Uzbekistan: 215 Mbps (2026)

Sweden and Uzbekistan are practically level

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

89% of people in Sweden live in cities, versus 51% in Uzbekistan

Sweden: 89% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 51% (2025)

Sweden has 141 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Uzbekistan 110

Sweden: 141 (2024) · Uzbekistan: 110 (2024)

Sweden’s railway network is 2.1 times as long as Uzbekistan’s

Sweden: 9,714 km (2021) · Uzbekistan: 4,732 km (2021)

Airlines from Sweden fly 14 times as many passengers per resident as those from Uzbekistan

Sweden: 1.85 (2023) · Uzbekistan: 0.13 (2023)

Forest covers 69% of Sweden, but only 8.8% of Uzbekistan

Sweden: 68.6% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 8.8% (2024)

The average person in Uzbekistan emits 7% more CO₂ than someone in Sweden

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

71% of Sweden’s electricity is renewable, versus 19% in Uzbekistan

Sweden: 71.2% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 19.4% (2025)

The air in Uzbekistan carries 5.3 times as much fine dust as in Sweden

Sweden: 5.7 µg/m³ (2024) · Uzbekistan: 30 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 22% more likely to be murdered in Uzbekistan than in Sweden

Sweden: 1.1 per 100k (2023) · Uzbekistan: 1.4 per 100k (2021)

Roads in Uzbekistan are 3.8 times as deadly as in Sweden

Sweden: 3.4 per 100k (2023) · Uzbekistan: 13 per 100k (2023)

Uzbekistan is on average 10.0 °C warmer than Sweden

Sweden: 4.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Uzbekistan: 14.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Sweden gets 3.6 times as much rain as Uzbekistan

Sweden: 801 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Uzbekistan: 221 mm (2016–2025 avg)