Switzerland: 0 km (2026 edition) · Thailand: 3,219 km (2026 edition)

Switzerland’s highest peak towers 2,069 m above Thailand’s

Switzerland: 4,634 m (2026 edition) · Thailand: 2,565 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 43% of Thailand, versus 38% of Switzerland

Switzerland: 37.7% (2024) · Thailand: 43.3% (2024)

Thailand has 7.9 times as many people as Switzerland

Switzerland: 9.09 million (2025) · Thailand: 71.6 million (2025)

Switzerland is 64% more densely populated than Thailand

Switzerland: 230 per km² (2025) · Thailand: 140 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Switzerland is 2.7 years older than in Thailand

Switzerland: 42.3 years (2023) · Thailand: 39.7 years (2023)

Women in Switzerland have 0.1 more children on average than in Thailand

Switzerland: 1.29 children per woman (2024) · Thailand: 1.2 children per woman (2024)

20% of people in Switzerland are 65 or older, versus 16% in Thailand

Switzerland: 20.4% (2025) · Thailand: 16% (2025)

Switzerland hosts 20 times as many refugees per resident as Thailand

Switzerland: 22.9 per 1,000 (2025) · Thailand: 1.2 per 1,000 (2025)

Switzerland has produced 20.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Thailand none

Switzerland: 20.9 (2026) · Thailand: 0 (2026)

Switzerland has 4 official languages, Thailand 1

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

Switzerland’s economy is 81% larger than Thailand’s

Switzerland: $1.04 trillion (2025) · Thailand: $577 billion (2025)

Switzerland produces 3.9 times as much per person as Thailand

Switzerland: Int$102,513 (2025) · Thailand: Int$26,250 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Switzerland than in Thailand (Gini 0.2 points higher)

Switzerland: 33.5 (2023) · Thailand: 33.3 (2024)

Switzerland and Thailand are practically level

Switzerland: 0.1% (2023) · Thailand: 0% (2024)

Unemployment is 4.9% in Switzerland, versus 0.8% in Thailand

Switzerland: 4.9% (2025) · Thailand: 0.8% (2025)

Thailand and Switzerland are practically level

Switzerland: 0.8% (2025) · Thailand: 1% (2025)

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

Switzerland: 9.5% (2024) · Thailand: 15.2% (2024)

Switzerland’s price level (US = 100) is 3.6× Thailand’s

Switzerland: 112% (2025) · Thailand: 31% (2025)

Switzerland spends 36 times as much on health per person as Thailand

Switzerland: $11,784 (2023) · Thailand: $327 (2023)

A baby in Thailand is 2.3 times as likely to die before turning one as in Switzerland

Switzerland: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Thailand: 7.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Switzerland has 8.3 times as many doctors per person as Thailand

Switzerland: 4.5 per 1,000 (2022) · Thailand: 0.5 per 1,000 (2021)

Switzerland has 83% more hospital beds per person than Thailand

Switzerland: 4.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Thailand: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Switzerland is 21% higher than in Thailand

Switzerland: 11.6 per 100k (2023) · Thailand: 9.6 per 100k (2023)

16% of adults in Thailand are obese, versus 13% in Switzerland

Switzerland: 12.9% (2024) · Thailand: 15.5% (2024)

23% of adults in Switzerland smoke, versus 18% in Thailand

Switzerland: 23.1% (2024) · Thailand: 17.8% (2024)

People in Switzerland rate their lives 0.72 points higher than in Thailand

Switzerland: 7.02 (2025) · Thailand: 6.30 (2025)

Adults in Switzerland drink 11% more alcohol than in Thailand

Switzerland: 8.8 litres (2023) · Thailand: 7.9 litres (2023)

Switzerland has 2.6 times as much meat per person as Thailand

Switzerland: 64 kg (2023) · Thailand: 24.5 kg (2023)

Switzerland has 547 kcal more food per person per day than Thailand

Switzerland: 3,402 kcal (2023) · Thailand: 2,855 kcal (2023)

Workers in Thailand put in 648 more hours a year than in Switzerland

Switzerland: 1,529 hours (2023) · Thailand: 2,177 hours (2023)

Adults in Switzerland went to school 4.9 years longer than in Thailand

Switzerland: 13.9 years (2023) · Thailand: 9 years (2023)

Switzerland welcomed 87% more tourists per resident than Thailand (2019)

Switzerland: 1.04 (2022) · Thailand: 0.56 (2019)

Switzerland has 4 more World Heritage sites than Thailand (13 against 9)

Switzerland: 13 (2026) · Thailand: 9 (2026)

Switzerland has won 403 Olympic medals, Thailand 41

Switzerland: 403 (2026 edition) · Thailand: 41 (2026 edition)

97% of people in Switzerland are online, versus 91% in Thailand

Switzerland: 97% (2025) · Thailand: 91% (2024)

Home internet in Switzerland is 11% faster than in Thailand

Switzerland: 399 Mbps (2026) · Thailand: 360 Mbps (2026)

Switzerland and Thailand are practically level

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

86% of people in Switzerland live in cities, versus 63% in Thailand

Switzerland: 86% (2025) · Thailand: 63% (2025)

Thailand has 161 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Switzerland 129

Switzerland: 129 (2024) · Thailand: 161 (2024)

Switzerland and Thailand are nearly identical here

Switzerland: 4,122 km (2021) · Thailand: 4,092 km (2017)

Airlines from Switzerland fly 4.2 times as many passengers per resident as those from Thailand

Switzerland: 3.05 (2023) · Thailand: 0.72 (2023)

Forest covers 39% of Thailand, but only 32% of Switzerland

Switzerland: 32% (2024) · Thailand: 38.7% (2024)

The average person in Thailand emits 4% more CO₂ than someone in Switzerland

Switzerland: 3.6 t (2024) · Thailand: 3.7 t (2024)

68% of Switzerland’s electricity is renewable, versus 17% in Thailand

Switzerland: 67.8% (2025) · Thailand: 16.6% (2025)

The air in Thailand carries 2.6 times as much fine dust as in Switzerland

Switzerland: 9 µg/m³ (2024) · Thailand: 23.3 µg/m³ (2024)

Switzerland: 0.6 per 100k (2023) · Thailand: no data

Roads in Thailand are 9.1 times as deadly as in Switzerland

Switzerland: 3.9 per 100k (2023) · Thailand: 35.6 per 100k (2023)

Thailand is on average 20.2 °C warmer than Switzerland

Switzerland: 6.5°C (2016–2025 avg) · Thailand: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Thailand gets 3% more rain than Switzerland

Switzerland: 1,616 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Thailand: 1,657 mm (2016–2025 avg)